‘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…
Matthew’s Pick of the Week…
This week I continue the trend of pointing to social media by encouraging you to follow along with Lynda Barry’s Tumblr, The Near-Sighted Monkey. Barry is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is, in my estimation, one of the most lauded people in comics, graphic medicine included. Her book Syllabus has guided many of us in creating comics courses, myself included, and her encouragement to all of us to rediscover drawing is fundamental to discussing reflective cartooning. Her Tumblr is regularly updated with comics by not only Barry, but her students as well – you literally never know what you’ll see next visit and that makes it wonderful.
You may also want to check out the videos (here and here) recently posted here featuring Michael Green and Lynda Barry meant to inspire the joy of creating.
Articles & More…
Kickstarter: All We Ever Wanted: Stories of a Better World
CFP: Drawing Yourself In and Out of It.
Event: The Ninth International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference 2018 (6/27 – 6/29)
Webcomic: Garu’s Case Logs – Daily Logs of a Student Pharmacist
Webcomic: Ireland Just Legalized Abortion. What About the Rest of the World? via @TheNib
Webcomic: It’s Been a Decade Since Prop 8. Marriage Equality Isn’t Enough. via @TheNib
Webcomic: Hurricane Maria’s Real Toll via @TheNib
Webcomic: Soon We’re Both Screaming
Webcomic: A Quick Guide to Ticks and Lyme Disease via Aya Rothwell
Webcomic: Dancing with Pride via @TheNib [Not necessarily medical, but we all need this one]
Webcomic: Cell Mates: Cardiac pacemaker cell via @ootastic
Book Release: Dumb: Living without a Voice (8/7/18)
Scholarly (Webcomic): Annals Graphic Medicine – Finding the Funny: Chemotherapy
Scholarly: Volume 90 Issue 2 of American Literature, “Queer About Comics”
Scholarly: Medical Countermeasure Comics: Visualizing a Public Health Emergency Response.
Book Review: Yoyeurs via @GraficaMedicina
Book Review: Abbott & Co., Anderson, Drnaso, Gipi, Kupperman, Prum, Rivière, Small, & More | Graphic Novels Reviews
Book Review: First Year Out: A Transition Story
Book Review (of a sort): Alpha: Abidjan to Paris
Interview: She destigmatizes bipolar disorder with her graphic nonfiction
Interview: Michael Kupperman’s All The Answers Looks at His Dad’s Reluctant Childhood Fame
Interview: Story of Books: Five Minutes With… Me! via @ernestopriego
Interview (Narrative Medicine): Conversation with a Narrative Medicine Expert
Facebook: Ya’ll, Brian Fies won an EMMY!
Blog: Maud & Mulligan
Blog: A Graphic Education
Blog: Why Medicine Needs the Humanities (And No, It’s Not Just About Empathy)
Library: Funded Project Spotlight: The Center for Cartoon Studies via @NNLMNER
Library: Simmons Student Zine Collection
The Best Comics of 2018 (So Far)
This Artist Turns His Anxiety and Depression into Darkly Hilarious Comics
How Mental Health Struggles Inspired ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Co-Creator’s New Comic
How the Creators of “My Friend Dahmer” Turned a Graphic Novel Into an Indie Film Success Story
How Graphic Novels and Comics Can Move a Story
Can You Illustrate Emotional Absence? These Graphic Novels Do
Novel Medicine : Books that Heal
Tweets…
And if your comic is non-fiction, it makes me wonder what other sloppy errors I *can’t* see, like mistakes in the research.
— Cathy Leamy (@metrokitty) June 4, 2018
Going to the #doctor may be stressful, especially for #teens who may feel self conscious or anxious. If we keep that in mind as we engage them in their #healthcare, we may find ways to defuse the tension. #Graphicmedicine #communication pic.twitter.com/n15X0OoL9b
— jackmaypole (@drmaypole) June 1, 2018
I’m attending #sslbc2018 today and our first speaker is discussing the pitfalls of visuals – primarily that people are less skeptical with them. #GraphicMedicine folks should pay attention to this – we’re obligated to be, perhaps, MORE careful than traditional print materials.
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) June 1, 2018
#GraphicMedicine explores health, illness & medicine through comics. Visit the @nlm_news exhibit now on view at the Central Library & learn more. https://t.co/sgmMqoP7bq pic.twitter.com/g4HmmHWaKo
— Seattle Library (@SPLBuzz) June 1, 2018
Happy #NationalDonutDay ! Turns out I write a lot of comics about donuts and medicine!
Here’s an oldie- https://t.co/ByJHv6m5QH#graphicmedicine #medtwitter #girlmedtwitter @AnnalsofIM #FBF pic.twitter.com/IMpi05HBb1
— Grace Farris MD (@gracefarris) June 1, 2018
Some #zines Des brought to #sslbc2018! I’m particularly loving this migraine one. #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/W20bSG2GPT
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) June 1, 2018
#medlibs and #SLAers: I have a colleague in #graphicmedicine who would love outdated medical texts for various projects. Is there any kind of database that exists? Or list-serv? Or hashtag? Alternatively, is anyone weeding & wants to pass some on? #iamalibrarian
— Brandy King (@KnowldgeLinking) June 1, 2018
Great feedback from the @dundeeuni Inclusive Practice 2018 award panel on our i/disc work developing a #suicide awareness #comic. Although not winners we were delighted to be “highly commended” by the panel. #nursing #mentalhealth #graphicmedicine #mendocare pic.twitter.com/jO2ERYxTKA
— Grant@UoD MHNursing (@UoDMHN) June 2, 2018
Here’s @mrpickers presenting on his comic on diabetes #graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/PTyCpscuHa
— Ernesto Priego (@ernestopriego) June 2, 2018
“I was given lots of leaflets; their impact wasn’t visual. Bullet points are impersonal; illness _is_ personal” (@mrpickers paraphrased) #graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/eItCRyAWBL
— Ernesto Priego (@ernestopriego) June 2, 2018
Happenning now pic.twitter.com/uYc8uZrpJj
— Ernesto Priego (@ernestopriego) June 2, 2018
first of the finished zines from my time at Cornwall zine library residency – this is a comic about the weekend before I was sectioned in 2012 #graphicmedicine #mentalhealth pic.twitter.com/gkarxepZw4
— Lilith Cooper (@Coops_LJ) June 2, 2018
#Graphicmedicine is going mainstream @UniSouthWales, I tell ya pic.twitter.com/udPJeYOvbz
— Ernesto Priego (@ernestopriego) June 2, 2018
PART 1: I wish more #therapists appreciated how hard it can be to challenge internalised punitive voices. It’s not just about ‘fear of change’ but a real fear from past trauma. I need help every step of the way bc my reaction is so severe. Short course group therapy isn’t enough. pic.twitter.com/fED9cfc3L6
— Kathryn (@017kat) June 2, 2018
PART 2: We use imagery in #schematherapy to help my little side find ways to feel safer when doing scary things like challenging #mindmonsters pic.twitter.com/tpre8od3nK
— Kathryn (@017kat) June 2, 2018
@ellen_forney is currently launching her “Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice from My Bipolar Life!”. For a wide range of issues on mental health there is a lot of small press you’ll probably be able to find on @GraphicMedicine‘s feed & website.
— ReadersGroup (@StreathamComics) June 2, 2018
Would anyone have any recommendations of comics about anxiety/depression/mental health or just about life in general. Autobiographical preferably! Would love to buy/order some in the future.
— Tríona Tree Farrell (@Treestumped) June 2, 2018
^^ Useful thread ^^
Here with @coffeemommy telling sad/happy stories, flashing #pinksocks & talking about #graphicMedicine at #asco18 pic.twitter.com/I6QoJ9E6Hh
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) June 2, 2018
Don’t miss your chance to chat w/ @ellen_forney about the #GraphicMedicine exhibit she curated this Sat 6/9, 3-5 pm. Level 3, Central. pic.twitter.com/WYKIwUMKDk
— Seattle Library (@SPLBuzz) June 2, 2018
.@GraphicMedicine .@nomadic_ebru #Women #Draw Their World #GraphicNovel #Comics https://t.co/jufg6UZVol
— Medical Narratives (@MedNarrative) June 3, 2018
… Unless they really are…#medicine #doctor #juniordoctors #nhs #medicalschool #comics #medicalschoollife #unicyclemedic #medstudent #medschool #medschoolprobs #graphicmedicine #FOAMed pic.twitter.com/dfBwagsDuU
— Unicyclemedic (@unicycle_medic) June 3, 2018
#TheBadDoctor is LESS THAN £1.50 on #AmazonKindle. If you haven’t read it download now @ 90% discount throughout June #graphicmedicine https://t.co/9SiaAtdxqc @GraphicMedicine
— Ian Williams (@TheBadDr) June 3, 2018
I’m humbled by the number of people who have read and responded to this very personal, fictionalised tale I drew 4 years ago. The sequel is on the way. #OCD #GraphicNovel #MentalHealthAwareness #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/XYSB00CD5i
— Ian Williams (@TheBadDr) June 3, 2018
So worth your consideration. Please support this truly unique #graphicmedicine crowdfunder if you can. https://t.co/YPmdyIKDyR
— Andy Oliver (@AndyWPOliver) June 4, 2018
It’s breathtaking when a book hits at the exact overlap point of all my research interests and personal passions.
LISSA is a *must-read*: for #graphicmedicine #cancercomics #Islam #Egypt and so many more points of concern. A+https://t.co/aIO8SwyaV7 @utpress pic.twitter.com/jH7Vh6eLwR
— A. David Lewis (@adlewis) June 4, 2018
The NYU Medical Humanities newsletter featured a Comics & Medicine (@GraphicMedicine) roundup on Friday! You can view the newsletter in a browser here: https://t.co/pSIxtgE0sO. Find instructions on signing up to receive this great resource at the bottom! pic.twitter.com/lIGWNOPrIA
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) June 4, 2018
This book discusses suicide, so *content warning* – its in the preview of the book.
I will admit that is what convinced me to back this. I am forever interested in the way it is portrayed in comics (future #GraphicMedicine project for me).
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) June 4, 2018
Not insignificant question: in #healthcare – who owns #patient #data? And what can we do to keep one’s access to their own #medical history open, secure and fair? #healthIT #graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/xF3fGoHcQ3
— jackmaypole (@drmaypole) June 4, 2018
I’ll be reading my Wandering Uterus comic. #graphicmedicine #sciart https://t.co/YXaEFEBdTC
— Kriota Willberg (@Kriota) June 5, 2018
Other than Billy, Me, & You (https://t.co/jSEc7nfOAu), I am at a loss for examples of heart conditions in #GraphicMedicine. I know it is a pretty sparse area for the field, but surely someone knows of others I’ve missed.
Help me out!
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) June 5, 2018
Really it’s about trauma and grief, but cardiac surgery is the major medical event I thought.
I don’t know why I forgot about Hole in the Heart. I think I always think about it in terms of Down syndrome and get stuck there.
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) June 5, 2018
Yes, same in Spanish, although there are even more thin areas; there are about a hundred graphic pathographies in spanish. I am sure the number for english ones is higher.
— monica lalanda (@mlalanda) June 5, 2018
I haven’t read it, but Kristen Radtke’s “Imagine Wanting Only This” seems #graphicmedicine relevant https://t.co/2ZF48vqioU
— Violet Fox 🦊 (@violetbfox) June 6, 2018
Collected cardiovascular comics: https://t.co/brSdPx4Py0
— ootastic (@ootastic) June 7, 2018
This has a lot about open heart surgery. AVSD correction. It’s also about the difficulties of taking in a diagnosis as a parent. pic.twitter.com/4dV70MjAAz
— henny beaumont (@HennyBeaumont) June 5, 2018
Welcome back to Berlin, @susansquier! Straight back into uni life here, trying out fresh ideas at the @FU_Berlin to be presented later this year at the @GraphicMedicine conference. pic.twitter.com/N8nvMyXRv8
— Nina Schmidt (@schmidt20_nina) June 5, 2018
@susansquier at #PathoGraphics on Scaling #GraphicMedicine and „Eating Anthropocene“ by Alexandra Hamann, J. Kirstein, M. Schleunitz, and @rleinf pic.twitter.com/Hd3WiwGRB1
— Christopher Scholz (@kurisutofa) June 5, 2018
Everyone deserves to feel empowered & with the right support, this is possible. Lets fight for better #mentalhealth together. #bpd #depression #anxiety #MentalIllness #mentalhealthawareness #therapy #ArtTherapy #recovery #nhs #EndTheStigma #sicknotweak #notalone #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/PmBbb2bxIM
— Kathryn (@017kat) June 5, 2018
One of my favorite graphic novels (and a big reason why I want to bring #graphicmedicine to the world) was highlighted by @BookRiot AND I AM SO PROUD. https://t.co/vwt0QT9NXe
— Donna Baluchi (@DBaluchi) June 5, 2018
You will never read a more bleakly witty piece of #graphicmedicine than @RobertDWells‘s BACK, SACK & CRACK (& BRAIN). Meet the great man at #CECAF2018 this weekend https://t.co/gYM8BGfJYT and read a review of his graphic novel here at BF: https://t.co/7MCzcuS9oB @cecaf2016 pic.twitter.com/JuAEQPnRdv
— Broken Frontier (@brokenfrontier) June 6, 2018
Very excited about the #graphicmedicine conference taking place at @cartoonstudies next month! I’ll be doing a lightning session on #CancerComics and am thrilled to hear folks like @JenhayGoddess @TheBadDr @CaraBeanComics and more!https://t.co/beAOC6391E
— A. David Lewis (@adlewis) June 6, 2018
HO MAN this one hit me in the gut… the almost “depression” blue, with the sadness of the faces, makes the common statement harder to stomach. #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/8kCiFSRaNk
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) June 6, 2018
The inertia of depression. Sound familiar? #bpd #depression #anxiety #mentalillness #mentalhealthawareness #therapy #arttherapy #psychology #mentalhealthart #GraphicMedicine #narrativemedicine #illustrations #comic #sad #saddness #recovery pic.twitter.com/nTEf59iyjx
— Kathryn (@017kat) June 6, 2018
Yes! I keep hearing about issues with #consent. They found video consent works best. Others using comics #GraphicMedicine #pmwc18
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) June 6, 2018
Cleaning out some old files and behold, my earliest #graphicmedicine efforts — a comic about the bubonic plague, en français. Farmers, don’t hang around dead rats. pic.twitter.com/Mx0wwPh1jY
— Leslie Ordal (@GenCounsNews) June 6, 2018
It was a great exhibit! Great photos, @DrJRMarcelin !- #medlibs #graphicmedicine @UNMCLibrary @JournalofEthics pic.twitter.com/iBhzdeRXXt
— Teresa Hartman (@thartman2u) June 7, 2018
A wonderful idea and I cant agree more that #narrative-graphics explains the emotional/psychological impact way better than words alone #HMIchat
— Amani (@AmaniElghafri) June 7, 2018
Dag 2 på @UXLibs Sara Lerén promoterer det å inkludere brukere utenfor gjennomsnittet i brukertesting. Det er ofte de som forteller deg hva som ikke fungerer. @HeedTheNeed #graphicmedicine @GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/LodZxwL1Af
— NTNU BMH Library (@NTNUbmh) June 7, 2018
Come celebrate #Pride at our #MECcampus library with a selection from our LGBTQIA+ health or #graphicmedicine collections! 📚🏳️🌈👩🏻⚕️ https://t.co/6cKSqvozbO pic.twitter.com/X4CdR37vHd
— NOVA Libraries (@NOVALibraries) June 7, 2018
Switching Lessons: All new follow-up to the last episode of the #primarycare #clinic #comicstrip #webcomic Adventures in Clinic! Now online at https://t.co/GRjUgauuu0 Check it out!#graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/zOL7J4BK00
— Richard Stark (@richstarkmd) June 7, 2018
Current issue of @AMJPublicHealth includes comics @davidlasky and I did for use in a public health emergency. Great to share this work without having a real emergency! #graphicmedicine #MCM pic.twitter.com/Nyk43Uj0Hm
— Meredith Li-Vollmer (@MeredithLV) June 7, 2018
How cool that @rebeccamakkai found TAKING TURNS by @ComicNurse helpful for her writing research! #GraphicMedicine #TheGreatBelievers https://t.co/F97a39IDsh via @The_Rumpus
— PSU Press (@PSUPress) June 7, 2018
Here’s a wee glimpse at a test print from the awesome folks @ootblueprint Getting rather excited now! #graphicmedicine #RICK4 #comics #cancercomic pic.twitter.com/ELzPRvjXrs
— Gordon Shaw (@flashvsming) June 7, 2018
As someone who manages pain with mindfulness and meditation, I often find it hard to explain. These pages from Rock Steady (Ellen Forney) do a good job on the basics. #graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/spd3szAx8u
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) June 7, 2018
learning about comics and drawing in ethnographic research… one example cited is the great-sounding graphic medicine manifesto #QRSE2018 @QRSE2018 https://t.co/6ecci93Me6
— virginia braun (@ginnybraun) June 7, 2018
@olyduff #thankyouNHS for (literally) mending my broken heart. I’m a proud lifelong member of The Zipper Club: https://t.co/IeW7kH56Mj #GraphicMedicine
— ootastic (@ootastic) June 8, 2018
I’ve started trying to fight my punitive side, the internalised voice of my past. This involves cognitive, behavioural and experimental work, like visual imagery and two-way dialogue. It’s goddamn scary. But, I know I’m not alone. #bpd #traumanotpd #therapy #schematherapy pic.twitter.com/Lch8KKHrGW
— Kathryn (@017kat) June 8, 2018
Some great stuff this week! Did I miss something? Let me know in the comments below or tweet @NoetheMatt! Until next time…
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