‘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…
Articles & More…
Kickstarter: A book that will get us talking: Diversity and Inclusion
Webcomic: A comic about the problems with the -omics, illustrated by Matteo Farinella
Webcomic: Mommy & Me Yoga Poses
Scholarly: Annals Graphic Medicine – Back to Work
Scholarly: Ten simple rules for drawing scientific comics
Scholarly: Smiles, Apologies, and Drawing Trauma-Informed Care in the PurpLE Clinic via @AnitaFamilyDoc
Scholarly: Using comics to change lives
Annotation: Stitches
Facebook: Comics 4 Health Coverage has been extremely active of late and while I can’t within reason share every post here, you should be following them.
Why Are All Our Words in Bubbles?
Tweets…
200 years ago today Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was published, igniting imaginations & prompting many adaptations, including in the #comics. Here are a few highlights https://t.co/TNs8wdXSE9 pic.twitter.com/Cmvm3tsEIP
— Library of Congress (@librarycongress) January 1, 2018
Of all the comics I shared with colleagues in 2017, this is the one that sparked the strongest responses. Since it showed up in @thenib‘s end-of-year email, I thought I’d share again ICYMI. #GraphicMedicine #medlibs https://t.co/LQ6GiHe4B7
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 2, 2018
Kickstarter edition of @hcnoel‘s FLOAT arrived over the weekend! #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/bCoEtsGWIr
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 1, 2018
Did you know there is a peer-reviewed academic journal on #comics and #pedagogy? Why would anyone not want you to know this? Anyway, here it is: https://t.co/FhetyMdWgI
@ncte @ilatoday @NEAToday @ncae @AFTunion #educomix #elachat #engchat #Education #K12 #teacher #teaching #EDU
— Def. Not Dr. Carter says “Joyous 2018!” (@TchrComxAdvoc8r) December 31, 2017
Gorgeous comic from @swinsea about her own experience as a teen with HPV and how @PPFA helped her https://t.co/Tl9XTrpKYi #BestOf2017 pic.twitter.com/ZXmhJdBjXC
— Rewire (@Rewire_News) December 31, 2017
Thank you to @ew for naming #TheBestWeCouldDo by @MsThiBui one of the best graphic novels of the year! https://t.co/mX0zBQLw3C
— ABRAMS (@ABRAMSbooks) December 31, 2017
From ‘Imagine Wanting Only This’ by Kristen Radtke. #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/qn8ozpR858
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 30, 2017
Drawing interest and inspiration from architecture and art and applying it to medicine. May be of interest @studioscientist pic.twitter.com/7nlmHolSun
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 30, 2017
Protip: read more books/comics/articles/words by people of color
— Preeti Chhibber (@runwithskizzers) December 29, 2017
This chapter is of particular import to folks in #GraphicMedicine. The stories in GM are personal, often traumatic, and understanding how both artist and reader come at the comic is important.
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 29, 2017
ICYMI: Call for #GraphicMedicine in @CMAJ. For further details or to submit, email barbara.sibbald@cmaj.ca. pic.twitter.com/oWJdXt8nrM
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 29, 2017
Latest titles now available in the @UMMSLibrary Graphic Medicine collection! pic.twitter.com/pgt8GvUli5
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 29, 2017
2018 Vermont Conference https://t.co/V6dUbthS4m via @graphicmedicine
— NYU LitMed Database (@NYULitMed) December 29, 2017
Sometimes #Medical #lingo can confuse, not clarify a #Diagnosis. Overlapping or interchangeable terms even challenge #clinicians, #insurers, and most of all, #patients. Witness: #Eczema or even #asthma…#graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/Hpa5VO0r8n
— jackmaypole (@drmaypole) December 29, 2017
Cells at Work, a manga series set within the human body, made the top 10 for teens this year! #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/FdQ9OiCRlg via @NYPL
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 29, 2017
Toxic shock syndrome! #graphicmedicine #MedEd #FOAMed pic.twitter.com/cnGsqfloLv
— Sukriti (@dorsalganglia) December 30, 2017
SOAP pic.twitter.com/gbRcDfDbcB
— Mike Natter MD (@mike_natter) December 30, 2017
Dumb ways to die in medieval Europe: Fasciculus Medicinae (1492) pic.twitter.com/r5jzxS4831
— Pulp Librarian (@PulpLibrarian) December 30, 2017
Why do #healthcare? Why be a #doctor? It is a great question. #graphicmedicine. pic.twitter.com/hruMLucjn8
— jackmaypole (@drmaypole) December 31, 2017
COMING SOON in 2018: ‘Anxiety is Really Strange’ – read more here: https://t.co/q36tMKDVly #anxiety #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/uTerAT7hKO
— Singing Dragon Books (@Singing_Dragon_) January 1, 2018
Here’s a #GraphicMedicine title I somehow missed last year. / Freedom Hospital, A Syrian Story by Hamid Sulaiman https://t.co/5YN5uxQrjI via @po_st
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 2, 2018
Ran across this. @NoetheMatt have you seen/pre-ordered this? https://t.co/4I8iMOCxMZ
— Leslie (@elleinlibrary) January 2, 2018
CSS announces *four* prizes in 2017 Comics Studies scholarship – Nominations due by 2/1!https://t.co/FK1hY4dzA7 pic.twitter.com/4FoiTQE1lp
— Comics Studies (@cssorg) December 28, 2017
2018 has arrived! Looking for a fun programming opportunity? Look no further than our @nnlmner Graphic Medicine Book Club Kits! Find more information and request a kit at https://t.co/DLbdBcWzf1. pic.twitter.com/DsuGS2ZR72
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 2, 2018
As you’re finalizing your course planning for this term, an ask from me: if you’re teaching #GraphicMedicine, I’d love to see your syllabus! I’m trying to keep a pulse on what books are being taught. I never post them unless you already have. DM if you’re willing. Cheers!
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 2, 2018
“If you’re going to be creative, you’re going to have to make time for it…” #narrativemedicine #graphicmedicine https://t.co/VMutWnLJV5
— Marjorie Rosenthal (@marjoriesue) January 2, 2018
Check out @GraphicMedicine and @GraficaMedicina – several comic artists have foundations in med hum.
— ComicNurse (@ComicNurse) January 3, 2018
I just have been informed that @nature is going to feature CIMAZA (https://t.co/TBffsM5cBM) story “#science for the society: #Virology #comics model” in their upcoming volume!
YEPPY! This gonna be the SECOND exposure in the 2018 if all went as planned!
An occasion to re-thank: pic.twitter.com/9XAXf7exWP— Susan Nasif (@VirologyComics) January 5, 2018
Closing 1/12 @nlm_news Fire & Freedom: Food & Enslavement in #EarlyAmerica https://t.co/gOD2vOrR14 ? Opening 1/30 #GraphicMedicine: Ill-Conceived & Well-Drawn! exploring meaning of #graphicmedicine as it combines #comics & personal #illnessnarrative Details soon! #histmed pic.twitter.com/QW49BXxyul
— Jeffrey S Reznick (@jeffreysreznick) January 3, 2018
Our first exhibit for the National Library of Medicine is complete. “Graphic Medicine” explores the use of comics to tell stories about illness. Guest curator is Ellen Forney.@nlm_news pic.twitter.com/zmXVZWf4bB
— HealyKohler Design (@HealyKohler) January 3, 2018
LOL #GraphicMedicine #MedEdhttps://t.co/y2jQpMyMbU pic.twitter.com/G5qDSZr2gK
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 3, 2018
Really looking forward to hearing more about this project! Working on a visual cancer diary, of sorts. #CancerComics #GraphicMedicine
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) January 3, 2018
Really looking forward to hearing more about this project! Working on a visual cancer diary, of sorts. #CancerComics #GraphicMedicine
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) January 3, 2018
«Los cómics como terapia contra la enfermedad»@vinetabocadillo reseña el libro de Inés González Cabeza en @rtvehttps://t.co/TWJcjQYJaM
— Fernando A. Navarro (@navarrotradmed) January 3, 2018
What is your neural function, visual narrative conjunction? Grammar, meaning, and fluency in sequential image processing. https://t.co/xIscUwRbdz #GraphicMedicine
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) January 4, 2018
Comics as a Medium for Providing Information on Adult Immunizations. https://t.co/beSpDMNQ79 #GraphicMedicine
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) January 4, 2018
COMICS: Cartoon Visualization of Omics Data in Spatial Context Using Anatomical Ontologies https://t.co/PFPWEOIMpF #GraphicMedicine
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) January 4, 2018
Boxed In: Lessons From the Margins of Medical Student Comics. https://t.co/0Ltl10O7oM Commentary https://t.co/KRlWBaSTU4 #GraphicMedicine
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) January 4, 2018
Accessing the Future: a Disability-Themed Anthology of Speculative Fiction. https://t.co/n6Jjcy5NY5 #Review https://t.co/gqUQWIbgkH #GraphicMedicine #Disability #scifi
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) January 4, 2018
Drawing Invisible Wounds: War Comics and the Treatment of Trauma. https://t.co/YdHzvBlpUV #GraphicMedicine
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) January 4, 2018
Annals Graphic Medicine – Dear Doctor I https://t.co/5qebMrgeR6 #GraphicMedicine #ptexp #lgbtq Dear Doctor II https://t.co/yX8WYghBmZ
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) January 4, 2018
Drawn in 5 minutes (pardon the mess) to try to help a friend, by illustrating what life-drawing has to do with cartooning! pic.twitter.com/YfjEmYeYfa
— Nicholas Kole (@FromHappyRock) January 4, 2018
An innovative new project is seeking to get schoolchildren to open about their mental health issues through the medium of comic books. #comics#MentalHealth#GraphicMedicine#MedicinaGráficahttps://t.co/r99R5XEHnm pic.twitter.com/lm5X9vMnHM
— Blanca Mayor Serrano (@mayorserrano) January 4, 2018
The ‘like an orangey’ sun in the picture on the left was created by Sean (on right next to his tree), a brain injury survivor I met @HeadwayELondon when I did my residency there. Work in progress for collaborative comic ‘Like an Orange’, #crowdfunding with https://t.co/aBH5n2IFSg pic.twitter.com/GeYCJ9kPXW
— Wallis Eates (@WallisEates) January 4, 2018
CFP: German Graphic Medicine: The Representation of Illness and Disability in German Comics due January 20, 2018 https://t.co/Lb2UkuQaMQ
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 4, 2018
Damon had a Comic Book released about him & his condition, called “Understanding Osteosarcoma.” Recently, @JumoHealth put his comic to audio. @ChrisEvans @TheEllenShow @ComicBookNOW @BrookeAnderson @etnow @SU2C Apple https://t.co/XHgO6sQNId, Google Play https://t.co/2dfSekZCYg pic.twitter.com/crSOgmmLsa
— Brian A. Billeck (@happy2badad) January 4, 2018
Good news, I finally started thinking of comics again! Bad news, they’re very depressing! pic.twitter.com/8ruMSQzZOD
— (((Loryn Brantz))) (@LorynBrantz) January 4, 2018
ICYMI #GraphicMedicine (previously shared, but now indexed in MeSH) / Hospice Comics: Representations of Patient and Family Experience of Illness and Death in Graphic Novels. – PubMed – NCBI https://t.co/zS6EN4QSdM
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 5, 2018
Jan 19 join Science for the People NYC for a Winter Party at Verso, to hear about the history and the future of the movement and help support the National Convention: https://t.co/atibbF8ejR #SftP pic.twitter.com/H1tHqdP9IS
— Matteo Farinella (@matteofarinella) January 4, 2018
ICYMI #GraphicMedicine (previously shared, but now indexed in MeSH) / Losing Thomas & Ella: A Father’s Story (A Research Comic). – PubMed – NCBI https://t.co/arIscDqKkB
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 5, 2018
I’m sure I’ve seen *something* negative published but nothing that has stuck out and I can immediately recall. I know that in my own work, I regularly have to justify comics before I can move on to the medical uses at all.
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 5, 2018
I dunno if this helps?
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) January 5, 2018
So looking for critiques of Graphic Medicine not from the standpoint of critiques of comics (although would be interested in reading that angle too). I have a thesis that your response somewhat confirms but don’t want to just make bold claims without backing it up.
— Andrew Godfrey (@performillness) January 5, 2018
Also I think the marketing angle does help a little bit too!
— Andrew Godfrey (@performillness) January 5, 2018
That’s very interesting. I’m teaching some medical illustration students at the end of the month so I might see if I can get some feedback from that. It’s difficult to cite but it’s a start. Surveys/questionnaires and interviews might be a way to go about this.
— Andrew Godfrey (@performillness) January 5, 2018
Pathophysiology of sepsis… simplified pic.twitter.com/QWaLiCul3c
— Mike Natter MD (@mike_natter) January 5, 2018
Comics and Medicine: Peering Into the Process of Professional Identity Formation https://t.co/jmWQP9WKyd
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) January 4, 2018
https://t.co/XQ6EYfh69W pic.twitter.com/I3WXasxy0I
— CookieScience (@ScienceofCookie) January 4, 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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