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Home / Iggy & The Inhalers

Iggy and The Inhalers: asthma education through comics

Jan. 13, 2015 by Ian Williams

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  Longtime collaborators in Graphic Medicine, Alex Thomas and Gary Ashwal have had their asthma education comic, Iggy and The Inhalers, printed. Graphic Medicine is eagerly awaiting a copy. In the mean time, the collaborative duo have put the whole thing online here. The website teaches kids with asthma about asthma symptoms, asthma treatment, and asthma medications using comics, videos, and free downloads. Considering he is a board-certified pediatric allergist, and has spent a good deal of his adult life treating sick children, Alex Thomas, MD is a ridiculously good draughtsman. I’m jealous of his drawing skills. Gary and Alex… Read More

Categories: comic strip, comics, Comics and Medicine, Conference Presenters, drawing, Health Education Tags: Alex Thomas, allergy, asthma, Gary Ashwal, Iggy & The Inhalers

New Podcast: An Interview with Alex Thomas & Gary Ashwal

Nov. 13, 2013 by Comic Nurse

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Alex Thomas and Gary Ashwal are the creators of Iggy & The Inhalers. Their collaborative work helps kids (and adults) learn about the pathophysiology of asthma and how to properly use their inhalers.   Alex and Gary sat down with me recently to discuss their past, present and future collaborative work. You can listen to their presentation at the Toronto Comics & Medicine conference here. Their work appears on their website, Booster Shot Comics. And here is the asthma education video that Alex and Gary were making the morning of our conversation. It’s great, check it out!

Categories: Comics and Medicine, Podcast, Podcasts Tags: Alex Thomas, asthma, Gary Ashwal, Iggy & The Inhalers

Graphic Medicine at ASBH

Nov. 3, 2013 by Comic Nurse

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The theme of this year’s annual meeting of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities was “Tradition, Innovation, and Moral Courage.” The meeting was held October 24-27 in Atlanta, GA. (Photos by Michael Green.) From the abstract for the panel “Graphic Medicine @ Work: Outcomes When the Intervention is a Comic” : The last several years have seen a rise in graphic novels depicting medical experiences and graphic stories used for patient education purposes. A handful of preliminary studies suggest that the use of illustrations on health instructions increase patient engagement with and recollection of the information presented. Three studies further… Read More

Categories: Comics and Medicine, Conference Presenters, Health Education, papers, Research, Uncategorized Tags: adolescent, allergy, assent, asthma, bioethics, clinic handoff, Iggy & The Inhalers, Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation, medical school, Northwestern Feinberg Medical School, University of Chicago

New Podcast Wednesday: Lydia Gregg and Iggy & The Inhalers

Aug. 29, 2012 by Comic Nurse

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Use the Quicktime player above to view images along with the audio. If you don’t have Quicktime, you can listen to the audio-only version below. This is the second half of the “Comics in Patient Education” panel from this year’s Graphic Medicine conference in Toronto. If you are able, be sure to check out the images that accompany both the talks as they are quite impressive! First up is Lydia Gregg with her paper, “Interpreting the unfamiliar: comics as a tool for improving care of pediatric patients with retinoblastoma.” The comic and treatment diary Lydia discusses can be viewed on the study… Read More

Categories: Podcast, Podcasts, Toronto 2012, Uncategorized Tags: asthma, Iggy & The Inhalers, Johns Hopkins, Lydia Gregg, medical illustration, patient education, pediatric, retinoblastoma, Toronto, University of Wisconsin

Paul Gravett’s Toronto Keynote

Aug. 8, 2012 by Comic Nurse

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Use the Quicktime player above to view images along with the audio. If you don’t have Quicktime, you can listen to the audio-only version below. New Podcast Wednesdays are back! To open the many podcasts that will emerge from the 2012 Toronto Comics & Medicine conference, comics historian, commentator, publisher, and Comica festival organizer Paul Gravett gave the opening keynote to the Toronto Comics & Medicine conference, “Setting the Context: Developments in Graphic Medicine.” Enjoy our new podcast feed. It is not yet available via iTunes, but, fingers crossed, it will be shortly.

Categories: Podcast, Podcasts, Toronto 2012 Tags: Al Davison, Aliceheimer's, Andre Franc, Andrew Godfrey, Asylum Squad, Better, Billy Me & You, Booster Shot Comics, Comica Festival, comics and medicine, Dana Walrath, Drawn, Fabrice Neaud, Gérald Bernardin, Glyn Dillon, Graphic Medicine, Ian Williams, Iggy & The Inhalers, John Cei Douglas, Jordan Crane, Judith Vanistendael, Karrie Fransman, Keeping Two, Ken Dahl, Laurent Alexandre, Living Underwater, Loupette and the Moon, Macula Broccoli, man + doctor, Mita Mahato, monsters, Muscle Memory, Nancy Andrews, Nick Wadley, Nicola Streeten, Not Your Mother's Meat Loaf, Nye Wright, Paul Gravett, Polite Dissent, Ross MacIntosh, Sarafin, Sayia Miller, seeds, Simon Moreton, Spiral Cage, The CF Diaries, The House That Groaned, The Nao of Brown, Thierry Robberecht, Things to do in a retirement home trailer park, Toronto, Ty Templeton, University of Toronto, Wayne Boring, When David Lost His Voice, Yannick Dombi ou Le Choix de vivre

Conference Reading List

Jun. 30, 2012 by Comic Nurse

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Gary Ashwal over at Booster Shot Comics presents a “Reading List Before Comics & Medicine.” Great idea, Gary! Looking forward to meeting you and Alex and hearing about your work. 

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Booster Shot Comics, comics and medicine, Iggy & The Inhalers, University of Toronto

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