by Kevin Wolf PAWS is a four-volume series about middle school girl friends who love animals, but for different reasons can’t have their own pets. Each volume is narrated by a different protagonist who’s immediately known from the alliterative title of each graphic novel. The first volume has three friends with the fourth friend introduced in the second volume. Gabby Gets It Together (Volume 1) introduces the three diverse best friends, Gabby Jordan (5th grade), Priya Gupta (6th grade), and Mindy Park (6th grade). Medical issues are age-appropriately peppered in the various volumes including, animal allergies, obsessive cleanliness, social… Read More
An Afternoon with David Small
David Small is giving a keynote address at the conference A Narrative Future for Healthcare in Kings College, London, which is likely to be a landmark event in narrative medicine, being a collaborative venture between Kings and Columbia University. The organisers have made extra tickets available for non-delegates who would like to attend David’s talks. These are limited to 60 so early booking is essential. You can book by clicking on the image below.
The Voice of the Eye: Keynote address by David Small
David Small’s keynote address “The Voice of The Eye” from the 2011 Comics & Medicine conference, Chicago. As a prelude to his talk, David played this video. David discusses his graphic memoir, three errors of the traditional physician he observes through his book, how to turn memories (or lack thereof) into a coherent story, some critical scenes of the book, and his influences in creating it.
Stitches in Time
Stitches in Time by Karen Green