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LDComics in-person event featuring Hayley Gullen. London 15th October.

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UK graphic medicine folks! Make a note of this London live event by our friends, LDComics. On Thursday, 15th of October at the Cartoon Museum. One of the speakers is Hayley Gullen, who recently published her graphic memoir, This might surprise you: a breast cancer story, which was shortlisted for the Graphic Medicine book awards this year. As well as charting moments of her journey, there are some insightful reflections about health in the UK and the dynamics between patient and healthcare workers. The event is at the wonderful Cartoon Museum. If you are in or around London this is a great… Read More

New This Week

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New discount!  Our Bookshop.org affiliate commission has been upgraded to 15% for all of June! Check out any of our specially curated lists, or focus on our LGBTQ+ lists for Pride Month! Speaking of queer comics, the documentary NO STRAIGHT LINES is streaming for free on PBS from June 1-30 in celebration of this year’s Pride Month. 2017 Graphic Medicine keynote Rupert Kinnard is featured in the film as well as many others. From the PBS website, “When Alison Bechdel received a coveted MacArthur Award for her best-selling graphic memoir Fun Home, it heralded the acceptance of LGBTQ+ comics in American… Read More

Spotlight: Sarc, by Cole Henley

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Sarc is a short comic I did to try and communicate my experiences late in 2019 when I was diagnosed with Sarcoidosis. I wanted to convey some of the medical journey but also my personal experiences and the impact on those around me. The comic is deliberately left open ended because diagnosis for many is just the start of a journey, especially with chronic illnesses. I (Cole Henley) am a web developer, illustrator and recovering archaeologist from Somerset. You can find out more about me over on my website: https://cole007.net/

My Rights in the Maternity System: A feminist graphic zine inspired by The Freebirth Study

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Guest post by Gemma McKenzie “[T]hey just wanted me to be a faceless person, who would lie down and let them do what they wanted me to do… I feel like our whole system feeds into us being obedient, submissive, good girls, and other people taking what’s rightfully ours…” These are the words of an interviewee from my recent study on freebirthing in the UK. I had interviewed sixteen women about their experiences of intentionally giving birth without doctors or midwives present. These were not stories of fast labours and failed attempts to get to the hospital in time; these… Read More

Graphic Medicine for Contact Tracing – Call for collaboration

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Graphic Medicine for Contact Tracing We are seeking an artist to collaborate with our research team to produce a public-facing graphic medicine output about public health efforts in contact tracing during the pandemic. We are University of Cambridge-based social researchers who have been collaborating closely with public health experts and community organizations in Hackney since mid-2020. Our project seeks to better understand the successes and challenges of the use of traditional and digital contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic by collecting and analysing insights from community leaders, community residents, and public health practitioners. The project focuses on the London Borough… Read More

Medical Humanities online conference with free registration.

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Please see the online conference on Medical Humanities below. Registration is free. There are sessions devoted to graphic and narrative medicine. Registration is open until April 8, 2022: https://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/event/medical-humanities-in-the-middle-east/schedule

Call for papers – The 2nd International Conference on Medical Humanities in the Middle East (online) 

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The 2nd International Conference on Medical Humanities in the Middle East (online) April 9-10, 2022 Doha, Qatar Submission Deadline: February 15, 2022   The 2nd International Conference on Medical Humanities in the Middle East invites proposals for oral presentations, posters, and creative work on the topics of design and medicine, art and medicine, narrative medicine, philosophy of medicine, medical ethics and narrative ethics, expressive arts therapies, literature and medicine, history of medicine, the anthropology, psychology, and sociology of medicine/health care and other humanistic initiatives within the context of health, medicine, and medical education in the Middle East and North Africa… Read More

New Podcast Episode: 2020 Graphic Medicine in Review

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In this month’s episode, MK talks with a panel of guests about the best Graphic Medicine of 2020. The conversation begins with Shelley Wall and Michael Green discussing their article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) about the best graphic medicine of 2020, COVID-19 comics. Then graphic medicine librarians Alice Jaggers and Matthew Noe add their thoughts and further recommendations to the conversation. Finally, the group shares some of their favorite reading from 2020, graphic medicine and beyond. Listen below or subscribe to the Graphic Medicine podcast. Scroll down for links to all books and projects mentioned… Read More

A Hundred Thousand Knots and more – Spotlight on Kukka-Maria Kiuru

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Alopecia has always been in my life. It runs in the family. I first got signs of it when I was 5 years old. At the time my parents didn’t know about the symptoms that some of my relatives had already had. Everything that happened because of my alopecia at that time left me with feelings of confusion and uncertanty. Years later, after losing all my body hair, I had to confront my own attitude towards this disease and figure out something to help me get through the bitterness and fear. Alopecia has very visual symptoms. Losing my hair, eyebrows… Read More