True tale of Brian Fies' mother's battle with metastatic lung cancer. The story describes how a serious illness affects patient and family, both practically and emotionally, in ways that are very common. Began as a serialized Internet comic, with new installments added throughout 2004. Readership grew by word-of-mouth. In 2005, Mom's Cancer won the comic industry's Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic, a new category that year.