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How I Broke Up with My Colon – Fascinating, Bizarre, and True Health Stories

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by Christian Bellmore How I Broke Up with My Colon – Fascinating, Bizarre, and True Health Stories, is the most recent of Nick Seluk’s (creator of The Awkward Yeti webcomic) books, illustrates twenty-four medical stories submitted by folks around the world, most of which are wild and bizarre—some stuck with me so much that they’ve made appearances in my dreams! This book’s aimed for teenagers and adults, especially those who like strange medical stories. I’ve been a fan of the The Awkward Yeti webcomic for a while, so it surprised me that How I Broke Up with My Colon was… Read More

Big Mushy Happy Lump

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By Christian Bellmore Big Mushy Happy Lump—A “Sarah’s Scribbles” Collection is a comic compilation by Sarah Andersen. I’ve been a fan of Andersen’s webcomics for some time now—Sarah’s Scribbles is a comedy and slice of life comic mostly aimed for young women who have gone through similar experiences as Andersen. The topics in Big Mushy Happy Lump range from cats, stealing sweaters, menstruation cramps, young adult life, anxiety, and navigating social situations. Outside text surrounds some of the comics to link together a larger story. If you’re familiar with the webcomic, then you won’t be disappointed with the book. It’s… Read More

Green Lantern: Rebirth

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By Mason Bennett Superhero comic books are exaggerated soap operas. The characters are all larger than life, wearing colorful spandex, with universe-ending problems. However, we feel drawn to them because, in their overly dramatic way, they reflect our reality. This is true in Green Lantern: Rebirth, a sort of reboot/continuation of the character Hal Jordan and the Lantern Corps. Rebirth is a great book about rectifying mistakes, dealing with PTSD, managing grief, overcoming anxiety and fear, and accepting oneself. A common thread in the book is how Hal Jordan deals with the trauma of death. First when he witnessed his… Read More

Medical Mentions Book Review VI

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Medical Mentions is a group of graphic works. The graphic works reviewed here are books whose primary topics are not medical, and yet they cover a medical topic with some depth at some point in the work. The rest of the work might be fictional or nonfictional, while the medical portion is often technical and five pages or more. The reviewer will usually neither recommend nor discourage reading the work, except when the rest of the work is deemed outstanding or terrible, respectively. Typically, six graphic works will be part of the review with one paragraph for each. Prior Medical Mentions… Read More