‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights news about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary. So without further ado… Note… This covers the period of 11/9 until 11/22 as there was not a post in the week between. Matthew’s Pick of the Week… We have a Toronto Conference Date: July 16 – 19, 2020! We have a Toronto Conference Theme: Graphic Medicine In/During Troubled Times: Social Justice and Human Rights! We have a hashtag too: #GraphMed2020! Expect the call for papers to come by December… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (9/6/2019)
‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights news about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary. So without further ado… Matthew’s Pick of the Week… This week’s pick comes thanks to Michael Green and isn’t strictly speaking health related, but it does show an amazing example of using comics effectively in another rather conservative (little c) field: law. Created in response to a lawsuit about eBook pricing, a lawyer partnered up with a cartoonist to file a cartoon amicus brief! You can read about the case, why… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (5/10 – 5/17/19)
‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights news about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary. So without further ado… Personal Note… This edition of TWIGM is strange in that it covers the period of May 4th to May 15th. There was a death in the family that has upended routine here, so I apologize for the strangeness. Keep in mind that this means the next edition will also be strange as it plays catch-up to include the rest of this week (5/16 and 5/17). Matthew’s… Read More
This Week in Graphic Medicine (10/13/17 & 10/20/17)
Note: This is a double-issue, as I was too sick last week to do much of anything. Other Note: Posts from Friday, 10/20/17 will be included in next week’s post. I will be at a conference that entire day! ‘This Week in Graphic Medicine’ highlights relevant articles (and tweets) about comics in medicine published during the week (Saturday – Friday). Links are typically presented without commentary, unless clarification of relevance is necessary, with credit given to those who flagged them up where possible. So without further ado… Special Content… Our friend and colleague Brian Fies (Mom’s Cancer), and his family,… Read More
