Graphic Medicine post: Between You and Me: Transitional Comics It never occurred to me that I could make comics about the doctor—about going or not going, about those paper robes and things I’d rather forget—until I read MK Czerwiec’s work. This opened a whole world to me as a lifelong hypochondriac who has typically avoided going to the doctor and as a transgender person just beginning to medically transition. Just so many possible comics to draw. It also never occurred to me that I would be a cartoonist or that I would have a book (of comics!) until I started… Read More

Medical Comics Exhibition: Looking at facets of medicine from different perspectives Focus on Medical Humanities in the Lecture Center of MedUni Vienna/Vienna General Hospital until 31 January 2020  The “Medical Comics” exhibition will be on display in the Medical University of Vienna’s Lecture Center in Vienna General Hospital (Level 8) until 31 January 2020. Under the heading of “Impression – Expression – Interaction, Perception in Medicine”, the various facets of medicine are broken down according to three perspectives: “Help!” Helping with comics”, “Sick! Being sick in comics” and interactive stations, so that visitors can join in the action and interaction…. Read More

Proposal Deadline: December 20, 2019. Please find the full call at https://visualaids.org/blog/open-call-comics.  Visual AIDS invites artists to submit proposals for new comics to be included in our Summer 2020 exhibition. Visual AIDS utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving a legacy, because AIDS is not over. Proposal Deadline: December 20, 2019 Visual AIDS will present a new exhibition in Summer 2020 curated by UK-based artist Paul Sammut. The exhibition will take place in New York City and explore the rich history of comics as a mirror for contemporary culture, and as relatable and accessible… Read More

Growing up in a small Midlands town in England, one I describe as being like Shawshank without the redemption, everything felt safe, everyday moved seamlessly into the next. But occasionally there were ripples. In one room of our small terraced house my Dad put up some fake brick wallpaper. It was very much the thing in the 1970s. Make the insides look like the outsides, except Dad without realising put half of it on upside down. The paper should have looked as though the bricks stood proud of the cement, the little shadow under the brick did that job. Turn… Read More

It didn’t occur to me until writing this blog post that my webcomic How Mom Died is a story about caregiver guilt.  For a while I have described the project in a longer and less focused way: It’s the story of my wife and I taking care of my mom in her final years. It’s about the complexity of our healthcare system and how easy it is to fall between the cracks. It’s about how we narrowly avoided disaster. And it’s about sharing our experience so others can learn from it because nobody teaches you this stuff in school. Oh,… Read More

Drawing Blood: Comics & Medicine  Curated by Jared Gardner with support from Morgan Podraza  at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Sullivant Hall, The Ohio State University Review by Kevin Wolf Graphic medicine was on display during the recent CXC (Cartoon Crossroads Columbus) conference in late September 2019 at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in Sullivant Hall at The Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio. The exhibition, entitled Drawing Blood: Comics and Medicine, began April 20, 2019 and will end October 20, 2019 and is curated by Professor Jared Gardner, OSU Department of English and author of… Read More

View this email in your browser Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award Applications for 2020 open now! Will Eisner and Lucy Shelton Caswell This award of up to $2500 supports researchers who need to travel to Columbus, OH to use the collections of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Awards may be used to defray travel expenses, living expenses in Columbus, or research costs. ELIGIBILITY: The award is open to non-OSU graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars (including scholars with or without advanced degrees or without institutional affiliations) who are at least 18 years old and live more than 60 miles… Read More

  Zine Making with Elders by Alex L. Combs It’s not often that artists are blessed with the elusive ‘lightning bolt’ of inspiration, but this was one of those rare moments. I am a graduate student currently earning an MFA with a specialty in Comics. Through my graduate program, I was connected with a company that serves older adults throughout the S.F. Bay Area in California. When I was hired as a “community engagement coordinator”, I admittedly had no idea what I would actually be doing. I spend the majority of my free time hunched over my drawing desk, and… Read More