Art Spiegelman and Joe Sacco’s blended masterpiece of nightmare colour and imagery placed their comic book avatars in the ruins and carnage of Gaza. And then something strange happened — or rather didn’t happen. Tom Sandborn writes. Tom lives and writes on unceded Indigenous territories in Vancouver. Published May 23, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/22/Comics-Power-Moral-Horror-Spiegelman-Sacco-Gaza/

The Special Power of Comics to Stir Moral Horror

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