‘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: Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine
CFP: Mind the Gaps! The Futures of the Field (Deadline Approaching)
CFP: Comics and/as Multimodal Rhetoric
Webcomic: Single-Use Unlubricated Monocles (an SMBC healthcare comic)
Webcomic: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder via @medcomic
Webcomic: Gareth Cowlin’s take on living with a stammer, in cartoons. via @GarethCowlin
Webcomic: Physical Exam via @bittermensch
Webcomic: Guest Comic on Cancer Owl
Webcomic: A Recipe for Disaster via @TheNib
Webcomic: Cool for Cats via @metrokitty
Webcomic: How do YOU discuss Code Status? Cartoons of Common Traps via @NathanAGray
Comic: Fibromyalgia and Us (PDF) via @Init4Health
Scholarly: Skin Cancer Prevention Campaign in Childhood: Survey based on 3,676 children in Brazil.
Scholarly: Santa’s little helpers: a novel approach to developing patient information leaflets
Scholarly: The Cult of Victorianism: Eating Disorders and Graphic Medicine
Blog: Drawing Strength
Blog (Scholarly): My Graphic Medicine Journey (Part Three) via @performillness
Book Release (Upcoming): Graphic Reproduction: A Comics Anthology
Book Review: Graphic Novel Review 147/365: Mis(h)adra via @Comics_Teacher
Book Review: Graphic Novel Review 149/365: Stitches via @Comics_Teacher
Book Review: BK2BK Pulp: Wayfarer #2 and Morgan’s Organs #2 Review
Interview: Cartoonist Charles Burns Looks Back at Black Hole
Interview: INTERVIEW: Marnie Galloway, Paula Knight & the Myth of Having it All – Part I
The Art of Translating Science
Bleach Manga Creator And A Fan’s Dying Wish via @LiberryTom
The Best New Graphic Novels of 2017
Comic capers break new ground with graphic success
Beyond Batman: how Indigenous superheroes are turning comics inside out
Best Books of 2017 Presented by Book Riot Insiders
Tweets…
?New comic✨on peace✌? pic.twitter.com/zUk79uzAQI
— Mike Medaglia (@mikemedaglia) December 8, 2017
The #GraphicMedicine collection at @UMMSLibrary is growing! This is about half of the next round of books. More on the way! pic.twitter.com/CXCKaTyjex
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 8, 2017
Couldn’t agree more. Our Chalkboard #Mural re #Hunger and #FoodInsecurity by Tom Judd with @MarkTykocinski, @Philabundance and @muralarts at @DesignPhilly 2018 @APDicker @JeffersonUniv @JeffInnovation #graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/RQpZm34KS1
— Peter Lloyd Jones (@studioscientist) December 8, 2017
Hope you have a healthy weekend. pic.twitter.com/6asWFfAzHP
— Beatrice the Biologist (@beatricebiology) December 8, 2017
Throwback! What #nonpharmacological Rx have shown to be #effective in #migraines? Listen to #headaches #5Pearls episode for more! https://t.co/l3bR2IwiWO ? @mike_natter #graphicmedicine ? #neurology #FOAMed #MedED #lifelonglearning pic.twitter.com/GVM6HnlQQN
— CORE IM (@COREIMpodcast) December 9, 2017
“The answer to your problems is a *professional”
*Who genuinely acts in a professional, empathetic manner#GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/WVmTimB9dm— Secret Stacks (@SecretStacks) December 9, 2017
#GraphicMedicine is not above straight-up lists of resources. There are always more helping hands. pic.twitter.com/mXbEnEyjlr
— Secret Stacks (@SecretStacks) December 9, 2017
A 360° degree video and a white board with Graphic Artistsc…So important to have the Arts in Medicine – ‘Geneeskunde’ and ‘Geneeskunst’ are complimentary (Dutch) https://t.co/mY1t7Q0kmp
— Ann Van de Velde (@sanguinebiomab) December 10, 2017
Another terrific post from @performillness. Love the idea of #graphicmedicine as nurturing space & community of creative practitioners. The portrait of narcissistic fibrosis: wow! https://t.co/e7hhLA5Rgz
— Lisa Diedrich (@lldiedrich) December 10, 2017
Coming next month from the National Library of Medicine, an online exhibition on graphic art with medical themes: https://t.co/kjmNGrGuok pic.twitter.com/GWcAeiEJhN
— John Overholt (@john_overholt) December 10, 2017
We’re always looking for visual submissions that explore #ethics & #healthcare! Learn more here #graphicmedicine https://t.co/Rbzm6a7MfE
— Journal of Ethics (@JournalofEthics) December 10, 2017
Luke 11 @BMHkalender
Av og til kan man ta en dykk ned i mørket og sette pris på melankolien. «Beautiful Darkness» av Vehlmann og Kerascöet er en surrealistisk tegneserie med morbide innslag og nydelige illustrasjoner. Et eventyr mørkere enn vanlig. @graphicmedicine @NTNUhelse pic.twitter.com/qron5Uc78n— NTNU BMH Library (@NTNUbmh) December 11, 2017
The amazing Sick! Living with Invisible Illness are doing some more zine workshops in December and January at @intraarts in Medway. More info: https://t.co/0Ds8Wqocfu pic.twitter.com/9ZCQEdSYZk
— Nicola C. ? (@nicololosaurus) December 11, 2017
“Graphic Medicine represents perhaps the clearest attempt to transform negative metaphors of illness into positive one…” YES! https://t.co/HFaYfgRoqj via @performillness
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 11, 2017
This is something I’d love to see every title in the #GraphicMedicine world do: include a list of places to contact for help at the end. Some do it, most don’t. This is especially important for books on topics like eating disorders or that involve suicide. https://t.co/56lpsLnLsm
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 11, 2017
Aye, absolutely.
Maybe us librarians should consider adding said lists as inserts at the back… that would at least have some impact.
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 11, 2017
SID has been nominated for the Best One-Shot category @brokenfrontier awards, which is an award in itself. Broken Frontier has always supported my work even if it is an acquired taste to some. This helps me want to continue making the comics that I want to make.Thank you. pic.twitter.com/s59lv3LR9L
— Olivia Sullivan (@ZenBucko) December 11, 2017
The first day I went to the hospital with her I brought a sketchbook. I stopped after the one time. https://t.co/gLmLafetKBpic.twitter.com/JHvGMpcahY
— Kate Beaton (@beatonna) December 11, 2017
There are a number of these comics being tweeted out by Kate Beaton. She’s raising money for a loved one with cancer.
Our comic empathy-creation exercise https://t.co/EQTvFz28xO #graphicmedicine #mcsmn
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) December 11, 2017
Day 8: MIS(H)ADRA gives us new ways to visualize epilepsy and provides important insight into life with a condition so regularly misunderstood. #GraphicMedicine #libfaves17 pic.twitter.com/NVTOZh27FB
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 11, 2017
“instead of focusing on ‘elevating’ comics’ standing in the art world, we should focus on breaking down the idea that ‘low culture’ = ‘bad.’” @ehetja
— iasmin omar ata @ CALA 47A ? (@DELTAHEAD_) December 10, 2017
I love those. Probably the most important slide in this presentation. And the “tell a story” bit they are talking about right now. Which is when video, audio, and graphic medicine come into play. #mcsmn
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) December 11, 2017
Our new Graphic Non-Fiction category in this year’s Broken Frontier Awards gives us a chance to shine a spotlight on more graphic memoir, journalism, biography and medicine work. Have your say and vote here: https://t.co/k8TnisAunp pic.twitter.com/5tlUZ9ZLNc
— Broken Frontier (@brokenfrontier) December 12, 2017
Love a blurry page of thumbnails! Work-in-progress for ‘Like an Orange’ – collaboration comic with brain injury survivors. Currently #crowdfunding with @unbounders – pledge here to support in making it happen!! https://t.co/74tFZASsHm … #graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/kH7li1nr47
— Wallis Eates (@WallisEates) December 12, 2017
Submission ACCEPTED! ?
” Title: The Virologist in His Labyrinth: How to Introduce the Complex of Virology to the Lay Community ”
Conference: Viruses 2018 – Breakthroughs in Viral Replication – Barcelona 7-9th Feb
Section: General Topics in Virology
Poster in progress! ??? pic.twitter.com/HFKQMQpY0o
— Susan Nasif (@VirologyComics) December 12, 2017
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Library friends, still considering submitting for our forthcoming #Comics and Critical Librarianship book? We’re giving you the gift of time! Submit your CFP through Friday, December 29 https://t.co/01tXtN16hZ @ohelmiller #critlib #comicslibrarians
— Stephanie (@stephliana) December 12, 2017
La GPC de Cirugía de @iacs_aragon @GuiaSalud se convierte en infografía. Recomendaciones en un vistazo #GraphicMedicine @mlalanda https://t.co/s6bkTcxpHR
— Celia Muñoz (@mf_celia) December 12, 2017
The trouble with cataloging books for the graphic medicine collection is that all I want to do is stop and read each one instead.
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 12, 2017
MCA stroke! #graphicmedicine #medEd #FOAMed #nightduties pic.twitter.com/l1NQf0Df4q
— Sukriti (@dorsalganglia) December 12, 2017
The new @inHouseMag book, “Family Doc Diary: A Resident Physician’s Reflections in Fifty-Two Entries,” chronicles the journey of an intern through #familymed residency, in the form of 52 entries from her art journal. Currently on sale at a 40% discount: https://t.co/ek3wpQXVt3 pic.twitter.com/za53OG7AdA
— in-Training (@InTrainingDoc) December 12, 2017
Upcoming #GraphicMedicine talk in January as part of Worcester Public Library’s ‘Popular Reads Cafe’. pic.twitter.com/48sZ0b6oFB
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 12, 2017
Super bummed to hear this. Saved Graphic @GraphicMedicine @DundeeComicsCS conference and #PathoGraphics17 – now need to figure out how to post them on the GM site…
— ComicNurse (@ComicNurse) December 12, 2017
‘#graphicmedicine can also add humanity to information by lending a human face to health information’ https://t.co/yydOtXtahU #dementia
— Ernesto Priego (@ernestopriego) December 12, 2017
Justo mañana se cumplirá un año de la magnífica entrevista que la gran @Scheherezade_SL me hizo sobre #CÓMIC y #MEDICINA.
¡Gracias!https://t.co/78gckXuSlU#MedicinaGráfica#GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/eXskqLlCyg— Blanca Mayor Serrano (@mayorserrano) December 13, 2017
I am SO excited to see my latest essay, “Asexuality and Its Discontents: Making the ‘Invisible Orientation’ Visible in Comics,” now online with @INKS_ComicsJrnl! Please check out the full essay here: https://t.co/D0EEsb4Att. pic.twitter.com/BGYK6z1vDW
— Nick Miller (@uncannydazzler) December 13, 2017
Delivering Patient Centered Care to Diverse Populations: The Importance of Health Literacy, Cultural and Linguistic Competency @DrJMieres @SharonneHayes #MayoClinicEquity #sketchnotes #123forEquity @NorthwellHealth pic.twitter.com/9gpZCokSc5
— Theresa Malin (@tmalinMLS) December 13, 2017
A brief morning sketch inspired by a rare pain free morning. #GraphicMedicine #CRPS pic.twitter.com/cnmQOeZ5fZ
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 13, 2017
A little more than 2 weeks remain to submit your proposals for the 1st ever #ComicsStudiesSociety conference! Info here: https://t.co/jbejkErQZH @cssorg #highered #comics
— Carol Tilley ?️? (@AnUncivilPhD) December 13, 2017
#exercise #winterhibernation pic.twitter.com/Ooiv3F00SD
— the Awkward Yeti (@theawkwardyeti) December 13, 2017
The exhibition of Medicine in the Comic tries to have an aesthetic of a comic book formed by different comics. For those who are far from here, I show you a couple of examples: The great round of doctors and Feelings. @GraficaMedicina @GraphicMedicine @MedicinaAB pic.twitter.com/1JB7I1tNHm
— Charo Sabariegos (@SabariegosCharo) December 13, 2017
This is a pretty fantastic article, published in comic form, about UX, social media, and persona by @aaron_humphrey. Here’s to seeing more research published like this! https://t.co/ofJ9zDP5nC
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 14, 2017
Are you a librarian? Are you looking to stay involved in graphic medicine? Consider signing up for the @nnlmner-hosted listserv! https://t.co/sS2Rl3PJm4 pic.twitter.com/C2F43GxQZp
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 13, 2017
“Youth across all levels of science identity were more engaged by the comics than the essays, and importantly, youth with the lowest science identities were motivated by the comics to read more.” #GraphicMedicine
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 13, 2017
#CurrentlyReading #GraphicMedicine / Doctor and Patient | Ann Intern Med | ACP | https://t.co/7DOO1afg52
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 13, 2017
“Writers of comic books, realizing the major impact of their work especially in adolescent age groups, have increasingly been using their series to actually promote issues of equity and well being for physically or mentally impaired people.” #GraphicMedicine
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 13, 2017
#CurrentlyReading #GraphicMedicine/#GraphicScience / The notion of the motion: the neurocognition of motion lines in visual narratives. – PubMed – NCBI https://t.co/fu1Dcgokbh
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 13, 2017
“Family memories, expressed through art, help medical students identify their own early values and attitudes. These values and attitudes may subsequently influence their practice of medicine.”
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 13, 2017
In hindsight having read this article now, I wouldn’t necessarily call this #GraphicMedicine. It is a discussion about the process of writing a popular science monograph using Batman as a hook. Think Physics of Superheroes.
Comic-adjacent, but not really comics.
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 13, 2017
“…a media health message will be most effective if it is culturally appropriate and incorporates sources and messages that the audience finds credible.”
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 13, 2017
Looks like this was some odd combo of slide projection/audio/cartoon booklet? No examples beyond a still image of an ambiguous cartoon character. Can’t seem to find any follow-up on it either.
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 13, 2017
“These findings support the idea that the comic book was effective in changing knowledge and behavior in readers.”
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 13, 2017
This one’s a little… questionable. They used comics (they called them cartoons) to increase the amount voluntarily paid for meals assistance programs by explaining how the program worked. #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/ocUROmJZdB
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 13, 2017
“The distinction, after all, between entertainment and education is to a large degree tenuous: children may learn as much from MTV as they do from PBS.”
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 13, 2017
Why should predictive maintenance only be for machines? 🙂 … #iot #innoday pic.twitter.com/hGgh6hnJ5L
— Timo Elliott (@timoelliott) December 14, 2017
Looks like you’ll be seeing @LenLevin and I talking about #GraphicMedicine in medical education at #mlanet18! #medlibs pic.twitter.com/wsoKOjbVpA
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 14, 2017
Don’t forget that many students have never read a comic or graphic novel – they need to be shown how to read them first. Model for them – show how the panels are not always linear. THis is like hyper-text reading online. #TCRWP https://t.co/aR4xQho5ci
— Tim Smyth #educomix (@historycomics) December 14, 2017
I did this drawing with brain injury survivor Tony just as I was going through one of my sad phases about not having a dad. I did the small pony and he did the big one. It really moved me. This story will be in ‘Like an Orange’ #crowdfunding here: https://t.co/aBH5n2IFSg #ponies pic.twitter.com/JDzYH1Cc23
— Wallis Eates (@WallisEates) December 14, 2017
Some of the new additions to our #GraphicMedicine collection, just in time for some end-of-semester reading! pic.twitter.com/uooFKo8qDZ
— UMMS Library (@UMMSLibrary) December 14, 2017
Cells at Work is definitely a more fun way to learn about blood than a textbook. #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/Dr8v28SSAo
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 14, 2017
Cells at Work is definitely a more fun way to learn about blood than a textbook. #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/Dr8v28SSAo
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 14, 2017
Part 1 in my series of #glaucoma comics – a different style, a different snippet of info, each time. Is this one too dark and abstract? pic.twitter.com/g0MwdlVW9L
— Mim does glaucomix (@MedComixPhD) December 14, 2017
Did I never tweet the corrected post? The twitter can be so distracting. Here it is: https://t.co/r3FgAq7VmG
— ComicNurse (@ComicNurse) December 15, 2017
The latest episode in the 5 in 15 series. Matthew Noe of @nnlmner discusses GRAPHIC MEDICINE. #readersadvisory https://t.co/z1eWoUnCPE
— masslibsystem (@masslibsystem) December 15, 2017
This is rather brilliant. Makes sense that if you want to describe medical infomation or patient education at a certain literacy level, you let people at that level to help develop the info. #medlibshttps://t.co/txpNfCVceD
— Tracy Shields (@tcshields) December 15, 2017
My Sincere Comment on the 7-banned words @CDC by the W.H ??? pic.twitter.com/WNCV0K2PmB
— Susan Nasif (@VirologyComics) December 16, 2017
1. A work thing – successfully launched the @nnlmner graphic medicine book club kit program in March! We’e lent nearly 30 kits since.
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 16, 2017
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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