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Joe Sacco: The political power of the graphic novel

Graphic novelist Joe Sacco talks about his latest work, Paying the Land.

He鈥檚 been hailed as one of the world's greatest cartoonists and the creator of war reportage comics. The artist Joe Sacco talks to Tina about the political power of the graphic novel and why he鈥檚 telling the story of the indigenous communities of the Canadian North West in his latest book, Paying the Land.

The Indian comic book and graphic novel writer Ram V explores the clash of cultures and what happens to a country when it is colonised, though the mythology of vampirism, in his series These Savage Shores.

Swedish comic book artist and activist Lisa Wool-Rim Sj枚blom shares the story of her adoption from South Korea in the graphic memoir Palimpsest. She speaks to the 91热爆鈥檚 Karl Bos about her childhood experiences of racism, her search for jer birth parents and why the ethics of adoption can be far more complicated than people think.

Plus how鈥檚 the sounds of your world changed during lockdown? The sound artist Nick Ryan shares the sounds we鈥檝e received from our listeners during the coronavirus lockdown.

Presented by Tina Daheley

Image: Joe Sacco
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Lisa Wool-Rim Sj枚blom

Lisa Wool-Rim Sj枚blom
Palimpsest by Lisa Wool-Rim Sj枚blom is out now, published by Drawn & Quarterly.

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