Our pal Cathy Leamy, a.k.a @metrokitty has been in touch to tell us that Boston Comics Roundtable is hosting their annual free indie comics fest, MICE (Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo), this coming Saturday, September 29. She is moderating a “Comics and Medicine” discussion panel at 11:00am – here’s the description: “Health, illness, and the physical body are major themes in many graphic novels (such as Cancer Vixen, Epileptic, and Stitches). Doctors, patients, and health educators are getting involved with comics as teaching tools and as a method of self-expression and exploring physical conditions. Moderator: Cathy Leamy Panelists: Kriota Willberg, LB Lee,… Read More
New Podcast Wednesday: Comics in Patient Education, Part One
Use the Quicktime player above to view images along with the audio. If you don’t have Quicktime, you can listen to the audio-only version below. The first panel podcast from the 2012 Toronto Comics & Medicine conference is on the topic of Comics in Patient Education. In part one of this panel, we will hear from Cathy Leamy and Allison Zemek. The full Q&A from the panel will follow next week’s podcast. Cathy Leamy is an independent cartoonist, specializing in autobiography, humor, and education. She also works as a web developer at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, USA, building… Read More