The time from the mid-90s to the early 2000s was the golden age of animation. During this era, some of the most classic and iconic cartoons, like The Wild Thornberrys, The Powerpuff Girls, and Aaahh!!

In the winter of 1991, around the time of the first intifada, Joe Sacco, then a young cartoonist and journalist, arrived in Gaza with no particular aim except “to see what’s going on”. He suspected ...