Our latest Spotlight on projects and people within the Graphic Medicine international community focuses on Lee Okan’s new examination of sexual violence in graphic narratives. About the Work Sexual Violence in Comics: The Ethics of Visualizing Trauma (Bloomsbury, 2026) examines how comics and graphic narratives depict sexual violence, trauma, and survival. Drawing on feminist theory, trauma studies, and comics scholarship, the research explores how artists use the formal elements of comics to convey trauma and memory. The project emerged from a scholarly interest in the ethics of narrative and how form shapes understandings of trauma. Sexual Violence in Comics contributes… Read More
Event of Interest: Graphic Medicine Europe Conference
While we gear up for our 2026 Graphic Medicine Conference in Baltimore, Maryland this Summer, our friends at the newly established Graphic Medicine Europe are excited to announce the inaugural Graphic Medicine Europe Conference, Sept 9 – 12, 2026. About Graphic Medicine Europe Graphic Medicine Europe is an independent research organization dedicated to the study and practice of Graphic Medicine. Founded in 2026, Graphic Medicine Europe works in close collaboration with the Graphic Medicine International Collective and maintains strong connections with our Italian and Spanish counterparts, Graphic Medicine Italia and Sociedad Española de Medicina Gráfica. Working alongside these organizations, we… Read More
Spotlight: Mental Health Diary Comics by Zara M.
Our latest Spotlight on projects and people within the Graphic Medicine international community focuses on the mental health diary comics of Zara M., capturing her lived experience tapering off an antidepressant. About the Work I started drawing and sharing online daily mental health diary comics in June 2025, during a particularly challenging period in my life. I was struggling with my mental health, and had been signed off work and put on an antidepressant by a doctor. In the midst of a career identity crisis as well as a mental health one, returning to work was scary. I was so… Read More
Spotlight: Comic Interviews on Shared Decision Making
Our latest Spotlight on projects and people within the Graphic Medicine international community focuses on the work of sociologist Sarah Skyrme, looking at shared decision-making among young men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. About the Work “Shared Decisions” is a comic based on an animated film I created in collaboration with an animator; we follow a conversation between a son and his mother that portrays how decision-making can emerge in everyday life. The comic is based on interviews I conducted with young men who have a muscle-wasting condition (Duchenne muscular dystrophy), and it aims to depict how, despite severe disability, young… Read More
Want to Be More Involved in Graphic Medicine? GMIC Board Looking For New Members
The Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC) is looking to add two new members to its board. This is a great opportunity for those interested in getting more involved with the Graphic Medicine community. About GMIC GMIC’s mission is to guide and support the use of comics in health, and we strive to build connections between various communities including health care providers, patients, caregivers, artists, scholars, librarians and others. GMIC oversees and coordinates a wide variety of projects and initiatives (including this website). Some important considerations: This is a working board; board members meet monthly and are expected to be actively… Read More
Spotlight: Ala Aboshfa
Our latest Spotlight on projects and people within the Graphic Medicine international community focuses on the work of medical student Ala Aboshfa. About the Work I am developing an extensive project called “The Med-Manga Chronicles.” My mission is to transform the entire medical curriculum into a cohesive Manga universe. By using narrative storytelling and dynamic visual metaphors, I aim to provide a visual “lifeline” for medical students, making the most complex scientific concepts both intuitive and memorable. This project aims to transform complex medical information into clear, visual narratives. By combining anatomy with illustration, it makes learning medicine more… Read More
Coming Soon: Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine
Members of the Graphic Medicine community may be interested in a new academic book from PSU/Graphic Mundi: Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine. The book, which goes on sale in February, is edited by Lisa Diedrich and Briana Martino and is designed to be a resource for anyone working or teaching in the graphic medicine space. This book invites readers to explore the field of graphic medicine through a new concept: “keywords/keyimages.” Coined by the editors to reflect the unique combination of words and images in comics, this term offers a fresh way to understand how graphic narratives communicate experiences of health… Read More
A. David Lewis Joins GMIC Board
The Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC) is pleased to announce Dr. A. David Lewis, PhD, as the newest member of the GMIC board. Dr. Lewis will serve as GMIC treasurer, taking over the role from Matthew Noe, who will continue to sit on the board. Dr. Lewis is an Eisner Award nominee (2015) and judge (2023), as well as co-editor of both Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels and Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation. He is an Associate Professor of English and Health Humanities at MCPHS University in Boston, MA as well as a member of its Center for… Read More
A Thank You to GM Pioneer Shelley Wall
As Dr. Shelley Wall completes her term on the board of the Graphic Medicine International Collective, GMIC would like to thank her for her extraordinary contributions. As a founding member of the GMIC board, her vision, commitment, and care have helped shape the organization from its earliest moments and have sustained it through years of growth and change. Shelley’s six years of dedicated service as Secretary provided a steady, thoughtful backbone to the board’s work. Her attention to detail, institutional memory, and generosity with her time ensured that GMIC functioned not only effectively, but with integrity and care. Beyond governance,… Read More
Spotlight: Harm Reduction Comics Address the Opioid Crisis
Our latest Spotlight on projects and people within the Graphic Medicine international community focuses on a new project to raise awareness about overdoses and reduce harm from the opioid drug crisis in the small towns of the Maritimes in Canada. About the Work This is a project about the toxic drug crisis and its effects on the small towns of the Maritimes. Artist Jon Claytor and Ashley Legere, a Sackville, New Brunswick resident and Harm Reduction advocate, are talking to people who have experienced overdose and lived, and with the families of those who didn’t and making short comics about… Read More
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