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New Podcast Episode: Conversation with Maria Photinakis

Sep. 7, 2021 by Alice Jaggers Leave a Comment

Extraordinary Times volume 1 cover

Maria Photinakis talks to me, Alice Jaggers, about making comics during COVID and after the death of her father and about parenting as a cartoonist. We discuss her works, Extraordinary Times volume 1 and Liminal State. The interview was originally recorded in February 2021. Since the recording, Maria has published COVID19 Vaccination Campaign comics for CIC Health. Extraordinary Times volume 2 is available for preorder. Maria’s website is https://photinakis.com/, where you can order her comics and find her portfolio. This podcast is sponsored by:

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Filed Under: Podcast, Podcasts Tagged With: COVID-19, Graphic Medicine Podcast, grief, podcast

New Podcast Episode: Ian Williams Interviews Zara Slattery about Coma

May. 1, 2021 by Alice Jaggers 1 Comment

Cover of Coma by Zara Slattery

Ian Williams talks with Zara Slattery, whose book Coma comes out May 13, 2021 in the UK from publisher Myriad Editions and September 14, 2021 in the US. The book chronicles her experience with an infection which forces healthcare professionals to put her into a medically induced coma.     Relevant Links: Zara Slattery’s website: https://zaraslattery.com/ Coma – https://bookshop.org/a/1457/9781912408665 You can find the books mentioned on this episode and other episodes here.  This podcast is sponsored by:    

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Filed Under: Podcast, Podcasts Tagged With: coma, Graphic Medicine Podcast, infection, podcast

New Podcast Episode: Ian Williams Interviews Steve Haines about Touch Is Really Strange

Apr. 17, 2021 by Alice Jaggers Leave a Comment

Touch Is Really Strange book

Steve Haines together with artist Sophie Standing have created the …Is Really Strange series. The most recent is Touch Is Really Strange coming out April 21, 2021. Ian Williams talks with Steve Haines about the series and about touch, specifically.   Relevant Links: Pain Is Really Strange – link to buy and link to the Graphic Medicine review Trauma Is Really Strange – link to buy and link to the Graphic Medicine review Anxiety Is Really Strange – link to buy Touch Is Really Strange – link to buy Steve Haines website (https://bodycollege.net/) You can find the books mentioned on this… Read More

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New Podcast Episode: A Conversation with Graphic Medicine Reviews Editor Kevin Wolf

Mar. 30, 2021 by Alice Jaggers Leave a Comment

    Kevin Wolf has been the Graphic Medicine Reviews Editor since 2020. He is a health actuary and has been writing reviews for the graphic medicine website since 2015. Kevin talks with me, Alice Jaggers, about what he does for the website, a few standout reviews, and books he has covered. Relevant Links: Graphic Medicine Website Reviews page  Specific Reviews Mentioned: Bearing Stories  Great Hanoi Rat Hunt & Plagues  COVID Chronicles, Nib’s Pandemic & Comic News Catalogue Baby  You can find the books mentioned on this episode and other episodes here.  Go with the Flow  One Good Egg  The… Read More

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

Oct. 23, 2020 by Alice Jaggers 2 Comments

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 12/02/21 On March 15, 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, MSLS 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. Kevin Wolf wrote a review of several COVID titles which you can read here. As of 09/20/20, the most recent comic in each category will be displayed first…. Read More

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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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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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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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