Monthly Archives: April 2020

More than Comics: Graphic Medicine in the Time of COVID-19

MCPHS University. (2020). More than comics: graphic medicine in the time of COVID-19. About MCPHS: News. Retrieved from https://www.mcphs.edu/about-mcphs/news/graphic-medicine-in-the-time-of-covid-19 ABSTRACT: Most people probably don’t know the term “graphic medicine.” But they see it more often than they might think—especially now. Those images on posters or online showing you how to wash your hands properly? Graphic… Read More »

Of Faith and Medicine: When Comic Book Muslims Go to the Hospital

Lewis, A. D. (2020). Of faith and medicine: when comic book Muslims go to the hospital, Mizan Pop. Retrieved from https://mizanproject.org/pop-post/of-faith-and-medicine/ ABSTRACT: A curious thing happens with Muslim characters in comics when they enter a hospital: they become somehow more Muslim. It is like a superpower, yet it occurs both in the superhero genre and beyond. That… Read More »

Of Comics and Bipolar Disorder: A Conversation with Rachel Lindsay

Venkatesan, S., & Saji, S. (2020). Of comics and bipolar disorder: a conversation with Rachel Lindsay. World Literature Today. Retrieved from https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2020/spring/comics-and-bipolar-disorder-conversation-rachel-lindsay-sathyaraj-venkatesan-sweetha ABSTRACT: Rachel Lindsay is a cartoonist based in Vermont and the author of a graphic memoir, RX, that was published in 2018 by Grand Central Publishing. RX explores the powerful interplay of word and image that resists… Read More »