''War's End: Profiles From Bosnia'' is a journalistic comic about the

Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incid ...

created by

Joe Sacco Joe Sacco (; born October 2, 1960) is a Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist. He is credited as the first artist to practice rigorous, investigative journalism using the comics form, also referred to as comics journalism. His groundbrea ...

and published by

Drawn & Quarterly Drawn & Quarterly (D+Q) is a publishing company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, specializing in comics. It publishes primarily comic books, graphic novels and comic strip collections. The books it publishes are noted for their artistic con ...

in 2005. 65 pages in length, it contains two stories: * "Christmas with Karadzic", about tracking down and meeting the Bosnian Serb leader

Radovan Karadžić Radovan Karadžić ( sr-Cyrl, Радован Караџић, ; born 19 June 1945) is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb politician who was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal ...

. The story was drawn in the period May-Fall 1996 and was originally published in the

Fantagraphics Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and (formerly) the Erotic comics, erotic Eros Comix imprint. They have managed sev ...

anthology '' Zero Zero'', issue #15 (March 1997). * "Šoba", about a contemporary artist from

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...

, Nebojsa Seric (i.e., Šoba), who was at the time a student at the Art Academy Sarajevo and a member of a local cult band; he was drafted into the army of Bosnia and Herzegovina because of the

Siege of Sarajevo The siege of Sarajevo () was a prolonged military blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the ethnically charged Bosnian War. After it was initially besieged by Serbian forces of the Yugoslav People's Arm ...

. The story was drawn in the period June-December 1997 and was originally published in ''Stories from Bosnia: Šoba'' (Drawn & Quarterly, February 1998). (As of 2006, Šoba was living and working in New York City.)

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References

* Sacco, Joe (2005). ''War's End'',

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