• Home
  • About
    ▼
    • What is Graphic Medicine?
    • Get Involved!
    • Graphic Medicine International Collective
      ▼
      • GMIC Board Resources
    • In Memoriam
  • Latest
    ▼
    • News
    • The Graphic Medicine Award
    • The Drawing Together Archive
    • Drawing Together Archive 2
    • Frontline Comics Project
    • Spotlight Archive
  • Reviews
    ▼
    • All
    • Editor’s Picks
    • Graphic Novels
    • Educational
    • Manga
    • Write A Review!
  • Conferences
    ▼
    • Graphic Medicine 2026 Conference, Baltimore MD
    • 2024 Athlone, Ireland Conference
    • 2023 Toronto Conference
    • 2022 Chicago Conference
    • 2021 UnConvention (Virtual) Conference
    • 2020 Toronto Conference
    • 2019 Brighton Conference
    • 2018 Vermont Conference
    • 2017 Seattle Conference
      ▼
      • Home
      • Program
      • Registration (NOW CLOSED)
      • Lodging in Seattle
      • 2017 Seattle Conference Sponsors
      • Call for Art
      • Press/Media Inquiries
    • 2016 Dundee Conference
    • 2015 Riverside Conference
    • 2014 Baltimore Conference
      ▼
      • Home
      • Program 2014
        ▼
        • Program 2014
        • Keynote Speakers 2014
        • Marketplace 2014
        • Juried Exhibit 2014
        • Call for Papers 2014 (closed)
      • Accommodation & Travel 2014
        ▼
        • Accommodation & Travel 2014
        • Additional hotel suggestions
      • Sponsors 2014
      • Baltimore Restaurants & Attractions
      • FAQs 2014
      • Registration 2014 (closed)
    • 2013 Brighton Conference
    • 2012 Toronto Conference
    • 2011 Chicago Conference
    • 2010 London Conference
  • MultiMedia
    ▼
    • Podcasts
    • Graphic Medicine Video Archive
    • Between the Lines: Graphic Narratives from Drew’s Chesler Collection
    • A Graphic Medicine Conversation with Sam Hester
    • Graphic Medicine Exhibits
  • Resources
    ▼
    • All Resources
    • Graphic Medicine Liaison Program
    • Syllabus Repository
    • The Peter James Burns Scholarship Fund
    • Publishing Graphic Medicine
    • Essential Graphic Medicine: An Annotated Bibliography
    • COVID-19 Comics
    • Reproductive Freedom Comics
    • Frontline Workers Comics Project
    • National Library of Medicine Graphic Medicine Exhibit
  • Merch
    ▼
    • Bookshop Store
    • Tee Public Merch
    • RedBubble Store
  • Donate to Graphic Medicine
  • Contact
    ▼
    • Contact Form/Email
    • Social Media
Graphic Medicine
  • Home
  • About
    • What is Graphic Medicine?
    • Get Involved!
    • Graphic Medicine International Collective
      • GMIC Board Resources
    • In Memoriam
  • Latest
    • News
    • The Graphic Medicine Award
    • The Drawing Together Archive
    • Drawing Together Archive 2
    • Frontline Comics Project
    • Spotlight Archive
  • Reviews
    • All
    • Editor’s Picks
    • Graphic Novels
    • Educational
    • Manga
    • Write A Review!
  • Conferences
    • Graphic Medicine 2026 Conference, Baltimore MD
    • 2024 Athlone, Ireland Conference
    • 2023 Toronto Conference
    • 2022 Chicago Conference
    • 2021 UnConvention (Virtual) Conference
    • 2020 Toronto Conference
    • 2019 Brighton Conference
    • 2018 Vermont Conference
    • 2017 Seattle Conference
      • Home
      • Program
      • Registration (NOW CLOSED)
      • Lodging in Seattle
      • 2017 Seattle Conference Sponsors
      • Call for Art
      • Press/Media Inquiries
    • 2016 Dundee Conference
    • 2015 Riverside Conference
    • 2014 Baltimore Conference
      • Home
      • Program 2014
        • Program 2014
        • Keynote Speakers 2014
        • Marketplace 2014
        • Juried Exhibit 2014
        • Call for Papers 2014 (closed)
      • Accommodation & Travel 2014
        • Accommodation & Travel 2014
        • Additional hotel suggestions
      • Sponsors 2014
      • Baltimore Restaurants & Attractions
      • FAQs 2014
      • Registration 2014 (closed)
    • 2013 Brighton Conference
    • 2012 Toronto Conference
    • 2011 Chicago Conference
    • 2010 London Conference
  • MultiMedia
    • Podcasts
    • Graphic Medicine Video Archive
    • Between the Lines: Graphic Narratives from Drew’s Chesler Collection
    • A Graphic Medicine Conversation with Sam Hester
    • Graphic Medicine Exhibits
  • Resources
    • All Resources
    • Graphic Medicine Liaison Program
    • Syllabus Repository
    • The Peter James Burns Scholarship Fund
    • Publishing Graphic Medicine
    • Essential Graphic Medicine: An Annotated Bibliography
    • COVID-19 Comics
    • Reproductive Freedom Comics
    • Frontline Workers Comics Project
    • National Library of Medicine Graphic Medicine Exhibit
  • Merch
    • Bookshop Store
    • Tee Public Merch
    • RedBubble Store
  • Donate to Graphic Medicine
  • Contact
    • Contact Form/Email
    • Social Media
Home / Archives for Kevin Wolf

Medical Mentions Book Reviews XX

Sep. 9, 2026 by Kevin Wolf Leave a Comment

Medical Mentions are a group of graphic works. The graphic works reviewed here are works whose primary topics are not medical, yet they cover a medical topic with some depth at some point in the work. The rest of the work might be fictional or nonfictional, while the medical portion is often technical and five pages or more. The reviewer will usually neither recommend nor discourage reading the work, except when the rest of the work is deemed outstanding or terrible, respectively. Typically, six graphic works will be part of the review with one paragraph for each. Prior Medical Mentions… Read More

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Medical Mentions Tagged With: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, AIDS, anarchism, anti-Semitism, bullying, childbirth, childrearing, Christianity, condoms, contraception, depersonalization, diaphragms, economic inequality, family planning, gender-based violence, HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy, HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, incarceration, involuntary servitude, labor movement, mass media, menstruation, midwifery, nursing, philanthropy, Planned Parenthood, population growth, pregnancy, Puberty, same-sex attraction, sex education, sex work, sexual violence, social determinants of health, socialism, South Korea, status of forces agreement, sterilization, syphilis, T cells, Tuskegee Syphilis Study, U.S. military

Medical Mentions Book Reviews XIX – Comic Strip Edition #3

May. 31, 2026 by Kevin Wolf Leave a Comment

Medical Mentions are a group of graphic works. The graphic works reviewed here are books whose primary topics are not medical, and yet they cover a medical topic with some depth at some point in the work. The rest of the work might be fictional or nonfictional, while the medical portion is often technical and five pages or more. The reviewer will usually neither recommend nor discourage reading the work, except when the rest of the work is deemed outstanding or terrible, respectively. Typically, six graphic works will be part of the review with one paragraph for each. Prior Medical Mentions… Read More

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: comic strip, Medical Mentions Tagged With: adults, anthropomorphic, birth, cancer, children, comic strips, death, fever, grief, pregnancy, PTSD, supernatural

Medical Mentions Book Reviews XVIII – Anti-stereotypes

Jan. 29, 2026 by Kevin Wolf Leave a Comment

Medical Mentions are a group of graphic works. The graphic works reviewed here are books whose primary topics are not medical, and yet they cover a medical topic with some depth at some point in the work. The rest of the work might be fictional or nonfictional, while the medical portion is often technical and five pages or more. The reviewer will usually neither recommend nor discourage reading the work, except when the rest of the work is deemed outstanding or terrible, respectively. Typically, six graphic works will be part of the review with one paragraph for each. Prior Medical Mentions… Read More

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Medical Mentions Tagged With: AI, anti-stereotype, artificial intelligence, death, empowerment, fictional, grief, martial arts, middle school, public health, toxicity

Medical Mentions XVII

Dec. 3, 2025 by Kevin Wolf Leave a Comment

Medical Mentions are a group of graphic works. The graphic works reviewed here are books whose primary topics are not medical, and yet they cover a medical topic with some depth at some point in the work. The rest of the work might be fictional or nonfictional, while the medical portion is often technical and five pages or more. The reviewer will usually neither recommend nor discourage reading the work, except when the rest of the work is deemed outstanding or terrible, respectively. Typically, six graphic works will be part of the review with one paragraph for each. Prior Medical Mentions can be… Read More

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Medical Mentions Tagged With: addiction, air transportation accidents, asthma, breathing techniques, disaster relief, disasters, earthquakes, emergency medical services, emergency medical technicians, emergency medicine, epidemics, firefighters, first responders, forest fires, homelessness, humanitarianism, Hurricane Maria, infectious diseases, law enforcement, leptospirosis, medical aid, natural disasters, nursing, Paramedics, political unrest, post traumatic stress disorder, psychiatry, sanitation, sexism, Silver Age comics, survival skills, tapeworms, terrorism, traumatic injuries, tsunamis, war

Medical Mentions Book Review XVI

Nov. 24, 2025 by Kevin Wolf Leave a Comment

Medical Mentions are a group of graphic works. The graphic works reviewed here are books whose primary topics are not medical, and yet they cover a medical topic with some depth at some point in the work. The rest of the work might be fictional or nonfictional, while the medical portion is often technical and five pages or more. The reviewer will usually neither recommend nor discourage reading the work, except when the rest of the work is deemed outstanding or terrible, respectively. Typically, six graphic works will be part of the review with one paragraph for each. Prior Medical Mentions… Read More

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Medical Mentions Tagged With: anti-Semitism, anti-slavery, art as therapy, COVID, death, enslaved, environment, extreme cold, grief, hospital caregiver, national parks, nature, photography, pneumonia, public health, rebellion, revolt

Medical Mentions Book Reviews XV

Sep. 18, 2025 by Kevin Wolf Leave a Comment

Medical Mentions are a group of graphic works. The graphic works reviewed here are books whose primary topics are not medical, and yet they cover a medical topic with some depth at some point in the work. The rest of the work might be fictional or nonfictional, while the medical portion is often technical and five pages or more. The reviewer will usually neither recommend nor discourage reading the work, except when the rest of the work is deemed outstanding or terrible, respectively. Typically, six graphic works will be part of the review with one paragraph for each. Prior Medical Mentions… Read More

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Medical Mentions Tagged With: bioengineering, cartooning, death, epidemic, fallow garden, forensic medicine, genetically modified organisms, GMO, grief, hiccups, medical mentions

Medical Mentions Book Reviews XIV — Genre Fiction Edition

Sep. 4, 2025 by Kevin Wolf 1 Comment

Book Reviews by Matt Peters   Medical Mentions are a group of graphic works. The graphic works reviewed here are books whose primary topics are not medical, and yet they cover a medical topic with some depth at some point in the work. The rest of the work might be fictional or nonfictional, while the medical portion is often technical and five pages or more. The reviewer will usually neither recommend nor discourage reading the work, except when the rest of the work is deemed outstanding or terrible, respectively. Typically, six graphic works will be part of the review with one… Read More

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Medical Mentions Tagged With: addiction, cancer, essential healthcare workers, misogyny, nutrition, police brutality, residential care facilities, sexual assault, transphobia

Medical Mentions Book Reviews XIII – Comic Strips Edition #2 – Big Apple Almanac

May. 26, 2025 by Kevin Wolf Leave a Comment

Medical Mentions are a group of graphic works. The graphic works reviewed here are books whose primary topics are not medical, and yet they cover a medical topic with some depth at some point in the work. The rest of the work might be fictional or nonfictional, while the medical portion is often technical and five pages or more. The reviewer will usually neither recommend nor discourage reading the work, except when the rest of the work is deemed outstanding or terrible, respectively. Typically, six graphic works will be part of the review with one paragraph for each. Prior Medical Mentions… Read More

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Medical Mentions Tagged With: comic strips, New York City, various medical topics

Medical Mentions Book Reviews XII

Mar. 31, 2025 by Kevin Wolf Leave a Comment

Medical Mentions are a group of graphic works. The graphic works reviewed here are books whose primary topics are not medical, and yet they cover a medical topic with some depth at some point in the work. The rest of the work might be fictional or nonfictional, while the medical portion is often technical and five pages or more. The reviewer will usually neither recommend nor discourage reading the work, except when the rest of the work is deemed outstanding or terrible, respectively. Typically, six graphic works will be part of the review with one paragraph for each. Prior Medical Mentions… Read More

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Medical Mentions Tagged With: climate change, dyscalculia, imposter syndrome, infection, injury, public health, sanitation, Veterinary Medicine, waterborne illness

A Tribute to Jules Feiffer, Cartoonist, Illustrator, Playwright

Feb. 2, 2025 by Kevin Wolf Leave a Comment

By Kevin Wolf Jules Feiffer died January 17 of heart failure at his home. He was 95 years old. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster with illustrations by Jules Feiffer—my all-time favorite book, bar none—was read by my teacher to my 5th-grade class. While in college, I remembered that event and decided to buy a copy and reread it. I loved it just as much and have read it many times since. I named one of my first cats after the protagonist, Milo. I’ve since met the illustrator, Jules Feiffer, several times, heard him give a few speeches, and bought… Read More

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: In Memoriam Tagged With: in memoriam, Jules Feiffer, obituary, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Village Voice

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next Page »

Subscribe to the Graphic Medicine Newsletter

Join our email list to keep up with the latest Graphic Medicine news!

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Syllabus Repository

NEW! Click on the image below to explore graphic medicine syllabi for undergraduate, graduate, and health professional courses.

© 2007 - 2026 Graphic Medicine International Collective

WordPress Developer