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They inject a human element into medicalised spaces, pushing back against data-driven, objective notions of the human condition.

From the blog ‘Mom’s Cancer’ to novellas about lupus to moving Instagram posts, comic artists are humanising illnesses.

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick  is a collection of stories about love and migration, gender and class, racism and sexism that reflect African American folk culture. Brought together for the first time in one volume, the book includes eight of Hurston’s "lost" Harlem stories, which were found in forgotten periodicals and archives. These stories challenge conceptions of Hurston as an author of rural fiction and include gems that flash with her biting, satirical humor, as well a...

Heartbeat Opera: Breathing Free $15 general public; free for UC Davis Students Breathing Free builds on Heartbeat Opera’s 2018 collaboration with 100 incarcerated singers in six prison choirs, part of a contemporary Fideliotold through the lens of Black Lives Matter. Ellen Forney: “Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me” March 1, 4 p.m., free The author of this year’s Campus Community Book Project, Forney shares a video presentation on her book, “Marbles: Mania,...

BBC News Published image copyrightGemma Correll Comics are not just about superheroes. Emily Oomen meets the artists shaping graphic medicine - a genre focused on the experience of living with illness. Ellen Forney was in her twenties and working as a professional cartoonist when she stumbled into the world of graphic medicine. The artist had been working for one of Seattles long-running newspapers The Stranger when, in 1998 and just before she turned 30, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder...

Mondavi Center announces online events The current HomeStage lineup includes: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet with Wynton Marsalis, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25. Virtual Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10. Heartbeat Opera, “Breathing Free,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20. Ellen Forney: “Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me,” 4 p.m. March 1. Jeremy Rourke: “The Exploded View From My Time Machine,” 7:30 p.m. March 13. Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez, 7:30 p.m. March 19. Alexa...

Anthology from PSU Press Graphic Medicine series combats social stigma Menopause: A Comic Treatment is a New York Times Best Graphic Novel of 2020 December 11, 2020 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The critics of the New York Times Book Review have included "Menopause: A Comic Treatment" on their year-end list of the best graphic novels of 2020. Edited by MK Czerwiec and featuring contributions from Lynda Barry, Leslie Ewing, Joyce Farmer, Ellen Forney, Teva Harrison, Ajuan Mance, Mimi Pond, and many ...

Mayor’s Corner: Lighted tree helps give us hope for the future We have reached the end of year. This time of year can be stressful for many, even without the added complications of a pandemic. This year as we try to find ways to continue to make our life moments special, I am continually inspired by the resilience of our community. As I stood in front of our holiday tree in E Street plaza, recording a message for the virtual tree lighting ceremony, I could not help but feel a little sadness f...

Campus Community Book Project all about mental health Shares It was more than a year ago when the UC Davis Campus Council on Community and Diversity chose the topic of “mental health” as the theme for the 2020-21 Campus Community Book Project. The council at that time had no way of knowing about the pandemic that would arrive in March 2020, making the “mental health” theme all the more important. UC Davis curtailed operations (except for health care), and many employees started working ...