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THE 2008 ANGOULEME FESTIVAL has chosen CANCER VIXEN (under the title CANCER IN THE CITY, which is how it was released in France) as one of the 50 nominees for graphic novel of the year.

Ok, this is HUGE news.

According to Bart Beaty, www.comicsreporter.com “Angouleme produces, arguably, the most notable comics prize in the world.” He also writes that “the nominees are a veritable who’s who of Big Name Cartoonists: Chris Ware, Peter Bagge, Joe Matt, Robert Crumb, and Jules Feiffer among them. At the same time, newer voices are being singled out for praise, including Marisa Acocella Marchetto for Cancer and the City, Shaun Tan for The Arrival, Linda Medley for Castle Waiting, and Gene Yang for American Born Chinese. Throw in a few others, like Jason, Rutu Modan and Ralph Konig, all of whom have work that is well-known in English, and you can see for yourself that this is a very strong list of contenders.”

I am so honored to be in that excellent list of nominees. (I also love that at 47 and a career in cartooning that has spanned years, I am one of the “newer voices”! Hahaha!)

The Festival will chose the winner January 22-24.  Bonne Chance!

I originally posted my story December 31 about turning 47 and how ecstatic I was
about being alive… and the next day, this ran in New Year’s Day’s NEW YORK POST’S PAGE SIX:

Older’s Better For Beauties

FORTY-something stunners Laura Linney and Daryl Hannah are getting older - and it’s fine with them. “It’s really about being realistic. No one is going to be an A-list movie star and make millions of dollars forever, you’re just not,” Linney, 43, the star of “The Savages,” tells Britain’s Observer about actresses who worry about age. “It’s also about the fact that I think we’re lucky we got to be 40. There are so many people out there who die way too young, so [to] all of this ‘Boohoo, we’re getting older,’ I’m like, ‘Well, there is an alternative.’ ” Meanwhile, Hannah, who starred in “Attack of the 50-Foot Woman,” tells The Telegraph: “I hated being young. Everyone says how wonderful it is to be a young person. That is far from the case for many people, but they dare not say it at the time. Aging is great. Maturity has brought me peace of mind. When I look back, I could have saved myself so much anxiety.”

Me again.
There’s something special in the air, gals.

I think 2008 is going to kick ass.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

On Christmas I turned 47.

And you know what?

I’m ecstatic I’m getting older.

(Take that, Mr. “Does-our-looks-obsessed-culture-want-to-stare-at-an-aging-woman” Rush Limbaugh!)

For the ENTIRE POST, check out: mybreastcancernetwork.com

Yours truly has been blogging at mybreastcancernetwork.com.For those of you who have been checking out the blog looking to find me here at home,I’ve been out blogging somewhere else.Now I’m back, and I’ve decided that I’m going to do (as much of) a weekly as I canover there, and add stuff and do more over here.Here’s a bit of my first post:

It could happen.

The Pink Ribbon does more than just raise awareness.Now, some of you might be thinking:”No more cancer. Girl, I wish.”"What does the pink ribbon have to do with it?”And all of you are probably thinking…”Marisa, what drug are you on?”

For the ENTIRE POST, check out: mybreastcancernetwork.com