Our latest Spotlight on projects and people within the Graphic Medicine international community focuses on a new illustrated memoir from Wendy Willis about her mother’s vascular dementia. About the Work I recently wrote and self-published an illustrated memoir about my mom’s vascular dementia diagnosis called, Of Tigers & Time Bandits. I’m currently printing and selling through Lulu and on my website. My mom had a series of small strokes in 2019 that gave her instant short-term memory loss. It was devastating and hard to navigate her diagnosis at first. It hit my family and I like a ton of bricks… Read More
Spotlight: Accessible Lines
Our latest Spotlight on projects and people within the Graphic Medicine international community focuses on Accessible Lines, an online platform from illustrator Hatiye Garip that makes illustrations accessible for blind and low-vision audiences About the Work Accessible Lines is an online platform that allows illustrators to showcase their work with audio descriptions in their voices. It aims to make illustrations accessible to blind and low-vision audiences. Accessible Lines project wants to support illustrators and encourage them to make their illustrations accessible. The platform is a showcase for everyone to discover new illustrators and illustrations. In the project’s first edition, the… Read More
Spotlight: Illustrated Guide to Clinical Trials
Our latest Spotlight on projects and people within the Graphic Medicine international community focuses on a new illustrated guide to the clinical trial process from William Tobia. About the Work New medications require clinical research testing, which depends upon patients willing to volunteer as participants. Good Clinical Practices (GCP) form the backbone of integrity of conduct within clinical research. Industry professionals understand GCP, but the general public does not. What is needed for them is an easy to understand, illustrated, character-driven guide that explains the clinical trial process. “Gee C.P.” addresses this need in a unique way, through both direct… Read More
Call for Submissions: Community Zine Project
This summer The Workshop at Palatine Library is doing a community art project where participants of all ages and skill levels are invited to create and share Zines to help build a diverse collection of stories and artwork. This is part of their Maker in Residence series and a celebration of their 5th year being open. All contributions will bloom into our “Zine Garden” exhibition, that will be available to browse by the public through September, and then periodically put back up around the library seasonally. More details here. To contribute If you’re local to the Palatine, IL area, you… Read More
Graphic Medicine 2026 Conference Agenda is Live!
We’re happy to share that the agenda for next month’s Graphic Medicine 2026 Conference is now available. See below and check out our conference page for more details. We look forward to seeing you in Baltimore from July 23rd to July 25th. (And if you haven’t booked a room yet, please be aware that our group discount rates for the local hotels will be expiring soon. See conference page for more.) GM 2026 Agenda Download the 2026 Conference Program Day 1 – Thursday, July 23, 2026 4:00-6:00 p.m. Conference Reception and Registration Welch Reading Room (East Baltimore Campus) Day… Read More
Spotlight: AMR Graphic Novels
Our latest Spotlight on projects and people within the Graphic Medicine international community focuses on a new initiative using graphic novels to educate about antimicrobial resistance (AMR). About the Work The AMR Graphic Novels Project is a research-informed, interdisciplinary initiative based at the University of Lincoln, developed in collaboration with microbiologists and educators, exploring how graphic storytelling can support engagement with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) education. The series uses narrative and visual storytelling to introduce AMR, the microbial impact of farming and agriculture, and emerging alternatives such as bacteriophage therapy. Each chapter is accompanied by optional teaching resources that educators can… Read More
GMIC Board Welcomes Soha Bayoumi and Jen Leach
The Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC) is thrilled to announce the addition of two new members to its board: Soha Bayoumi, PhD, is a political theorist and historian whose work examines the intersection of health and social justice and the medicine-politics nexus, with a regional focus on the Middle East and a particular interest in postcolonial and gender studies. Her research and teaching focus on medicine and authoritarianism; gendered aspects of healthcare; and the visual cultures of medicine, science, and technology (especially in comics and cinema). She is a Teaching Professor in the Medicine, Science, and the Humanities program… Read More
Spotlight: “Rynado” from Odessa Coldwell and Pavel Arsenyev
Our latest Spotlight on projects and people within the Graphic Medicine international community focuses on a new graphic novel about an 8 year old boy with behavioral challenges. About the Work Rynado (rhymes with tornado) tells the story of author Odessa Coldwell’s eight-year-old son, Ryker, navigating a year of profound upheaval. The title captures the central metaphor of the work: the intense friction between the external world and Ryker’s internal capacity to process it, a tension that causes his mind and body to swirl with the force of a storm. This first volume, “Frog Soup,” explores the slow creep of… Read More
Graphic Medicine 2026 Conference Now Open For Registration!
The Graphic Medicine 2026 Conference in Baltimore is is now open for registration! For the 2026 conference, the Graphic Medicine International Collective is collaborating with Johns Hopkins University to host the three day event from July 23-25, 2026. This year’s theme is Drawing Perspectives: Health Graphic Narratives Under Pressure. We’re looking forward to exploring this theme broadly to include the many ways our community of graphic medicine authors, artists, and scholars leverage the medium of comics to propose diverse perspectives on healthcare, illness, disability, or social medicine, often working under various pressures–whether these relate to living with chronic illness, shifting… Read More
Spotlight: Narratives of Transformation
Our latest Spotlight on projects and people within the Graphic Medicine international community focuses on Narratives of Transformation: Psychedelics and the Journey of Healing, a new work by Margot Morgiève, Riya Gupta, and Mia Kitchener. About the Work Narratives of Transformation: Psychedelics and the Journey of Healing came to life through a shared conviction that stories of distress and healing deserve forms that can hold complexity while remaining emotionally accessible. It emerged from a sociological research project that examines contemporary transformations in mental health practices and the so-called “psychedelic renaissance.” The comic is grounded in a qualitative study involving 17… Read More
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