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Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived & Well-Drawn
On Display: February 3, 2025-March 14, 2025
People have told stories of illness from the perspective of their personal experiences using many mediums. The art of comics, which combines words and pictures, gives approachability and emotional impact to these personal stories, and even to the clinical data they sometimes include. Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well Drawn! explores the meaning of an emerging genre of medical literature that combines the art of comics and the personal illness narrative.
Explore the online Exhibition Collection of graphic medicine works that are part of the resources of the National Library of Medicine.
The National Library of Medicine produced Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived &Well-Drawn! and its companion website, guest curated by artist, educator, and New York Times bestselling author Ellen Forney (Cornish College of the Arts, WA).