Comic Journalist Joe Sacco To Speak At Clark College On February 5 (Photo) - 01/29/26
Eisner Award-winning author visits campus as part of the 2025-26 Columbia Writers Series
VANCOUVER, Wash. — The Clark College Columbia Writers Series will continue its 2025-26 season with comic journalist Joe Sacco, the Eisner Award-winning author known for his works in nonfiction comics. Sacco is the author of Footnotes in Gaza, for which he received the Ridenhour Book Prize, as well as Paying the Land, Palestine Journalism, Safe Area Goražde, and other books.
This free event, which is open to the public, will take place at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5, in Penguin Union Building (PUB) Room 258 B/C on Clark College’s main campus, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver.
Sacco practices investigative journalism through nonfiction comics, reporting from war zones and areas of political conflict, including the Gulf War, the occupied Palestinian territories, and Bosnia. His latest book, The Once and Future Riot, published in October 2025, examines the political violence that led to the 2013 Muzaffarnagar Riot in India. His work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, and Harper’s Magazine.
A 1981 journalism graduate from the University of Oregon, Sacco founded the satirical comics magazine Portland Permanent Press in 1985 before working at The Comics Journal as a staff news writer. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Event details
Time: Thursday, Feb. 5, 11 a.m. – noon
Location: Penguin Union Building (PUB) 258 B/C, Clark College main campus, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver, WA 98683
Parking: Green or Red lots—view online campus map and directions here.
Accommodations: If you need accommodation due to a disability in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Clark College’s Human Resources Office. Phone: 360-992-2105 or email: hr@clark.edu
All are welcome. Clark College is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Institution. Learn more at www.clark.edu/nds.
Upcoming Columbia Writers Series Events
Emma Pattee, climate journalist & fiction writer, May 12, 2026, 10 a.m.
Emma Pattee has written about climate change for The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and other publications. Her debut novel, Tilt, is a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, a USA Today Bestseller, a Best Book of 2025 for Vogue, and an NPR favorite fiction read of 2025.
Camille Dungy, author and poet, May 14, 2026, 1 p.m.
Camille Dungy is the author of Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden, which was named book of the month by Hudsons Booksellers, received the 2024 Award of Excellence in Garden and Nature Writing from The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries, and was on the short list for the PEN/Jean Stein Award. Dungy has also written four collections of poetry and the essay collection, Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History.
About Clark’s Columbia Writers Series
The Columbia Writers Series aims to enrich the intellectual and cultural life of Clark College by providing a platform for literature and the arts. Since 1988, the series has brought a diverse array of local, national, and international authors to the campus and the community. Learn more about the Columbia Writers Series.
About Clark College
Founded in 1933, Clark College is Southwest Washington’s largest public institution of higher education. Clark College provides residents of Southwest Washington with affordable, high-quality academic and technical education. This public community college offers more than 100 degree and certificate programs, including bachelor’s and associate degrees; professional certificates; high school diplomas and GED preparation; and non-credit community and continuing education. Clark serves over 8,500 students including high school students, veterans, displaced workers, multilingual and mature learners. About three-quarters of its students are the first in their families to attend college.
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