The Great War July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme. An Illustrated Panorama

Sacco, Joe.

ISBN 10: 0224097717 / ISBN 13: 9780224097710

Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 2013

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Brand new and still wrapped in cellophane. First UK edition, which precedes US edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Great War July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme. An Illustrated Panorama
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224097717
• ISBN 13: 9780224097710
• Binding: Boards
• Illustrator: SACCO, JOE
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New Slipcase
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art History

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Synopsis

AN ILLUSTRATED PANORAMA WITH AN ESSAY BY ADAM HOCHSCHILD

The first day of the Battle of the Somme has come to epitomise the Great War. This monumental panorama captures the unimaginable horrors of that fateful day.

On 1st July 1916, almost 20,000 British soldiers were killed and another 40,000 were wounded during the first day of The Somme. In The Great War, acclaimed cartoonist Joe Sacco depicts the events of that day in an extraordinary, 24-foot-long wordless panorama: from British soldiers going ‘over the top’ and being 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 deluxe hardcover slipcase with a 16-page accompanying booklet, The Great War makes visceral one of the bloodiest days in history.

‘This is incredible. It is fantastic. He’s showing you far more than a film or photographs could. It’s just drawing ? it’s a superb example of what art can do.’ David Hockney, Sunday Times

‘Sacco’s work [is] the best argument around for comics as a journalistic medium’ GQ

About the Author

Joe Sacco, one of the world's greatest cartoonists, is widely hailed as the creator of war reportage comics. He is the author of, among other books, Palestine, which received the American Book Award, and Safe Area: Goražde, which won the Eisner Award and was named a New York Times notable book and Time magazine's best comic book of 2000. His books have been translated into fourteen languages and his comics reporting has appeared in Details, The New York Times Magazine, Time, Harper's and the Guardian. He lives in Portland, Oregon.