History meets lovely image and graphic novel panel in this book, with all its detailed illustrations and narrative unfolding. The Incredible Nelly Bly is a wonderful reading experience.

An excellent read so well written so fascinating I learned so much about Nellie Bly a strong feminist woman.Graphic art was so well done.a book I will be recommending.#netgalley #abramsbooks

Reviewed as a result of NetGalley. As other readers of the advanced edition have said, the graphic images for text were sometimes too difficult to read so some nuance might have been lost (lost 1 star rating for that). Also, I regret not being able to see the colors to be used in the final edition. The illustrations themselves were lovely with good attention to period dress.
The story is timely, the read coming for me just after the death of RGB—another female rights icon. I had only known about the round-the-world trip and not all her other journalistic accomplishments.

Excellent book, the artwork style is grand - and it is very easy to discern between secondary characters (which I don't always find is the case case in graphic novels). I imagine it'll be even more impressive in full color. Awesome to read a good story about an amazing woman.

A sidenote: the arc quality here is terrible - for me, it was nearly impossible to read the small text in either the epub or the kindle versions.

As mentioned in the other reviews, the digital ARC was often unreadable. What was readable was engaging and worthwhile. I am eager to pick up a published copy of the book, so I can truly read and experience the numerous pieces I know I missed out on.

Thank you to Abrams ComicArts for sending me this ARC!

I was excited to start reading this graphic novel. Usually I don't pick up biographies so this was a good alternative to learn about a very important woman in history, I read another review saying that this book will be in color, and I can't wait to see how it comes out! I really liked the interesting and unique approach of writing this graphic novel. It's written as Nellie telling about her experiences through her eyes. I feel like a lot of graphic novel biographies just tell the story, but Nellie got to narrate her own in this. My one complaint, and this isn't about the story, it's more the publishing companies downfall, was that this ARC was incredibly hard to read. It was very pixelated and I certainly had a hard time reading it. Other than that, I would recommend it for anyone looking to learn a little history on this trend setting woman!

eARC rating: 2*
Guestimated actual Graphic Novel rating: 4*

Firstly, I would like to comment that the text of this graphic novel did not translate well <i>at all</i> from the colourful pages that will be published, to the copied and pixelated b&w pages of the ARC. As such, I'm pretty sure I missed important information that was typed into newspaper articles, parts and full speach bubbles and in general, plot points in regards to Nellie Bly's jourrney. This severly impacted my ability to read this ARC which is why my rating is only a guess.

Second; I am so excited to see that ACTUAL full colour graphic novel that will be released next year. Nellie Bly is so important to American and Journalism's history and I can't wait to reread this and find out everything that I actually missed. Because I know I have missed information sadly.

The art style, was slightly pixelated, however the general style of it was beautiful and again - I'm sure that colour will add <i>so much<i> to how amazing this graphic novel will be to read physically.

I always like picking up these graphic novels which teach me about inspiring people or historical events I don’t know (enough) about. So when I saw this on Netgalley I immediatly requested it.

Nellie Bly truly was an Awesome woman, ‘even’ by today’s standard, let alone in the 19th century. She was one of the first female investigative journalists, got herself locked up in an asylum to write about the horrible treatment (which lead to extra funding), traveled around the world in 72 days, and did so much more… an inspiring story about a talented woman who fought for her goals no matter what other people said.

The story is told as an interview, letting Nellie tell her own story. This in itself I liked, but at times I found the interviewer too present (I just didn’t care for her and any panel dedicated to her life I felt was wasted… I want Nellie’s story). The art is very nice, even in the uncoloured version I received. The font though, was atrocious. At least the e-version I have was impossible to read. It became such a chore to decipher what was written I gave up on this book about halfway through. Such a shame…

It was extremely difficult to read the text in this eARC but I loved the artwork and the idea of a graphic novel about this very interesting and inspiring woman. I look forward to getting my hands on a legible version.

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.

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.