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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…
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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…
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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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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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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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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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