Graphic Medicine

Graphic medicine refers to comics concerning medicine and healthcare, and their use in medical education and patient care. This genre of comics make often intimidating information accessible, while building empathy and a greater understanding of different lived experiences.

Updated July 16, 2024
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Mis(h)adra
Ata, Iasmin Omar
Paper Book
An Arab-American college student struggles to live with epilepsy in this starkly colored and deeply-cutting graphic novel. Isaac wants nothing more than to be a functional college student--but managing his epilepsy is an exhausting battle to survive. He attempts to maintain a...
Proxy Mom
Adriansen, Sophie.
Paper Book
The first graphic novel that explores postpartum depression. A story of reconstruction and resilience. Marietta and Clovis, madly in love, are expecting a baby. But childbirth marks the end of the fairy tale. Zoe's birth didn't go as Marietta imagined, and the maternal instinct is slow to manifest...
Allergic
Lloyd, Megan Wagner
Paper Book
A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl with severe allergies who just wants to find the perfect pet! At home, Maggie is the odd one out. Her parents are preoccupied with getting ready for a new baby, and her younger brothers are twins and always in their own world. Maggie...
One in a million
Lordon, Claire
Paper Book
Debut graphic novelist Claire Lordon's medical misfortunes may be one in a million in this relatable memoir, but so is her determination, grit, and passion to beat the odds and reclaim her life. Something is wrong with Claire, but she doesn't know what. Nobody does, not even her...
CancerVixen a true story
Marchetto, Marisa Acocella.
Paper Book
"What happens when a shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed, wine-swilling, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, single-forever, about-to-get-married big-city girl cartoonist with a fabulous life finds . . . a lump in her breast?" That's the question that sets this powerful, funny, and poignant graphic memoir in...
Impossible people a completely average recovery story
Wertz, Julia
Paper Book
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Hungry Ghost
Ying, Victoria.
Paper Book
A beautiful and heart-wrenching young adult graphic novel takes a look at eating disorders, family dynamics, and ultimately, a journey to self-love. Valerie Chu is quiet, studious, and above all, thin. No one, not even her best friend Jordan, knows that she has been binging and...
Kimiko does cancer : a graphic memoir
Tobimatsu, Kimiko
Paper Book
A graphic memoir that upends the traditional cancer narrative from a young woman's perspective, confronting issues such as dating while in menopause, navigating work and treatment, and talking to well-meaning friends, health care professionals, and other cancer survivors with viewpoints different...
Not funny ha-ha a handbook for something hard
Hayes, Leah
Paper Book
Not Funny Ha-Ha is a bold, wry graphic novel about two women from different backgrounds who undergo two different abortions (medical and surgical). It follows them through the process of choosing a clinic, reaching out to friends, partners, and/or family - and eventually the procedures themselves....
A quick & easy guide to sex & disability
Andrews, A.
Paper Book
A quick, easy, and educational comic book guide that will help change the way we talk about sex and sexuality for all bodies.  "This guide can help disabled people (and their partners) on their journey toward self-love, better communication, and confidence." -- Alice Wong,...

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