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The Secret to Superhuman Strength

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Guest Review by Edward Dorey   Writers working in the field of graphic medicine often look at how comics portray sick people. For example, in the book Graphic Medicine Manifesto (Penn State University Press, 2015), MK Czerwiec, Ian Williams, Susan Merrill Squier, Michael J. Green, Kimberly Myers, and Scott T. Smith review many portrayals of illnesses, such as schizophrenia, congenital arthritis, cancer, and lupus, in different graphic novels. Through these analyses, Ian Williams’s goal of having those working in the field examine “the intersection of the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare” has partially been fulfilled (qtd. in… Read More

CALL FOR PAPERS: 51st Annual Comparative Literature Conference

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The deadline is short, but thanks to Lorenzo Servitje for flagging up this CFP:   CALL FOR PAPERS:  51st Annual Comparative Literature Conference   Mind, Body, Behavior: Health, Illness, and Representation   April 27-28, 2016   California State University, Long Beach   Health has been a concern of representation from the earliest known images and narratives, and remains a topical subject. Representations related to the body, the mind, illness, trauma, bodily transformation, psychological stress, personal relationships, and many aspects of human behavior, represent how individuals and communities form their identities, how they cope with stress, distress, physical and psychological health…. Read More

The Amazing Captain Fit

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  On April 17, 2015, Librarians Talicia Tarver and Deidra Woodson, along with LSU-Shreveport art student, Nick Fechter, launched the web version of their comic book, The Amazing Captain Fit to the healthelinks website.  Funded through a National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region (NNLM SCR) Health Information Literacy Award, the comic follows the adventures of a young boy who aspires to be just like his favorite superhero, Captain Fit. However, the boy must first complete a series of tasks to make sure he is himself healthy and ready to help Captain Fit. This project was the result of a partnership between… Read More