Abrams Inc. in March 2006. Reception Awards Mom's Cancer was the first webcomic to receive an Eisner Award. Fies won in 2005 under the newly-created category "Best Digital Comic". Fies also won a Harvey Award, in the Best New Talent category, for Mom's Cancer, as well as the Lulu Blooker Prize in its Comics category. The German edition of the graphic novel received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Prize) in the Non-Fiction category. Mom's Cancer was also nominated for a Quill Award and two further Eisner Awards. Reviews Medical student Samantha Estevez, writing for the blog Graphic Medicine, encouraged anyone in medicine to read the work, saying "No matter what field of medicine you are in, you are sure to encounter cancer and Fies’ perspective may help you not only be a better physician for your patients but a better friend to them as well." Several scientific papers have cited Mom's Cancer when examining medical humanities such as doctor-patient interactions and narratives around illness. About the author Mom's Cancer was created by Brian Fies (pronounced ). Fies also wrote The Last Mechanical Monster, which was also nominated for an Eisner Award in 2014. Other works by Fies include Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? and the 18-page webcomic A Fire Story (later expanded to a 154-page book) which recounts the devastation caused by California wildfires in 2017 which destroyed his home. Fies was given an Inkpot Award in 2018. References External links Mom's Cancer on GoComics Brian's Mother's Blog, containing details of her death Webcomics in print Cancer awareness Eisner Award winners Abrams Books books 2004 webcomic debuts Literature about cancer