A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY "BEST NEW COMIC OF 2022 FOR ADULTS"
Beautifully adapted and rendered through piercing illustrations by
acclaimed creators Brad Ricca and Courtney Sieh, Nellie Bly's
complete, true-to-life 19th-century investigation of Blackwell
Asylum captures a groundbreaking moment in history and reveals a
haunting and timely glimpse at the starting point for conversations
on mental health. "I said I could and I would. And I did." While
working for Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper in 1887, Nellie Bly began
an undercover investigation into the local Women's Lunatic Asylum
on Blackwell Island. Intent on seeing what life was like on the
inside, Bly fooled trained physicians into thinking she was
insane--a task too easily achieved--and had herself committed. In
her ten days at the asylum, Bly witnessed horrifying conditions:
the food was inedible, the women were forced into labor for the
staff, the nurses and doctors were cruel or indifferent, and many
of the women held there had no mental disorder of any kind. Now
adapted into graphic novel form by Brad Ricca and vividly rendered
with beautiful and haunting illustrations by Courtney Sieh, Bly's
bold venture is given new life and meaning. Her fearless
investigation into the living conditions at the Blackwell Asylum
forever changed the field of journalism. A timely reminder to take
notice of forgotten populations, Ten Days in a Mad-House warns us
what happens when we look away.
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