CFP: Comics in the Time of COVID-19 An edited collection on graphic medicine and graphic storytelling related to the COVID-19 global pandemic Editors: Alexandra P. Alberda Anna Feigenbaum William Proctor As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to infect millions, kill people around the world, dismantle political, economic and cultural infrastructures, and disrupt our everyday lives, we have seen a surge in amateur and professional creative activity in the comics medium. From blogs to Instagram, superheroes to public health, educational comics to graphic memoirs, etc., artists are engaging with a variety of genres, narratives, platforms and styles to tell stories. This edited… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (11/22/2019)
‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights news about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary. So without further ado… Note… This covers the period of 11/9 until 11/22 as there was not a post in the week between. Matthew’s Pick of the Week… We have a Toronto Conference Date: July 16 – 19, 2020! We have a Toronto Conference Theme: Graphic Medicine In/During Troubled Times: Social Justice and Human Rights! We have a hashtag too: #GraphMed2020! Expect the call for papers to come by December… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (11/1/2019)
‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights news about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary. So without further ado… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… Pick this week HAS to be this fantastic article about using My Degeneration to enhance clinician’s understanding and empathy by a slew of GM folks: Use of a Graphic Memoir to Enhance Clinicians’ Understanding of and Empathy for Patients with Parkinson Disease. I also want to use this space to apologize for the inconsistency of TWIGM throughout the Fall. I can’t promise… Read More
Call for papers – Enabling and Disability Comics for/about Young People: Within the Panels and Without. Amiens, 5th June 2020
From Lisa El Refaie: In 2020, Amiens will be the European Youth Capital (Amiens for Youth). On that occasion and for the year of Comics, the University of Picardy is organizing, in association with the universities of Artois, Lille and Brighton, and with the association “On a marché sur la bulle” a three-day interdisciplinary conference on “Comics and Youth” on 3rd, 4th and 5th June 2020. The research group CORPUS (Conflict, Representation and Dialogue in the English-speaking World, EA 4295) of the University of Picardy is planning an international study day on the representation of disability in comics about and/or… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (10/4/2019)
‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights news about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary. So without further ado… Note: Apologies for the unexpected off-week last week and thanks to Alice for filling in the week before! There will be some attempt at catching up with links below, but things are surely missed. It was unavoidable. Matthew’s Pick of the Week… I know it isn’t quite new news now, but I just want to celebrate Lynda Barry’s winning a MacArthur genius grant! This is seriously… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (8/23/2019)
‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights news about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary. So without further ado… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… Whether you made it to Brighton for this year’s conference or watched from afar, you won’t want to miss the latest Graphic Medicine podcast: a recording of Meg-John Barker’s fabulous keynote address. Articles & More… CFP: Drawing the Human: Law, Comics, Justice Kickstarter: Living With Cancer: Our Stories Webcomic: Mardou: Day One You can also find days two through five here…. Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (8/16/2019)
‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights news about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary. So without further ado… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… My pick of the week is this much-needed scholarly comic – Writing medical comics – by the always great Miriam Waite. As I noted on Twitter, there has been a lot of conversation about the need for guidance on just how to develop medical comics, but thus far those conversations have led to little. Hopefully this is a change in that… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (8/9/2019)
‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights news about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary. So without further ado… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… This week, I’ve come across two comics that strike me as near-required reading. [Both are potentially triggering.] First, this webcomic by Julia Wertz – Things You Might Not Know About Miscarriage. Second, this webcomic by Kailin Walker & Kerry Wineberg – What is Kindness?. Articles & More… CFP: Comics and Technology: 3rd Annual Conference of the Comics Study Society CFP: Call… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (8/2/2019)
‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights news about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary. So without further ado… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… The latest from Anita Ravi, MD, exploring homelessness in medicine: Patients Facing Homelessness Need More Than Referrals. Reminder: TWIGM was on hiatus throughout July and I do not back-log for the posts – thank you for understanding! Special Note… As you likely already know, The Nib, one of the most regular outlets for graphic medicine webcomics, is losing their funding as of… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (1/11/19)
‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights relevant articles (and tweets) about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary, with credit given to those who flagged them up where possible. So without further ado… Important Notes… As you know, I took the holidays as a break from writing these updates. I have attempted to capture posts from throughout the entire past few weeks I was away, but it is very likely that some slipped through. Please send them my way if you know of some! In… Read More