‘This week in #graphicmedicine’ highlights relevant articles (and tweets) about comics in medicine published during a the week (Saturday – Friday). Articles are typically presented without commentary, with credit given to those who flagged them up where possible. So without further ado…

2017 Comics and Medicine Conference Information:

These links are meant to provide quick-jumps to Conference Info pages. Full information about the conference can be found on the Graphic Medicine website.

Registration is now open!

2017 Seattle Conference Sponsors

Hotel Information: Lodging in Seattle

Call for Art: The 2017 Comics and Medicine Conference committee is seeking original art submissions broadly related to health access and accessibility. The call is quoted below, while submission details can be found here:

This year’s Comics and Medicine Conference is seeking original comics on issues broadly related to health access and accessibility for a comics newspaper anthology that will debut at the conference in Seattle this June. We seek comics that explore topics including, but not limited to, disability, health education among underserved communities, personal or professional experiences with health access, gendered experiences with health access, systemic and structural inequities in health care, mental health, care-taking, politics and health access, and environmental health.

This is an open call and all are welcome to submit comics regardless of whether you plan to attend the conference. Because we aim to distribute the paper free of charge, there is no payment available for artists. However, all published artists will receive a limited number of copies of the paper and have the opportunity to exhibit their original art at the conference.

Although we intend to make space for all submissions that address the conference theme, the editorial team reserves the right to determine whether the content of a submission is suitable for publication.

All art should be in black and white or greyscale, be 10” w x 7.75” h (1/2 page) OR 10” w x 16”h (full page), and include a title and your name or pen name within those margins. Please consider carefully whether a half or full page is suitable for the content of your work (we may scale full pages down when appropriate). All files should be submitted as tiffs. For greyscale scans use 300 dpi; for bitmap use 1200 dpi. You may submit existing art so long as you have permission to use it and it fits the specs. Please direct any questions to graphic.medicine.conference@gmail.com.

Call for Papers: The AMA Journal of Ethics is seeking papers for an upcoming issue focusing on Graphic Medicine. The full-call is quoted below:

The arts have long been used as cultivars of reflection and storytelling about health and health care. Like novels, short stories, painting, sculpture, and film, comics can convey poignant stories, deliver analytical depth, and offer interpretive alternatives to text-based ethical inquiry. The February 2018 issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics will explore comics’ power to visually represent and comment on health care and health care experiences, guide patients’ and clinicians’ learning, and approach consideration of values in health care not only ethically, but aesthetically.

Manuscripts submitted for peer review consideration and inclusion in this issue must follow all Instructions for Authors and be submitted by 6 August 2017.

PathoGraphics Call for Papers: Paper proposals should include a title, a 300-word abstract (max.) for a 20-minute presen­tation, and a short biographical note with institutional affiliation (where appropriate). Abstracts and papers can be in either English or German. Please submit by May 31, 2017, to: pathographics@fu-berlin.de. The full-call can be found on the Graphic Medicine website.

Articles & More… 

Event: Our Own Icons! “Cripping” The Comic Con 2017 via @CripCon

Webcomic: Why Medicine?

Webcomic: Love Letter to Hair via @ErikaMoen

Webcomic: A comic strip of my cancer experience via @FuenteApolo

Webcomic: If It Looks Like a Duck… via @TheNib

Webcomic: Neurotransmitters

Scholarly: Une revue rapide des effets relatifs à la santé de la lecture de bandes dessinées chez les enfants, les adolescents et les adultes via @ScienceofCookie

Scholarly: MSC2007H Graphic Medicine Seminar (elective)

Interview: The (re)Collection Agency #3: A Conversation with Leah Misemer via @TheMiddleSpaces

Review: Book Review – In-Between Days: A Memoir About Living with Cancer

Review (Preview): This New Graphic Novel Is A Stunning, Honest Meditation On Loss

Review: Reseñas desde Star City: De Tripas y Corazón

Review: Hole in the Heart: Bringing Up Beth by Henny Beaumont

Video: Graphic Medicine via @ChelleInShelves

Blog: Library Science Road Trip: Boston

EL ABECEDARIO DE LAS ENFERMEDADES MENTALES EN POÉTICAS ILUSTRACIONES

Superhéroes para ayudar a los niños con déficit de hormona de crecimiento

Gareth Brookes brilliant “A Thousand Coloured Castles” gets Gosh launch on Thursday

Minority Book Report: How Reading Grows Our Empathy

Nace “Medicina gráfica” / Mónica Lalanda

This physician delayed residency to take paternity leave

Hiram College event draws local high school students

Non-fiction Comics Fest comes to Middlebury

Tweets…

Some great stuff this week! Did I miss something? Let me know in the comments below or tweet @NoetheMatt! Until next time…