Graphic Medicine Series by Gareth Brookes, Aneurin Wright, M.K. Czerwiec

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  • A Thousand Coloured Castles (Graphic Medicine #1)
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    A Thousand Coloured Castles (Graphic Medicine #1)

    Gareth Brookes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 2017

    Mild-mannered Myriam is diagnosed with macular degeneration in her right eye, but that doesn’t explain the strange things she’s been children in bright red helmets dancing on the doctor’s ceiling, exotic vines growing from her television set, and thousands of colored castles forming patterns on her kitchen walls. Her husband Fred is certain that Myriam’s visions are a bunch of nonsense, and her family dismisses her odd observations as the results of old age and an addled mind... more

  • Menopause: A Comic Treatment (Graphic Medicine #1)
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    Menopause: A Comic Treatment (Graphic Medicine #1)

    M.K. Czerwiec

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2020

    Eisner Award Winner for Best Anthology and Best Short StoryNew York Times best graphic novel of 2020Booklist best graphic novel for adults of 2020Hot flashes. Vaginal atrophy. Social stigma. The comics in this unapologetic anthology prove that when it comes to menopause and its attendant symptoms, no one needs to sweat it alone... more

  • Things to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park: . . . When You’re 29 and Unemployed (Graphic Medicine #1)
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    Things to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park: . . . When You’re 29 and Unemployed (Graphic Medicine #1)

    Aneurin Wright

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 2012

    Aneurin (Nye) Wright hasn't been on good terms with his father for a long time. When he receives a call on his birthday from his father, Neil, he isn't quite sure how to react. Neil has been diagnosed with emphysema and is certified for hospice, a six-month death sentence. He needs help. Newly unemployed, Nye is free to move into the trailer park where his father lives and assume the role of caregiver. Neither Nye nor Neil is particularly enthralled by the situation... more

  • Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 (Graphic Medicine #1)
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    Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 (Graphic Medicine #1)

    M.K. Czerwiec

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2017

    A graphic memoir and adapted oral history of Unit 371, an inpatient AIDS care hospital unit in Chicago that was in existence from 1985 to 2000. Examines the human costs of caregiving and the role art can play in the grieving process.In 1994, at the height of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, MK Czerwiec took her first nursing job, at Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago, as part of the caregiving staff of HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371... more

  • Graphic Medicine Manifesto (Graphic Medicine #1)
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    Graphic Medicine Manifesto (Graphic Medicine #1)

    M.K. Czerwiec, Susan Merrill Squier, Michael J. Green, Kimberl R. Myers, Scott T. Smith, Ian Williams

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2015

    This inaugural volume in the Graphic Medicine series establishes the principles of graphic medicine and begins to map the field. The volume combines scholarly essays by members of the editorial team with previously unpublished visual narratives by Ian Williams and MK Czerwiec, and it includes arresting visual work from a wide range of graphic medicine practitioners... more

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