Graphic Medicine: Frontline Comic Project

Image from www.graphicmedicine.org

As I have had a lifelong love of comic books, who is also a healthcare chaplain I was so excited to come across this group, Graphic Medicine https://www.graphicmedicine.org/ I have always loved the more autobiographical works that told the stories of people’s lives and how they related with both their internal and external world. Those types of comics were always much more intriguing to me than the more traditional “super hero” narratives.

Within those types of autobiological works, through the beauty of “thought bubbles” one is able to hear the experience of others. As one who is steeped in the medical world, I have so appreciated graphic novels that engaged with this world. Within “Graphic Medicine,” one hears the thoughts and experiences of patients, doctors, nurses, etc. as they engage with the creative and cathartic of creating a comic around their experience.

In this vein, I wanted to bring forward a dialog between physicians who are also comic book artists around how they processed the experience of the pandemic through this storytelling medium. Here is the link to their work of bringing together healthcare professionals, pandemic stories and comics: https://frontlinecomicsproject.org/ https://youtu.be/eL8eCnsrxzg Enjoy!