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A review by jekutree
The Fixer: A Story from Sarajevo by Joe Sacco
4.0
In “The Fixer” Joe Sacco recounts his time with war correspondent, or fixer, Neven at the tail end of the Bosnian War. This book serves as a sort of journalistic account of Neven’s perspective and stories on the Bosnian War, specifically in the city of Sarajevo.
I can’t really say anything about the “plot” of the book since it’s entirely nonfiction, but Sacco‘a writing style and how he presents these stories are extremely effective. He records his meetings with Neven and Neven’s stories in a visual format which allows the reader to deeper engage with what they’re being told. If this story was in prose it would still be a good read, but the visual aspect of it completely sells it. Sacco’s work is completely unique, no one does it like him.
Joe Sacco’s art and techniques are great as expected. He draws all these real people in a way that captures their personalities very well and his page layouts and what not are engaging. The detail Sacco provides is probably the best part of his art. He operates in a very Mad Magazine esque style but with lots and lots of detail. Sacco invites the reader into Neven’s stories and into Sarajevo to create a very immersive story.
8/10
I can’t really say anything about the “plot” of the book since it’s entirely nonfiction, but Sacco‘a writing style and how he presents these stories are extremely effective. He records his meetings with Neven and Neven’s stories in a visual format which allows the reader to deeper engage with what they’re being told. If this story was in prose it would still be a good read, but the visual aspect of it completely sells it. Sacco’s work is completely unique, no one does it like him.
Joe Sacco’s art and techniques are great as expected. He draws all these real people in a way that captures their personalities very well and his page layouts and what not are engaging. The detail Sacco provides is probably the best part of his art. He operates in a very Mad Magazine esque style but with lots and lots of detail. Sacco invites the reader into Neven’s stories and into Sarajevo to create a very immersive story.
8/10