Last updated 06/24/20 On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Within a week, dozens of comics about COVID-19 began coming across our news and social media feeds. We have attempted to curate many of them here. The comics are educational, social justice oriented, humorous/coping, or a combination of any and all of the above. We have tried to include only comics with reliable information. We have also included a few historical plague-themed comics and non-comic resources for reliable information about COVID-19. Categories: Educational Ethics Comics by Care Providers Comics by Patients Humorous/Coping Historical/Pandemic-Related Non-comic… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (9/20/2019)
Special Note: This week has been brought to you by Alice Jaggers. ‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights news about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary. So without further ado… Alice’s Pick of the Week… This week I’m choosing to highlight the newest post of our sister website Medicina Grafica. It is a review in Spanish of the Spanish edition of El Club De Las Canguro El Secreto De Stacey (The Babysitter’s Club Stacey’s Secret), which explores Stacey’s diabetes diagnosis. Articles & More… Event:… Read More
Expanding Literacy in the Classroom – Richard Jaggers
Hello! My name is Richard Jaggers, and I am currently a Master’s student in teaching. After I gave my lightning talk, Expanding Literacy in the Classroom: Integrating Graphic Medicine in Primary and Secondary School Environments, at the Graphic Medicine Conference 2019 in Brighton, I was asked about writing a blog post for this site. Plenty of people have talked about integrating graphic medicine into academic environments before, but the majority of these discussions focus on medical schools and universities. I want to be even more aggressive, bringing graphic medicine into schools at all levels, even down to elementary. The understanding… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (2/2/2019)
‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights relevant articles (and tweets) about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary, with credit given to those who flagged them up where possible. So without further ado… Special Note… I am stepping in again for Matthew. Congratulations again on the nuptials, Matthew! – Alice Jaggers Alice’s Pick of the Week… This week I am using this space to call out Side Defects. There is a Kickstarter for this book that I am pretty excited about. It is “a book… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (10/12/18)
Hello all! I am stepping in while Matthew is away. He will be back next week.For those of you who don’t know me, you can find out more in my introduction. As I’m new to this, let me know if I’ve missed something. —Alice Jaggers ‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights relevant articles (and tweets) about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary, with credit given to those who flagged them up where possible. So without further ado… Alice’s Pick of the Week… … Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (10/5/18)
Hello all! I am stepping in while Matthew is away. For those of you who don’t know me, you can find out more in my introduction. As I’m new to this, let me know if I’ve missed something. —Alice Jaggers ‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights relevant articles (and tweets) about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary, with credit given to those who flagged them up where possible. So without further ado… Alice’s Pick of the Week… Exciting news that Sharon Rosenzweig’s “Judgment Call”… Read More
Introduction: Alice Jaggers
Hello everyone! Let me introduce myself, Alice Jaggers. I am a medical librarian. You can find me on Twitter and Instagram at @AJaggers324 or on Facebook. I love to talk to people about graphic medicine. Most of the basic stuff I would put here, I’ve already said on my blog. You can check that out here. I’ve also written about the meaning and the importance of graphic medicine. If you want to learn more about how I came to graphic medicine, read about it here. I have also been working on a graphic medicine database for over a year. I’m… Read More