false<![CDATA[Cancer Vixen: A True Story]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173975998m/349348.jpg3493487Cartoonist Marisa Acocella Marchetto's graphic memoir about her battle with breast cancer is as bold, vibrant, and brave as she is--pumped full of color, the story leaps off the page and into your heart. Poignant and funny, this inspiring story is made all the more powerful by Marchetto's cartoons. Lucky for us, Marchetto agreed to create a cartoon just for Amazon.com customers. Check out her strip below. <i>--Daphne Durham</i><br> <hr size="1"><span class="h1"><strong>Amazon.com Exclusive: A Cartoon from Marisa Acocella Marchetto</i></strong></span><br> <br> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/books/promos/a-plus/marisa.photo3.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" border="0"align="left"> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/books/promos/a-plus/marisa.drawing3.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" border="0" align="left">Meet Marisa, a self-described "shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed, wine-swilling, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, single-forever, about-to-get-married big-city girl cartoonist with a fabulous life." Her graphic memoir, <i>Cancer Vixen</i> describes what happens when she finds a lump in her breast. Want to know what happens to an author when they discover their sales rank at Amazon.com? Read Marisa's exclusive strip below to find out.<br><br><br><br><br> <table align=center cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="left"> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/books/promos/a-plus/Spanel2.jpg" border=0 align=top> <br> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table align=center cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="left"> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/books/promos/a-plus/Mpanel2.jpg" border=0 align=top> <br> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table align=center cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="left"> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/books/promos/a-plus/Mpanel3.jpg" border=0 align=top> <br> </td> </tr> </table> <p clear="all"> <hr noshade="noshade" size="1" class="bucketDivider" /><div class="bucket">5740922692006Cancer Vixen: A True Storytotal:207|5:48|4:86|3:56|2:12|1:5|2077812965641falsefalseThu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007Tue Mar 20 09:11:08 -0700 2007Tue Mar 20 09:15:08 -0700 2007
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Marisa Marchetto, whose comics collection Just Who the Hell Is She, Anyway? jumped off the page from the artist's Mirabella strip circa 1994, shows her range__and an indomitable sense of humor__with a graphic memoir depicting her battle with illness in the prime of life. Endearing and informative, a...more...]]>
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Glamour-grade aphorisms from this colorful and sassy graphic memoir, but when I heard that it was the new wave in cancer memoirs I expected some degree of emotional depth. I guess I should've read it when it first came out, since now it's esta...more...]]>
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