Podcasts about graphic medicine

Welcome to the Graphic Medicine monthly roundup podcast- new updates in Graphic Medicine, interviews, and more! Your hosts are Alex Thomas of Booster Shot Media and MK Czerwiec, aka Comic Nurse. After a fun opening chat, Alex & MK interview Lisa Diedrich and Bri Martino about their new edited collection, Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine. Links to all mentioned in the episode can be found on the Graphic Medicine website. Download Episode  

In this podcast Acacia and Miranda discuss the latest Overbooked read, Menopause: A Comic Treatment by MK Czerwiec. Miranda also regales listeners with a post office heist gone wrong.  Want to suggest JMRL purchase something? Fill out the Suggest a Purchase form! Have questions about Interlibrary Loan? Visit JMRL’s Interlibrary Loan page or email reference@jmrl.org Interested in graphic medicine? Visit their website to learn more and see more titles. Join us next time as we interview Sadeqa Johnson, author of the Same Page read, House of Eve. Visit JMRL's calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. As always, please email podcast@jmrl.org with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else related to the podcast or JMRL. We'd love to hear from you.  This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you'd like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website: https://jmrlfriends.org/  Sound effects & music obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://app.sessions.blue/ 

This episode brings you the one and only Kriota Willberg!Kriota's career has been constructed of her own passions, no matter how different they may be - and as a result, she has a completely unique position as a bridge between the medical and comics communities.Our wide-ranging topics include the emotional significance of memoirs, trends in health awareness, the importance of bridging art and medicine, anatomical exploration in understanding the body, paving a new path for others to learn from, and so much more.Kriota offers instructions to explore your forearm and all it can do, so listen to the end and feel along with us to learn more about anatomy through experience!=Episode Links & ResourcesKriota's zines for sale through Birdcage Bottom Books: https://www.birdcagebottombooks.com/collections/artist-willberg-kriotaKriota's blogspot: https://kriotawelt.blogspot.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kriotawilberg=Watch on Youtube: About the podcastDrawing Health is a podcast about the intersection of comics and health, also called Graphic Medicine. Through community interviews and guided audio practices, we explore the worlds within ourselves and without, nurturing your creative practice, inspiration, and personal health journey. Health and creativity are not at odds, they are two expressions of you.About the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW)The Sequential Artists Workshop is a grassroots, non-profit comics school and creative community. At SAW, we teach people how to tell stories and make comics in Gainesville, Florida, USA, and around the world via our online courses and resources. Go to www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org or www.drawinghealth.com to join our community of learners and artists today!DisclaimerThis podcast is for information and exploration purposes only and is never intended as medical advice. Every viewer and listener is encouraged to seek medical attention at their own discretion. This podcast and the guided practices are tools for listeners to support their whole health, and should be used with care. Get full access to How to Make a Graphic Novel at sawcomics.substack.com/subscribe

This episode's guest is Zareen Choudhury!Zareen is relatively new to the comics scene, but her clear ambitions and community-building projects are a beacon for artists living with chronic health and disability experiences. As a person with chronic pain and disabilities myself, I was so excited to connect with Zareen, and you'll hear me reaching with my words toward things I haven't yet imagined, because our shared experiences allow me to try. We talk about challenges of balancing work and health while navigating chronic illness, Zareen's journey from a STEM-focused education into comics, her love of New Yorker cartoons, the shift from humor to narrative storytelling, the importance of community care, mutual aid in the context of chronic illness, and more!Zareen was one of my first interviews, and I got so carried away with our conversation I forgot to ask her for an exercise you, the listener, could try. You can always play with what makes you curious!=Episode Links & ResourcesZareen's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catch.some.zeesZareen's website: https://www.zareenchoudhury.com/Crucial Comix: https://www.crucialcomix.com/product/chronic-illness-comics-club/How To Touch Grass Anthology: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/powerandmagic/how-to-touch-grass/posts=About the podcastDrawing Health is a podcast about the intersection of comics and health, also called Graphic Medicine. Through community interviews and guided audio practices, we explore the worlds within ourselves and without, nurturing your creative practice, inspiration, and personal health journey. Health and creativity are not at odds, they are two expressions of you. About the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW)The Sequential Artists Workshop is a grassroots, non-profit comics school and creative community. At SAW, we teach people how to tell stories and make comics in Gainesville, Florida, USA, and around the world via our online courses and resources. Go to www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org or www.drawinghealth.com to join our community of learners and artists today!DisclaimerThis podcast is for information and exploration purposes only and is never intended as medical advice. Every viewer and listener is encouraged to seek medical attention at their own discretion. This podcast and the guided practices are tools for listeners to support their whole health, and should be used with care. Get full access to How to Make a Graphic Novel at sawcomics.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the Graphic Medicine monthly roundup podcast- new updates in Graphic Medicine, interviews, and more! Your podcast hosts are Alex Thomas of Booster Shot Media and MK Czerwiec, aka Comic Nurse. After a fun opening chat, Alex & MK interview Georgia Webber about her new podcast, Drawing Health. Links to all mentioned in the episode can be found on the Graphic Medicine website. Download episode.

Maureen's latest book, Sleepless Planet, weaves an ecology of sleep through gorgeous comics imagery, filled with personal stories and loads of research. If you want to know the animal of your sleep, buy the book!Today's show features Maureen Burdock!Maureen holds a doctorate in Cultural Studies, and now teaches and creates Graphic Medicine comics. Her memoir, Queen of Snails, is incredibly lush and deep — and now she's got a new book, Sleepless Planet, that weaves a well-informed, personally-driven sleep ecology. It's practical, informative, beautiful, and very, very needed.We talk about Maureen's new book, the health term “exposome,” colonial-capitalist inventions of health and disease, perimenopause mistakes, neglected powers of breathing, birthing, sleeping, and MORE.Maureen gives us a lovely exercise to try for nighttime anxiety, so you can put this episode to use right away! Just listen to the end of the interview and you'll have a new practice to help you sleep better.=Episode Links & ResourcesMaureen's website: www.maureenburdock.comSleepless Planet: https://www.graphicmundi.org/books/978-1-63779-093-9.htmlMaureen Burdock's Graphic Medicine Deep Dive course: https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/graphic-medicine-deep-dive-with-maureen-burdockGraphic Memoir & Medicine Working Group: https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/memoir-medicine-group=Youtube link:About the podcastDrawing Health is a podcast about the intersection of comics and health, also called Graphic Medicine. Through community interviews and guided audio practices, we explore the worlds within ourselves and without, nurturing your creative practice, inspiration, and personal health journey. Health and creativity are not at odds, they are two expressions of you.About the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW)The Sequential Artists Workshop is a grassroots, non-profit comics school and creative community. At SAW, we teach people how to tell stories and make comics in Gainesville, Florida, USA, and around the world via our online courses and resources. Go to www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org or www.drawinghealth.com to join our community of learners and artists today!Want to learn more about Graphic Medicine?DOWNLOAD your FREE Graphic Medicine Starter Pack HERE!!DisclaimerThis podcast is for information and exploration purposes only and is never intended as medical advice. Every viewer and listener is encouraged to seek medical attention at their own discretion. This podcast and the guided practices are tools for listeners to support their whole health, and should be used with care. Get full access to How to Make a Graphic Novel at sawcomics.substack.com/subscribe

When you are interested in mental health and your own well-being, if you keep following that theme, sooner or later you're going to get radicalized.This episode's guest is YUMI SAKUGAWA!Yumi is a comics artist, meditator, creativity leader, and lovely human being. On my first ever podcast interview, she kept asking ME questions! Such is her curiosity and supportive nature.Our conversation roams between our (villain) origin stories, meditation, activism, personal and collective healing, and the many forms of creativity that happen in every day life.In each episode, I ask our guest if they have an offering for the listener, something to try themselves to explore and experience. Listen to the end to hear Yumi's offering!Youtube link:=Episode Links & Resources:Yumi's Website: https://www.yumisakugawa.comYumi's Instagram: https://instagram.com/yumisakugawaYumi's new COSMIC AFFIRMATIONS deck! https://www.yumisakugawa.com/cosmic-comfort=About the podcastDrawing Health is a podcast about the intersection of comics and health, also called Graphic Medicine. Through community interviews and guided audio practices, we explore the worlds within ourselves and without, nurturing your creative practice, inspiration, and personal health journey. Health and creativity are not at odds, they are two expressions of you.About the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW)The Sequential Artists Workshop is a grassroots, non-profit comics school and creative community. At SAW, we teach people how to tell stories and make comics in Gainesville, Florida, USA, and around the world via our online courses and resources. Go to www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org or www.drawinghealth.com to join our community of learners and artists today!DisclaimerThis podcast is for information and exploration purposes only and is never intended as medical advice. Every viewer and listener is encouraged to seek medical attention at their own discretion. This podcast and the guided practices are tools for listeners to support their whole health, and should be used with care. Get full access to How to Make a Graphic Novel at sawcomics.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the Graphic Medicine monthly roundup podcast- new updates in Graphic Medicine, interviews, and more! Your podcast hosts are Alex Thomas, MD and MK Czerwiec, RN.  After an extended fun opening chat, recorded this past fall, we interview Shay Mirk – co-author of Making Nonfiction Comics, a terrific new resource for graphic medicine and beyond.  For links and show notes, visit the graphic medicine website. Download episode.

Alex Thomas & MK Czerwiec host the Graphic Medicine Monthly Roundup! For our third episode we are joined by Ellen Forney to discuss her latest book, The Adventures of You! For a link to the video of this episode and hyperlinked show notes, see the original show post on the GM website. Download episode.

Harvard Medical School Countway Library and the MCPHS Center for Health Humanities welcomed Czech creator Štěpánka Jislová to campus during her US tour for Heartcore, published by PSU Press. This lively interview with Štěpánka was recorded on September 9, 2025 at Countway Library. A. David Lewis, Associate Professor at MCPHS University, was her interlocutor. Questioning focused on her recent comic Heartcore, hailed by Foreword Reviews as “a searing graphic memoir” that seeks to break through unhealthy cycles of abuse and show how people can change for the better. This conversation will be of great interest to those engaged with graphic medicine,... Read More

Tom Hart and Georgia Webber want to help comics creators by helping the people around them understand what they do. This first of four episodes is very informal, Tom and Georgia gathering their thoughts. Think of it as listening in as two professionals meet to try to improve their industry. In this wide-ranging talk, we talk about the Canadian grant system (they have grants there!) and jury assessment toolsWe get into teaching visual literacy in comics editing and fair compensation for artists and then a little bit about audiences and impact and a digression into Graphic Medicine. Free-ranging. Come join in!Other topics, according to the Zoom Bots:Canada's Artist Grant Evaluation CriteriaImproving Comics Grant AssessmentComics Creation Process UnderstandingChallenges in Comics EditingUnderstanding Health Through Cultural LensesComic Creation and Medical CollaborationGraphic Medicine and Comics ReviewFair Artist Compensation in GrantsThanks for being here! Get full access to How to Make a Graphic Novel at sawcomics.substack.com/subscribe

In the third episode of the Comics Librarianship series Iurgi sits down with Jane Burns, an experienced lecturer, researcher, published author and public speaker. Jane is a member of the Executive Council of the Library Association of Ireland and has been awarded Fellowship status by the LAI for contributions to the development of the profession and commitment to Continuous Professional Development and Research.Jane is currently pursuing a PhD in Education at Dublin City University exploring the field of Graphic Medicine and she was involved in the 15th annual Graphic Medicine Conference through the Technological University of the Shannon where she works.In this conversation Jane discusses her relationship with comics, how academia and universities are embracing comics and why graphic medicine is growing in importance.02:36 Jane discusses her relationship with comics throughout the years06:52 How the relationship of academia with comics has changed and why11:14 Jane and Iurgi discuss some of the strengths of comics as texts, their power and their allure21:20 Jane discusses universities and how they are increasingly engaging more with comics 24:05 Jane discusses her focus on comics, medicine and teaching environments. She also discusses the International Graphic Medicine Conference in Ireland and upcoming creation of the Irish chapter of the Graphic Medicine Collective.31:05 Jane discusses some of the main takeaways from the graphic medicine conference and what she would like to see into the future38:48 What school and public libraries can do in the field of graphic medicine40:29 Jane recommends some graphic medicine titles to read: The Graphic Medicine Manifesto, MK Czerwiec's Taking Turn and Menopause, Ian William's The Bad Doctor and Pascal Jousselin's Mister Invincible. The Graphic Medicine International Collective: https://www.graphicmedicine.org The article Jane mentions about libraries and graphic medicine is Graphic Medicine in Academic Health and Science Library Collections you can find it here: https://jmla.pitt.edu/ojs/jmla/article/view/1962 To stay up to date and for the full roundup of news, resources and new titles visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/ The ALIA Graphic Groove Theme 2025 courtesy of Clint Owen Ellis https://www.clintowenellis.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this second episode of the Comics Librarianship series Iurgi sits down with Matthew Noe, who is the Lead Collection and Knowledge Management Librarian at Harvard Medical School, an instructor for the University of Kentucky and Library Juice Academy, and a Trustee for the Worcester Public Library. He is a former President for the American Library Association's Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table and the Treasurer for the Graphic Medicine International Collective. Matt published an excellent article on graphic medicine in the recent Booklist's Guide to Graphic Novels 2025. In this conversation Matt discuses the growth of graphic medicine, why it's such an important field of study, genre and community and his thoughts on graphic medicine now.00:20 Introduction02:11 What Matt's been up to since we last talked to him in 202106:03 The origins of graphic medicine08:17 Graphic medicine before the term was coined11:33 Key developments in graphic medicine since 200719:32 Will Eisner and graphic medicine: A cautionary tale22:36 Graphic medicine as a field and a genre25:08 Graphic medicine as a field of study29:22 Graphic medicine as practice31:51 Graphic medicine as a community/collective38:52 Graphic medicine as a genre46:26 Art heals: Comics that made a huge personal impact53:30 What Matt would like to see in the future for graphic medicine in libraries56:15 Graphic medicine in different markers: America, Europe, Asia01:01:48 Iurgi and Matt give recommendations to each other:Brittle Joints by Maria SweeneySleepless Planet: A Graphic Guide to Healing From Insomnia by Maureen BurdockYokohama Kaidashi Kikou by Hitoshi AshinanoThe Art of Flying by Antonio Altarriba, KimMafalda by Quino Check out the Graphic Medicine International Collective website and subscribe to their newsletter: https://www.graphicmedicine.org/Drawing Blood: A comics and medicine exhibit at the Ohio State University's Billy Ireland Library: https://www.graphicmedicine.org/drawing-blood-comics-medicine-exhibit/ To stay up to date and for the full roundup of news, resources and new titles visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/The ALIA Graphic Groove Theme 2025 courtesy of Clint Owen Ellis https://www.clintowenellis.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex Thomas & MK Czerwiec host the Graphic Medicine Monthly Roundup! For our second episode we are joined by the winners of the new Educational GMIC Award, Maia Kobabe and Sarah Peitzmeier. For a link to the video of this episode and hyperlinked show notes, see the original show post on the GM website. Download episode.

Alex Thomas & MK Czerwiec host a new feature on the GM Podcast: Monthly Roundup! For our inaugural episode we are joined by the Sequential Artist’s Workshop co-founder Tom Hart. For a link to the video of this episode and hyperlinked show notes, see the original show post on the GM website. Download episode.

Das Forschungsfeld Graphic Medicine nimmt gezeichnete Geschichten ernst. Denn Comics zu Krankheiten erzählen oft ehrlicher als Patientenakten. Graphic Medicine bringt Medizin, Kunst und persönliche Erfahrung zusammen – und hilft Patienten. Alegiani, Assunta www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Zeitfragen. Feature

Today, I'm sharing a new-to-me genre that might be a new-to-you genre, too. I stumbled upon it in a moment of food poisoning and now, I at least have something good that came out of that experience. =)In this episode, I'm exploring the genre of graphic medicine: what it is, why it's important, how it can help us heal, titles worth exploring and more. Come listen and add a new genre to your TBR with me!You'll find the show notes for the episode with links to all of the books and resources mentioned right here: https://www.alitlife.com/2025/02/25/exploring-the-power-of-graphic-medicine/https://www.alitlife.com/2025/02/25/exploring-the-power-of-graphic-medicine/Love this podcast and want more? Consider this your invitation to join my Get Lit(erate) Substack community! Each month, we take a deep dive into one bookish theme and work to bring it to life in our own lives. You'll get bonus episodes, book calendars, live book club and notebook sessions, special events and much more. Learn more at www.getliterate.co. Get your own Get Lit(erate). notebook to take notes on the books you want to read and notebook ideas you want to try: https://amzn.to/44wELKNIf you'd like to support the podcast, consider purchasing some Get Lit(erate). merchandise from my Zazzle store: https://www.zazzle.com/store/alitlifeAll earnings are funneled right back into the podcast expenses and maintenance fees. Thanks for your support!Follow Stephanie:Website: http://www.alitlife.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AffinitoLitTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/AffinitoLitInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/AffinitoLit

In the second of our Graphic Medicine Conference podcasts, Dr. Christopher Dwyer interviews Catherine Gouge and KC Councilor about their work in communication and graphic medicine, as well as their conference workshop on ReDo Comics. See the Graphic Medicine website for a Drawing Together that shares how to make these comics! Our podcast host, Christopher Dwyer, is a psychology researcher, who specializes in the fields of cognition and education, with international expertise in the field of Critical Thinking. He is the author of the book Critical Thinking: Historical Perspectives & Practical Guidelines, published by Cambridge University Press; authors an ongoing... Read More

Episode 937 Jason Interviews Barbra Dillon and Jordan Hart-Ripple Effects HardcoverBack it https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fanbasepress/jordan-harts-ripple-effects-the-deluxe-edition?ref=74v43vJordan Hart's critically acclaimed Graphic Medicine series, Ripple Effects, follows the adventures of a superhero whose invincibility is offset by an acute case of type 1 diabetes that must be monitored and treated daily. Nominated for the biggest awards in comics, the gripping and inspirational story about living with an invisible illness is inspired by Hart's own lived experience with thrombophilia, an incurable blood-clotting disease. On the eve of its 15th anniversary, GLAAD Award-winning publisher and media outlet Fanbase Press is launching its first-ever Kickstarter campaign to fund an expanded deluxe hardcover edition of the book, featuring all-new contributions from some of the biggest names in comics, including a foreword by Eisner and Harvey Awards-winning writer Gail Simone (Birds of Prey, Batgirl, Uncanny X-Men).  Like & Subscribe on Youtube www.youtube.com/@comicsforfunandprofit5331Patreon https://www.patreon.com/comicsfunprofit  Merch https://comicsfunprofit.threadless.comYour Support Keeps Our Show Going On Our Way to a Thousand EpisodesDonate Here https://bit.ly/36s7YeLAll the C4FaP links you could ever need  https://beacons.ai/comicsfunprofit Listen To the Episode Here: https://comcsforfunandprofit.podomatic.com/ 

Have you ever heard of graphic medicine? Have you wondered what is the difference between a comic and a cartoon? And how is this related to your work in the clinic? In this episode of the CFP podcast, Drs Nick Pimlott and Sarah Fraser interview author Susan MacLeod about all things graphic medicine. We dive into Susan's professional experiences in government health communications and her transition into becoming an internationally acclaimed author. She then defines graphic medicine, gives us an overview of why it's important, and how it relates to compassion and burnout in the health care system. Finally, Susan walks Nick and Sarah through a brief graphic medicine exercise-do try this at home! https://www.graphicmedicine.org/book-series/graphic-medicine-manifesto/ https://conundrumpress.com/product/dying-for-attention/

We return! Laura talks to Matthew Noe, Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian Harvard Medical School and Graphic Medicine expert ahead of the Graphic Medicine conference 2024 about his library journey and bringing together comics and library collections. Links: Graphic Medicine conference website - Register Now! https://porpoise-kale-lnln.squarespace.com/ More on Matthew https://library.harvard.edu/staff/matthew-noe More on Graphic Medicine https://www.graphicmedicine.org/

In this episode of the Graphic Medicine podcast, MK interviews Cara Bean to celebrate the launch of Here I Am, I Am Me: An Illustrated Guide to Mental Health. They discuss the book’s origin story, how to not get overwhelmed when working on a complex topic in comic form, and the work Cara hopes her book will do in the world. Cara Bean is the author of Here I Am, I Am Me: An Illustrated Guide to Mental Health and Draw 500 Funny Faces and Features. For links and a video version of this interview, go to the graphic medicine homepage.... Read More

MK Czerwiec, a nurse, cartoonist, educator, and co-founder of the field of Graphic Medicine, discusses her work and the utility of graphic medicine.

"Medical improv teaches you to do unscripted, collaborative storytelling to the best of your capacity." On the series premiere of Doctor+, hosts Tseganesh and David speak with Dr. Ankit Mehta about medical improv, narrative medicine, and graphic medicine. About the guest: Ankit Mehta is a hospitalist with HealthPartners and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota (UMN). He is certified in CHEST/Society of Hospital Medicine POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound). He has a keen interest in the intersection of arts, humanities, and medicine. He co-created a one-day communication and empathy course, “CRAVE” (Communication, Resilience, Authenticity, Vulnerability, and Empathy) at HealthPartners for practicing clinicians. He also directs a “medical improv” course, an adaptation of improvisation principles in healthcare context to improve communication, empathy, teamwork and resiliency. He currently chairs the research committee for the National Medical Improv Collaborative (MIC) group. He is a member of the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Patient Experience. He has been a part of the planning committee as creative arts/narrative medicine chair for the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH) in 2021 and 2023. He has served on the Medical Executive Committee at Regions Hospital (St. Paul, MN) and the Patient Experience Council. Dr. Mehta is passionate about graphic medicine as a powerful tool in medical education to teach self-reflection and empathy with easy accessibility and poignancy. His graphic works have been published in various journals (including JAMA and Annals of Internal Medicine), book illustrations/cover designs and magazines. His graphic story (in collaboration with Twin Cities PBS and UMN Medical School) was part of an Emmy® winning documentary “Speaking About Race”. He is also actively engaged in global health initiatives, and has worked with International Organization for Migration (IOM) to support trainings of panel physicians. For more examples of Dr. Mehta's work, click here. Support for Doctor+ has been provided by the American College of Physicians. Doctor+ is hosted by Dr. David Hilden and Dr. Tseganesh Selameab and is produced by Julie Censullo. For more information, visit doctorpluspodcast.com.

In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” Justin Kreuter, M.D., speaks with Laura Tafe, M.D., associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and president of the Association of Molecular Pathology, to discuss practicing art and medicine.Timestamps:0:00 Intro01:30 What is your artist origin story?03:40 What does that relationship of your art practice and medical practice look like?07:18 How do you navigate the challenge of not having enough time?08:52 What advice do you have for healthcare professionals, new residents, who have interests in addition to medicine?12:37 What are your thoughts? Where does your art practice go in the coming months and years? 15:40 What is your interest in Graphic Medicine? (question from Dr. Tafe to Dr. Kreuter)20:04 Outro

In this episode, I talk to Sophie Evans. Sophie is an internal medicine trainee and budding haematologist in the southwest of England and has a real interest in the importance of stories in medicine. We met after she took part in the BSH Crucible Prize where she presented her ideas along with beautiful hand-drawn images on her slides. We discuss narrative-based medicine as well as graphic medicine. This is a really intriguing discussion that will change how you think about how you consult and I hope can change your practice for the better. You can find Sophie's art on Instagram: www.instagram.com/sophietevans/. She mentions this book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Narrative-Based-Medicine-Trisha-Greenhalgh/dp/0727912232, Ian Williams, who coined the phrase "Graphic Medicine" (https://myriadeditions.com/creator/ian-williams/) and I mentioned a really interesting study on Evolution and the Art of Storytelling: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02036-8 I hope you enjoy the show.

In this episode, Martin talks to Ian Williams – a GP and cartoonist who established the field of Graphic Medicine. Following the success of his graphic novels The Bad Doctor and The Lady Doctor, he is working on his third, The Sick Doctor. He also wrote a weekly comic strip Sick Notes in The Guardian in the mid 2010s. They talk about the Medical Humanities movement, mental health, the work involved in drawing cartoons and animation, and writing a graphic novel about general practice, OCD, cycling and heavy metal.Episode transcript available at bma.org.uk/inspiringdoctorsYou can find Ian at Instagram.com/thebaddr, his graphic novels at ian-williams.co.uk, and find out more about graphic medicine at www.graphicmedicine.org/The interviewees on this podcast are just a selection of those who communicate medicine in fantastic ways. To join the conversation on social media and tell us about doctors whose communication skills inspired you, tag @TheBMA on Twitter and Instagram, and use #InspiringDoctors. For more information visit: bma.org.uk/inspiringdoctors Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suzy Becker is a local author, illustrator and cartoonist for The New Yorker, and she stumbled upon a new genre: graphic medicine

Dr. Brian Callender is interested in clinical education, global health education, clinical ethics, the patient experience, and the use of graphic narrative in medicine. Dr. Matthew Sorrentino will lead a discussion with Dr. Callender on the role of graphic medicine and its impact on the doctor-patient relationship.

We learn how comics are being used in medical education and healthcare. We tell you about a plan to address climate change and environmental justice in Milwaukee. We meet the founder and director of the Latino Arts Strings Program. Plus, tell you how to infuse Native American culture into your next trip in Wisconsin.

A longtime advocate for comics as a medium for serious storytelling, Sam Hester is a contributor to comics journalism, comics in academia and the graphic medicine movement. She writes and draws comics about life in her hometown of Calgary, in the Treaty 7 region of Alberta, Canada. Particularly special about this episode is Sam sharing about her experience as a caregiver for her mother. Sam uses her artistry with images and words to communicate effectively with healthcare providers so that her mom's preferences and health conditions are at the forefront of her quality of care. She also gives guidance on how you can incorporate this practice with your loved ones and their healthcare journey, no artistic skill required! Connect with Sam Hester: -Visit the23rdstory.com -Follow on Twitter @calgaryhester

A longtime advocate for comics as a medium for serious storytelling, Sam Hester is a contributor to comics journalism, comics in academia and the graphic medicine movement. She writes and draws comics about life in her hometown of Calgary, in the Treaty 7 region of Alberta, Canada. Particularly special about this episode is Sam sharing about her experience as a caregiver for her mother. Sam uses her artistry with images and words to communicate effectively with healthcare providers so that her mom's preferences and health conditions are at the forefront of her quality of care. She also gives guidance on how you can incorporate this practice with your loved ones and their healthcare journey, no artistic skill required! Connect with Sam Hester: -Visit the23rdstory.com -Follow on Twitter @calgaryhester

A longtime advocate for comics as a medium for serious storytelling, Sam Hester is a contributor to comics journalism, comics in academia and the graphic medicine movement. She writes and draws comics about life in her hometown of Calgary, in the Treaty 7 region of Alberta, Canada.Particularly special about this episode is Sam sharing about her experience as a caregiver for her mother. Sam uses her artistry with images and words to communicate effectively with healthcare providers so that her mom's preferences and health conditions are at the forefront of her quality of care. Connect with Sam Hester: -Visit the23rdstory.com -Follow on Twitter @calgaryhester --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/artsforthehealthofit/support

The Intersection of Art and Medicine with @PhysicianDoodles In this episode, hear from Dr. Rahel Gizaw , better known as @PhysicianDoodles on Instagram.  We chat about her pathway to becoming a physician and her experiences at Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Gizaw talks about her passion for providing care to the underserved and how Morehouse and Grady helped her on her mission.  Of course we had to discuss her amazing art work! She shares her inspiration and how EVERYONE can be an artist....well almost everyone.  If you are interested in Emergency Medicine, Healthcare Disparities, or Graphic Medicine, this is the episode for you!  You asked and we delivered: The Black Doctors Podcast Swag is now available? Click HERE to order. **Interested in starting a podcast? Check out Riverside for your remote recording needs: RIVERSIDE.FM Are you a medical student or resident that wants to ace your boards or in-training exams? Check out TrueLearn . Use the discount code "BDPODCAST" to rece ive $25 off. If you enjoyed this episode, please share with a friend and leave a comment and rating on iTunes. TBDP is a volunteer passion project with the goal of inspiring all who listen. In-house music and audio production, so any ideas for improvements or suggestions for future guests are welcome. Visit www.StevenBradleyMD.com to learn more about our host. He is available for consultations or speaking engagements regarding health equity and medical ethics. Leave a voice memo that we can include in a future episode: Pass The Mic

There is a growing movement within healthcare, called graphic medicine, the use of comics to tell personal stories of illness and health. It draws attention to a patient's needs and goals with pictures to foster better and more accessible caretaking.

Comics. Cartoons. Graphic Novels. Graphic Medicine.  I'm not sure what to title this podcast but I've been looking forward to it for some time.  Heck, I'm not even sure to call it a podcast, as I think to get the most out of it you should watch it on YouTube. Why, because today we have Nathan Gray joining us.  Nathan is a Palliative Care doctor and an assistant professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. He uses comics and other artwork to share his experiences in palliative care and educate others about topics like empathy and communication skills.  His work has been published in places like the L.A. Times, The BMJ, and Annals of Internal Medicine.   We go through a lot of his work, including some of the comics you can see on our blog post. However if you want to take a deeper dive, check out his website “The Ink Vessel” or his amazing twitter feed which has a lot of his work in it.  

MK Czerwiec is a nurse and graphic artist (hence her handle, Comic Nurse) who edited 2020's Menopause: A Comic Treatment. The book went on to be named on the New York Times' year-end list of the best graphic novels and won two Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, including one for best anthology. MK talks all about Graphic Medicine, an emerging field that uses comics to enhance medical education and patient care and help people process trauma and painful experiences. MK is also going through menopause, and she's very interested in finding ways to deal with hot flashes and some of the other symptoms we experience. And stay tuned, because near the end of the podcast she offers one of the best tips I've heard for creatively making a plan that we can turn to in our hardest, darkest times.

Manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Not only do manga reveal and reinforce cultural values, beliefs, and norms, particularly in Japan, but they can also be used as a teaching tool and source of information. Manga and other comics can be used in medicine to learn and teach about illness and to build empathy. They also have the power to shape public understanding of mental health issues, even nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI).In this episode, Dr. Yukari Seko explains how self-injury and the characters who engage in the behavior are portrayed in Japanese manga. She also discusses the importance of manga within Japanese culture. Below is a reference (with a link) to her research paper along with a breakdown of common genres of manga and, based on her study, just how many characters within each genre engage in self-injury and self-harm:GENRES OF MANGA (& the number of characters depicted who self-injure, based on Dr. Seko's study):1.  shōjo: comics for girls 18 and younger (written for girls, by girls) - depicted 10 characters who self-injure2.  shōnen: comics for boys  18 and younger (written for boys, by boys, about boys) - depicted 0 characters3.  seinen: comics for young males age 18-30 - depicted 6 characters, portrayed as menhera (a derivation of "mental health-er," a person with mental instability or "mentally vulnerable damsels in distress")4.  josei: comics for young females 18-30 - depicted 1 character5.  Boy's Love: a subgenre of josei manga featuring erotic relationships between male characters - depicted 1 character6.  seijen:  comics for grownups - depicted 0 characters7.  redicomi: "Lady's Comic" for adult women - depicted 0 characters8. slice-of-life: genre that features realistic depictions of everyday life.Seko, Y., & Kikuchi, M. (2021). Self-injury in Japanese manga: A content analysis. Journal of Medical Humanities, 42(3), 355-369. Seko, Y., & Kikuchi, M. (2022). Mentally ill and cute as hell: Menhera girls and portrayals of self-injury in Japanese popular culture. Frontiers in Communication, 7.To learn more about Dr. Seko and her work at Ryerson University, visit https://www.ryerson.ca/procom/people/yukari-seko/. To learn more about graphic medicine and novels referenced in this episode, see Williams, I. C. M. (2012). Graphic medicine: comics as medical narrative. Medical Humanities, 38(1), 21-27. Follow Dr. Westers on Instagram and Twitter (@DocWesters). To join ISSS, visit itriples.org and follow ISSS on Facebook and Twitter (@ITripleS).The Psychology of Self-Injury podcast has been rated #5 by Feedspot in their "Top 15 Clinical Psychology Podcasts You Must Follow in 2021" and by Welp Magazine in their "20 Best Injury Podcasts of 2021."

This week we're joined by Matthew Noe to talk about graphic medicine!    https://twitter.com/NoetheMatt   Graphic Medicine Manifesto Introduction - this is probably the most important of these for background https://www.graphicmedicine.org/ - probably worth just clicking around, seeing what the org is up to Essential Graphic Medicine: An Annotated Bibliography - ALA funded project. The project description briefly touches on one of my big things: the risk of canonization  Mapping the Use of Comics in Health Education: A Scoping Review of the Graphic Medicine Literature    Pawpaganda https://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/1426302296334520320?s=20 Free Comic Book Day https://abc7ny.com/10957902/?ex_cid=TA_WABC_TW&taid=611c41f0ced6e00001763b50&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+New+Content+(Feed)&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter  Aaron David Lewis: https://www.graphicmedicine.org/resources/liaison-program/comics-studies/

MK Czerwiec is a nurse, cartoonist, and educator. She is the creator of Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371, a co-author of Graphic Medicine Manifesto  and editor of Menopause: A Comic Treatment . MK is also the comics editor for the journal Literature & Medicine.  Follow MK on Twitter @ComicNurse MK co-manages the website, podcast, annual conferences, and online community of GraphicMedicine.org.  Michael Natter is an artist, humanist, and doctor. He utilizes his passion for art and storytelling in his medical life in didactic, humorous, and cathartic ways. He is a graduate of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, completed his Internal Medicine Residency at NYU/Bellevue and is a current Endocrinology fellow at NYU/Bellevue. His work has been featured in media outlets such as The Philadelphia Inquirer, Annals of Internal Medicine, Buzzfeed, and others.  Follow Mike on Twitter @mike_natter

Graphic Medicine refers to the use of graphic novels, comics, and visual storytelling in medical education, patient care, and other applications related to healthcare and the life sciences.   Dr. Shirlene Obuobi is a third year internal medicine resident, rising Cardiology fellow, and creator of the graphic medicine platform, "ShirlyWhirldMD." ShirlyWhirlMD has functioned as a vehicle of self expression during a time of professional growth, as well as a place to critique and discuss elements of medical culture and current events within healthcare.  Follow her on twitter. Website https://shirlywhirlmd.com Dr Ian Williams is a comics artist, writer and doctor who lives in Brighton, UK. His graphic novel, The Bad Doctor, was published in 2014 and followed up in 2019 by The Lady Doctor. He is working on his third, for the same publishers, provisionally entitled The Sick Doctor, which will be published in 2022. He studied Fine Art after medical school and then became involved in the Medical Humanities movement. He named the area of study called Graphic Medicine, building the eponymous website in 2007, which he currently co-edits. He is Founder of the not-for-profit Graphic Medicine International Cooperative and co-author of the Eisner-nominated Graphic Medicine Manifesto. Between May 2015 and January 2017 he drew a weekly comic strip, Sick Notes, for The Guardian. He recently made an animation with Matilda Tristram for The Care Under Pressure project from Exeter University. He has spoken at numerous medical humanities, comic art and literary events.Ian is represented by Kirsty McLachlan of Morgan Green Creatives Follow Ian on twitter Website https://myriadeditions.com/creator/ian-williams/

Chapter Nine of Fullmetal Alchemist isn't action-packed, but it gives us a lot to chew on regarding injuries and healing -- physically, mentally, emotionally. So it's a great time to bring in our first guest: Alice Jaggers, an expert in the field of "graphic medicine" -- a term covering not only sequential art about health topics, but the making of comics to aid healing. Alice joins Tim and Patrick to talk about all the ways in which this chapter of Fullmetal Alchemist -- and, in fact, the whole series -- touches on numerous graphic-medicine-related issues.See Alice's extensive list of comics titles with "graphic medicine" elements

Talking about death can be difficult. But Lois Perelson-Gross believes people are eager to find a way in and begin to feel comfortable talking about the inevitable, so she helped launch Reimagine End of Life, a not-for-profit whose mission is to publicly explore death and celebrate life through creativity and conversation. Reimagine recently held its first ever festival in New York City, where some big questions about life and death were explored in over 300 unique events. On the show, Lois tells us how she went from being a Vice President at Goldman Sachs to launching her second career as a palliative care chaplain focused on humanism in medicine. She talks about how Reimagine evolved and about the Graphic Medicine-related events at the NYC festival, which included exhibits and panel discussions with cartoonists Emily Flake, Ben Schwartz, Roz Chast and others who address mortality in their often funny and poignant comics. Lois tells us about her own project, “Never the Right Time,” which debuted at the festival and combines the work of New Yorker magazine cartoonists with factual information about end of life care and end of life wishes. She also offers tools you can use to get past the stigma of talking about death and dying, and start having meaningful conversations. Explore Reimagine End of Life: www.letsreimagine.org Also mentioned in the show: Death Over Dinner: https://deathoverdinner.org Go Wish (card game): http://www.gowish.org Hello (card game): https://commonpractice.com/products/hello-game “Being Mortal” by Atul Guwande: http://atulgawande.com/book/being-mortal/

Dana Walrath refers to her work as a border-crossing blend of creative writing, anthropology and art. The daughter of refugees from the Armenian genocide, she has used stories and art to teach medical humanities at the University of Vermont's College of Medicine since moving to the state in 2000. On the show Dana talks about her graphic memoir, “Aliceheimer's: Through the Looking Glass,” which combines drawings and stories to chronicle three years of caregiving for her mother, Alice, when she was in the middle stages of Alzheimer's disease. Dana tells us about her frustrating encounters with the medical system, how her mother expressed herself creatively despite having Alzheimer's and how living with her mother gave Dana an opportunity to make peace with her despite their historically difficult relationship. Currently based in Dublin, Ireland, Dana is an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute, where she's developing a second graphic memoir focusing on end stages of dementia and dementia across cultures. This episode is sponsored by Hero: www.herohealth.com Learn more about Dana's work: http://www.danawalrath.com Explore The Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health: https://www.gbhi.org/atlantic-fellows/

For the past six years cartoonist Sharon Rosenzweig has been making comics about her mother and what Sharon refers to as their “adventures with Alzheimer's Disease.” When her mother entered hospice, Sharon's daily practice of drawing her and her caregivers became a way to connect with her when other forms of communication were lost. But after her mother died, Sharon found it impossible to continue drawing. She found the way back to her art through a warm-up ritual suggested by the cartoonist Lynda Barry. On the show Sharon tells us about that ritual, how it helped her grieve and how anyone with an interest in drawing can begin making a comic. She shares the story behind some of her comics, including “Mom's Flock,” “Judgment Call” and “The Last Ride of Mo Rosenzweig,” all of which appear in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Sharon's work is part of a movement called Graphic Medicine, defined as the use of comics to tell stories about illness and health. Her graphic memoir, based on her drawings about and with her mother, has the working title “Spiral Notebook.” Link to Sharon's comics in Annals of Internal Medicine: https://bit.ly/2OcIR3V Sharon's spiral drawings: https://bit.ly/2NyCTNN Also mentioned in the show: “The Comic Torah: Reimagining the Very Good Book”: https://amzn.to/2MzBQc3 “Syllabus” (Lynda Barry): https://amzn.to/2NgxfRd Music: “Dryness (wet mix)” by Ketsa | CC BY NC ND | Free Music Archive

Award-winning author and illustrator Marissa Moss is best known for her popular “Amelia's Notebooks” series. She took a radical departure from that series with her novel, “Last Things: A Graphic Memoir About ALS,” a deeply personal story of how Marissa coped with the devastating effects of her husband Harvey's illness. A renowned art historian and UC Berkeley professor, Harvey Stahl died less than seven months after being diagnosed with Bulbar ALS. On the show Marissa describes the novel's evolution and tells us why she was determined to show the full effects of Harvey's illness, from being stared at in public because of how he looked and the reaction of her sons (14, 10 and 6 when Harvey died) to her frustration with medical professionals and even her beloved husband. She reads a passage from “Last Things,” and explains how magic paperclip bracelets helped her youngest son, Asa, get rid of his nightmares. Marissa's novel sits squarely in the Graphic Medicine movement, which explores the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare. Learn more about Graphic Medicine by exploring this year's conference in Vermont: https://bit.ly/2JIME7b. Note: this episode originally aired September 14, 2017. Marissa's website: https://www.marissamoss.com “Last Things” website: https://www.marissamoss.com/last-things.php Music: “Growing Silence” by Ketsa | CC BY NC ND | Free Music Archive

“Last Things: A Graphic Memoir About ALS” is a radical departure from the previous work of award-winning author and illustrator Marissa Moss, who is best known for her popular “Amelia's Notebooks” series. In today's show Marissa talks about the process of writing “Last Things,” a deeply personal story of how she coped with the devastating effects of her husband Harvey's illness. A renowned art historian and UC Berkeley professor, Harvey died less than seven months after being diagnosed with Bulbar ALS. From being stared at in public because of how Harvey looked and why swimming kept Marissa sane to the reaction of her sons (14, 10 and 6 when Harvey died) to their father's decline and how Jewish grieving rituals helped her, Marissa lays it all on the table and shares her hopes for the book. She also reads a passage from “Last Things,” and she explains how magic paperclip bracelets helped her youngest son, Asa, get rid of his nightmares. Marissa's website: http://marissamoss.com/ “Last Things” page: http://marissamoss.com/last-thing.php Music: “Growing Silence” by Ketsa | CC BY NC ND | Free Music Archive

MK Czerwiec was not the kid in school who could draw. But in 1994, during her first nursing job on AIDS Unit 371 in Chicago's Illinois Masonic Medical Center, she began writing and creating comics as a way of coping with what she witnessed daily: the terrible toll of AIDS. In today's show, MK talks about Taking Turns: Stories From HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371, her graphic novel, which combines her memories of working in Unit 371 with the oral histories of its patients, family members and staff. MK tells us how the book came about, how creating comics has helped her in caring for her own family members, why graphic narratives are useful in high-stress situations and how comics are now being used as a vital tool in healthcare. Link to MK's website: https://www.comicnurse.com Link to Graphic Medicine website: http://www.graphicmedicine.org Graphic Medicine Manifesto: http://bit.ly/2t4JnYk Graphic novels/memoir that feature caregiving & living with long-term illness: Elderly family members: "Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant" by Roz Chast (excerpt: http://bit.ly/1FHmNTD); and "Special Exits" by Joyce Farmer (http://bit.ly/2tt2aiR) Alzheimer's Disease: "Tangles" by Sarah Leavitt (http://bit.ly/2s5QDlm); and "Aliceheimer's" by Dana Walrath (http://bit.ly/2sqwPID) COPD/Hospice: "Things To Do In A Retirement Home Trailer Park When You're 29 And Unemployed" by Nye Wright (http://bit.ly/1PD7Q9B) Parkinson's Disease: "My Degeneration" by Peter Dunlop-Shohl (http://bit.ly/2ttpi0E) Music: “Wounds” (remix) by Ketsa | CC BY NC ND | Free Music Archive

For this week's show, Andy and Derek look at two examples of life writing and one Dracula-infused alternate history. They begin with Paula Knight's The Facts of Life, one of the latest in the Pennsylvania State University Press' Graphic Medicine series. This is the story of Knight and her partner's attempts to get pregnant, but more significantly, it's a personal account of the contexts and societal expectations surrounding motherhood. After that they look at Sara Lautman's Black and White Diary Comics, December 2016 - February 2017 (Birdcage Bottom Books), a collection of black-and-white strips that episodically chronicles the artist's life over the past few months. Finally, the Two Guys wrap up with with Anno Dracula #1 (Titan Comics), the next installment in Kim Newman's series of novels...this one in comics form. With art by Paul McCaffrey, this first miniseries, subtitled "1895: Seven Days in Mayhem," could stand as a solid introduction to Newman's vampiric storyworld.

It's time for another round of insightful reviews, and this week Gwen and Derek have just what the doctored ordered. In fact, the first two books they discuss are part of Penn State University Press' Graphic Medicine series. Peter Dunlap-Shohl's My Degeneration: A Journey through Parkinson's is the author's account of living with Parkinson's disease. It's not exactly a memoir, although it does explore the impact that the disease has had on Dunlap-Shohl's life over the past decade. My Degeneration is more of an instructional text, or perhaps a survival guide, on how to navigate the debilitating straits of his condition. As Gwen and Derek reveal, the book is an informative, no-nonsense look at Parkinson's, and while it posses a hopeful and even upbeat tone, it is anything but a Pollyanna narrative. The second book from the Graphic Medicine series is Aliceheimer's: Alzheimer's through the Looking Glass, Dana Walrath's account of confronting her mother's Alzheimer's disease (and which will be released in April). The author uses Lewis Carroll's classic children's tale as a metaphor for her mother's condition, as well as her own grappling with the dilemma. Although technically not a comic, Aliceheimer's could be considered a "graphic narrative" in that Walrath juxtaposes collage-style illustrations with textual accounts of her mother's experiences. Both Graphic Medicine books are deeply personal and moving texts that can speak directly to patients, caregivers, and medical professionals. Next, Derek and Gwen take a look at the first issue of Ted McKeever's new miniseries, Pencil Head (Image Comics). What makes this title so striking and so different from his previous works (such as Miniature Jesus and Superannuated Man) is that it's about the comics industry and, according to the publisher, a semi-autobiographical account of the strange things that occur in the life of a creator. Indeed, McKeever's shark, and at times surreal, black-and-white art is the perfect vehicle to reveal the weirdness underlying the profession. Finally, Gwen and Derek wrap up the show by looking at the latest adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's classic gothic tale, Enrica Jang and Jason Strutz's The Cask of Amontillado (Action Lab Studios). Derek is an aficionado of Poe adaptations, and the two begin their discussion by highlighting both the adherences to and the deviations from the original narrative. Jang doesn't really retain the short story's complicating narrative frame -- Montresor's confessional (and ambiguous) account provided years after the event -- but this one-shot does set up her and Strutz's upcoming limited series, The House of Montresor. This will be their sequel to the classic, a look into the consequences of Montresor's calculated murder and what it means to both his and Fortunato's families.