A delightful visual biography of Nellie Bly.

For the sake of the graphic novel format, the author has simplified Bly’s work as a pioneering investigative journalist and her brave work reporting on asylum conditions from the inside for Ten Days in a Madhouse.

Fortunately, the author chose and condensed wisely, so Bly’s story doesn’t lose much from the distillation of detail and gains much in the lovely accompanying visuals.

The art is both visually pleasing and evocative of the era, and it pairs well with the text too. I would love to see more of this ilk from Cimino.

While I love reading about Nellie Bly and the idea of a graphic novel recounting her story sounded fantastic, I was terribly disappointed by the digital ARC. I couldn’t read the text and the images were very pixelated.

I was really excited to read this book, especially after reading the foreword content; however, the main text of the book is hazy and unreadable in the digital ARC provided. I am looking forward to picking this back up once it is published.

I am unable to review this graphic novel as the text is illegible. I have tried reading through all available formats however the text is too blurry to decipher. The illustrations are well done and I imagine they would look better when rendered in full colour as the finished copy is meant to be.
I hope an updated improved copy with legible text can be made available for review purposes.

**I received and voluntarily read an e-ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.**

The panels were nicely drawn. I like the color choices.
Unfortunately, the choice of font and font colors made the text impossible to read at times.
Overall, 2/5 due to Nellie Bly being an awesome subject choice for a graphic novel.

Unfortunately I am unable to review this copy because the font is too blurry and I am unable to read the comic. The artwork looks great though and I wish I was able to read it properly.

I was very excited for this book. However, the copy was unreadable and text was unclear. The graphics and story line looked great. I was disappointed in the quality and inability to read the book. The text was scanned blurry or not readable for my device.

***Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review***
Great illustrations and interesting content!

Hello, I am echoing the previous writers who had difficulty viewing this book due to legibility issues. I can’t see it on my NetGalley shelf reader or on Kindle and iPhone. The drawings look great, but I would love to be able to read the text as well. If something happens where this would be possible, please contact me on the email I have provided on my profile. I would be very glad to take another look. This looks like a promising read and I’m sorry about the issues here!

Unfortunately, I am unable to review this book. The resolution on this ecopy is so low that none of the text in the speech bubbles is legible. I have tried to read it on multiple devices, but have been unable to. I would love to be able to review this book fully, and feature it on my blog. As such, if you are able to provide a version that is legiable I would be more than happy to do so. You can contact me directly at amazing_amy_w@hotmail.com if you would like to discuss further. Thank you.

Overall, the graphics of the book looks very good.I loved the general feel of the illustrations. However I am unable to give a more detailed review of the book as in the ebook provided by the publishers, the text was very blurry. It was impossible to make out even if we zoomed..I can't understand how this happened as the illustrations are sharp. This was such a disappointment as I was looking forward to knowing more about Nellie Bly. From what I gathered from wikipedia, she is a real badass.

This is a great way to introduce someone to the interesting life of Nellie Bly. I liked that it was presented as Nellie telling the information to someone, so pieces of what Nellie found interesting were what was shared. It allowed for a lot of information to be shared in a way that was not dry, academic reading, but instead gave you some information while also leaving out some tidbits that might make people want to check out more information later.

The graphic novel was well-researched, and the bibliography at the end could help lead folks toward more relevant information.

That said, the version I had early access to via NetGalley was nearly impossible to read. The font was blurry, and the lines of the letter were so thin. I would zoom in, and I still couldn’t read all of the font. It was definitely the biggest struggle I’ve ever had trying to read the text in a graphic novel. I did my best, but I definitely missed parts because I just couldn’t read the text. Nonetheless, I’m excited to check it out once it is released, and I can hopefully read it all.

Before starting The Incredible Nellie Bly I only knew three things about Nellie Bly: her trip around the world in 72 days, her undercover story at the asylum, and she was one of the first women journalists. I love using graphic novels as a way to open the door on historic subjects I know little about. A jumping-off point, if you will.

And, that is exactly what The Incredible Nellie Bly is. I had no idea the amazing life this woman had, even really by today's standards she did some amazing things. The fact that she did it all during the Nineteenth century is even more impressive. She was a woman who didn't know when to quit, and she paved the way for women, not only in journalism, for years to come. I definitely need to read more about Nellie Bly's life, and thanks to the bibliography page at the I end I have a place start.

It also means that this book is very well researched. Not just about Nellie Bly's most famous achievements, but about the ones the footnotes of our history books don't talk about. Luciana Cimino does a wonderful of touching base on those moments but leaving you hanging a little bit. Enough information to make hungry for more and occasionally leaving you with questions. All the while not leaving too many holes in Bly's history. I want to know more about Bly's marriage and her life after returning to journalism. I want to know read the book she wrote, and I want to know more about what happened in that asylum.

I think Luciana Cimino chose a wonderful way to tell Bly's story. Not only she helping another female journalist, but the facts of Bly's life are being presented in a dry academic fashion. Bly is telling her own story, and choosing what she thinks are the most important things she did. Smaller things that lead to bigger things.

Since my copy is an early edition the panels hadn't yet been colored, but the artwork was amazing even in black and white. I didn't struggle to tell the characters apart and they added lovely detail to the story being told. There were little details like newspaper clippings that added to the dialog being told. I honestly can't wait to see the book completely done in full color. I think it's going to be absolutely amazing! Just from the cover alone, I feel like it great visual addition to the story.

My biggest worry about this book was that it is a translated text. The Incredible Nellie Bly was originally written in Italian, and I've run into some disappointments with translations before. Luckily that wasn't a problem with this book and it followed wonderfully. My only real issue was the copy I received from Netgalley was so hard to read. The dialog was blurry and there was no way to zoom in and out to try and fix it. Luckily I'm used to deciphering questionable handwriting so I was able to stumble through it.

But, all that means is I cannot wait to get a finished copy of this next year and re-read it. Because there were details I missed in the edition I received.

I knew next to nothing about Nellie Bly and this was a very interesting introduction to her life and work, with all the necessary context, and yet light, easy, and enjoyable to read. An accomplishment.

Unfortunately I'm unable to write a review on this graphic novel as I was sent a copy of such bad quality it was unbearable (imagine trying to watch something in 360p on your TV and you'll be able to imagine how fuzzy it was). Although I could see the were words there, they were so pixelated and fuzzy I couldn't make them out, and even zooming in, both on Kindle and the Netgalley shelf, didn't resolve the issue, instead it just got fuzzier so I was unable to read this which is quite disappointing as I was really looking to reading this as I love hearing stories about Nellie Bly