As part of the Graphic Medicine 2026 Conference, our friends at Lizard Brain set up long visual facilitation board – a Wisdom Wall – and invited conference attendees to participate in shared brainstorming, thinking, and meaning-making across multiple days. You can see it in motion on their Instagram here and here! On one side, attendees were asked to share “What challenges most affect your work in graphic medicine or in creating health narratives?”. On the other, attendees responded to the prompt, “What do you believe the solutions to these challenges are?”. Attendees provided the concepts, exact phrases, and, because this is a comics… Read More
CFP: Comics Forum 2026: Welfare
We are sharing this on behalf of the organizers; please contact them directly for any questions! 12-13 November 2026, Leeds Central Library (UK) Comics and related forms have engaged with themes of welfare since at least as early as 1751, when Hogarth’s prints Beer Street and Gin Lane presented satirical comments on alcohol legislation and public health. Since then, depictions of welfare-related concerns have proliferated in comics ranging from small scale graphic pathographies through to large scale public communication campaigns. The rise of Graphic Medicine as a field of scholarship has given visibility to titles exploring health, disability and wellbeing, but comics are equally… Read More
CFP: Special Issue of Disability Studies Quarterly: Global and Intersectional Framings of Disability in Comics & Graphic Narratives
Sharing on behalf of the editors – please contact them directly for questions! CALL FOR PAPERS – SPECIAL ISSUE OF DISABILITY STUDIES QUARTERLY: Global and Intersectional Framings of Disability in Comics & Graphic Narratives Edited by Crystal Yin Lie (California State University, Long Beach) and Kai Qing Tan (Ghent University; Aachen University) Comics and graphic narratives have become a powerful medium for representing embodied disability experience. Foundational scholarship in disability and comics studies has largely focused on Anglophone and Euro-American contexts. This special issue of Disability Studies Quarterly seeks to expand the field by foregrounding transnational, multilingual, and Global South perspectives…. Read More
CFP: Graphic Medicine as Method: Visual Storytelling and New Directions in Medical/Health Humanities
Sharing on behalf of the organizers – please contact them directly for any questions! We would like to share the Call for Papers (max. 20 minute per paper) for the virtual ACLA seminar in May 2027 on the topic of using graphic medicine as method (for medical/health humanities – also as a means to advocate for disability rights): “Graphic Medicine as Method: Visual Storytelling and New Directions in Medical/Health Humanities” https://www.acla.org/seminar/8e8951d5-0528-4f3b-8ca6-a85d927b7bbf Keywords: Graphic Medicine, Medical Humanities, Disability Studies, Intersectionality, Participatory Research The seminar will bring together the perspectives of our international attendees to foster discussions and the sharing of ideas… Read More
Join Graphic Medicine at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) June 5th, 6th, and 7th!
We are thrilled to be joining the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) in Toronto next weekend once again as a community partner and we’ve got a great slate of programs, signings, and chances to talk graphic medicine together to share with you! GMIC’s Matthew Noe and Shelley Wall, along with several of Shelley’s amazing students, will be on site throughout the show to promote all things graphic medicine. Below are some highlights of where to find us: TCAF Libraries and Education Day Full Schedule and Registration (Free!) A full day of programming and professional development dedicated to librarians and… Read More
COPE Magazine Submissions Open
Sharing the below call for submissions at the request of COPE’s Editor-in-chief, Liz Zonarich. COPE MAGAZINE, is a creative magazine dedicated to amplifying voices from the chronic illness community, founded and run by a chronically ill team. The magazine aims to foster a sense of belonging, understanding, and support for those living with a chronic illness, one story at a time. Over the past year, we’ve been publishing our magazine digitally (for free) and in print with four quarterly issues under our belt. Currently, submissions are open until June 6th for our summer issue Volume 4: Diagnosis; we provided… Read More
Spotlight: Fanbase Press Announces New Series SHRUB, a ‘Cross-Country Adventure Exploring Grief and Connection’
LOS ANGELES, CA – March 23, 2026 – In advance of WonderCon 2026, GLAAD Media Award-winning and Eisner and Harvey Awards-nominated publisher and media outlet Fanbase Press is proud to announce Shrub, an 8-issue Graphic Medicine series which will be crowdfunded by the publisher on Kickstarter. In this middle grade adventure, readers will join Shrub who is, well… a shrub… for a cross-country road trip to Hollywood! Join Shrub and a grieving brother and sister as they hit the open road in search of connection. On their journey, pit stops, wacky plant enthusiasts, uprooting, and re-routing abound. The series… Read More
Conference Performance Announcement and Call for Donations: Aliceheimer’s: a Chamber Opera
We’re excited to announce that Aliceheimer’s: a Chamber Opera will be presented at the 2026 Conference of the Graphic Medicine International Collective in Baltimore (July 23-26). Balancing the beauty of imagination with the bittersweet truths of aging, Aliceheimer’s illustrates how art and storytelling promote healing: for patients and their carers– as well as audiences experiencing their own relatable journeys in health, connection, and belonging. This powerful piece, based on Dana Mashoian Walrath’s graphic memoir and featuring music by composer Erik Nielsen, is being produced with support from artistic and research faculty from the Johns Hopkins University Medicine, Science, and Humanities Program… Read More
Call for Submissions: Hypothesis Visual Connections
Visual Connections fosters interdisciplinary dialogue at the crossroads of health science, humanities, and the arts. Officially launched in Fall 2025, this category welcomes creative visual storytelling, such as: posters featuring historical or archival imagery, infographics, comic art, digital renderings, visual art, and short poetry or prose that incorporates a visual narrative. Each submission should be accompanied by a brief narrative that explains the visual content, underlying methods, and its relevance to health information professionals. To find out more visit: https://journals.indianapolis.iu.edu/index.php/hypothesis/viscon.
Spotlight: Brian Fies, author of Mom’s Cancer, Speaks with Northeastern students [VIDEO]
Shared with us by Professor A. David Lewis On February 28, 2025, students in the ARTH 3000 course at Northeastern University had the opportunity to speak directly over Zoom with Brian Fies, the creator of Mom’s Cancer and A Fire Story. This Graphic Medicine course, spearheaded by Professors Hillary Chute and Cailin Rolles, focuses both on the state of the field after the COVID-19 pandemic as well as on the visual practices and illustration techniques that undergird a number of the genre’s most notable works. Overseen by Prof. A. David Lewis, students read works by creators like MK Czerwiec, Justin Green, Allison Bechdel,… Read More
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