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Home / Penn State University Press

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

The Bad Doctor – The Troubled Life and Times of Dr Iwan James

Mar. 3, 2016 by Sathyaraj Venkatesan

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Review first published in the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 2016 The Bad Doctor: The Troubled Life and Times of Dr. Iwan James is a riveting, debut graphic novel by Ian Williams, a celebrated medical humanist and founder of the Graphic Medicine website. He previously published using the nom de plume Thom Ferrier and contributed a series of comic strips for the Guardian. In The Bad Doctor, inspired by Justin Green’s Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary and by his own experience of the continuing secondary effects of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), Ian Williams deftly evokes the world of country GP Dr Iwan James’s deep… Read More

Tags: cycling, doctors, General Practice, healthcare professionals, Ian Williams, mental health, Myriad Editions, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Penn State University Press, The Bad Doctor, Wales

Call for Submissions: Graphic Treatment – Zombies, Medicine and Comics.

Dec. 28, 2013 by Ian Williams

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Sherryl Vint and Lorenzo Servitje of UC Riverside are proposing an edited volume for the graphic medicine book series from Penn State University Press, and are looking for papers. This interdisciplinary call for papers invites proposals for an edited volume on zombies in comics and graphic novels through the lens of medical discourse. Like many tropes in science fiction, the zombie crosses discursive boundaries to become a metaphor used in clinical and scientific literature. For example, it becomes a figurative mediation for patients who experience “zombification” and  the “dehumanizing” effects of illness and/or medical treatment, such as the numbing affect… Read More

Categories: Call For Papers, comics, Comics and Medicine, Conference Presenters, Research Tags: Graphic Medicine Book Series, Penn State University Press, Zombies

Graphic Medicine Book Series

May. 24, 2012 by Ian Williams

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Here is some information about a new series of books, entitled ‘Graphic Medicine’ from Penn State University Press. Click on the flyer below to view and download a .pdf file.

Categories: Call For Papers, papers Tags: Book Series, Graphic Medicine, Penn State University Press

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