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by Brad Ricca; Courtney Sieh (Illustrator); Concept by Nellie Bly

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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.

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  • Title Ten Days in a Mad-House: A Graphic Adaptation
  • Author Brad Ricca; Courtney Sieh (Illustrator); Concept by Nellie Bly
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Gallery 13
  • Publication date 2022-04-19
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781982140656 / 1982140658
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
    • Locality: New York, N.Y.
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical:
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Category Medical / Nursing
  • Library of Congress subjects Graphic novels, Bly, Nellie
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.210

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  • Booklist, 03/15/2022, Page 57
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/28/2022, Page 0

About the author

Brad Ricca is the Edgar-nominated author of five books, including True Raiders, Olive the Lionheart, Mrs. Sherlock Holmes, and the award-winning Super Boys. His independent film Last Son won a Silver Ace Award. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

Courtney Sieh graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2016 with a BFA in illustration and an emphasis in interior architecture. Currently she is freelancing out of a swamp near Minneapolis, kept company at her drafting table by her two cats.

Nellie Bly (1864-1922), born Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, was an American journalist, industrialist, inventor, and charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in seventy-two days, in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an expos in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. She was a pioneer in her field and launched a new kind of investigative journalism.

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