Le Cancer de Maman

Brian Fies’s Le Cancer de Maman is a deeply personal, single-issue graphic memoir published by çà et là in 2007, recounting his mother’s battle with lung cancer. Fies, who wrote and drew the entire work, distills a family’s experience into a stark, emotionally resonant narrative that captures the quiet, unglamorous reality of illness and caregiving. Originally a webcomic, this French-language edition preserves the raw intimacy of Fies’s award-winning story, making it a poignant and enduring entry in the canon of autobiographical comics.