Mom's Cancer

A cartoonist chronicles how he and his grown siblings dealt with their mother’s cancer diagnosis and treatment in this Eisner Award–winning graphic novel.Mom’s Cancer is a graphic novel about one family’s struggle with metastatic lung cancer. Honest, unflinching, and sometimes humorous, it is a look at the practical and emotional effect that serious illness can have on patients and their families. In the end, it is a story of hope—uniquely told in words and illustrations.Praise for Mom’s CancerWinner of the 2005 Eisner Award, Best Digital Comic for the original Web versionWinner of the Harvey Award, Best New Talent “The clean, simple comic-strip quality of Fies’s art fits the story perfectly, highlighting the gravity of the situation whi...

ABRAMS Comic Arts Family Humor Medical Science Teenagers (13-18)
Adults (18+)
autobiography brain tumor cancer CGN007010 CGN007040 comics conditions coping diseases family fitness graphic novels HEA039030 health honest illness lung cancer medical medicine memoir metastasized metastatic nature nonfiction science siblings treatment