Tag: graphic medicine
NERVOSA wins the 2024 Graphic Medicine Award
Hayley Gold’s graphic memoir Nervosa has been selected by the Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC) as the 2024 winner at the third annual Graphic Medicine Awards. The eating disorder graphic novel published by Street Noise Books was picked as the winner in their longform category; with Elaine M. Will’s self-published anxiety minicomic Spiral Sessions the 2024 shortform pick.
Review: Erin Williams’s WHAT’S WRONG? deftly examines the hellish landscape of chronic pain
What do you do when your baseline pain is at the top of the scale for a non-disabled person?
UK CON ROUNDUP: First wave of LICAF and Thought Bubble 2023 guests – and...
Flagship British comics events Lakes International Comic Arts Festival ( LICAF ) and Thought Bubble have announced their first wave of guests for 2023 - plus an additional rundown of other UK cons and festivals taking place in the coming months.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 2/13/23: Was Rihanna’s maternity jumpsuit an Akira homage?
Rihanna did it again, channeling the anime classic Akira with her instantly iconic red jumpsuit she wore for the Super Bowl halftime show.
Graphic Medicine Award 2023 opens for submissions and expands to two categories
The Graphic Medicine International Conference returns for a second year with double the award categories - for work in the long and short form.
15 compelling graphic histories for Women’s History Month
Nonfiction comics about women to enlighten and inspire you.
INDIE VIEW: PARENTHESIS offers the fragility of self
Parenthesis
By Elodie Durand
Top Shelf Productions
There are so many horrors a human can face, and one of the worst, at least for me, comes from the inside — losing yourself. There are many ways to...
Penn State Press to launch Graphic Mundi imprint in Spring 2021
Adult and YA graphic novels will span a variety of subjects, including health, human rights, science, and politics.
INDIE VIEW: Detecting the INVISIBLE DIFFERENCES
Invisible Differences
Story by Julie Dachez and Fabienne Vaslet
Adaptation and art by Mademoiselle Caroline
Translated by Edward Gauvin
Oni Press
Over the past several years I feel like I’ve seen a small but noticeable increase in comics about...
INDIE VIEW: THE THIRD POPULATION demystifies mental healthcare
The Third Population
Written by Aurélien Ducoudray
Illustrated by Jeff Pourquié
Translated by Kendra Boileau
Penn State University Press Graphic Medicine
In my experience, most comics that tackle the subject of mental health come at it from a personal...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Vanni’ is a sweeping but intimate account of the Sri Lankan conflict
Vanni: A Family’s Struggle Through the Sri Lankan Conflict
Research and Story by Benjamin Dix
Script and Illustration by Lindsay Pollack
Pennsylvania State University Press/Graphic Medicine
When I think of works of Graphic Medicine, I tend to think...
INDIE VIEW: ‘Us Two Together’ wraps you in its sorrow
Ephameron turns a struggle with dementia into devastating poetry