Joe Sacco The Great War: July 1, 1916 History Illustrated Panorama Art Book Fold

Description: The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme - Joe Sacco (graphic novel - sort of) An extraordinary achievement — a comics masterpiece, an artistic and historic tour de force. In The Great War, cartoon journalist Joe Sacco depicts the events of one day — July 1, 1916 — in an extraordinary, 24-foot- long panorama of the Battle of the Somme — the day which has come to epitomize the madness of the First World War. Almost 20,000 British soldiers were killed and another 40,000 were wounded that first day, and there were more than one million casualties by the time the offensive halted. From General Douglas Haig and the massive artillery positions behind the trench lines to the legions of soldiers going “over the top” and getting cut down in no-man’s-land, to the tens of thousands of wounded soldiers retreating and the dead being buried en masse. Printed on fine accordion-fold paper and packaged in a slipcase with a 16-page booklet, The Great War was inspired by Matteo Pericoli's wordless Manhattan Unfurled, a beautiful accordion-styled foldout of the city's skyline. But Pericoli's work was not a narrative, Sacco pointed out, and as a comics artist he wanted to create a sequential narrative, so he used the Bayeux Tapestry as a model, also capitalizing on medieval themes and approaches. It is meticulously researched and amazingly represented. It is a silent comic, though it is accompanied by his introduction and detailed afterword explaining the panels, and a succinct and useful essay documenting and contextualizing the battle by Adam Hochschild in an adaptation of his book To End All Wars. Please see and examine all pictures for details, they are considered part of the description. Items are sold “AS IS” and NO RETURNS unless otherwise listed with conditions. Everything is packed with extreme care. We bubble wrap to reduce/eliminate damage during shipping. We used recycled boxes to help keep shipping rates as low as possible, we will always try to use suitable boxes for your item, but may have company logos, writings, or markings. Visit our store for many more items like this! CHECK OUT OUR STORE, Burman's Basement, HAS MANY UNIQUE TREASURES, WE ARE HAPPY TO COMBINE SHIPPING WHEN POSSIBLE

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