He has also contributed short pieces of graphic reportage to a variety of magazines, on subjects ranging from war crimes to blues, and was a frequent illustrator of Harvey Pekar's "American Splendor". In 2005 he wrote and drew two eight-page comics depicting events in Iraq published in "The Guardian". He also contributed a 16-page piece in April 2007's issue of "Harper's Magazine", entitled "Down! Up! You're in the Iraqi Army Now". In 2009, his "Footnotes in Gaza" was published, which investigates two forgotten massacres that took place in Khan Younis and Rafah in November 1956. In June 2012, a book on poverty in the United States, "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt", co-written with journalist Chris Hedges, was published. In 2020, Sacco released "Paying the Land", published by Henry Holt and Company.