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Graphic Medicine Toronto 2020 conference dates.

Nov. 18, 2019 by Ian Williams

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The 2020 Graphic Medicine Conference will be held July 16 – 19, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada! This year’s theme will invite you to reflect on Graphic Medicine In/During Troubled Times: Social Justice and Human Rights. We will have the Call For Papers out by the 1st of December. Please keep an eye on the conference page. When referring to the conference on social media, please use the hashtag #GraphMed2020

Categories: comics, Comics and Medicine, Conference Presenters, Health Humanities, Medical Humanities, medical illustration, Toronto 2020 Tags: graphic medicine 2020, graphic medicine conference, Toronto, University of Toronto

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

Joyce Farmer: sex, politics and aging parents

Jul. 16, 2012 by Sarah Leavitt

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Outside the world of underground comix enthusiasts, Joyce Farmer is probably best known for her latest work, Special Exits (Fantagraphics 2010), a memoir (though the names are changed) of her experience caring for her parents during the last few years of their lives. Special Exits is Farmer’s first book-length comic, famously praised by Robert Crumb, but Farmer has been an important figure in comics since the 1970s. I’ll get back to Special Exits in a minute, but first I want to make sure to tell you about her work from the 70s. I wish I’d been more familiar with it… Read More

Categories: Conference Presenters, Toronto 2012 Tags: aging, comics, comics and medicine, geriatrics, Graphic Medicine, Joyce Farmer, medical humanities, Sarah Leavitt, Toronto, University of Toronto

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

Ian Williams and Simon Moreton in Toronto

May. 23, 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. Ian Williams is a doctor of medicine and comics creator under the pseudonym Thom Ferrier. He coined the term Graphic Medicine and set up the website to serve as a resource on the convergence of comics and medicine. Simon Moreton is doctor of human geography and comics creator under the name Smoo. He also established the better, drawn site which features,“Comics drawn by people with experience of living with long-term mental and physical illnesses.” Together they spoke to Shelley… Read More

Categories: Podcasts Tags: Ian Williams, Shelley Wall, Simon Moreton, University of Toronto

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