Palestine #[nn] (2001) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Series: Palestine (Fantagraphics, 2001 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: August 2001
Key date: August 2001
On-sale date: 2001
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $24.95; 37.95 CAD
Pages: 300
Barcode: 979156097432052495
ISBN: 1-56097-432-X

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Why this issue matters

On the record: Firecracker Alternative Book Awards - Graphic Novel (2002).

On the record: Squiddy Award - Best Comic Reprint Collection (2001).

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco
1	-	blank page(s)	1
2	-	credits, title page	2	pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco
3	Homage to Joe Sacco	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	5	script: Edward Said
4	Author's Foreword	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Joe Sacco
5	Chapter One	illustration	2	pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco
6	Cairo	comic story	3	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Shreef; Taha
7	Blind Dates	comic story	7	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Man from Nablus; Claudia
8	Return	comic story	5	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Dave; Mary Ann; Old Palestinian
9	Eye of the Beholder	comic story	5	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Israeli Soldier; American Girl; Girl's Mother; Joe Sacco; Israeli Demonstrator
10	Valley of Kidron	comic story	4	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Chubby Arab Kid; Tall Arab Kid
11	Chapter Two	illustration	2	pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco
12	Taxi	comic story	2	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco
13	Public & Private Wounds (Nablus)	comic story	5	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	The Milkman; Kid Who Was Shot Five Times; Girl Who Was Shot in the Schoolyard
14	Carry On, Doctor	comic story	3	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Girl Who Was Shot in the Schoolyard; Nurse; Medical Technician;
15	Hebron	comic story	4	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Tour Guide
16	Remind Me	comic story	10	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Saburo; Green Card; Orange Card; Jabril; Mahmoud; Firas; Ahmed; Abu Akram
17	Chapter Three	illustration	2	pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco
18	A Thousand Words	comic story	6	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Saburo; Joe Sacco; Saleh; Newsroom Editor
19	The Bucket	comic story	13	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Sami; Saburo; Woman Whose Olive Trees were Cut; Old Lady with Demolished Home; Man Whose Brother was Shot
20	Brother for a Day	comic story	5	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Khaled; Shopkeeper; Middle-Aged Mother
21	Where is Saburo?	comic story	1	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Saburo
22	Chapter Four	illustration	3	pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco
23	Ansar III	comic story	12	script: Joe Sacco; pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco; letters: Joe Sacco	Yusef; Mohammed; Iyyad
24	Moderate Pressure Part 1	comic story	3	script: Joe Sacco; pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco; letters: Joe Sacco	Joe Sacco; Jabril; Abu Akram
25	A Palestinian Joke	comic story	1	script: Joe Sacco; pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco; letters: Joe Sacco
26	The Tough and the Dead	comic story	5	script: Joe Sacco; pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco; letters: Joe Sacco	Palestinian Woman; Saleh; Joe Sacco
27	Moderate Pressure Part 2	comic story	12	script: Joe Sacco; pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco; letters: Joe Sacco	Ghassan; Joe Sacco; Israeli Policeman; Israeli Prosecutor; Israeli Defense Attorney; Israeli Judge
28	Chapter Five	illustration	3	pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco
29	Ramallah	comic story	9	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Falafel Vendor
30	Chicago	comic story	1	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Palestinian Woman
31	Getting the Story	comic story	6	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Bassem; Shafeek
32	Women	comic story	4	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Teenaged Girl; Muna; Rita
33	Hijab	comic story	4	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Woman in Taxi; Muna; Nineteen-Year-Woman; Twenty-Year-Old Woman
34	Still One of the Boys	comic story	1	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Blind Man; Joe Sacco
35	Chapter Six	illustration	3	pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco
36	Refugeeland	comic story	5	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Teacher; Deaf Kid
37	Rooms	comic story	9	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Larry; Masud; Ibrahim; Ammar
38	Law	comic story	5	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Ammar; Joe Sacco; Larry; Lawyer
39	Black Coffee	comic story	2	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Ammar; Larry; Joe Sacco; Ammar's Uncle
40	Sons of the Curfew	comic story	2	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Ibrahim; Ammar; Joe Sacco
41	Tomatoes	comic story	7	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Ibrahim; Masud; Ammar; Joe Sacco; The Cousin
42	One Shekel to Gaza Town	comic story	2	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Ammar
43	Edward Said	comic story	1	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Larry; Joe Sacco
44	Chapter Seven	illustration	3	pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco
45	Jabalia	comic story	9	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Sameh; Old Man; Old Woman
46	The Boys, part one	comic story	5	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Mohammed; Husein; Joe Sacco
47	The Boys, part two	comic story	1	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Mohammed; Husein; Joe Sacco; Sameh
48	The Boys, part three	comic story	6	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Firas; Joe Sacco; Sameh
49	The Boys, part four	comic story	4	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Rifat; Joe Sacco; YMCA Program Head
50	Handicapped	comic story	2	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Sameh; Joe Sacco
51	Rewind	comic story	6	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Sameh; Joe Sacco; Sameh's Friend; Sameh's Brother
52	Chapter Eight	illustration	3	pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco
53	Pilgrimage	comic story	33	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Sameh; Refugee from 1948; Sameh's Mother; Sameh's Brother; Sameh's Nephew; Sameh's Niece; Yousef; Woman in Refugee Camp; Basel; Ahmed
54	Chapter Nine	illustration	3	pencils: Joe Sacco; inks: Joe Sacco
55	Through Other Eyes	comic story	7	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Naomi; Paula
56	Tel Aviv	comic story	5	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Naomi; Paula
57	Lucky Reunion	comic story	3	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Jabril
58	Sugar	comic story	1	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Palestinian Nurse; Mother; Joe Sacco
59	Nablus	comic story	4	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Joe Sacco; Taxi Driver
60	Roadblock	comic story	3	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Mother; “Romeo;” Joe Sacco
61	Jenin	comic story	3	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Older Man; Joe Sacco; Older Man's Friend
62	A Boy in the Rain	comic story	7	script: J. Sacco; pencils: J. Sacco; inks: J. Sacco; letters: J. Sacco	Irishman; Joe Sacco; Jewish Lady; Israeli; Palestinian Boy
63	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
64	-	blank page(s)	1
65	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Fifteenth Printing	price 24.99 USD; barcode 978156097432152499
Nineteenth Printing	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Palestine: The Special Edition #[nn] ISBN 978-1-56097-844-2	2007	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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