Welcome to the Graphic Medicine monthly roundup podcast- new updates in Graphic Medicine, interviews, and more!
Your podcast hosts are Alex Thomas (https://boostershotmedia.com/) and MK Czerwiec (https://comicnurse.com/.)
After an extended fun opening chat, recorded this past fall, Alex & MK interview Shay Mirk – co-author of Making Nonfiction Comics, a terrific new resource for graphic medicine and beyond.
Shownotes:
Segment 1: Alex & MK catchup:
Segment 2: News from the website
Drawing Together – scroll down for latest episodes and news
GMIC award nominations now open
Nonfiction Comics Festival: Update, I could not go to the conference. 🙁
Segment 3: News from the GMIC board
2026 GMIC conference will be July 23-25 in Baltimore.
The theme is Drawing Perspectives: Health Narratives Under Pressure
Submissions open until January 11th.
Segment 4: Interview: Shay Mirk
Making Nonfiction Comics: A Guide for Graphic Narrative
The Nib (archive)
Crucial Comics – classes, community, comics
Science Comics Initiative, University of Oregon
Segment 5: What are you reading?
Shay:
Lee Lai, Cannon
Ben Passmore, Black Arms to Hold You Up
Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars
MK:
Louise Penny, Still Life (first in the 20 book series)
Carol Tyler, The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Shape of Grief
Aubrey Hirsch, Graphic Rage
Alex:
George Herriman, Crazy Cat Compilation 1916-1918
Hello
I have just heard about medical graphic novels. Is there any books that would be recommended for an 8 year old to read and understand ADHD better? I’d appreciate any help to find something that a child can read to start to understand.