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Brosh, A. (2013). Hyperbole and a half : unfortunate situations, flawed coping mechanisms, mayhem, and other things that happened (First Touchstone). Simon & Schuster.
Lee, J. H. (2022). Annals Graphic Medicine - More Than Skin Deep. Annals of internal medicine, 175(5), W62-W63. https://doi.org/10.7326/G21-0059
Welcome
Welcome to Richter Library's Graphic Medicine Guide! Graphic medicine in its simplest terms is the discussion of medicine in comic and graphic novel formats. This guide's intention is to continue that discussion and teach students, faculty, and staff about this emerging narrative.
Czerwiec, M. K. (2015). Graphic medicine manifesto. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press.
Czerwiec, M. K. (2015). Graphic medicine manifesto. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press.
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What is Graphic Medicine?
WHAT ARE GRAPHIC NOVELS?
"Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer."
– Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics
WHAT IS GRAPHIC MEDICINE?
"The intersection between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare."
– Dr. Ian Williams, comics artist and physician & founder of GraphicMedicine.org
WHY IS GRAPHIC MEDICINE IMPORTANT?
- Develop critical thinking skills, visual literacy skills, and empathy
- Comics convey large amounts of information
- They are visual representations of knowledge
- They can engage students, patients, providers, caregivers, & etc.
- Makes invisble illnesses, visible like mental health
- Graphic novels cover a wide array of topics
- Processing text and images together allow for better recall and learning
- Offers perspectives from a wide array and diverse people from all aspects of health (Houk & Pomoutius, 2020)
Houk, K., & Pomoutius, A. (2020). Drawn to graphic medicine: Bringing comics into medical librarianship [Webinar]. Medical Library Association.
"Prescriptions for Healing"
Manohar, S. (2023). Annals Graphic Medicine - Prescriptions for Healing. Annals of internal medicine, 176(1), eG220026. https://doi.org/10.7326/G22-0026
Questions to Ask
When reading graphic medicine ask the following questions:
- How does the author / illustrator depict illness, medical condition, mental health, or caregiving?
- Does the author include medical terms? Do you understand them? Does the author explain the terms?
- What emotions is the author / illustrator depicting? How?
- Does the text match the illustrations? Why or why not?
- Did any doctors play a role in the story? If so, was it good or bad experience for the characters?
- How does the story impact your views on healthcare and medicine?
Excerpt from a Hyperbole and a Half
Graphic Novels on Graphic Novels
Online Comic Creation Tools
Below are a list of websites where you can create your own comics. Making Comics has more information and resources on drawing, writing, and composing comics.
Webcomics
Let's Talk About It: A Graphic Guide to Mental Health - From the Cartoon Studies website, users can read and download this webcomic about mental health.
Health and Wealth: A Graphic Guide to the U.S. Healthcare System - From the Cartoon Studies website, users can read and download this webcomic about the U.S. Healthcare.
Raised on Ritalin - Created by Tyler Page, Raise on Ritalin: A Medicated Memoir looks at the author's personal experiences with ADHD, medication, and psychiatry.
Let's Talk About the HPV Vaccine - An 8 page comic created by the Division of Otolaryngology at Yale Univerity of Medicine about th HPV vaccine and why everyone betwen the ages of 9-45 should gt vaccinated.
Closing the Gap: How a Church-Hospital Intervention on Chicago's West Side is Aiming to Reduce Hypertension - Josh Neufeld created a short comic about the health inequities between African-Americans and others in the Chicago area. Chicago area churches and the Rush University Medical Center work together to educate communities on hypertension and how to best treat it.
Uprooted: Voices of Student Homelessness - Based on interviews with student experiencing homelessness, this short comic covers mental health, public health, and the daily hardships these students face.
Empathy 101 - Comics journalist explores the use of comics and the arts in medical education
Advocating for Diastole - In this 9 page memoir, a doctor discusses the hardships she faces as a black female doctor.
Medical Gaslighting - Janice Goldberg chronicles her story bout her daughter's medical care and not being taken seriously when talking about her symptoms which turned out to b Ehlerss Danlos Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder. The disbelief of her symptoms later caused her to develop PTSD as a result.
Covid-19 Webcomics
- Comics for Good
Comics For Good aims to provide factual information through comics and published weekly comics about COVID-19 during the pandemic. - Graphic Medicine - COVID-19 Comics
The Graphic Medicine website curated comics about COVID-19 with reliable information by categories; educational, vaccine, ethics/social justice, caregivers, patients, and others.
"More Than Skin Deep"
Lee, J. H. (2022). Annals Graphic Medicine - More Than Skin Deep. Annals of internal medicine, 175(5), W62-W63. https://doi.org/10.7326/G21-0059
Webcomic Collections
- Annals Graphic Medicine
From Annals of Internal Medicine, Annals Graphic Medicine is a collection of comics by people who receive or provide health care and address medical topics. - Public Health Insider Comics
The Public Health Insider website provides news about the effrots to protect the health and well-being of Seattle and King County in Washington. You can see their collection of webcomics here. - Ink Vessel
A collection of comics about the medical world created by Nathan Gray, M.D. a doctor specilizing in Internal Medicine and Palliative Care. - PSU Collection of Graphic Narratives
A collection of graphic medicine web comics from fourth-year medical students in Pennsylvania State University.
Graphic Medicine Library Collection
In this collection you will find a list of graphic medicine books primarily located in the Otto G. Richter Library. For a full list of titles, please take a look at our Graphic Medicine Collection.
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