‘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 want to encourage everyone to consider backing CORPUS: A Comic Anthology of Bodily Ailments on Kickstarter. CORPUS is an comics anthology that focuses on mental illness, physical illness, and healthcare experiences. You can see a number of previews of included comics on the Kickstarter link above. The stories range from peanut allergies to depression to what it is to care for the sick.
I’ve highlighted a number of Kickstarter campaigns on This Week over the past couple of years, but this one may be the one truest to the idea of graphic medicine to date. By bringing together more than 40 creators, some in teams, others as individuals, CORPUS shines light on the real experiences of healthcare from people in all walks of life.
If my recommendation isn’t enough to convince you, perhaps these words, taken from the Kickstarter’s campaign information will be:
Despite the fact that everyone has encountered illness there are very few stories about the experience in our popular narrative. It is my hope that with this project, we can begin the overdue conversation about health, healthcare, and empathy.
Don’t Miss!
Don’t forget that the AMA Journal of Ethics Discussion, Using Comics to Promote Person-Centered Medicine, is going on from 2/7 until 2/14! Join the graphic medicine community in discussing some of the major questions of the field. And don’t miss the #EthicsChat on comics on Tuesday, 2/13 with MK and Ian!
Mark your calendars for our upcoming #EthicsChat on using comics to highlight health care experiences, featuring @ComicNurse @TheBadDr. We’ll kick it off at 1 pm EST next Tuesday 2/13. Join us! pic.twitter.com/BGBGRNOtZI
— AMA Journal of Ethics (@JournalofEthics) February 7, 2018
Articles & More…
CFP: MLA 2019 call for papers: Graphic Medicine (Due April 1)
Event: Competence Practice Activity – Graphic Comics and Healthcare
Event: Graphic Medicine: What We’ve Accomplished and Where We’re Headed – MK Czerwiec
Webcomic: Y Get It (Note: These were published mostly in 2017 it seems, and I don’t recall seeing them, but may have – there’s so much I often see things more than once before I remember. But it is a 13 part (as of now) series of comics meant to educate about HIV prevention. They were only ever posted on Instagram and Facebook.)
Webcomic: pushing buttons via @TheBoonDocs
Webcomic: The Language of Trauma via @AubreyHirsch
Book: Draw Stronger: Self-Care For Cartoonists & Other Visual Artists
Scholarly (Comic): Annals Graphic Medicine – Memento Mori
Scholarly (Blog): Comics give health care experiences meaningful commentary
Scholarly: Rachel Miller’s Students’ Comics
Scholarly: LISSA Graphic Novel – The Making Of
Interview: Lawrence Lindell Couldn’t Afford Therapy So He Wrote This Comic
Blog: A Blog on Blogs via @Bioethics_Net
CORPUS ANTHOLOGY Highlights Reality of Living with Illness
Comic-Con Announces 3rd Wave of 2018 Special Guests! – Look for Brian Fies!
A Dutch woman travels the world capturing beautiful moments on index cards
The Importance of Medical Illustration in Patient Communication
Comics Industry Asks ‘NYT’ to Restore Graphic Bestseller Lists
We spend a great deal of time arguing proof-of-concept and for acceptance of comics. While always problematic, these kinds of lists are vital to comics being taken as seriously as they should be and making our lives a little easier.
Tweets…
— the Awkward Yeti (@theawkwardyeti) February 6, 2018
Health literacy is about ensuring all have same understanding; Giri Rajaratnam #healthlit18 pic.twitter.com/b8pjGWinjN
— Ruth Carlyle PhD (@RuthCarlyle) February 7, 2018
A Look Back: An Interview with LIGHtER THAN MY SHADOW’s .@KatieGreenBean | https://t.co/1N8jtdVGPw pic.twitter.com/CZMVnrMsan
— BookShelf Staff (@DiaBookshelf) February 6, 2018
@NoetheMatt will be gratified to hear that the webinar I’m on regarding Health Numeracy just recommended presenting health information in comic form.
— Sola Librarian (@openpeonie) February 6, 2018
I’ve described the box in my mind that locks up the pain that looks like fire often of late. Tonight, I felt compelled to give it proper illustrated form. #GraphicMedicine pic.twitter.com/jbEU9u0xDU
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 6, 2018
Periodic reminder that this is a great help when building #GraphicMedicine collections. https://t.co/Fx6vMxV45g
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 5, 2018
So excited and honored! And I feel like a real grown-up to have my first adult book recognized like this. https://t.co/SjxauBDifE
— Marissa Moss (@marissawriter) February 4, 2018
Years ago stupid NEH reviewers trashed my student @ComicNurse‘s amazing project. She recently did a comic on those reviews, her trauma, my response. Oh, and her magnificent book made JAMA best of 2017 #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/o5EFqI4SXC pic.twitter.com/36HnexpZZ7
— Alice Dreger (@AliceDreger) February 4, 2018
This is so great from @AliceDreger & @ComicNurse. A comic riposte to all those bad reviews (and bad reviewers) + demonstrates why everyone needs to let someone they trust interpret the reader reports. “The reviewers *do* have trouble with comics.” Uh huh. https://t.co/q6Wxfzw2wJ
— Lisa Diedrich (@lldiedrich) February 4, 2018
This week I’m teaching Brian Fies’s Mom’s Cancer in my first-year seminar on Comics & Medicine. One of the questions I gave students in advance was to describe in detail how Fies draws this neurological exam. Such a great page. #GraphicCultures18 https://t.co/DfbiWrLwuM
— Lisa Diedrich (@lldiedrich) February 3, 2018
Powerful edition of @JournalofEthics with lots on how comics can convey stories of illness and be used to educate patients, medical students, and ourselves. The comics are incredible – I want to use them immediately! #MedEd #graphicmedicine https://t.co/OUzRaT1Ksf
— Elizabeth Gundersen (@Top_Gundersen) February 2, 2018
What is a primary advantage of comics for patients and trainees? Share your experiences and perspectives, or check out or new issue on #graphicmedicine https://t.co/xVbQDAnyNk pic.twitter.com/IeSgpKUTc2
— AMA Journal of Ethics (@JournalofEthics) February 2, 2018
In the near future, the limits of #ArtificialIntelligence will be tested in engaging #patients…will folks connect with a robodoc? Does it matter? #AI #tech #graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/yGbW4WHIBz
— jackmaypole (@drmaypole) February 2, 2018
Proud of my wife, @TaylorOlmsted2, for being guest editor in this month’s issue on Graphic Medicine in @JournalofEthics! https://t.co/sfSD3fGP6F
— Bradford Kim (@MDbradfordkim) February 3, 2018
“As an/archivists here at QZAP we’ve taken it upon ourselves to not only collect and present or preserve queers zines, but also to act as guides through our collection.” #graphicMedicine #lgbt #sdoh https://t.co/wxiALRLRnX
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) February 3, 2018
#GraphicMedicine, Gaming & visual learning: it’s all on S2Ep1 of the #ViewToTheU podcast https://t.co/mMNYuAP5WY pic.twitter.com/b0G7Hk6IVu
— UTM Research Office (@UTM_Research) February 3, 2018
Though #patients never ask, I’m pretty positive they think we #doctors, #NPs and #nurses have one of these in every exam room. #abdominalexam #graphicmedicine (ps: nope). pic.twitter.com/7Yu7kxj53r
— jackmaypole (@drmaypole) February 3, 2018
This comic illustrates how #graphicmedicine can be a space for #medstudents to grapple with medical hierarchy and loss of identity https://t.co/y55p95kPJB pic.twitter.com/tMMl07HaqE
— AMA Journal of Ethics (@JournalofEthics) February 3, 2018
Ignorant Bliss 66: Talking shop with Whit Taylor (@WhitTaylorComix)
Whit and I talk about what got her into comics, about the type of subjects in her comics & her process along with many other things. Enjoy!#podcast #PodsInColor#comics https://t.co/8JepOtZ3TP pic.twitter.com/r63E7Wo00D
— FROZEN KING LORD JULY (@julianlytle) February 3, 2018
Very proud of this achievement! Thank you.
Using comics to teach ethics and then using comics to show how it all went☺️After all, #comics are underused amazing tools#graphicmedicine
?? https://t.co/JOq84JR7vH— monica lalanda (@mlalanda) February 3, 2018
Working on a new #graphicmedicine essay about behavioral addiction and fluctuating feelings of autonomy. Joe Matt’s graphic novel, Spent (2007) communicates such experiences so well. #comics #addiction pic.twitter.com/YAir0lGMql
— Mark Tschaepe (@mdtschaepe) February 3, 2018
#Physicians have so many online regulatory mandates, but complying with them is challenging when platforms are not #interoperable. How many #passwords do you have at work and how do you keep track of them? @ZDoggMD @GraphicMedicine @Bob_Wachter @happydocpodcast @OutcomesRocket pic.twitter.com/07uYpuuY4Y
— Doc Related (@Doc_Related) February 4, 2018
Hahaha. Yes, you’re right.
We just lack scholarly exploration. But I’m doing my best to change it. ?
December 2018 will be an unforgettable year relating #GraphicMedicine #HealthEducationComics https://t.co/y5XWkRbK3c— Blanca Mayor Serrano (@mayorserrano) February 4, 2018
You know how to help the the choking victim, you’ve seen the posters… but can you help the drawing victim? https://t.co/npxJMKQIWb #comics #health #drawing #graphicmedicine . Poster by @Kriota . pic.twitter.com/cySHR9kAUG
— Uncivilized Books (@unciv) February 4, 2018
Using comics in #meded can increase class participation and students’ self-awareness of learning. Here’s what @mlalanda @rogaltro found when they started teaching confidentality using comics #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/ElM92E4BmF
— AMA Journal of Ethics (@JournalofEthics) February 4, 2018
Organising my printed portfolio. It’s nice to see some digital illustrations finally on paper!#portfolio #medicalillustration #graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/uCUHMkLnW8
— ladvic (@ladvic) February 4, 2018
I read the full comic featured in this article w/a 3rd year med student & she could “definitely relate.” I think every med student could relate. Awesome way to share experiences & explore the #HiddenCurriculum. #MedEd #graphicmedicine https://t.co/pWrGPKi3TF
— Elizabeth Gundersen (@Top_Gundersen) February 5, 2018
A lot happening in the world of scientific/medical comics. Check out this paper by @BioDataGanache “Ten Simple Rules for Drawing Scientific Comics” https://t.co/MouQy9fezv. Also @GraphicMedicine Comics and Medicine conference coming up this Aug in Vermont! https://t.co/L4zJwVOQvs pic.twitter.com/QEBXW5WJin
— Hatching Ideas Hub (@HatchingHub) February 5, 2018
Do you have a #healthcare story to tell in #comics? The deadline for our #GraphicMedicine competition is less than a month away! Open to all! Check link for entry details: https://t.co/KSKJpcnBiV pic.twitter.com/69tPLEQsO2
— HiramLitMed (@hiramlitmed) February 5, 2018
Physicians have appeared in comics for over a century – but how have depictions shifted? Read @anuncivilphd on the history of physicians in comics and #graphicmedicine https://t.co/AwVd2zB1w5
— AMA Journal of Ethics (@JournalofEthics) February 5, 2018
Thanks to @ACA_CTOnline for giving space to both me and #graphicmedicine in their latest issue! Hopefully more to come….! https://t.co/CeFk5yEAUe
— Devlyn McCreight (@DrDevlyn) February 5, 2018
Want Help Explaining A Medical Procedure? Ask A 9-Year-Old https://t.co/PGEGbRv4iA #graphicmedicine @comicnurse @NoetheMatt @GraficaMedicina Keep it simple #HealthLiteracy pic.twitter.com/O5Z3v0FXFi
— Init4Health (@Init4Health) February 6, 2018
It looks like you can see most of @ellenforney‘s @nih @nlm “Graphic Medicine” exhibit online. Another way #comics work so well to tell stories. Take a look: https://t.co/5jdtgJn1uM
— Holly Bemiss (@BeMissH) February 6, 2018
En @MedicinaAB no nos bajamos de la nube. Los autores de cómic nos han ganado el corazón. No estamos acostumbrados a ver tanto arte entre nuestros muros. Gracias @sentollobell #medicinagrafica #graphicmedicine pic.twitter.com/9WJ1f4BVN3
— Charo Sabariegos (@SabariegosCharo) February 6, 2018
That would be a MAGNIFICENT opportunity for a #GraphicMedicine project! Connect comic journalists to the storytellers, to partner on telling their stories visually. I bet that would be amazing for them! #Alzheimers #dementia #hcldr
— P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) February 7, 2018
It touches on a concern I heard a lot doing my grad school research: “If I give a comic to patients, they might think I’m assuming that they have low literacy or need dumbed-down material.”
— Cathy Leamy (@metrokitty) February 3, 2018
@anne_camozzi @kkelsey5678 @GpPole #art #medicine #watercolours After Trauma: A Graphic Journey Through Wild Healing https://t.co/VfwNPd5lUT via @yesmagazine
— Dorothy Lander (@DorothyLander) February 7, 2018
Trying to laugh about it… Humour is the best medicine, right? 🙂 #otosclerosis #hearingimpaired #graphicmedicine #medicalcomics pic.twitter.com/eKuxXi80WL
— Aimee de Jongh (@aimeedejongh) February 7, 2018
In this comic, which won an honorable mention in our Conley art of medicine contest, @hannahrabrams explores how a “review of systems” turned into a lesson in humility #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/jnO7lPEKvI pic.twitter.com/xX5SXaNSAy
— AMA Journal of Ethics (@JournalofEthics) February 8, 2018
Honored to have been a part of the @JournalofEthics inaugural Conley Art of Medicine contest! Click through for some #GraphicMedicine and thanks to @NoetheMatt for posting about the contest! https://t.co/RNSyVY21c4
— Hannah Abrams (@HannahRAbrams) February 8, 2018
A lil comic to cope, as I’m going to a funeral today. pic.twitter.com/9PxFPoVZqc
— Min Christensen (@Flufle) February 6, 2018
Also, Hunger by Roxane Gay, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, OCD, a Love Story by Corey Ann Haydu,
Graphic Novels:
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Psychiatric Tales by Darryl Cunningham
Lighter Than My Shadow by Katie Green
Bitter Medicine by Clem Martini
My Depression— Vivek Tejuja (@vivekisms) February 8, 2018
The physical exam – humour, laugh out loud #comic https://t.co/DMgbn52vBp via @bittermensch fyi @GraficaMedicina @mlalanda @GraphicMedicine @ComicNurse @NoetheMatt pic.twitter.com/aPm648LQqR
— Init4Health (@Init4Health) February 8, 2018
Look through the eyes of @ScienceofCookie and @cochranecollab reviews look a little different: https://t.co/nC18vVGyOd Easier to understand? https://t.co/GHPc6dInBS pic.twitter.com/pBeOt2Z97f
— Cochrane UK (@CochraneUK) February 8, 2018
Didn’t get a abstract in for @GraphicMedicine this year as a lot of stuff happening (both PhD and personal) but defo going to be putting something in for 2019 as my thesis will be finished by then by any luck and will be very excited to talk about it!
— Andrew Godfrey (@performillness) February 8, 2018
Thanks for the shout out to our #GraphicMedicine collection @NoetheMatt! https://t.co/UhB6uqkqjb
— Ypsilanti Library (@YpsiLibrary) February 8, 2018
Exciting to see @WBwaterLibrary making use of one of the @nnlmner Graphic Medicine Book Club kits (Mom’s Cancer, by Brian Fies)! https://t.co/jIzbvLnlmI pic.twitter.com/3MXeoGCanZ
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
Dr Tracy Gaudet on asking the right questions in the right places in healthcare @MSWSL_Library @DOMSinaiNYC @MountSinaiNYC pic.twitter.com/aJiFpTHzfS
— Grace Farris (@gracefarris) February 8, 2018
Putting out the last graphic medicine title I’ll be responsible for at @UMMSLibrary today. Talk about bittersweet. This marks book number 161 of the collection! pic.twitter.com/jE4cLyPyMM
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
A Comic Book Artist Reinvents His Craft For Blind Readers #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/E5atWyUrDT
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
This woman uses comics to cope with her arthritis #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/BNizinghvH via @YahooNews
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
#GraphicMedicine / Hospice Comics: Representations of Patient and Family Experience of Illness and Death in Graphic Novels https://t.co/NazFINpvH6
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
#GraphicMedicine / Psychiatrists as Cartoon Characters: How The New Yorker Has Traced Psychiatry Over the Decades. – PubMed – NCBI https://t.co/RUpPKvVM1A
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
Difficult Doctors, Difficult Patients: Building Empathy #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/2MvZjnGVDf
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
“As the comics industry generally pushes to diversify creators, characters, and stories, comics that emphasize health care and medicine must also be intentional in portraying diversity.” #GraphicMedicine @AnUncivilPhD https://t.co/CmrDaxvBn2
— AMA Journal of Ethics (@JournalofEthics) February 8, 2018
Join us this evening in @UNT_Libraries Willis 250H for a panel discussion on Graphic Medicine https://t.co/m3BC50Gowq featuring #UNT faculty and student perspectives. @nlm_news @DocJem1972 @s_langsdale @hauntologist #medicalhumanities #comics #zines #manga
— DH @ UNT (@DH_UNT) February 8, 2018
Watch “5 in 15 : Graphic Medicine with Matthew Noe” by @masslibsystem on #Vimeo https://t.co/0IIAvBVIvo
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
Drawing comics is helping some students survive medical school. #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/cPHacwlNWy
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
Captain America Promotes the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/v4XZ4HelWs
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
Outbreak Responders: a Public Health comic strip #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/KXyQaGTCih via @kcpubhealth
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
I’d forgotten about this cool shoutout to LSL graphic medicine collection from last year. https://t.co/xc65VvR2OD
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
This is still one of the most powerful #GraphicMedicine works I have ever read. https://t.co/LQ6GiHe4B7 via @thenib
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
#GraphicMedicine / Medicine’s Women Problem https://t.co/gh18cl8UhN via @thenib
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
I Had to ‘Unlearn’ Medicine to Treat Vulnerable Patients #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/gF7Bx48URR
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
Comics Syllabus 012 – Graphic Medicine with Matthew Noe and @TwoPlai https://t.co/Cb8J9woHro
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
“No time to rest, vent or mourn”: Medical Intern Narratives and Graphic Medicine @INKS_ComicsJrnl https://t.co/hrMAME4zr4
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
Graphic Medicine Book Discussion Kits Interview https://t.co/MD5PvVzkT3
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
Comics and the End of Life #GraphicMedicine https://t.co/RBrv43es69
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
Healing Through Comics — Ryan Montoya and the Art of Graphic Medicine https://t.co/2HibdCKb3h
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 8, 2018
Carnival of Contagion awesome exhibit & talk at McGoogan Library. Our library graphic designer is super rad. pic.twitter.com/hNlHSa69Kn
— Emily Glenn (@ejglenn030) February 8, 2018
Carnival of Contagion! pic.twitter.com/g2OVEHbzEx
— McGoogan Library (@UNMCLibrary) February 8, 2018
The National Library of Medicine and @ellen_forney have created an online and traveling comics exhibit called GRAPHIC MEDICINE. I’ve got some art in it, about panic attacks, plus there are SO MANY GREAT ARTISTS INVOLVED. Take a look! https://t.co/IydMiV77Dz pic.twitter.com/SsLpj9aC41
— MariNaomi (@marinaomi) February 9, 2018
ICYMI. A Parables of Care thread. #GraphicMedicine; #dementia https://t.co/W4iT300AMI
— Ernesto Priego (@ernestopriego) February 9, 2018
I think about this article a lot. #GraphicMedicine
“A Campaign Won as a Public Issue Will Stay Won”: Using Cartoons and Comics to Fight National Health Care Reform, 1940s and Beyond https://t.co/yUcGAWCMNt
— Matthew Noe (@NoetheMatt) February 9, 2018
By including visual images that require us as viewers to reorient ourselves, this graphic novel illuminates the structural features of imperialist oppression that adversely affect human health @susansquier https://t.co/WYJc6BLXZw pic.twitter.com/82Wh338fE9
— AMA Journal of Ethics (@JournalofEthics) February 9, 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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