‘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… Be Advised… You’ll notice that this edition is a two-week collection – this time because I am barely staying above water with my workload. But I wanted to make sure to point out that the next month-and-a-half is a heavy period of holiday’s in the US. That means that these posts will… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (10/26/18)
‘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’s pick comes with a content warning for suicide. As many of you know, I am a huge fan of Lunarbaboon, a webcomic series about parenting, depression, and nerd culture (my description). I periodically feature them below – but not every week and certainly not every… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (10/19/18)
‘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… Special Notes… Thank you to Alice Jaggers for running the show the past couple of weeks! I had a good vacation – a family wedding and visit – and am feeling fairly rested. More relevant to you all, is that I’m back at This Week. I wanted to make sure to point… 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 (7/27/18 – 8/3/18)
‘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… ***IMPORTANT NOTE*** This Week in Graphic Medicine will be on hiatus after this post until after the Comics and Medicine Conference! I have been behind on these all summer and with two upcoming conferences and looming deadlines, there is just no way around this break – the first long one in the… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (7/6/18 & 7/13/18)
Note: I feel I must apologize for the erratic schedule of these posts of late. I’ve had a fair bit of travel, but it is mostly because of stress in my personal life with moving. As I’ve drawn and shared before, stress tends to aggravate my chronic pain – I attribute it to stressing an overtaxed mind too far – and it makes doing even the most routine things more time-consuming. I will hopefully be more settled soon (likely after the conference). As always, if I’ve missed something (highly likely), let me know. And if you ever want to do… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (6/15/18)
‘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’m pointing you to a particular comic from The Nib: Refugee to Detainee: How the U.S. is Deporting Those Seeking a Safe Haven. This is stretching the traditional definition of medicine or health to include human rights, but it is precisely the human rights element that… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (6/8/18)
‘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 continue the trend of pointing to social media by encouraging you to follow along with Lynda Barry’s Tumblr, The Near-Sighted Monkey. Barry is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is, in my estimation, one of the most lauded people in comics,… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (5/25/18 & 6/1/18)
‘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 (or these weeks I suppose) I don’t have a link or comic to point you to, but rather one opportunity and one suggested resource! Instagram… As follows of this blog may have realized, I virtually never link out to Instagram. The reason for this is… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (5/18/18)
‘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 want to give a special shout-out to three of the latest library’s to launch graphic medicine collections: Northwestern Medicine Galter Health Sciences Library, UConn Health Sciences Library, and Darian (Public) Library! For Galter Health Sciences, you’ll want to take a look at their collection… Read More