Our Graphic Medicine conference – Que(e)rying Graphic Medicine : Paradigms, Practices and Power – was held in Brighton last week. It was a great success. The magic was there again this year, as it has been at all the previous conferences. We engaged Camille Aubry to live scribe the proceedings. Camille is a French illustrator and comic book artist based in Bristol. She graduated as an architect in Paris before completing an MA in Illustration at Camberwell College of Arts. Through her artwork Camille likes to document stories of activism, whether they are born in the streets or at home,… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (6/14/19)
‘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… No pick this week, but an important bit of news: This Week in Graphic Medicine will be on hiatus, after this issue, until August. I announced this on Twitter yesterday as well. The primary reason for the break is that I am both taking time off and doing a great deal of travel in the next month-and-a-half, so finding a chance… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (6/7/19)
‘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 want to point you to a new feature of the graphic medicine website: spotlights! We get a dozen or more messages a week about exciting projects, new books, inquiries to learn more – and there are just 4 of us – so this is a new way for us to help share information about the work of everyone… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (5/10 – 5/17/19)
‘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… Personal Note… This edition of TWIGM is strange in that it covers the period of May 4th to May 15th. There was a death in the family that has upended routine here, so I apologize for the strangeness. Keep in mind that this means the next edition will also be strange as it plays catch-up to include the rest of this week (5/16 and 5/17). Matthew’s… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (4/19 – 4/26/19)
‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights relevant articles 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 picks include big news about the Brighton Conference: Brighton keynote speaker announcement: Dr. Meg-John Barker! The conference is really shaping up to be an amazing event and I’m looking forward to seeing as many of you there as possible! If you have any questions about this year’s… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (4/12/19)
‘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… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… As it should! #NEGraphicMedCon was great – thank you for putting it on @nnlmner! #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/pMQQj7hh8A — Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) April 10, 2019 This week, I suggest heading to Twitter and catching up on the great event that was the NNLM NER New England Graphic Medicine Con!… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (3/29 – 4/5/19)
‘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… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… This week I want to draw your attention to a couple of comics published in The Nib that you might not normally consider when thinking about graphic medicine. The first, titled It’s Time to Rethink How Recycling is Done is a depressing look by cartoonist Katie Wheeler at… Read More
Conference Registration is open
Conference registration for the 2019 International Graphic Medicine Conference in Brighton is now open. We had a phenomenal response to our call for papers with over 150 proposals from 22 countries. Abstracts were selected by a team of seven people. One of the selectors, Profession Susan Squier commented: “Things have gone to another level with regards to the standard of proposals for this conference. The field is maturing. We had so many excellent proposals, some of which critique the field” The link for registration is HERE. There are 100 earlybird places available at £100, after which the price goes up… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (2/15 – 2/22/19)
‘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… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… First, apologies for a lack of an update last week – as many of you know, I live with chronic pain, generally focused on my left leg. It dictates how much energy I have on any given day and sometimes that means doing less, including digital things…. Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (1/18/19)
‘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… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… This week, you may have already seen my pick, as it has made the rounds quite a lot – including from me saying that “if you read nothing else” you should read it. I stand by that. The pick is, Healing Alone, by Dr. Isabel Hanson and Safdar… Read More