Knowing other (cultural) realities

Discovering less known corners of the world with 15 comics

• Guy Delisle’s Shenzhen (2000), Pyongyang (2003), Chroniques birmanes (2007), Chroniques de Jérusalem (2011). All of them great. My personal favourites are Jerusalem & Pyongyang.

• Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis (2000-2003)

• Carlos Gimenez’ Paracuellos (1977-2022)

• Joe Saco’s Palestine (1993-1995), Safe Area Goražde (2000), Footnotes in Gaza (2009), Paying the land (2020)... A pioneer in the use of comic for journalism. Earlier titles had a more “crazy” approach to drawing that I like, though my personal fav is Gaza

• Zerocalcare’s Kobane calling

• Igort’s Quaderni ucraini (2010), Quaderni russi (2011), Quaderni giapponesi (2015)

• Sarah Glidden’s How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less (2016)