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Article: 9/11 - The Past & Future
Posted: September 11, 2011
The 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America on September 11th has brought a plethora of media coverage through articles, books, documentaries on TV and radio and other artistic responses. When it comes to interpretations in comics, I already covered American Widow by Alissa Torres and Sungyoon Choi here, while this year America’s cartoonists are collectively confronting this subject today in their Sunday newspaper cartoons and comic strips which are also on display at MoCCA in New York and online.
Amid all of this in-depth, if not overwhelming, focus on what many claim to be an historic world-changing day, I’ve decided to look at two brand new comics, one a short 12-page story by Joe Sacco, the other a 118-page album co-written and drawn by David B. Two of the world’s most perceptive and original graphic historians have taken arresting and contrasting perspectives on 9/11 and its roots in the past and repercussions into the future. Read the full article here…
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