For me, one advantage of comic journalism is that I can depict the past, which is hard to do if you're a photographer or filmmaker.
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I don't like just traveling in for a short time. I've done that before, because sometimes you work for magazines and they have a budget, and if you're working for them, they want something by a certain time.Joe Sacco
I like good, straight reporting, too.
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I like listening to people, it's not even out of - I'm not like a professional listener or anything like that, but I enjoy people's stories.
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I think any journalist who spends time in a place realizes that there are lots of stories around beyond their primary story. You meet so many interesting people and have all kinds of experiences.
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The people whose work I've admired are people like George Orwell and others like Michael Herr and, of course, some of Hunter S. Thompson's work.
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