‘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…
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: Comic Epidemic: Cartoons, Caricatures and Graphic Novels
CFP: Retro! Time, Memory, Nostalgia
CFP: Call for Papers: Comics and Medicine 2018: The Ways We Work (as sent to library listservs)
Event: Strength through Stories – Personal, Professional, Political
Webcomic: Young and Dumb Inside
Webcomic: It’s All About Choice
Webcomic: The Congressional Slush Fund for Sexual Harassment Settlements: Your Tax Dollars At Work via @TheNib
Storify: Critical Librarianship and Comics
Scholarly (Webcomic): The Role of Scientific and Medical Societies in Journals … and More: a Micro-Comic Strip
Interview: Parables of Care: A Q&A with Dympna O’Sullivan
Interview: Wallis Eates on crowdfunding Like an Orange
Interview: The best medicine
Interview: All is Not Well – Jonathan Clode Talks Graphic Medicine and Comics Exploring Caregiving
Book Review: Teen Angst Has A Body Count In ‘I Am Not Okay With This’
Blog: Cartoons, Comics, and Graphic Novels in Research and Academia
Blog (Paywalled): The Place of Political Satire and Cartoons in Birth Activism
Library: 741.5 And Then Some
Library: Dana Hosts Graphic Medicine Book Club and Introduces New Book Collection
Dad’s Sweet Comics Promote Empathy, Tolerance And Love
A Course in Comics | Collection Development: Graphic Novels & Nonfiction
ATENCIÓN CENTRADA EN EL PACIENTE EN 24 MENSAJES VISUALES
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The Financial Realities of Going Viral
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Thanksgiving Special: Four Native and Indigenous Creators and Comics You Should Know
Avery Hill Publishing Announce Schedule for 2018
How Comic Books Can Get Even Better for Dyslexic Readers
Hachette UK Acquires Jessica Kingsley Publishers
I don’t normally include such blatant trade links here, but since JKP publishes a lot of graphic medicine through their Singing Dragon imprint, this is important
Tweets…
A blog on ‘resources for comics librarianship’ https://t.co/oGQXRJN8ko via @mmaddencomics
— The Comics Grid (@ComicsGrid) November 26, 2017
¿Sabías que el médico está exento d deber de confidencialidad/secreto médico en casos de malos tratos y actos de agresión sexual?
Denuncia! pic.twitter.com/JBKb7LRCwR— monica lalanda (@mlalanda) November 26, 2017
Spent part of the morning arguing with a prison librarian about the merits of comics. Giving up after their suggestion that comics aren’t “detailed” enough to aid in education. ?
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 26, 2017
Comfort Zone | An original comic by Gene Luen Yang https://t.co/UVUxdmkwDB
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 26, 2017
This panel from Yeon-Sik Hong’s Uncomfortably Happy is such a perfect encapsulation of overwhelming anxiety. pic.twitter.com/nOQBz2eNaS
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 26, 2017
I can vouch for the excellence of MIS(H)ADRA and ROUGHNECK (part-way through reading this!): great books make great gifts! https://t.co/2vLAng8XJN
— Carol Tilley ?️? (@AnUncivilPhD) November 24, 2017
Graphic Novel Review 129 of 365 brings us a tale told by two brothers @Gabriel_Ba and @fabiomoon from @DarkHorseComics De: Tales…Stories from Urban Brazil. #GN365
Check this one out!https://t.co/5Hb7hC0oju pic.twitter.com/6v2edvo9hD
— Eric Kallenborn (@comics_teacher) November 24, 2017
Speaking of making a living from the Internet, here’s a nitty gritty post on how much money I made after an illustration of mine went viral: https://t.co/TwkT3guWUN
— Lucy Bellwood (@LuBellWoo) November 22, 2017
“Every time someone really listens to another person, pays attention to ways they aren’t doing well – these are steps to preventing suicides & homicides.”
This comic is a punch in the gut. https://t.co/dRRaAdH3DZ
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 22, 2017
This week’s comic for @ExploreWellcome is a bone comic. https://t.co/Rc5xS60jyp pic.twitter.com/Am0rn9UHLO
— robert bidder (@robertbidder) November 17, 2017
Medicine is vital, stressful work that takes a toll on everyone in our community. This comic is a powerful reminder to take care of yourself too. #MedEd #GraphicMedicinehttps://t.co/eRh0UlLIaq pic.twitter.com/79sJhg1U2I
— UMMS Library (@UMMSLibrary) November 22, 2017
@Crayola yes, please make this happen! I do crayon-based workshops for adult care providers in medical centers and nursing schools and need these for accuracy! (See my chapter in the Graphic Medicine Manifesto! @PSUPress
— ComicNurse (@ComicNurse) November 22, 2017
Would you be interested in talking about this at #imi conference next year, looking for a graphic medicine thread in 2018
— Andie Thompson (@andielou77) November 22, 2017
No man is an Island https://t.co/zFk41eA7Lv #graphicmedicine
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) November 23, 2017
Happy Thanksgiving! #drawing #draweveryday #graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/Wdg9dje0oP
— Grace Farris (@gracefarris) November 23, 2017
My drawing showing how I saw Chippy draw how he draws what he sees – at one point that was me with my glasses on. ‘Like an Orange’ – a collaborative comic book with brain injury survivor artists, #crowdfunding now here: https://t.co/jxCGbvDUEZ #graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/Vx8K5H9pTQ
— Wallis Eates (@WallisEates) November 23, 2017
News 3: Sneak peek at #MRIscan patient information comic with @HeatherJKWilson @JaniceMcl1968 @NewcastleHosps Great North Children’s Hospital pic.twitter.com/yCcsZAAG7H
— Applied Comics Etc (@appliedcomics) November 24, 2017
New update! More about Dolores and how her brain was likened to oranges, and an orange I bought that had gone bad inside…https://t.co/dRbkLQJeb9 #graphicmedicine #crowdfunding #comics #rehabilitation #oranges #art #painting #identity #memory
— Wallis Eates (@WallisEates) November 24, 2017
Call for papers for the 2018 Vermont @GraphicMedicine conference! @GraficaMedicina https://t.co/ZJ1HoWMXlS
— ComicNurse (@ComicNurse) November 25, 2017
Still need to pick up Dumb #GraphicMedicine folks? Here’s as food an opportunity as any! https://t.co/qYLD3tC34q
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 25, 2017
Tom (@TomdeFreston) is an artist dedicated to the construction of multimedia worlds. He is the artistic director of Medicine Unboxed. This year he and his wife @kiran_MH published a graphic poetic retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice https://t.co/MrucsELbTH #MU17Maps
— Medicine Unboxed (@medicineunboxed) November 25, 2017
More often than not: Attempts by #clinicians to use #plainlanguage have the opposite effect from #improving #communication. #graphicmedicine. pic.twitter.com/zdP7E0vYjz
— jackmaypole (@drmaypole) November 26, 2017
Love or hate the #ACA, I think we all want to avoid a system where THIS is how we pay for #healthcare in the future. #graphicmedicine. #gofundme #kickstarter #paypal #groupon pic.twitter.com/D1iQRSfK44
— jackmaypole (@drmaypole) November 26, 2017
This arrived yesterday. So much to read, so little time! #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/CLziXrcfkD
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 27, 2017
I’ve had a fantastic response to this, so thank you all who RT’d it 🙂 #stammer #stammering #stutter #stuttering pic.twitter.com/EwGPsJ4rWK
— Gareth Cowlin (@garethcowlin) November 26, 2017
“Diabetes cards: ‘ace of nibs’”#thumbnail #notes #wip #ink #type1diabetes #coffee #comics #illustration #poetry #research #medicine #sciart #artscience #sketch #sketchbook #tatesketchbook #art #mmu #postgrad #bristol pic.twitter.com/tmjGZDmXKW
— Tony Pickering (@mrpickers) November 27, 2017
Clinical (patient) education opportunities abound with #GraphicMedicine! And opportunities to collaboratively create *nudge* #medlibs *nudge* https://t.co/xqGOs0nUql
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 27, 2017
Perhaps try to arrange a panel on graphic medicine? The largest public library collection of this is in Ypsilanti
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) November 27, 2017
69/100 The powerful visual metaphor and deeply resonant graphic medicine of Alice Urbino @Alicerrrr https://t.co/XlxZ4Xi7xe #15YearsofBrokenFrontier pic.twitter.com/bduqlgO4Tn
— Broken Frontier (@brokenfrontier) November 27, 2017
Meet your awesome behind-the-scenes hospital people via comic strip: https://t.co/BmHAlLzbcP From
@GraphicMedicine #graphicmedicine #healthliteracy— Janet Madsen (@Janet_Madsen) November 27, 2017
Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 (Memoir/Oral History)
The Best We Could Do (Memoir/Immigration)
Roughneck (Fiction/Trauma)Those are the first 3, stand-alones that come to mind from this year. #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/Fdvl2v5cuq
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 27, 2017
Venomous snake bites! #graphicmedicine #FOAMed #MedEd #medschool pic.twitter.com/wJpU1mz8rn
— Sukriti (@dorsalganglia) November 28, 2017
New comic coming this Thursday #GraphicMedicine #CarersRightsDay #allisnotwell#MakeComics pic.twitter.com/41p2UxpC15
— jonathan clode (@chode9mm) November 28, 2017
Some unexpected #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/WZ0V9u5lxr
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 28, 2017
#graphicmedicine can also add humanity to information by lending a human face to health information’ https://t.co/yydOtXbzqm #dementia
— Ernesto Priego (@ernestopriego) November 28, 2017
Just received the published version of Lissa from University of Toronto Press. Looks great!… https://t.co/k2kC85N1gh
— Graphic Medicine (@GraphicMedicine) November 28, 2017
For #GivingTuesday here’s a #graphicmedicine post by our MedicalDirector to provide a glimpse of the health needs of our patients : https://t.co/nUxgUDZ3Hn
To Donate to their care & addressing their #SDoH, you can help via https://t.co/z047SXb0WP#HumanTrafficking #DV #GBV pic.twitter.com/xgoxp5aG0F— The Purple Clinic (@PurpLEClinic) November 29, 2017
I’d recommend following @librnwithissues for great comics & library commentary, as well as @NoetheMatt & @GraphicMedicine for lots of health related comic reading! #critlib
— Violet Fox ? (@violetbfox) November 29, 2017
That moment you realize you’ve missed comics #critlib because you were traveling home from guest lecturing on graphic medicine… SO MANY EMOTIONS! I promise to catch up in the morning!
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 29, 2017
Enjoyed introducing our 3rd yr dissertation students to the medical humanities today. Their topics covered memory, trauma, neurodiversity & graphic medicine @LeedsMedHum
— Katrina Longhurst (@K_A_Longhurst) November 29, 2017
Parables of Care can also be downloaded from ChesterRep @uochester https://t.co/DoY66Irhvt #GraphicMedicine #openaccess pic.twitter.com/FzzBgy8Car
— Ernesto Priego (@ernestopriego) November 29, 2017
Central venous lines #graphicmedicine #FOAMed #MedEd #medschool pic.twitter.com/1myPnZE3JY
— Sukriti (@dorsalganglia) November 29, 2017
#GraphicMedicine (maybe – “cartoon book” may or may not equal comic) / Enhanced education for bowel preparation before colonoscopy: A state-of-the-art review. – PubMed – NCBI https://t.co/QUlNtfHPoS
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 29, 2017
“Breakthrough – the discovery of insulin”#history #insulin #research #banting #best #thumbnail #wip #pencil #type1diabetes #diabetes #comics #illustration #poetry #medicine #sciart #artscience #sketch #sketchbook #tatesketchbook #art #mmu #postgrad #mcrschart pic.twitter.com/VIc5ir79XS
— Tony Pickering (@mrpickers) November 28, 2017
since i’m talking about scott mccloud today i’d like to say this is not only a very accessible explanation to understanding art, comics, and iconography, it’s also just a really well done gag pic.twitter.com/pFWUudHKRx
— Colin Spacetwinks (@spacetwinks) November 29, 2017
Call for Papers: The Comics of R. Crumb: Underground in the Art Museumhttps://t.co/u9b12SbVLU
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 30, 2017
A1: I use comics to teach empathy, reflection, and issues of health literacy to medical students. We also lend “book club kits”, a ready made health programming tool. #GraphicMedicine
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 29, 2017
A2: We discuss the role of (health) literacy for an entire day, using comics as an example of bridging educational/cultural gaps. Hoping to find more voices in #GraphicMedicine to make use of in the future. #critlib
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 29, 2017
A3: We have separated #GraphicMedicine from the rest of the collection, giving it its own space in the library and collection within the catalog. Academic medical print collections aren’t “browsed” much now, so this is vital to visibility here. #critlib
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 29, 2017
A4: I do my best to find ways to get small print/indie/organizational #GraphicMedicine titles into our collection however possible. Keeping an eye on who is doing what in the field BEYOND traditional publisher marketing is vital. #critlib
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 29, 2017
A5: Oh man, there are too many! I’ll split this up. This video covers my go-to recommendations for #GraphicMedicine – and Taking Turns by @ComicNurse will be particularly relevant for #critlib I think. https://t.co/0IIAvBVIvo
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 29, 2017
A5.PS: To me though, the best thing to do if you are new to comics is to find ones in a genre/subject you already enjoy and just dive right in. Comics, even when read for academic purposes, are just damn fun to read. #critlib
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 29, 2017
You can now view and download the Parables of Care comic from @douglascollege‘s research repository https://t.co/ofqBU3ZZna#medicalhumanities #GraphicMedicine
— Peter Wilkins (@wilkinspeter) November 29, 2017
Lissa, an anthropological research and graphic novel, about friendship, health, politics, risk in Cairo #bioethics #GraphicMedicinehttps://t.co/2dUFLJ2P7z https://t.co/IWJzXzQtiu
— Daniela Berto (@dnl_nbg) November 29, 2017
Literally just finished teaching a session on the gaze and affect in representations of disability using graphic novels–Epileptic, Stitches and My Degeneration from the #GraphicMedicine series. Students loved it. And were moved by the artwork.
— DisabilityHistory (@DisabilityHistr) November 29, 2017
A mention for #critlib folks interested in #graphicmedicine to check out @OPWhisperer’s critical work. “Comics as a critical lens” is extremely Muna. https://t.co/0c88R5n3VA
— Andrew Preater (@preater) November 29, 2017
Anyone have a US-based conference relevant to comics, libraries, or graphic medicine coming up in the next 2 months I should attend?
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 30, 2017
Spending the day doing some collection development on our #GraphicMedicine collection. Spreadsheet printouts everywhere! pic.twitter.com/1Ys8EaePmV
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) November 30, 2017
navigating trauma pic.twitter.com/6trHrzgeOC
— shan murphy (@acornfriend) November 29, 2017
Good morning. We made a comic about #dementia care. Here’s what some readers have said: https://t.co/cXIcQRkj6j pic.twitter.com/p9HLkpWZFe
— Ernesto Priego (@ernestopriego) December 1, 2017
‘Graphic Medicine’ as a Mental Health Information Resource: Insights from Comics Producers: https://t.co/WvqJDob1Vp #ComicsGridAdvent #Day1 pic.twitter.com/VuUtz0OL4K
— The Comics Grid (@ComicsGrid) December 1, 2017
Last but not least, @drmarvac‘s very interesting paper on HIV/AIDS narratives in graphic novels and comics, and the field of graphic medicine #redribbonbookmarks #WorldAIDSDay
— Chiara Amoretti (@ChiaraAmoretti) December 1, 2017
2018 Vermont Conference https://t.co/V6dUbthS4m via @graphicmedicine
— NYU LitMed Database (@NYULitMed) December 1, 2017
Happy turkey day from the hospital cafeteria @GomerBlog @RASACS @mcsassymd pic.twitter.com/FBaLL2rYIX
— M.D. Comics (@md_comics) November 23, 2017
Experiencing the History of HIV/AIDS: @Adrian_Bee reviews @ComicNurse‘s Taking Turns: https://t.co/SrOhknP4xN #OpenAccess #WorldAIDSDay
— The Comics Grid (@ComicsGrid) December 1, 2017
A1: i would like to see more displays of comics for teens with narratives about figuring out one’s gender identity / sexual orientation. also comix about racism in america. displays + MAKE UR OWN COMIC CLASS!! you don’t have to be a rly skilled artist to make comics #critlib
— michelle (@chelleinthelib) November 29, 2017
Sketchnotes (photosketches?) from Plenary IV #CTACsummit17 This has been a learning process, so feel free to let me know what you think! pic.twitter.com/HWJ1AKCnrV
— ComicNurse (@ComicNurse) November 28, 2017
Sketch notes from Plenary III : Care Delivery & Payment. #CTACsummit17 pic.twitter.com/Z01gQF3kPR
— ComicNurse (@ComicNurse) November 28, 2017
#CTACsummit17 Drawings from Plenary II: Caregiving pic.twitter.com/ieGnvStQJg
— ComicNurse (@ComicNurse) November 28, 2017
I was nice all day #everydaymenopause #ayearat55 #illustration #comics #drawing #beingnice https://t.co/K6AnFJHLpK pic.twitter.com/qA77ApRl6h
— Nicola Streeten (@NicolaStreeten) November 25, 2017
Hoy #DiaMundialContraelSida os recomendamos una fantástica Patografía Gráfica: Píldoras Azules#MedicinaGráfica https://t.co/qyVFFhlFoi pic.twitter.com/Xu85J2nVmG
— medicina-grafica (@GraficaMedicina) December 1, 2017
Benja, 24 años. Santiago. pic.twitter.com/jM46jm02Tv
— Escúchame (@escuchamecl) November 28, 2017
Some great stuff this week! Did I miss something? Let me know in the comments below or tweet @NoetheMatt! Until next time…
Thank you for the shout-out!
-Patrick @ 741.5 And Then Some