by Matt Peters   In Carnival of Contagion, themes of horror and dark fantasy give a unique twist to educational storytelling. Produced as part of a science education project sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, Carnival of Contagion is a short graphic novel that covers the basics about measles, using a magic-wielding villain to explain the disease’s history, symptoms, and transmission. The graphic novel follows a group of four teenagers as they encounter a malevolent antagonist named Boris “The Barker” Morbillius (a play on measles’ scientific name Measles morbillivirus). Morbillius initially visits the four teenagers in their dreams, but… Read More