Posted on May 24, 2006 by Marsha James

For years Miriam Engelberg was afraid to die and then she got cancer. To get over her fears Engelberg starting writing comic books and three are due to be released. All are cancer-themed comics. The first was released in May and is titled Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person: A Memoir in Comics.

Miriam Engelberg is not the first cancer patient to try to use humour to make her days lighter. In March, Brian Fie released Mom’s Cancer and Marisa Acocella Marchetto released Cancer Vixen.

The authors and their families hope that people can realize that they are not trying to make fun of cancer, but that using humour helps them get on with their lives and lose just a bit of their fear.