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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Fans of the site know I have done this every year for a very log time. Feel free to give it a try!     The highlights of the past year…

One of the great applications of graphic medicine (comics in healthcare) is as a tool to make research outcomes come alive. (You can read more from me on that topic…

An updated edition of my graphic memoir/oral history Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 is now out from Graphic Mundi. In this post, I’d like to discuss the…

Taking Turns, now out in a second edition from Graphic Mundi, was entirely hand drawn and lettered. I did this because Lynda Barry says that’s what we’re supposed to do….

In anticipation of the Graphic Mundi updated reprinting of Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 in November, I am sharing parts of the book’s backstory. In this post, I’d like to…

In anticipation of the Graphic Mundi updated reprinting of Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 in November, I am sharing parts of the book’s backstory. In this post, I’d like to…

The new imprint Graphic Mundi will be releasing an updated reprinting of Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 in November. In preparation for that release, I’m going to do…

Ever since Professor Paul Solomon at Western Michigan University asked me to create a playlist for the week he taught my graphic memoir Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 in…

Hello all. I’m not going to say anything trite here to try to sum up 2020. Let’s just skip that part. You know. As fans of my work know, I’m…

post updated 8/25/20 It’s been a few years in the making, but I am excited to announce that Menopause: A Comic Treatment was August 17 from Penn State University Press. The…

This is not the spring any of us anticipated. All of my travel has been cancelled for the foreseeable future. My days have consisted of trying to get some exercise,…

Happy New Year! Hope your 2020 is off to a good start. Before it gets any further along, want to post an update and a look forward here in the…

Since my last post: The University of Chicago alumni magazine, “Medicine on the Midway”, did an article about the Graphic Medicine course I co-taught with Brian Callender this winter. It also…

Yesterday our Graphic Medicine class was given a curated tour of the University of Chicago Regenstein Library’s collection of graphic medicine and comics history. Librarian Sarah Wenzel was our expert…

It’s once again time for the annual Comic Nurse Year in Review. Here’s your worksheet, I’ll post some of my answers later this week.   The highlights of the past…