Glossary of Comic Terms
- Glossary of Comic Book TermsComic book. Graphic novel. Trade paperback. Web comic. If you're confused by the terminology, check out this helpful glossary of comic book terms.
Further Reading
- GraphicMedicine.orgGraphic Medicine is a site that explores the interaction between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare. This website is widely considered the most comprehensive resource on the topic.
- What Makes a Comic Work in Health Care? (Mayo Clinic)MK Czerwiec (AKA the Comic Nurse) illustrates how comics work as a unique visual medium in the patient-provider relationship.
Graphic Medicine Manifesto by Call Number: Scott Library, Graphic Medicine WZ 336 G766 2015ISBN: 9780271066493Publication Date: 2015-04-22Combining scholarly essays with visual narratives and a conclusion in comics form, establishes graphic medicine as a new area of scholarship. Demonstrates that graphic medicine narratives offer patients, family members, and medical caregivers new ways to negotiate the challenges of the medical experience. Digital Version Available
- Graphic Librarian BlogReflections on librarianship, comics, and health
- How Should We Judge the Ethics of Illustrations in Graphic Medicine Novels?This essay argues that we should judge the illustrations in a graphic novel (often a memoir) in the context of the entire work. Judging a work on its emotive effects and the values it expresses, we can consider the ways a graphic novel represents the experience of illness, disability, or injury.
- The potential of educational comics as a health information medium.To investigate ways in which educational comics might provide support in dealing with feelings and attitudes towards health conditions, as well as improving understanding of factual information and to identify potential weakness of comics as a medium for health information. Methods Semi-structured interviewees with eleven university students who either had a mental or physical health condition themselves or had a family member with a health condition.