Book Review by Kevin Wolf The Lady Doctor by Ian Williams provides the daily activities of Dr. Lois Pritchard, general practitioner (GP), in her work and home life. It’s filled with funny anecdotal events, interesting patients and caregivers, English and medical vernacular, and descriptions of medical treatments and prescriptions. The book’s cover repeats the author’s iconic medical symbol of the stethoscope which appeared on the cover of his first graphic medicine work, The Bad Doctor (2014). In addition the cover shows Dr. Pritchard, arms crossed, holding a swab surrounded by a circle of pills foreshadowing the importance of drugs… Read More
Introduction: Alice Jaggers
Hello everyone! Let me introduce myself, Alice Jaggers. I am a medical librarian. You can find me on Twitter and Instagram at @AJaggers324 or on Facebook. I love to talk to people about graphic medicine. Most of the basic stuff I would put here, I’ve already said on my blog. You can check that out here. I’ve also written about the meaning and the importance of graphic medicine. If you want to learn more about how I came to graphic medicine, read about it here. I have also been working on a graphic medicine database for over a year. I’m… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (9/7/18)
‘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… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… Welcome back! I hope everyone has enjoyed the last hurrahs of Summer and things are settling back into semi-normalcy again – especially for those fellow academics out there. As you know, I took a break over the past month (more on why here), but now This Week… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (3/23/18)
‘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… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… This week, Comics and Medicine: The Ways We Work, 2018 Conference Updates! The hosts of this year’s conference – The Center for Cartoon Studies and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth – have launched the big marketing push for the conference, coming this August. Some links include… CCS… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (1/26/18)
‘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… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… This week, I don’t have a pick in the traditional sense. Rather, I want to pause and dedicate our work in the medical humanities this week to Dr. Arnold P. Gold, who passed away on January 23rd. He was 92. The foundation named for him posted this tribute… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (1/19/18)
‘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… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… This week’s pick will be unsurprising, but I want to highlight the launching of the National Library of Medicine’s new traveling exhibit, “Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well Drawn“. This has been a long work in progress (2014!) and was created and curated by rock star of graphic… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (12/8/17)
‘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… Special… Library Con Live happened this past Wednesday – a great virtual conference meant for librarians involved in comics. Check out the hashtag #libraryconlive on Twitter to catch up! (On-demand viewings of most of the sessions will be made available I believe. Check with Library Journal for more information.) Comics and Medicine:… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (11/17/17 & 11/24/17)
‘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… Note: This Week is actually two weeks. 11/23 is the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, so this will cover from 11/10’s post until 11/22. Next week will catch anything from the later half of this one. Have a good holiday for those celebrating! Comics and Medicine: The Way We Work The Center… Read More
2015 Preliminary Conference Schedule Now Available
Thursday July 16th 4:00 pm: Registration 4:00 – 5:00: Opening reception with Conference Exhibit. Drinks and light appetizers will be served. 5:00 – 5:15: Graphic Medicine Practice and Community, Mom’s Cancer creator Brian Fies 5:20 – 5:30: Penn State University Press and the Graphic Medicine Series, editor-in-chief Kendra Boileau 5:30 – 7:00: Graphic Medicine Manifesto Roundtable with the authors, moderated by Mita Mahato 7:00 – 8:00: Graphic Medicine Manifesto and The Bad Doctor Book Signing Friday July 17th 8:00 – 8:30 am: Registration. Continental Breakfast will be provided. 8:30 – 9:00: Welcome 9:00 – 10:00: Keynote Speaker Jared Gardner 10:00 –… Read More
Comics in Medicine and Teaching
I (Ian) am giving a keynote talk in symposium at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Conference Information & Schedule We invite scholars, educators, artists, and health care providers to consider the educational and therapeutic benefits of comic books/graphic novels. Patients may struggle to clearly convey or understand their experience with acute or chronic medical or behavioral health issues. Likewise, students may struggle in their learning process. This conference offers the opportunity to think broadly and creatively about how comic books/graphic novels can be used by health care providers and educators to assist patients and students in addressing their challenges…. Read More