Before Joe Sacco crafted his two major works of "cartoon journalism," Palestine
and Safe Area Gorazde, he created a number of shorter pieces, ranging from
one-page gags to 30-page "graphic novelettes." This massive book finally
collects the entirety of Sacco's earlier journalistic and autobiographical work,
plus a sizable serving of his satirical strips, many of them never before
collected in book form.The centerpieces in Notes from a Defeatist are a triptych
of war stories: "When Good Bombs Happen to Bad People," a history of aerial
bombing that specifically targets civilian populations; "More Women, More
Children, More Quickly," in which Sacco relates his mother's harrowing
experiences during World War