Comics & Care Collective: A Graphic Medicine Book Club’s next meeting is on Monday September 8! @ethansacks and Naomi will be joining us! Registration is required and can be found here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @graphicmedicine.bsky.social @libcomix.bsky.social #graphicmedicine

From #SDCC2025 Comics Arts Conference Session #15: Life Lines: How the Healing Power of Graphic Medicine with @sydneyheifler.bsky.social, @cdchristopherson.bsky.social‬, Naomi Volain, Ryan King, Joel Thurman & Jameson Rohrer is now online @ www.thecomicbooks.com/audio.html#S...

This print ad for a major corporation didn't need to go this hard

Psychologist cartooning from days of yore. (From the Saturday Evening Post, 1941)

I'm more of a sympath.

Dr. Whom?

I just discovered that in 1986, dc published a slice of life, nonsuperhero series intended for adults (and with adult themes). Angel Love, by Barbara Slate

Assignment: two panel comic, autobiographical, has to depict something that happened in the last 24 hours

Dylan Horrocks could never

I've never read a Harry Potter book. You can just shove all of my Ally trophies and medals out of the way and sit anywhere when you come visit my house.

This should absolutely be a scandal which people lose their jobs over. You'd have to assume that anyone in power actually cares though to think that would happen, which obviously would be a bold assumption in present circumstances.

Our commentary on the potential implications of the recent Executive Order.

“Hm…CalArts adjacent character design”

Did you know that there is an academic conference within the San Diego Comic Convention? It's called the Comic Arts Conference. They just gave permission for presenters to announce that they'll be presenting there. This will be exactly 30 years since the last time I attended SDCC--pretty exciting!

Apparent free speech absolutists can be kind of like our deficit hawk politicians. It’s their number one issue when their team isn’t in power and ignorable the rest of the time. quillette.com/2025/05/16/i...

It doesn't get reiterated enough that "human on a bicycle" is not only the most efficient way that a person can move, it's the most efficient form of motion ***ever observed in land animals***.

Thanks to @aaronhester.bsky.social for visiting my comics & mental illness class today. His comic Quick! I'm Melting! is highly recommended. It provides a well plotted and satisfying glimpse into developmental and mental health concerns of a post-college adult. Tasty character design too!

Ohio State University Press has more unshared Eisner nominations than Marvel in 2025.

Do people who vote in the Eisner awards generally read every nominee first?

What do Dennis the Menace, Blondie, Plastic Man, and Luke Cage have in common? They've all been used to promote public health. I review the first book on the topic of Graphic Public Health, by Meredith Li-Vollmer and include a bit of additional context and history. Check it out here:

Thrilled to host @mardoucomics.bsky.social in my comics and mental illness class today. Past Tense is likely the most complete account of a course of psychotherapy in comics. Masterful weaving of three very complex topics: personal accounts of family therapy and psychotherapy plus IFS.

Working hard or hardly working? Hardly toning or Tonya Harding? Caring for Nan again or Nancy Kerrigan?

Working hard or hardly working? Hardly toning or Tonya Harding? Caring for Nan again or Nancy Kerrigan?

Ketamine reptile

This is incredibly cool: if you search for a condition that’s affected your family, the site returns stats on how much NIH has done for that disease, *and* a contact form for reaching out to tell your Members of Congress why you want to see them defend NIH. Pass it on!

Real article today from the NYTimes

Dow Jones? More like DOWN Jones. Am I right? On account of all the trillions lost?

Self-absorption in MOONCHILD by Noah Van Sciver. #depression #rumination #graphicmedicine

From the prolific and delightful Jeffrey Lewis #ADHD #Phoneaddiction #graphicmedicine

New to me #graphicmedicine title The case of Charles Dexter Ward. HP Lovecraft’s tale of a “dangerous inmate” at a mental hospital and his doctor.

Some recent sessions

Just updated my "zine resources and free zines" page with a bunch more stuff on zine design & layout, listings of zine fests, events, & distros, getting zines printed, advice for tabling at (and organizing) zine fairs, and many zines that are free to read and print: sheerspite.ca/home/about/z...

How is it possible that there is not a single published collection of New Yorker therapy cartoons? #graphicmedicine

A full issue about a married youngish man dealing with erectile dysfunction. Includes the difficult differential diagnosis process and medication side effects. Realistic and honest with artwork that serves the story well. #graphicmedicine

Graphic medicine everywhere? Decal spotted in grocery store parking lot

Fine, it's contextgate.

Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:

Friends, I have written you a book on forensic metascience. It is free. You can have it. Happy St. Valentine's Day. If you wish to give me a gift back, you can use it to cause trouble - the greatest gift of all. open.substack.com/pub/jamescla...

Little-discussed link between comics and medicine: it used to be very common to get them both at the exact same place! #graphicmedicine

I have a piece half-done on the entire world of indirect costs. It's too big an endeavor to finish now, in the middle of the night, when this problem *that was always a live grenade with a half-pulled pin* is suddenly a topic du jour. Shit of a thing. Here are some highlights.

Stuart Buck hits the nail on the head again. goodscience.substack.com/p/when-is-do... DOGE is currently reinventing existing structure, inventing issues to be worried about, and creating turmoil and additional bureaucracy.

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Now they have taken down the entirety of the SAMHSA website. Eliminating websites for programs to treat substance use disorder and mental health will not magically make these problems go away.