Alice Jaggers is joined by Ebru Ustundag and MK Czerwiec in a conversation about what happened in the graphic medicine community in 2021 and a sneak preview of 2022. Relevant Links 2021 Un-convention Padlet for the 2021 Un-convention Drawing Together Archive Specifically mentioned: Walking, Communication, Lynda Barry Cards for Honest Conversations about Feelings 2022 Chicago Graphic Medicine Conference Books mentioned Most all of the books mentioned can be found on the Bookshop List: Graphic Medicine Podcast Mentions 2021 Graphic Medicine Books Doc-Related: A Physician’s Guide to Fixing Our Ailing Health Care System by Peter Valenzuela, MD Two-Week Wait by Luke… Read More
New Podcast Episode: Interview with MK Czerwiec
In this episode, Alice Jaggers discusses the re-release of Taking Turns with creator MK Czerwiec. Relevant Links: Books Mentioned: Taking Turns by MK Czerwiec Menopause edited by MK Czerwiec Graphic Medicine Manifesto by MK Czerwiec et al Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel No One Else by R. Kikuo Johnson Research “Leveraging Parent Pain Perspectives to Improve Pain Practices for Children with Medical Complexity” https://www.painmanagementnursing.org/article/S1524-9042(20)30233-2/fulltext This podcast is sponsored by:
New Podcast Episode: Conversation with Maria Photinakis
Maria Photinakis talks to me, Alice Jaggers, about making comics during COVID and after the death of her father and about parenting as a cartoonist. We discuss her works, Extraordinary Times volume 1 and Liminal State. The interview was originally recorded in February 2021. Since the recording, Maria has published COVID19 Vaccination Campaign comics for CIC Health. Extraordinary Times volume 2 is available for preorder. Maria’s website is https://photinakis.com/, where you can order her comics and find her portfolio. This podcast is sponsored by:
New Podcast episode: Mad Zines
In this installment I (Ian) interview Professor Helen Spandler, Dr Jill Anderson and Tamsin Walker, of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) about their Wellcome Trust funded project which explores how zines ‘craft contention’ about mental health – and can help to turn individual struggles into critical issues for society. I really enjoyed this interview. I am very taken with the idea of mad studies. For an introduction to this exciting new area of study and activism, check out this article by Helen Spandler. Helen and Jill work on Asylum Magazine, to which Tamsin often contributes cartoons. Asylum, the radical mental health magazine, has been running for 30… Read More
New Podcast Episode: Ian Williams Interviews Zara Slattery about Coma
Ian Williams talks with Zara Slattery, whose book Coma comes out May 13, 2021 in the UK from publisher Myriad Editions and September 14, 2021 in the US. The book chronicles her experience with an infection which forces healthcare professionals to put her into a medically induced coma. Relevant Links: Zara Slattery’s website: https://zaraslattery.com/ Coma – https://bookshop.org/a/1457/9781912408665 You can find the books mentioned on this episode and other episodes here. This podcast is sponsored by:
New Podcast Episode: Ian Williams Interviews Steve Haines about Touch Is Really Strange
Steve Haines together with artist Sophie Standing have created the …Is Really Strange series. The most recent is Touch Is Really Strange coming out April 21, 2021. Ian Williams talks with Steve Haines about the series and about touch, specifically. Relevant Links: Pain Is Really Strange – link to buy and link to the Graphic Medicine review Trauma Is Really Strange – link to buy and link to the Graphic Medicine review Anxiety Is Really Strange – link to buy Touch Is Really Strange – link to buy Steve Haines website (https://bodycollege.net/) You can find the books mentioned on this… Read More
New Podcast Episode: A Conversation with Graphic Medicine Reviews Editor Kevin Wolf
Kevin Wolf has been the Graphic Medicine Reviews Editor since 2020. He is a health actuary and has been writing reviews for the graphic medicine website since 2015. Kevin talks with me, Alice Jaggers, about what he does for the website, a few standout reviews, and books he has covered. Relevant Links: Graphic Medicine Website Reviews page Specific Reviews Mentioned: Bearing Stories Great Hanoi Rat Hunt & Plagues COVID Chronicles, Nib’s Pandemic & Comic News Catalogue Baby You can find the books mentioned on this episode and other episodes here. Go with the Flow One Good Egg The… Read More
The Graphic Medicine Confab Continues!
The Graphic Medicine Confab is a roundtable conversation focusing on the challenges and techniques of making graphic medicine: comics about everything and anything to do with health, medicine, illness and our bodies. Meetings are organized by Kriota Willberg, Joel Christian Gill, Georgia Webber, and Benjamin Schwartz. Each Confab has a theme and a facilitator (see below for details.) The GMC is meeting for more sessions via Zoom. Artists, educators, librarians, health care professionals, patients, and others contributed compelling questions and comments, creating dynamic conversations about a wide range of topics. You can check out the first four sessions here. Graphic… Read More
COVID Chronicles Book Launch
Graphic Mundi and Seminary Co-op Bookstores co-host the launch of COVID CHRONICLES: A COMICS ANTHOLOGY, the inaugural volume of PSU Press comics imprint Graphic Mundi. Editor Kendra Boileau, and contributors Jason Chatfield, Sarah Firth, Rob Kirby, and Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos discuss their process, the book, and life in the COVID age with moderator Matthew Noe. You can purchase your copy of COVID Chronicles and support Graphic Medicine by using this link.
Launching Graphic Mundi with Kendra Boileau!
Kendra Boileau is the Publisher of Graphic Mundi and the Assistant Director and Editor-in-Chief of Penn State University Press. She developed the Graphic Medicine line of graphic novels for PSU Press and is launching the Graphic Mundi imprint with this week’s release of COVID Chronicles. We’ll talk about all of that in our conversation. Relevant links: Register for the COVID Chronicles launch event. Where to buy COVID Chronicles. Graphic Mundi website. An article about the launch of Graphic Mundi and Graphic Medicine at Penn State. this podcast is sponsored by
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