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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

Call for chapter contributions:  Public Health Humanities: tools for learning and practice

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We invite proposals for contributions to a new ‘toolkit’ (or textbook) for learning and practice in the field of public health humanities. The toolkit will contain guidance for practical activities that develop or deploy humanities skills for public health, and will be published as an interactive e-book and in print. One-page proposals for contributions are welcomed from scholars, teachers, or practitioners anywhere in the world, with backgrounds in arts, humanities, social sciences or public health. Innovative formats or modes of presentation (such as graphic treatments) for the one-page proposal are welcome and encouraged. Please see this link for the full… Read More

Conversation from Ireland: Ryan Montoya

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In this fifth podcast episode from our Ireland Conference, Christopher Dwyer speaks with Ryan Montoya, a physician and professional comic book artist. In this wide-ranging conversation, Ryan & Christopher discuss the origin story for Ryan’s unique career path, his perspective on challenges to providing compassionate care, his forthcoming graphic medicine project, and their thoughts on many topics. A very fun listen. Enjoy! Our podcast host, Christopher Dwyer, is a psychology researcher who specializes in the fields of cognition and education, with international expertise in the field of Critical Thinking. He is the author of the book Critical Thinking: Historical Perspectives… Read More

Conversations from Ireland: Grace Farris

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In this third podcast episode from our Ireland Conference, Christopher Dwyer speaks with Grace Farris Grace and Chris discuss her book-in-progress, parenthood, and Grace’s lecture at the 2024 Ireland conference.   Our podcast host, Christopher Dwyer, is a psychology researcher who specializes in the fields of cognition and education, with international expertise in the field of Critical Thinking. He is the author of the book Critical Thinking: Historical Perspectives & Practical Guidelines, published by Cambridge University Press. He authors an ongoing blog for Psychology Today, Thoughts on Thinking. Follow Dr. Dwyer on Twitter, @CogitoErgoDwyer. GMIC would like to thank the… Read More

New Podcast from Ireland: Cara Bean

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In this third podcast episode from our Ireland Conference, Christopher Dwyer speaks with Cara Bean Cara and Chris discuss her book here I am, I am me, mental health and art, and Cara’s workshop at the conference. Learn more about Cara’s work on her website.   Cara will be hosting a Drawing Together in January based on her Ireland workshop. Don’t miss it! Our podcast host, Christopher Dwyer, is a psychology researcher who specializes in the fields of cognition and education, with international expertise in the field of Critical Thinking. He is the author of the book Critical Thinking: Historical… Read More

New Podcast Episode: Comics Promoting Bystander CPR with Annika Mengwall

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Annika Mengwall has spent her high school years volunteering in her local Emergency Medical Service, driving ambulances and providing critical patient care as an EMT. She also teaches lifesaving techniques as a Basic Life Support Instructor for the American Heart Association. Off duty, she creates interdisciplinary artwork – currently developing a comic promoting bystander CPR which she presented at the 2023 Graphic Medicine conference in Toronto. She will be a first-year at Yale University this fall, where she plans to study art and prepare for medical school. In this episode of the Graphic Medicine Podcast she talks with GMIC board… 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

The Silent Why Podcast interviews Carol Tyler about grief

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  The Silent Why podcast is on a mission to talk about loss and grief and are looking for 101 different types of loss, chatting to people who have been through them to see if it’s possible to find hope in each sort of loss. They interviewed Carol Tyler about her latest project, ‘Griefville’ and the death of her husband, Justin Green (Binky Brown Meets The Holy Virgin Mary). Click the image above to listen.

Online Research Seminar – Free Registration

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On Monday 25th of April Monica Lalanda and Ian Williams will take part in an online research seminar about Graphic Medicine organised by RACSS – the Research & Comics seminar series. They will be discussing the graphic medicine movement in the UK and Spain. Lily Daniels will be the graphic recorder for the day. The event is online and free but registration is needed. https://lnkd.in/dgwdarwP Registration grants access to the recorded seminar in case attendees would like to view it at another time instead of live. RACSS is a collaboration between Lydia Wysocki (Newcastle University), Jorge Catalá (Newcastle University) and… Read More