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Begun online in 2004 and published by Abrams in 2006, "Mom's Cancer" won the 2005 Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic, the 2007 Lulu Blooker Prize, the 2007 Harvey Award for Best New Talent, and the 2007 German Youth Literature Prize for non-fiction. It was nominated for a 2006 Quill Book Award, a 2006 Cybil Literary Award, the American Library Association's "2007 Best Books for Young Adults" Award, and two 2007 Eisner Awards. I am as surprised as anyone.
About Me
- Brian Fies
- Creator of The Last Mechanical Monster, A Fire Story, Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, and Mom's Cancer. Won some awards, including an Eisner, Harvey, Inkpot, Emme and Emmy. I'm grateful.
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7 comments:
Diane says there should be one other key, one that says "Savvy?"
(For those not up on their Jack Sparrow, "savvy?" is what he says after trying to translate Piratese into English.)
Looks very hookworthy, ergonomically-speaking.
"Savvy" of course deriving from "sabe," there being a reason they called it "The Spanish Main." And Cap'n Flint's "Pieces of eight!" were broken from Spanish coins.
On the other hand, "buccaneer" comes from native languages through the French, and "avast" from Dutch.
To which Cap'n Flint might add "Polyglot a cracker?"
And here I was thinkin' that "buccaneer" was a really high price for corn.
Brian, I am a cancer survivor myself and since September is cancer awareness month, I have been writing a number of blogs to promote awareness on my site "A Curious State of Affairs" (wordpress)
I wondered if you would mind me doing a post on
"Mom's cancer" pointing people in the direction of your inspiring book and also including two of the cartoon images (the ones I have in mind are "superpowers" as it is inspirational - and "mom smoked for 45 years" as a warning).
I won't use them without your permission.
I'm sorry for the loss of your mom - she must have been a fine lady.
Jan, I'll contact you through your website as well, but of course you're welcome to write about my book and use my artwork. I'm honored, and appreciate your courtesy in asking. I enjoyed your site, particularly your stories about your grandad. Best of luck with your writing; wouldn't we all like to be successful enough to do it full-time?
Thanks Brian - I've done the post on my blog now. It's called: Cancer Awareness Month: Getting Superpowers!
And it's on: A curious State of Affairs (wordpress) :-)
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