Ten days in a mad-house / written by Brad Ricca ; illustrated by Courtney Sieh ; adapted from the work of Nellie Bly.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Gallery 13, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First Gallery 13 trade paperback editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781982140656
- 1982140658
- 10 days in a mad-house
- Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922 -- Comic books, strips, etc
- N.Y. City Lunatic Asylum -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- New York (State) -- New York -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Psychiatric hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.) -- Comic books, strips, etc
- New York (N.Y.) -- Hospitals -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
AN EISNER AWARD NOMINEE
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.
"While working for Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper in 1887, Nellie Bly began an undercover investigation into the local woman's lunatic asylum on Blackwell's 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 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, as her fearless scrutiny into the living conditions at Blackwell's asylum forever changed the field of journalism. A timely reminder to take notice of forgotten populations, Then Days in a Mad-House warns us what happens when we decide to look away."--back cover.