Don't forget that @graphicmedicine.bsky.social is a TCAF Sponsor and Exhibitor this year!
Please swing by our table on Saturday/Sunday!
Shelley Wall and @nomadicebru.bsky.social would love to share what we're up to with you.
Especially the #GMICAwards!
www.graphicmedicine.org/announcing-t...
Spiral sessions cover
Nervosa cover
Photo of the awards
*drum roll*
And the winners of this year's #GMICAwards are...
Spiral Sessions by Elaine M. Will for Excellence in Short Form Graphic Medicine
and
Nervosa by Hayley Gold for Excellence in Long Form Graphic Medicine
Congratulations! 👏👏👏
#GraphMed2024
It's #GraphMed2024 week!
If you've been following along with our weekly #GMICAwards shortlist highlights, you'll not want to miss our announcement of the 2024 winners during Thursday's closing session!
Donate at bit.ly/GMICawards
Shortlist at www.graphicmedicine.org/announcing-t...
This week's #GMICAwards shortlister highlight is:
Medical Gaslighting by Janice Goldberg
In MG, Goldberg asks, how are you supposed to get good medical advice, let alone accept it, when your doctor doesn’t believe your symptoms?
🔗 www.graphicmedicine.org/spotlight-me...
This week's #GMICAwards shortlister highlight is:
Silence, Full Stop by Karina Shor
Told in beautiful colors outlined in haunting graphite strokes, this memoir is, at its core, a story about isolation & the trauma that is both cause and consequence.
🔗 bookshop.org/a/1457/97819...
Spiral Sessions cover
This week's #GMICAwards shortlister highlight is:
Spiral Sessions by Elaine M. Will
Using beautifully realized digital ink and white highlights on a sepia-toned backdrop, Will offers a clear and timeless look into a most basic human emotion: anxiety.
🔗 cuckoosnestpress.itch.io/spiral-sessi...
Nervosa book cover
This week's #GMICAwards shortlister highlight is:
Nervosa by Hayley Gold
Tracing her experiences with anorexia nervosa, Gold maps not only her own life but educates the reader and exposes serious flaws in our health care systems.
🔗 bookshop.org/a/1457/97819...
Page one of COMMUNION
This week's #GMICAwards shortlister highlight is:
COMMUNION by Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray
What would you tell your younger self if you could speak to them? In COMMUNION, Lizeray offers her childhood self grace and hope for a brighter tomorrow.
🔗 tokosue.com/product/comm...
Cover of The Cliff
This week's #GMICAwards shortlister highlight is:
The Cliff by Manon Debaye (translated by Montana Kane), out from D&Q
Striking a resonant chord, Cliff's expressive pencil art invites meditation on love, friendship, and the cruelty of adolescence
🔗 bookshop.org/a/1457/97817...
Final panel of Diastole, featuring an image of freedom
This week's #GMICAwards shortlister highlight is:
Advocating for Diastole by doctors Ankit Mehta and Tseganesh Selameab, published in Annals of GM
Making imaginative use of BP, this comic explores power, race, and healing from medical culture
🔗 acp-prod.literatumonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cover for Muscle Memory
This week's #GMICAwards shortlister highlight is:
Muscle Memory: A Survivor's Story by Al Davison
In this sequel to his #GraphicMedicine classic, The Spiral Cage, Davison explores memory, horror, and trauma in a way that only the comics medium can.
🔗 al-davison.com
The first page of Empathy 101, which features explainer text alongside some images typical of a doctors visit
This week's #GMICAwards shortlister highlight is:
Empathy 101 by Josh Neufeld, published in The Journalist's Resource
In E101, Neufeld explores the use of various artforms in medical education by converting dense research into approachable comics
🔗 journalistsresource.org/home/empathy...
Going Remote cover
This week's #GMICAwards shortlister highlight is:
Going Remote by Adam Bessie and Peter Glanting, out from Seven Stories Press
GR follows Adam during the early days of COVID-19, while living with brain cancer & the impact of sudden remote teaching
🔗 bookshop.org/a/1457/97816...
2024 GMIC Award Shortlist image
Leading up to #GraphMed2024 in Athlone and the announcement of the 2024 GMIC Award winners, we'll be highlighting 1 of our 10 shortlisters weekly! Follow along w/ #GMICAwards!
We hope you'll buy and read these works over the next couple of months! Supporting creators is our jam!
