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MK Czerwiec, RN, MA is a nurse who uses comics to contemplate the complexities of illness and caregiving.

MK has been making comics under the pseudonym Comic Nurse since 2000. In addition to lecturing, teaching and comic-making, she co-runs GraphicMedicine.org, a website devoted to the intersection of comics and health.

Menopause: A Comic Treatment

“Often informative, sometimes moving, and ambitious in its frank talk about what is oddly taboo: an inevitable experience for half of humanity.” - Publishers Weekly

WINNER OF TWO EISNER AWARDS!

Taking Turns

JAMA Best of Graphic Medicine 2017

My Graphic Memoir

Graphic Medicine Manifesto

Proud to be a co-author of the Eisner Award nominated Graphic Medicine Manifesto.

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Latest Posts

How to Get Started Making Comics

Posted on July 11, 2021

I’m always saying, “We can all draw” and claiming that we all have what it takes to make comics. I honestly believe this is true. My chapter in the Graphic Medicine…

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Body Mapping

Posted on March 15, 2023

One of my favorite exercises to do in my sketchbook and with students/workshop participants is body maps. My introduction to them was via my wonderful colleague Dana Walrath, at a…

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2022 and Beyond

Posted on January 1, 2023

The turn of the calendar year is always a reflective time for me, especially this year.  2022 was filled with many moments of joy yet also was unmooring in several…

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Workshop Exercise #1: The 4-Panel Survival Comic

Posted on May 4, 2022

Some comics are destined to go on your Instagram, your Twitter, in an academic article, maybe even in a book someday. That is NOT this comic. This comic is intended…

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Taking Turns New Introduction Comic

Posted on March 16, 2022

In preparation for some spring speaking events, including a live presentation at SXSW on Monday, I illustrated part of the introduction to the new edition of Taking Turns published in…

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