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New Podcast Episode: Kimiko Tobimatsu and Keet Geniza on Kimiko Does Cancer

Oct. 23, 2020 by Alice Jaggers 1 Comment

Kimiko Does Cancer

In this episode, MK Czerwiec interviews Kimiko Tobimatsu and Keet Geniza about their recent book, Kimiko Does Cancer. They discuss working on the book during a pandemic, what it was like to work with each other and more. Links to sites mentioned in the episode: The book’s website: https://www.kimikodoescancer.com/ Keet’s Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/makeshiftlove Kimiko’s Etsy, including cancer cards: https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimikoandco You can buy the book and support us by using this link from Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/books/kimiko-does-cancer-a-graphic-memoir/9781551528199?aid=1457 Support for this podcast comes from Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Humanities, the nation’s oldest Humanities Department within a medical school, pioneers of innovations in medical… Read More

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COVID-19 Comics

Mar. 12, 2020 by Alice Jaggers 32 Comments

Posts updated 02/24/21 On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Even before then,  dozens of comics about COVID-19 began coming across our news and social media feeds. Graphic Medicine website co-managers MK Czerwiec, RN and Alice Jaggers, MLS have curated many of them here. We include only comics with reliable information in the following categories. Click on the buttons below to see the comics in that category. As of 09/20/20, the most recent comic in each category will be displayed first. Please let us know if you come across comics that should be included here…. Read More

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: coronavirus, covid19

This Week in Graphic Medicine (9/20/2019)

Sep. 20, 2019 by Alice Jaggers Leave a Comment

This Week in Graphic Medicine in a Stranger Things Stylized Font

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

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Filed Under: This Week in Graphic Medicine Tagged With: blog, book review, Event, Graphic Medicine, Scholarly, webcomic

Expanding Literacy in the Classroom – Richard Jaggers

Sep. 1, 2019 by Alice Jaggers 1 Comment

Teacher in front of blackboard that says Literacy

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

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Filed Under: Brighton 2019 Tagged With: education, elementary school, health literacy, high school, middle school

This Week in Graphic Medicine (2/2/2019)

Feb. 2, 2019 by Alice Jaggers Leave a Comment

This Week in Graphic Medicine in a Stranger Things Stylized Font

‘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

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Filed Under: This Week in Graphic Medicine Tagged With: Graphic Medicine, Kickstarter, Scholarly, Twitter, webcomic

This Week in Graphic Medicine (10/12/18)

Oct. 13, 2018 by Alice Jaggers Leave a Comment

This Week in Graphic Medicine in a Stranger Things Stylized Font

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

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Filed Under: This Week in Graphic Medicine Tagged With: Graphic Medicine, mental illness, podcast, Twitter, webcomic

This Week in Graphic Medicine (10/5/18)

Oct. 5, 2018 by Alice Jaggers Leave a Comment

This Week in Graphic Medicine in a Stranger Things Stylized Font

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

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Filed Under: This Week in Graphic Medicine Tagged With: Graphic Medicine, Twitter, webcomic

Introduction: Alice Jaggers

Sep. 22, 2018 by Alice Jaggers Leave a Comment

picture of 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

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Filed Under: Comics and Medicine, Vermont 2018 Tagged With: blog, comics and medicine, Graphic Medicine, introduction, library

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