Guest Post by Theo Phizza Following redundancy from a company at which I had worked for 22 years I was admitted to a mental health facility (“the Facility”) at the beginning of 2020 to be treated for generalised anxiety disorder (“GAD”) partly triggered by the redundancy situation. I first saw a Psychiatric Consultant in December 2019 who advised me that in-patient treatment would probably be best for me. It later turned out he had been a Psychiatric Advisor on a series of Big Brother. This seemed to me to be a possible cause of confusion as this Cartoon shows…. Read More
Spotlight Archive
Our “Spotlight” program was developed to feature new projects, books, and artists of note to the Graphic Medicine international community. If you’d like to be featured in a Spotlight post, email us. Spotlight: Going Off My Meds Spotlight: Melahomos Spotlight: Paraeducator by Melissa Delapp-Ramos Spotlight: Compassion Fatigue by Erina Zhang Spotlight: Smiling Through the Mask. A Traveling Book Spotlight: Herbs for the Apocalypse: Forging Resistance and Resilience in Trying Times Spotlight: How to Raise a PhD Spotlight: Zeros webcomic, “What if a Superhero Has a Panic Attack?” Spotlight: Lulu! Spotlight on Theo Phizza – Notes from the Asylum #1 Spotlight:… Read More
Spotlight: EXAM ROOM Volume One: Anatomy Lab Zine by Drexel Medical Students
EXAM ROOM Volume One: Anatomy Lab is a comics zine drawn and written by second year Drexel College of Medical Students in Philadelphia, in the Fall of 2019. Working in a Graphic Medicine seminar with Artist in Residence Emily Steinberg, MFA, students Prachi Anshu, Andrew DiMatteo, Marc Hem Lee, Joshua Lucas and Luke Wakeen drew from their personal experience working with cadavers in the Anatomy Lab, creating an extraordinarily thoughtful collection of stories. Download full zine here.