Knockoff watches

llenville quarterback Sebastian Constable (9) chases the ball after a fumble during a state tournament game against Croton-Harmon in Mahopac on Nov. 14. 2008.Times Herald-Record/TOM BUSHE

But none of it is enough, and some of it conflicts.' Doctors come in for their share of scrutiny. Mom's family doctor never ordered a chest X-ray for a smoker who always coughed, but Mom's dream team of specialists make her feel stupid. 'Call if you notice anything unusual,' they say-but when Mom calls, they dismiss her symptoms with, 'You have lung cancer; what did you expect?' Also, the doctors don't do much to help Mom through depression. Their supervision and the flurry of activity ceases when the brain tumor has been treated, leaving Mom alone for long, silent days without distractions as she watches the poisons drip into her veins. The comic, originally published semi-anonymously on the web, was sold to print to give it permanence and a wider audience, and is a good title to introduce a non-GN reader to the graphic novel format. Panels are drawn in spare but eloquent black-and-white. Color is reserved for an occasional Dorothy-in-Oz fantasy (Mom as the 'Operation' game; her children as superheroes), or for the few perfect days that felt unreal (Mom as the only figure in color at what might be her last birthday party)

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