The Graphic Medicine Review is seeking new contributions for content on its site, hosted by Ubiquity Press. Published in conjunction with MCPHS University Library, GMR “publishes scholarly works relevant to both the comics medium (aka comic books, graphic novels, manga, bande desinée, etc.) and healthcare, medicine, wellness, patient experience, and public health policy.” GMR is seeking: · Analyses of new Graphic Medicine works, · Critical summaries of GM scholarship, · Synopses of GM events, whether held in person or virtually, · Interviews with GM scholars, creators, librarians, practitioners, clinicians, etc., · GM comics and new creations, and · Scholarly reviews of prominent GM books. GMR is a fee-free, open-access online journal that publishes… Read More
Announcing Essential Graphic Medicine: An Annotated Bibliography
After several years of work and unavoidable delays, I am thrilled to announce the launch of Essential Graphic Medicine: An Annotated Bibliography! Funded by an ALA Carnegie-Whitney grant, which supports the preparation and publication of reading lists and other bibliographical aids, Alice Jaggers and I have been developing this tool since early 2018 as a way to aid library workers in the development of graphic medicine collections. For library folks new to the idea of comics, much less graphic medicine, it can be difficult to know where to begin and what might be considered important early titles for a collection… Read More
Spotlight: Stephanie Jo
Find Stephanie’s full Pain Dairies comic here. “Pain Diaries” is a comic describing my experience with endometriosis as well as the fears, frustrations, and suffering that comes with having chronic pain. Endometriosis is a disorder where the uterine lining grows outside of the uterus, causing severe pain and a myriad of other serious health issues. From age 12 (when I first got my period) to age 29, I lived without a label for my suffering. Experiencing daily chronic pain without a diagnosis felt like I was existing in a large empty body of water, constantly drowning but never dying. Living with a… Read More
Spotlight: Let’s Talk About It: A Graphic Guide To Mental Health
Spotlight post by James Sturm, Director and Cofounder of The Center for Cartoon Studies As director of The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS), I had worked on putting together a graphic guide about democracy and governance. The book circulated widely and Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery (StarkMHAR), a team responsible for engaging and educating middle school students, came across it and reached out to see if CCS would be interested in creating a graphic guide to mental health. These projects seem to happen when the right opportunity meets the right cartoonist at the right time. When this opportunity… Read More
Graphic Medicine Quantified: An Annotated Bibliography
Graphic Medicine Quantified: An Annotated Bibliography by A. David Lewis A challenge for Graphic Medicine is its being juxtaposed alongside biomedical and scientific fields of work that operate largely in the realm of statistics and quantifiable analytics. Often, the scholarship in Graphic Medicine comes without numbers. It is anecdotal, experiential, aesthetic/literary, or theoretical, customarily, and only occasionally calculable. This is neither a flaw nor weakness of Graphic Medicine, but it is also adaptable. If practitioners and clinicians utilizing elements of Graphic Medicine so choose, they can opt to perform further studies on its measurable effects. This is not a matter… Read More
Mapping the Use of Comics in Health Education: A Scoping Review of the Graphic Medicine Literature
Mapping the Use of Comics in Health Education: A Scoping Review of the Graphic Medicine Literature Matthew N. Noe, MSLS ; Leonard L. Levin, MS LIS, MA, AHIP Special thanks to Suzana Makowski, MD, MMM, CPE This project was made possible with a Mapping the Landscape, Journeying Together grant from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Research Institute. As many of you will remember, since Fall 2016, I have been discussing a scoping review project on the use of comics in education – a project that emerged out of the receipt of a Gold Foundation Mapping the Landscape Grant. In short,… Read More
CFP: Flyover Comics Symposium
See the full conference information and submit your proposal at: https://digital-frontiers.org/satellite-events/flyover/ The events of 2020 have disrupted normal patterns for professional conferences, resulting in cancellations of major comics studies meetings. To fill the lacunae left by these cancellations, three university comics studies communities are uniting with Digital Frontiers to offer the Flyover Comics Symposium, a virtual conference for comics studies scholars, students, and professionals. Submissions If you have a proposal that was accepted to any canceled comics event in 2020, POW! you’re accepted! Just submit your 500-word abstract and upload a PDF of your acceptance notification in the submission form…. Read More
CFP: Comics in the Time of COVID-19
CFP: Comics in the Time of COVID-19 An edited collection on graphic medicine and graphic storytelling related to the COVID-19 global pandemic Editors: Alexandra P. Alberda Anna Feigenbaum William Proctor As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to infect millions, kill people around the world, dismantle political, economic and cultural infrastructures, and disrupt our everyday lives, we have seen a surge in amateur and professional creative activity in the comics medium. From blogs to Instagram, superheroes to public health, educational comics to graphic memoirs, etc., artists are engaging with a variety of genres, narratives, platforms and styles to tell stories. This edited… Read More
Guest Post: Native American artists respond to COVID-19, Naomi Bishop
As a medical librarian, I know that the information about COVID-19 is overwhelming, so the information most important to families and communities is something that should be highlighted and shared often. Communication about the Novel Coronavirus pandemic of 2020 sheds light on how comics help communities in different areas. Native American communities across the US are not immune to the pandemic. As cases are rising in tribal communities, many nations have announced stay at home orders for citizens and are preparing for the worst outcomes. In response, Native artists and creators have put their energy into creating art that… Read More
An Update on Graphic Medicine 2020
With great regret, and after serious deliberation, the Graphic Medicine conference scheduled for Toronto in July of this year has been cancelled due to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic. If you submitted a proposal, you will be contacted individually by the conference organizers in the next day or two. Please stay checked in with us on social media and here at GraphicMedicine.org for updates about alternative engagement opportunities in the coming days. Stay safe, be kind.
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