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Graphic Medicine at DotMD Festival of Medical Curiosity

Sep. 20, 2019 by Ian Williams

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The marvellous organisation that is DotMD were kind enough to sponsor our Brighton conference this year. Each year they run a fascinating ‘Festival of Medical Curiosity’ that always sells out well in advance of the date. This year they had moved the event from Dublin to Galway – on the west coast of Ireland – expanded the capacity from just over 100 to 500 delegates and the programme from one to two days. Their changes paid off. The conference was a huge success, tackling the big questions in healthcare and life and introducing the delegates – comprising mostly of doctors or… Read More

Categories: Comics and Medicine, Conference Presenters, Health Humanities, Medical Humanities Tags: dotmd, Ian Williams, MK Czerwiec

Conference Keynote Speaker Announcement – MK Czerwiec

May. 7, 2019 by Ian Williams

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We are very excited to announce that our very own MK Czerwiec, a.k.a. Comic Nurse, will be a keynote speaker at our Brighton conference in July. Most people reading this post will be aware of MK’s stella contribution to the field of Graphic Medicine over the last 10 years, and it is fitting that she will give one of the two keynote addresses to the 10th international Graphic Medicine conference. MK is a Senior Fellow of the George Washington School of Nursing Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement (Washington, DC) and the Artist-in- Residence at Northwestern Feinberg School of… Read More

Categories: Brighton 2019, Chicago 2011, comics, Comics and Medicine, Conference Presenters Tags: Brighton 2019, Keynote, MK Czerwiec

Graphic Medicine @ Toronto Comic Arts Festival

May. 4, 2017 by Ian Williams

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Press Release – Graphic Medicine @ Toronto Comic Arts Festival Three authors of books in Penn State University Press’s critically acclaimed Graphic Medicine series are participating in the Toronto Comic Arts Festival this May.   Graphic novelist, printmaker, and textile artist Gareth Brookes will exhibit advance copies of his forthcoming graphic novel A Thousand Coloured Castles. Rendered entirely in unique scratched-off crayon drawings, the book depicts life with Charles Bonnet syndrome, which causes intense hallucinations in people with preexisting vision problems. Brookes’s previous graphic novel, The Black Project, won the 2013 Best Original Graphic Novel Award from Broken Frontier.   MK Czerwiec (pronounced sir-wick) is a… Read More

Categories: comics, Comics and Medicine, Conference Presenters Tags: Gareth Brookes, Ian Williams, MK Czerwiec, TCAF

Taking Turns Cover

Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371

Apr. 21, 2017 by Devlyn McCreight

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Guest review by Dr. Devlyn McCreight MK Czerwiec’s graphic memoir Taking Turns is one of the latest entries in the Graphic Medicine series published by Penn State University Press.  The book chronicles Czerwiec’s seven years serving as a nurse on the dedicated HIV/AIDS Care Unit at Illinois Masonic Hospital.  While it could be reasonably assumed that Czerwiec serves as the de facto “main character” of the story due to the autobiographical threads woven into the narrative, this does not actually seem to be the case.  The care that Czerwiec takes in gathering and sharing the stories of the doctors, nurses,… Read More

Tags: end of life, end of life care, HIV/AIDS, hospice, MK Czerwiec

Graphic Medicine Manifesto Nominated for Eisner Award.

Apr. 21, 2016 by Ian Williams

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The Graphic Medicine Manifesto has been nominated for an Eisner Award in the catagory Best Academic/Scholarly Work. One of the most prestigious awards in the industry, the Eisners – officially called the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards – are referred to as the ‘Oscars of comics’. A five-strong panel of judges compile the list of nominations which are then voted on by industry professionals, with the winners announced at the annual Comic-Con in San Diego in July. The Manifesto, published by Penn State University Press, has been very well received by specialist and non specialist readers alike. Written by MK Czerwiec, Ian Williams, Susan Squier, Michael… Read More

Categories: Comics and Medicine, Conference Presenters, Dundee 2016, Health Education, Health Humanities, Medical Humanities Tags: Eisner award, Graphic Medicine Book Series, Graphic Medicine Manifesto, Ian Williams, Kimberly Myers, Michael Green, MK Czerwiec, Penn State University Press, Scott Smith, Susan Squier

Graphic Medicine Podcast: Interview with MK Czerwiec

May. 29, 2014 by Comic Nurse

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You may have noticed an interruption in the podcasting of presentations from Brighton. This has been due to both poor audio quality and time constraints. Hoping to get a few more of those presentations audible and edited before our Baltimore conference. In the meantime, Michael Green was kind enough to interview me, MK Czerwiec, while we were on a mini-speaking tour of Southern California. Michael is a gifted interviewer, and I can babble about Graphic Medicine at a moment’s notice. Hope you enjoy our chat.

Categories: Comics and Medicine, drawing, Podcast, Podcasts Tags: comics and medicine, Graphic Medicine, medical school, Michael Green, MK Czerwiec

Graphic Medicine @ Transform

Oct. 17, 2013 by Comic Nurse

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In September, MK Czerwiec and Michael Green were invited to participate in Transform 2013 at the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation. Their Graphic Medicine main stage talk is now available online. The talk is followed by a Q&A with conference moderator John Hockenberry.

Categories: comics, Comics and Medicine, Conference Presenters, symposia Tags: John Hockenberry, Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation, Michael Green, MK Czerwiec, TRANSFORM

Of Comics and HIV

Aug. 27, 2012 by Comic Nurse

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Dr. Ian Williams Comics Forum October 7, 2012

Tags: AIDS, Graphic Medicine, HIV, Ian Williams, MK Czerwiec

New Podcast Wednesday For Reals!

Jun. 6, 2012 by Comic Nurse

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Today on the podcast it’s the amazing Riva Lehrer!  Artist and educator Riva Lehrer talks with MK about bodies, her portrait series Circle Stories, her anatomical art lecture beauty and variation, disability culture and community, medicine, comics, Graphic Medicine, the recent  University of Chicago Comics Conference and more.  Riva teaches life drawing at the Art Institute of Chicago and Northwestern Medical School.  The Paper Mirror: Drawing Alison Bechdel is a film by Charissa King-O’Brien that documents Riva’s collaboration with cartoonist Alison Bechdel. A screening of the film will be the opening night event at the Comics & Medicine 2012 Toronto… Read More

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Alison Bechdel, art, Arti Institute of Chicago, Charissa King-O'Brien, comics, comics and medicine, disability, Graphic Medicine, MK Czerwiec, Northwestern Feinberg Medical School, podcast, Riva Lehrer, The Paper Mirror, Toronto

MK Czerwiec on The Sequential Art of Illness

Mar. 20, 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. Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, recently sponsored a three-lecture series on Graphic Medicine. The first of these lectures features MK Czerwiec introducing the field, highlighting some texts, and going on about how everyone should draw more. Introduction by Cate Belling, great comments after the talk from MA/MD students, also Riva Leher, Laurie Zoloth, and Katie Watson.

Categories: Podcasts Tags: MK Czerwiec, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

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