‘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!
Publication Opportunity…
Articles & More…
CFP: Call for blog posts: the value of graphic social science
CFP: CFP: The German Graphic Novel III: German Graphic Medicine
Event: Popular Reads Cafe – Graphic Medicine
Webcomic: Nautilus
Book Review: Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir
Book Review: “Trauma Is Really Strange” by Steve Haines, art by Sophie Standing
Blog: The Facts of Life – thank you!
Medical School Slides, a Memoir of my Pre-clinical Years
Graphic Content: Our Choice of Books of the Year
Documenting the remains: the wildfire of California
The Beat’s Best Comics of 2017
Tweets…
Both titles available as part of our #GraphicMedicine collection! https://t.co/Sh8xU4BP6W
— UMMS Library (@UMMSLibrary) December 22, 2017
We love the current and future promise of impact from @graphicmedicine thanks to @ThaddeusPope for sharing this awesome example: https://t.co/c769eJ0Reg
— Life Matters Media (@LifeMMedia) December 22, 2017
“Anatomy for Cartoonists” workshop w @Kriota & me, starting Jan 31 at @SOI128: https://t.co/dp5UawNzEQ pic.twitter.com/NPqegy4i9j
— R. Sikoryak (@RSikoryak) December 22, 2017
Around 28 million adults in the UK suffer from chronic pain. But is it all in the body or in the mind…or is it somewhere in between? Another thought provoking webcomic from Body Squabbles creator @robertbidder pic.twitter.com/Ms3B2g4oPm
— Wellcome Collection (@ExploreWellcome) December 22, 2017
“In general, providing basic information on the disease and the possible adoption of preventative measures frequently results in an increase in awareness… but does not necessarily translate to behavioral changes…”
The eternal problem.
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 22, 2017
That said, these researchers get a cookie because they included the materials with the paper! Here’s the comic (#GraphicMedicine): https://t.co/ZfGnd30NPY
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 22, 2017
#GraphicMedicine / [“The gardeners of the skin”, a comic strip … for the better understanding of burns]. – PubMed – NCBI https://t.co/gg8mcHhpy7
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 22, 2017
#CurrentlyReading #GraphicMedicine / Anatomy comic strips. – PubMed – NCBI https://t.co/f3LVaGp0ub
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 22, 2017
The Best of Graphic Medicine in 2017
2 book-length comics stood out in a crowded field:
Last Things by Marissa Moss about her husband’s deterioration from #ALS
Taking Turns MK Czerwiec about her time in an #HIV/#AIDS Care Unit in Chicago
Learn more at https://t.co/wSsmlbkFHA— JAMA (@JAMA_current) December 23, 2017
the more you know!https://t.co/q5rgRuLvN3 pic.twitter.com/nhrhXQKKG1
— the Awkward Yeti (@theawkwardyeti) December 26, 2017
“Comics and Medicine:” Using #comics created by #medstudents to understand professional identity formation: https://t.co/tf7Sa3ltlj. #MedEd #TBT (2015)
— Academic Medicine (@AcadMedJournal) December 22, 2017
I am in constant amazement by the likes of @medcomic @theplaguemd @eleanor_lutz @md_comics
To be able to blend art, medicine, and education is something that fascinates me. Great job and keep it up!
— KristopherMaday PA-C (@PA_Maday) December 21, 2017
A holiday ode to journalism. #comics @jrezaian @PressClubDC @jaketapper @CRNetInt #YearInMedia pic.twitter.com/PVpCoNVs4P
— Michael Cavna (@comicriffs) December 26, 2017
The @parisreview on Cajal: “he treated the microscopic scene as though it were alive and were inhabited by beings which felt and did and hoped and tried even as we do” https://t.co/I7AzWvp0Ek #cervellopoli #neurocomic pic.twitter.com/0eENv7wcHd
— Matteo Farinella (@matteofarinella) December 26, 2017
Typical Community Acquired Pneumoniahttps://t.co/cc7AOURM7A pic.twitter.com/vE0Xu1utV6
— Medcomic (@medcomic) December 27, 2017
‘It’s about love’: Battling a brain tumor, a man finds resilience through storytelling https://t.co/w5EcCpuXxN
— Patient Commando (@PatientCommando) December 26, 2017
New comic! Celebrate! https://t.co/dHCaepJEW6 pic.twitter.com/CfS05qMQfF
— Lunarbaboon (@Lunarbaboon) December 27, 2017
When I put together our graphic medicine collection last July, I didn’t find a single NLM call number I could pilfer from other OCLC records.
Now, a year-and-a-half later, I’m finding one every 4th or 5th book I’m adding to our collection.
Progress!
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 27, 2017
I just realized, as I’m cataloging a copy, that I should have done a #libfaves17hm post for ROUGHNECK by @JeffLemire. I’ve said before and I’ll say again: you could make fantastic use of this one in a rural medicine course. And it is beautifully haunting. #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/Qst1hOppC1
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 27, 2017
This is such an interesting choice – to publish a comic written/illustrated horizontally rather than vertically – and I can’t actually remember seeing it before. #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/InsnrCfCnj
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) December 27, 2017
IIRC – Mom’s Cancer, Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person, Our Cancer Year, Cancer Vixen, @CancerOwl, The Death of Captain Marvel, The Story of My Tits, Stitches, and perhaps Superman: For Tomorrow. Many, many others I’ve read on the recommended reading list.
— A. David Lewis (@adlewis) December 27, 2017
I’m also looking to turn my lectures, research, and notes on #CancerComics into a manuscript over the next year. #GraphicMedicine
— A. David Lewis (@adlewis) December 27, 2017
Temperatures drop. Humidity plummets. #Skin becomes red, raw and itchy. Behold the #seasonal surge in #Eczema. Be on the lookout, avoid scratching and rubbing, and use ointments and moisturizers accordingly! See your #PCP if you need to level up your #skincare. #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/LafDJL22Kf
— jackmaypole (@drmaypole) December 28, 2017
Desde #MedicinaGráfica nos duelen las manos de aplaudir!
Y gracias por la mención a nosotros y a @GraphicMedicine https://t.co/fd1blxLNqM— medicina-grafica (@GraficaMedicina) December 28, 2017
New post: “Dear Students,Here is one of classmate Chef’s comics which…” https://t.co/JErf9nalVI
— Lynda Barry (@NearSitedMonkey) December 23, 2017
Chickenpox vs. Shingleshttps://t.co/BIkpcavs7o pic.twitter.com/bu8DkigJry
— Medcomic (@medcomic) December 29, 2017
PLEASE RT: Tenure-track Assistant Professorship in HEALTH HUMANITIES @UTSC w/expertise in #disabilitystudies, #mentalhealth, or #race/#racialization and #health. Apps due Jan 10: https://t.co/67koIdV2U5
Come be my colleague! #HealthHum #MedHum #MedHums #Anthro @utSCOPElab— Andrea Charise (@AndreaCharise) November 24, 2017
Some great stuff this week! Did I miss something? Let me know in the comments below or tweet @NoetheMatt! Until next time…
Just … WOW! Thank you for all this! You provide so many treasures. My only thought is … it would be lovely to have a more visual or colorful banner graphic. Maybe jazz it up with your avatar, brighter colors; offer a contest to GM folk to make a new one, and then choose five and rotate between them?