This Week in Graphic Medicine (10/5/18)

Hello all! I am stepping in while Matthew is away. For those of you who don’t know me, you can find out more in my introduction. As I’m new to this, let me know if I’ve missed something.

—Alice Jaggers

‘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…

Alice’s Pick of the Week…

Exciting news that Sharon Rosenzweig’s “Judgment Call” has been named a notable comic in this year’s Best American Comics! https://www.on-panel.com/BAC2018/index.html

Articles & More…

Article: Ageing Japan: Manga comics turn grey, but spirited, along with readers

Article [Spanish]: Abuelos que pintan tebeos con sus nietos para alejarlos del teléfono y de la ‘tablet’ via @mayorserrano

Event: Graphic Medicine at ReImagine New York

Event: NNLM SEASide Webinar: Getting Off the Ground with Graphic Medicine

Event: Health Humanities Consortium Conference

Kickstarter: Stand in Your Power

Webcomic: The Nib – Interview: Barbara Ehrenreich on Death and Wellness

Webcomic: The Nib – She Talks to Dead Pets

Webcomic: The Nib – Cruel and Usual: The History of Lethal Injection

Webcomic: The Nib – Hurricane Maria One Year Later

Webcomic: The Nib – Four Cartoonist on What They Want to Happen to Their Bodies