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Brighton Conference – Provisional Programme

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 The conference is taking shape. It is going to be good. By the time the early bird registration expired over 150 delegates had signed up. We are now in the process of finessing the programme. Here, for your scrutiny, is a PROVISIONAL programme of events. There will, inevitably, be minor changes. This is just for you to get an idea of the shape of the thing. The conference is being held at two venues, about a five-minute walk apart. The evening events will be held at the Phoenix Arts Centre, and the daytime programming at the Sallis Benney Theatre. Both… Read More

Conference Keynote Speaker Announcement – MK Czerwiec

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We are very excited to announce that our very own MK Czerwiec, a.k.a. Comic Nurse, will be a keynote speaker at our Brighton conference in July. Most people reading this post will be aware of MK’s stella contribution to the field of Graphic Medicine over the last 10 years, and it is fitting that she will give one of the two keynote addresses to the 10th international Graphic Medicine conference. MK is a Senior Fellow of the George Washington School of Nursing Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement (Washington, DC) and the Artist-in- Residence at Northwestern Feinberg School of… Read More

Call for submissions – Graphic Truths: The Making (and Unmaking) of a Doctor

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An anthology of comics, edited by Shelley L. Wall, PhD, Josh Feder, MD, Jillian Horton, MD, and Allan Peterkin, MD. Are you in pre-med studies, medical school, or medical residency anywhere in the world? Are you a medical doctor with vivid recollections of your past medical training? Have you witnessed the medical training process as a family member or as another healthcare professional? We are seeking comics about your current and/or past experiences for an anthology. The arts provide a powerful means to represent the intense and complex process of becoming a doctor. The medium of comics, with its combination of image and text and its rich vocabulary of narrative… Read More

Brighton keynote speaker announcement: Dr. Meg-John Barker

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We are very excited to announce our first keynote speaker for the Graphic Medicine conference: Meg-John Barker is the author of a number of popular books on sex, gender, and relationships, including Queer: A Graphic History (with Julia Scheele), How To Understand Your Gender (with Alex Iantaffi), Enjoy Sex (How, When, and IF You Want To) (with Justin Hancock), Rewriting the Rules, The Psychology of Sex, and The Secrets of Enduring Love (with Jacqui Gabb). They have also written numerous books, articles, chapters, and reports for scholars and counsellors, drawing on their own research and therapeutic practice. In particular they have focused their academic-activist… Read More

New Podcast Episode: Rachel Lindsay on Rx

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With great thanks to A. David Lewis, Matthew Noe, and Rachel, we are able to share the full lecture given by Rachel Lindsay about creating her graphic memoir Rx as a Graphic Medicine podcast. A few links: Rachel’s website: http://www.rachellivesherenow.com/about A. David Lewis’s twitter thread of the talk available here. Jane Zhao’s review of Rx on Intima here: http://www.theintima.org/book-reviews-intima/rx-a-graphic-memoir-by-rachel-lindsay 

Conference Registration is open

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Conference registration for the 2019 International Graphic Medicine Conference in Brighton is now open. We had a phenomenal response to our call for papers with over 150 proposals from 22 countries. Abstracts were selected by a team of seven people. One of the selectors, Profession Susan Squier commented: “Things have gone to another level with regards to the standard of proposals for this conference. The field is maturing. We had so many excellent proposals, some of which critique the field” The link for registration is HERE.  There are 100 earlybird places available at £100, after which the price goes up… Read More

New Podcast: Reconciling the Public and Private in Health Comics with Whit Taylor

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The episode opens with Alice Jaggers and host MK Czerwiec discussing Graphic Medicine News. That segment is followed by Whit Taylor‘s keynote address from the 2018 Comics & Medicine conference in White River Junction, Vermont. NOTE: The comics Whit mentions are linked below. Whit is a cartoonist, writer, editor, and public health educator. She has a BA in cultural anthropology from Brown University and received an MPH in Social and Behavioral Sciences from Boston University School of Public Health. Her comics have been published by The Nib, The New Yorker, Illustrated PEN and others.   America Isn’t Ready For a Pandemic, The… Read More

Call for participants – using sequential art in professional psychological practice.

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Call for participants. For those of you in the Graphic Medicine community that I have not had the opportunity to meet or correspond with, my name is John Pollard and I am a psychotherapist based in London in the final stages of a doctoral qualification in counseling psychology. My doctoral thesis is a piece of qualitative research exploring how psychologists and psychotherapists use sequential art in their work. This research aims to create a representation of how sequential art is used in contemporary psychological practice. Rather than attempt to make a case for the potential of sequential art and how it could… Read More

“Scaling Up Graphic Medicine” – Susan Squier’s 2018 Conference Keynote Address

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This month’s episode features Susan Squier’s full keynote from this year’s Graphic Medicine conference at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont. Her talk is titled “Graphic Medicine: The Scales of Comics Work.” You will hear Susan introduced by Juliet McMullin. The images Susan cites directly in her talk follow below, in order. Stay tuned to the end of Susan’s talk for a special announcement!   Support for this podcast comes from Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Humanities, the nation’s oldest Humanities Department within a medical school, pioneers of innovations in medical education since 1967. To learn… Read More

New Podcast: 2018 Graphic Medicine Year in Review

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In this last GM podcast episode of 2018, Matthew Noe and MK Czerwiec discuss the Graphic Medicine year in review and they look forward to 2019. Listen to the episode to hear our picks for notable books of 2018, highlights of 2018, and what we are looking forward to in 2019. Links promised in the episode: Call for Papers, 2019 Graphic Medicine conference, Brighton Medicina Gráfica Congress video on YouTube National Library of Medicine Graphic Medicine exhibit information and exhibit locator. Interview with Hey, Kiddo creator Jarret Krosoczka on Fresh Air with Terri Gross Support for this podcast comes from… Read More