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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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Super Boys (Paperback)
Brad Ricca
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R603
R509
Discovery Miles 5 090
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In time for the 75th anniversary of the Man of Steel," " comes the
first comprehensive literary biography of Joe Shuster and Jerry
Siegel, creators of the DC Comics superhero "Superman" and the
inspiration for Michael Chabon's "Kavalier and Clay
" Drawing on ten years of research in the trenches of Cleveland
libraries, boarded-up high schools, and secret, private
collections, and a love of comic books, Brad Ricca's "Super Boys"
is the first ever full biography about Superman's creators. Among
scores of new discoveries, the book reveals the first stories and
pictures ever published by the two, where the first Superman story
really came from, the real inspiration for Lois Lane, the template
for Superman's costume, and much, much more." Super Boys" also
tracks the boys' unknown, often mysterious lives after they left
Superman, including Siegel's secret work during World War II and
never-before-seen work from Shuster.
"Super Boys" explains, finally, what exactly happened with the
infamous check for $130 that pulled Superman away from his
creators--and gave control of the character to the publisher. Ricca
also uncovers the true nature of Jerry's father's death, a crime
that has always remained a mystery. "Super Boys "is the story of a
long friendship between boys who grew to be men and the standard
that would be impossible for both of them to live up to.
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