‘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 don’t have a pick in the traditional sense. Rather, I want to pause and dedicate our work in the medical humanities this week to Dr. Arnold P. Gold, who passed away on January 23rd. He was 92. The foundation named for him posted this tribute to him earlier in the week and are inviting others to share their memories of him. You can also find a statement from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
For those who may be unfamiliar, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is dedicated to creating a compassionate, collaborative, and scientifically excellent reality for patient care. The organization has long been a supporter of the work of graphic medicine, providing funding and opportunities to many of those involved – myself included (see this post for more on that). So let us honor Dr. Gold’s legacy by doing what we do best – building a more compassionate world and bringing humanism into our healthcare practice..
Comics and Medicine: The Way We Work
The Center for Cartoon Studies has launched its page for the 2018 Graphic Medicine Conference! Here you’ll find logistical information – dates and some basic travel information – as well as confirmed keynote speakers. You will also find the call-for-papers information – proposals are due January 30th, 2018. Keep your eyes open for more information as it arrives!
Articles & More…
CFP: Call for Creative Work: Creative Manifesto, Translating Chronic Pain
Education: Plain Language for Health Workshop
Event (Art): A Deep Dive Into the Brain, Hand-Drawn by the Father of Neuroscience
Education (Funding Opportunity): Three-year doctoral studentship (starting in September 2018)
Webcomic: Fostering Isn’t Perfect, But It’s For Us via @TheNib
Webcomic: Health Deterrence via @TheNib
Webcomic: “Pregnant on the Subway”: A Comic by Ariel Schrag ’03
Webcomic: Knitting Needles and Drinking Lye: How Women Ended Pregnancies Before ‘Roe’
Webcomic: PD Pundit: Isolation via @dunlapshohl
Scholarly: The Potential of Comics in Science Communication
Scholarly: NOAH Arts Health, and Well-Being in America White Paper
Scholarly (Comic): A Graphic Experience While Getting Chemotherapy (PDF)
Scholarly (Blog): Turning foe into friend: Leveraging the electronic health record to promote humanism via @GoldFdtn
Book Review: Wrinkles via @SethHahne
Book Review: Kindness Works, an Archie comic on autism
Book Review: Sherine Hamdy and Coleman Nye’s Lissa
Book Review: Last Things: A Graphic Memoir of Loss and Love (Goodreads)
Interview: Whit Taylor at CAB: Comic Arts Brooklyn 2017
Interview: Science, Culture, and #MeToo in Whit Taylor’s ‘Ghost Stories’
Interview: Lilah Sturges and MINE! Celebrate Freedom and Choice
Interview: Shining a Light on Planned Parenthood’s Chat/Text Service with PAUL LEVITZ & MINE!
Blog: Ill-Conceived, Well Drawn-and Powerful: Graphic Medicine Exhibition Debuts at NLM
Podcast: Speech Bubbles: Understanding Comics with Scott McCloud
Facebook: Save the Date: NLM Graphic Medicine Panel featuring Ellen Forney, Michael Green, and MK Czerwiec
Comics About Making It Through Life
These Comics About Promoting Mental Health Awareness Are Truly The Need Of The Hour
Cover Reveal: Jarrett Krosoczka’s Graphic Memoir Hey, Kiddo
How Women’s Abortion Stories Are Shattering Stigma Around The Procedure
The artist who drew his wife on her deathbed
This instance of drawing has raised some interesting ethical questions about consent and sharing of coping mechanisms among some of the GM community. Definitely an area to delve into further.
Tweets…
If you’ve read and enjoyed Raised on Ritalin please go review it! https://t.co/JKdMCTLDyU #raisedonritalin #comics #graphicmedicine
— tyler page (@tylerpage) January 19, 2018
Great #graphicmedicine Q&A on using comics to chronicle the #meded experience! Check it out below. https://t.co/SpEdCMFnCA
— Journal of Ethics (@JournalofEthics) January 19, 2018
In case you need convincing that people are interested in Graphic Medicine: https://t.co/MKVDXkf8tY
— Leah Misemer (@lsmisemer) January 19, 2018
This amazing artist will be the subject of the doc film we’re screening as part of our Graphic Medicine exhibit! UNT, Chilton Hall 111C, Feb. 21, 6-7 p.m.
Neil Gaiman has called his work, “A religious experience, akin to dreaming with your eyes open.”https://t.co/JSeSntmupl
— jem (@DocJem1972) January 19, 2018
And comic art from @ComicNurse! #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/OyqYOF4r87
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 20, 2018
@NoetheMatt Would you call #VisualAbstract products comics? I would, but it seems like we have to use new phrases for comics to have them taken seriously… #graphicmedicine#comicsinmedicinehttps://t.co/DneHCk1HOv
— Grace Farris (@gracefarris) January 19, 2018
This is a thread full of debate about where visual abstracts and graphic medicine meet – or don’t. Please be aware all of these opinions are just that.
Anyone know of any other comics involving autism? We need more titles to help our kids see themselves in their heroes. pic.twitter.com/dzNcEyQOaf
— Tim Smyth #educomix (@historycomics) January 20, 2018
Excellence In Graphic Literature Awards #graphicMedicine https://t.co/7HFC8Gugus
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) January 20, 2018
#EMR ‘s were supposed to improve charting but have you noticed that progress notes are all starting to look the same? @GraphicMedicine @ZDoggMD @DocsOTB @happydocpodcast @Bob_Wachter pic.twitter.com/AMA8IcPSTo
— Doc Related (@Doc_Related) January 20, 2018
#VisualDiagnosis/Interesting terms. The #kidneys aren’t the only place where #stones occur. The humble #tonsil can be a site where sloughed cells, mucus and debris collect, harden and calcify. Behold! The #Tonsillith. Weird,a little gross, I admit. #graphicmedicine. Not bad tho pic.twitter.com/bqst7odXAO
— jackmaypole (@drmaypole) January 20, 2018
There’s something pure about the way kids understand language. (From Last Things) #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/BXJlwMp1jM
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 21, 2018
Egads! The scary #rash of #winter–#KeratosisPilaris. A horrible name for a benign #diagnosis. Here’s what it looks like, and what to do about it (hint: Benign neglect…or a bit of #skin moisturizer). #GraphicMedicine. #dermatology rocks, no? pic.twitter.com/XkgusNq4xH
— jackmaypole (@drmaypole) January 21, 2018
Más #MedicinaGráfica #GraphicMedicine en alemán e inglés.
Autora: Daniela Schreiter (@Fuchskind) #SíndromedeAsperger #Comic #Autobiografíahttps://t.co/aiBVo2S2tDhttps://t.co/fL8R41gqwR pic.twitter.com/Rt958O4vt8— Blanca Mayor Serrano (@mayorserrano) January 22, 2018
?Did you know #graphicmedicine uses comics to tell personal stories of illness and health.? This new @nlm_news exhibition, including lesson plans, illustrates how ► https://t.co/jturYX65WO ✒️??️?@GraphicMedicine https://t.co/fIAsFQNVnR
— Newcomb Library (@NewcombLibrary) January 22, 2018
Get graphic with @NewcombLibrary – here’s a selection of #graphicnovels you can borrow from the library – ask library staff for more info – we are always #happytohelp with #BookRecommendations etc ?? pic.twitter.com/nIPl6MnanV
— Newcomb Library (@NewcombLibrary) January 22, 2018
Have a UK address and are interested in #dementia care? Get free printed copies of Parables of Care! https://t.co/7hAbuKwEgn #graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/22j6YzNfCE
— Ernesto Priego (@ernestopriego) January 22, 2018
From the digital exhibition from the National Library of Medicine.
Illustrations, and comics, and medical history all together in one place.
Check it out! https://t.co/Mqg90FaCuK I pic.twitter.com/QlkBMqMZKt
— UMKC HSL (@UMKCHSL) January 25, 2018
A comic instead of a scientfic paper.
Good idea!
ICES Journal of Marine Science, Volume 74, Issue 7, 1 October 2017.https://t.co/zCp5SOQ2Nn#marinesocioecologicalsystems #GraphicScience #ScienceCommunication#scicomm pic.twitter.com/ib2YQoueCE— Blanca Mayor Serrano (@mayorserrano) January 26, 2018
#GraphicMedicine / The Adventures of Medical Man: Kids’ Illnesses and Injuries Explained by Michael Evans https://t.co/TQlSedROHs via @goodreads
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 22, 2018
#CurrentlyReading #GraphicMedicine / Cartooning: a humorous approach to medical and health education. – PubMed – NCBI https://t.co/heHBgohmIF
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 22, 2018
Join us! #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/X5l3Ih4CSD
— McGoogan Library (@UNMCLibrary) January 22, 2018
#ADHD #comic @tylerpage asks do/did yr medication make you who you are? https://t.co/e53oRndUDi … #mentalhealth #safetyofmedication fyi @GraphicMedicine @ComicNurse @GraficaMedicina @NoetheMatt
— Init4Health (@Init4Health) January 22, 2018
#GraphicMedicine / Prevention of viral hepatitis C: assessment of a comic strip-based information campaign targeting adolescents. – PubMed – NCBI https://t.co/EfzyLeW5Ft
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 22, 2018
“Unlike much of the anti-smoking literature, the comic did not make the men feel angry or condemned for their smoking behavior.”
This is important. The demonization of smoking is such a double-edged sword.
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 22, 2018
“The overrepresentation in this discussion of the American system…” is something the field still must grapple with, 6 years after @TheBadDr wrote this.
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 23, 2018
“Is dying liked giving birth, something you have to do alone?”
The weight of those words with this image… so heavy. (From Last Things) #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/sOZy25ahSO
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 23, 2018
#VisualDiagnosis. #MolluscumContagiosum. Viral. Spread (mildly) by contact w/ lesions or infected material surfaces. The scourge of the #toddler, #wrestler, #gymrat. Benign but freaky. Only needs treatment if in large numbers or odd place (eye). We ♥️ #derm! #graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/k544W9FH4D
— jackmaypole (@drmaypole) January 23, 2018
Shame there isn’t an English translation of this. Looks great! #GraphicMedicine / Say Hello to Black Jack (Manga Series) https://t.co/NaHojQWFNj
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 23, 2018
Nightmare Scenarios, a comic exploring mental health. #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/j8H7bq4Mmz
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 23, 2018
Something interesting about this article is the lack of citations to back-up the decision to create and make use of a comic. Even if it is just a few lines, almost every article provides justification for that decision.
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 23, 2018
This is a fairly extensive review of usage prior to 1978. No time to read all 264 pages right now, but there’s a lot here to dig into. #GraphicMedicine / Fotonovelas and Comic Books–The Use of Popular Graphic Media in Development. https://t.co/KE1tKDwDpZ
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 23, 2018
“Long snubbed by intellectuals and the social elite, the comics have been grossly underrated in their potential to inform, persuade, and even influence the life-style of the masses.”
Oh how the times have (not) changed…
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 23, 2018
#GraphicMedicine / Impact of Educational Cartoon on Pediatric Bowel Preparation Quality at Time of Colonoscopy. – PubMed – NCBI https://t.co/0S6PFTG4dH
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 23, 2018
Thanks to you and @GraphicMedicine I’ve made the start of a promising collaboration with our children’s lit librarian and hope to also work with our pop culture librarian to add to comics collection!
— Margaret Henderson (@mehlibrarian) January 23, 2018
This is a comic on a stamp (!) from the Netherlands about dentistry. Pretty neat. #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/z6ZbqwYQW2
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 24, 2018
This fun comic marketing our #GraphicMedicine collection, drawn by @Te_Gryn, is finally coming down. It had a good run! pic.twitter.com/EjlnfKJ2An
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 24, 2018
#GraphicMedicine / A Potential Use for Manga in Medical Education. – PubMed – NCBI https://t.co/6GW6XcQCCz
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 24, 2018
This arrived today and I was so anxious to dive in I wound up on this page near the end. I’m with Stuart. People are much more than their state of health. #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/rvLjzFkFGf
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 25, 2018
Belle usually brings us her toys if we don’t feel well, but kisses work too! #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/ZOFEMKUJ2N
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 25, 2018
#GraphicMedicine / “The thyroidectomy story”: comic books, graphic novels, and the novel approach to teaching head and neck surgery through the genre of the comic book. – PubMed – NCBI https://t.co/Wj39Ylj0VM
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 25, 2018
#GraphicMedicine / Information Vaccine: Using Graphic Novels as an HIV/AIDS Prevention Resource for Young Adults https://t.co/CqhmtJLRzS
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 25, 2018
I ran across this article again while I was clearing out my email and I thought it worth a reshare, as a reminder, that effective communication tools can be put to questionable use as well.
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 25, 2018
#Comicbook artist dad & his 2 talented sons (one of whom has #diabetes) have created a #comic book series to help children understand diabetes – video – https://t.co/5hTqLlZmNC learn more https://t.co/aTCcOgouQ6 pic.twitter.com/hjCLnmeKO6
— Init4Health (@Init4Health) January 26, 2018
https://t.co/u02YG31z9E (j’aime bien lorsque les dessins étaient à la base inspirés par des lectures et finissent parfois par représenter des situations vécues) pic.twitter.com/T260CnP7t2
— CookieScience (@ScienceofCookie) January 26, 2018
Interested in keeping up-to-date on graphic medicine and libraries? Join the Graphic Medicine for Librarians list! https://t.co/sS2Rl3PJm4
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 6, 2017
Exciting to see a comic make it onto the National Book Critics Circle Finalists list. Congrats @MsThiBui! https://t.co/O40nOJoeFP pic.twitter.com/r18eU0P5Zo
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 23, 2018
We have a really exciting giveaway with @medcomic that just started right MEOW! ?? Go check it out on our Instagram to see how you could win all of this! (plus…who doesn’t like free stuff) pic.twitter.com/IHNMfjx6Fs
— OnlineMedEd (@OnlineMedEd) January 22, 2018
First day of spring semester!
Ready for some fun with comics & graphic narratives…https://t.co/4PKFtjjfgq pic.twitter.com/b8baUHbqfv— Lisa Diedrich (@lldiedrich) January 22, 2018
One of my favorite comics from last year Your Black Friend from Ben Passmore is now animated. This is is so good and important and gives some great perspective. https://t.co/wbtiT8Re7s
— Dave Scheidt (@DaveScheidt) January 22, 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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