My mom has stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. These comics are about my experience dealing with that, and I hope they are helpful to other people out there who are dealing with similar things. For me it helps to highlight the humor in these situations, because otherwise it’s just too darn sad. Plus, a lot of funny stuff happens around cancer. And my mom is just a really funny lady. Yes, the same mom that is Art Bitch.
These are in chronological order, with the most recent on the bottom.
Lucky Day
Treatable
Survivor
I love these comics. To me the sketched lines can convey so much more than words sometimes. Lucky Day, Treatable and Survivor especially resonate with my own experience with a cancer-like illness. Gosh, treatable could have been a direct transcript of some the appointments with my first haematologist. I used to bring along someone with me just to translate.
Thanks for these sharp and compelling works.
Samantha
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Samantha,
Thank you for this comment. Connecting with others in similar cancer-ish experiences means so much to me, and is a big reason why I make and share these comics. I look forward to reading your blog as well.
Best,
Anna
Please do take a look Anna. You would be in good company. There are some other cancer cartoonists represented already, although each of you has a different style (which I find so interesting). I accept submissions for our “Ultra Sounds Mondays” of writing, art, photography, videos and….cartoons if you are at all interested in participating.
Have you read “Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person: A memoir in Comics” by Miriam Engleberg? Your humour reminds me of hers. It is an extremely funny, yet poignant book.
All the best
Samantha
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