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Graphic medicine is the use of comics to tell personal stories of illness and health. The term was coined by Dr. Ian Williams who defined graphic medicine as "the intersection between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare."

Books in the Graphic Medicine Collection

Aliceheimer's by Dana Walrath
Call Number: GRAPHIC RC523 .W355 2016
ISBN: 9780271074689
Publication Date: 2016-04-15
The Bad Doctor by Ian Williams
Call Number: GRAPHIC PN6737.W447 B33 2015
ISBN: 9780271067544
Publication Date: 2015-03-15
Becoming Unbecoming by Una
Call Number: GRAPHIC PN6737.U63 B4 2016
ISBN: 9781551526539
Publication Date: 2016-10-18
Billy, Me and You by Nicola Streeten
Call Number: GRAPHIC PN6737.S87 B45 2011
ISBN: 9780956559944
Publication Date: 2007-10-26
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
Call Number: GRAPHIC NC1429.C525 A2 2016
ISBN: 9781632861016
Publication Date: 2016-11-17
Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person by Miriam Engelberg
Call Number: GRAPHIC RC280.B8 E57 2006
ISBN: 9780060789732
Publication Date: 2006-04-25
Cancer Vixen by Marisa Acocella Marchetto
Call Number: GRAPHIC RC280.B8 M343 2006
ISBN: 9780375714740
Publication Date: 2009-09-29
Dumb by Georgia Webber
Call Number: GRAPHIC RF510 .W43 2018
ISBN: 9781683961161
Publication Date: 2018-08-07
Facts of Life by Paula Knight
Call Number: GRAPHIC RG201 .K57 2017
ISBN: 9780271078465
Publication Date: 2017-03-15
Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Call Number: GRAPHIC HQ77.8.K628 A3 2022
ISBN: 9781549304002
Publication Date: 2019-05-28
Graphic Medicine Manifesto by M. K. Czerwiec; Ian Williams; Susan Merrill Squier; Michael J. Green; Kimberly R. Myers; Scott T. Smith
Call Number: GRAPHIC NC1763.M4 C96 2015
ISBN: 0271066490
Publication Date: 2015-05-15
Graphic Public Health: A Comics Anthology and Road Map by Meredith Li-Vollmer
Call Number: GRAPHIC RA440.6 .L58 2022
ISBN: 9780271093253
Publication Date: 2022-06-07
Hole in the Heart by Henny Beaumont
Call Number: GRAPHIC RC571 .B43 2016
ISBN: 9780271077406
Publication Date: 2016-10-14
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
Call Number: GRAPHIC PN6727.B7568 H96 2013
ISBN: 9781451666175
Publication Date: 2013-10-29
Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley (Illustrator)
Call Number: GRAPHIC RG525 .K585 2019
ISBN: 9781626728080
Publication Date: 2019-02-26
Lighter Than My Shadow by Katie Green
Call Number: GRAPHIC RC552.E18 G737 2017
ISBN: 9781941302415
Publication Date: 2017-10-03
LISSA by Sherine Hamdy; Coleman Nye; Sarula Bao (Artist); Caroline Brewer (Artist)
Call Number: GRAPHIC PN6727.H27 L57 2017
ISBN: 9781487593483
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Marbles by Ellen Forney
Call Number: GRAPHIC PN6727.F678 M37 2012
ISBN: 1592407323
Publication Date: 2012-11-06
Mis(h)adra by Iasmin Omar Ata
Call Number: GRAPHIC PN6727.A83 M57 2017
ISBN: 1501162101
Publication Date: 2017-10-03
Mom's Cancer by Brian Fies
Call Number: GRAPHIC PN6727.F53 M65 2006
ISBN: 9780810971073
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
My Degeneration by Peter Dunlap-Shohl
Call Number: GRAPHIC RC382 .D86 2015
ISBN: 9780271071022
Publication Date: 2015-11-15
The Parakeet by Espé; Hannah Chute (Translator)
Call Number: GRAPHIC RC516 .E85513 2021
ISBN: 9780271088051
Publication Date: 2021-07-13
Rosalie Lightning by Tom Hart
Call Number: GRAPHIC BF575.G7 H326 2016
ISBN: 9781250049940
Publication Date: 2016-01-12
Rx by Rachel Lindsay
Call Number: GRAPHIC RC516 .L55 2018
ISBN: 9781455598540
Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Stitches by David Small
Call Number: GRAPHIC PN6727.S54465 S75 2010
ISBN: 9780393338966
Publication Date: 2010-09-13
Taking Turns by M. K. Czerwiec (Preface by)
Call Number: GRAPHIC RC606.6 .C97 2021
ISBN: 9781637790076
Publication Date: 2021-11-16
Tangles by Sarah Leavitt
Call Number: GRAPHIC RC523 .L43 2012
ISBN: 9781616086398
Publication Date: 2012-05-01
Wrinkles by Paco Roca (Artist)
Call Number: GRAPHIC PN6777.R59 A7713 2016
ISBN: 9781606999325
Publication Date: 2016-07-26

Resources

Annals Graphic Medicine
From the Annals of Internal Medicine, Annals Graphic Medicine brings together original graphic narratives, comics, animation/feature, and other creative forms by those who provide or receive health care. They address medically relevant topics—be they poignant, thought-provoking, or just plain entertaining.
Graphic Medicine
Graphic Medicine is a site that explores the interaction between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare. We are a community of academics, health carers, authors, artists, and fans of comics and medicine. The site is maintained by an editorial team under the direction of the Graphic Medicine International Collective.
Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived & Well-Drawn
National Library of Medicine exhibition program
Medicina Grafica
El papel de los cómics, las novelas gráficas y las ilustraciones en el mundo sanitario / The Role of Comics, Graphic Novels, and Illustrations in the Healthcare World

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