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Our Cancer Year won the 1995 Harvey Award for best original graphic novel. [4] The creation of Our Cancer Year and many elements of its story were incorporated into the 2003 film American Splendor, based on the life and career of Pekar and his relationship with Brabner. [5]
Mom's Cancer is an autobiographical graphic medicine webcomic by Brian Fies which describes his mother's fight against metastatic lung cancer, as well as his family's reactions to it. Mom's Cancer was the first webcomic to win an Eisner Award , winning in 2005.
Graphic novels about disability (2 P) Pages in category "Graphic novels about diseases and disorders" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
But over the past few decades, graphic novels—and graphic memoirs—have hit the bookish mainstream, winning National Book Awards, National Book Critics Circle Awards, and just about every other ...
Since the turn of the 21st century, dozens of comics and graphic novels have been published that address such health topics as depression, drug abuse, and PTSD. The genre has evolved and such graphic novels are now commonly at least 150 pages long and focus more on adult struggles with physical or mental illness. [11]
As the field of graphic medicine has grown, so too have the collection of comic books and novels. As such, current graphic novels and comic books cover a wide range of topics, including cancer , Parkinson's disease , Schizophrenia , Alzheimer's disease , eating disorders , and so on.
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On Bookmarks September/October 2006 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (3.5 out of 5) from based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "In the end, Fun Home "is an engrossing memoir that does the graphic novel format proud" (New York Times)". [94]