[laughter] the new york review of books have said this of joe sacco's work. there is virtually no precedent for what he does. sacco is legitimately unique. in fact, his work is so singular that there isn't even an agreed-upon word for what it is he does. he is in called a cartoon journalist, a graphic novelist, a narrative cartoonist, a comics reporter and he has been called a lot of other names to match. but whatever we know, whatever he is we know this about him. said through his born in malta in 1960 and move to australia and then to america where he grew up largely in los angeles. before attending the university of oregon and graduating with a degree in journalism. like most young journalist he started producing his own work and his own comics. he lived in berlin for a couple of years where he drew loads of record covers and posters for bands there and then in 1991 east and a couple of months in the middle east. in the years since then he has published for extraordinary books of reportage, palestine in 1993, which received the american book award, "safe a

platts thank joe sacco for being here. [applause] >> the book is "footnotes in gaza," right back there published by the folks at metropolitan books. thank you. >> speed sacco is the author and illustrator of the safe area palestine which won the american book award and the fixer and other stories. this event was hosted by the brooklyn public library. for more information, visit brooklynpubliclibrary.org. >>> did you know you can view book tv programs online? go to booktv.org. type the name of the offer macbook or subject into the search area in the upper left-hand corner of the page. select the watch link. now you can view the entire program. you might also explore the recently on book tv box or the featured programs box to find and few recent and future programs. >>> mary caldwell crosby, the writer for usa today "newsweek" and health magazine presents the history of an illness known as sleeping sickness which claimed millions of lives during the early 20th century. davis kid booksellers in memphis tennessee hosts this ha