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Graphic Medicine

Using graphic novels to represent, educate, and advocate within the Health Sciences field.

UW Graphic Medicine Titles

An incomplete list of UW graphic medicine novels sorted by topic. Consider viewing the UW Libraries catalog to see all the latest graphic medicine novels added to the collection.

Abuse:

  • Dragonslippers: This is What an Abusive Relationship Looks Like. Rosalind B. Penfold. (Bothell, HV6626.2 .P46 2005)

Aging:

  • Special Exits: a Graphic Memoir. Joyce Farmer. (Bothell, PN6727.F357 S6 2010)
  • Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast author, artist. (HSL, WT 104 C489c 2014)
  • Displacement. Lucy Knisley. (Odegaard, PN6727.K6439 D57 2015)
  • Daytripper. Gabriel Bá, author, artist. (Odegaard, PN6790.B73 M67)
  • Mid-life: A Comic Book. Joe Ollmann. (Bothell, PN6733.O425 M53 2011)

Alcoholism:

  • The Alcoholic. Jonathan Ames, author. Dean Haspiel, artist. (Bothell, PN6727.A44 A53 2008)

Alternative Medicine:

  • Essence of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Chunjiang, Fu. (Bothell, WB 50.1 E78 2003)

Alzheimer’s:

  • Wrinkles. Paco Roca. (Bothell, PN6777.R63 R5413 2007)
  • Tangles: A Story about Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me. Sarah Leavitt. (Bothell, RC523.2 .L43 2012)

Autism:

  • Drawing Autism. Jill Mullin author, Temple Grandin writer of foreword. (Tacoma, N8356.M4 M85 2014)

Bereavement:

  • American Widow. Alissa Torres, author. Choi (Illustrator). (Bothell, HV6432.7 .T67 2008)
  • Imagine Wanting Only This. Kristen Radtke author, artist. (Odegaard, PN6727.R334 Z46)

Bipolar Disorder:

  • Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice from my Bipolar Life. Ellen Forney, author, artist. (HSL reading area. Bothell, RC516 .F67 2018)
  • Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me. Ellen Forney, author, artist. (HSL reading area.)

Breast Cancer:

  • Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person: A Memoir in Comics. Miriam Engelberg artist, author. (Bothell RC280.B8 E57 2006)
  • The Story of My Tits. Jennifer Hayden, author, artist. (Odegaard, RC280.B8 H39 2015)  
  • In-between Days: A Memoir about Living with Cancer. Teva Harrison, author, artist. (Odegaard, RC280.B8 H377 2016) 
  • Cancer Vixen: A True Story. Marisa Acocella Marchetto, author, artist. (HSL reading area, Bothell, WP 870 M317c 2006)
  • Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution. Sherine Hamdy author, Coleman Nye writer, Sarula Bao illustrator, Caroline Brewer illustrator. (Odegaard, PN6727.H27 L57)
  • About Betty’s Boob. Vero Cazot author, Julie Rocheleau artist. (Odegaard)

Cancer:

  • Our Cancer Year. Joyce Brabner. (Bothell, QZ 201 B797o 1994)
  • Mom's Cancer. Brian Fies, author, artist. (Bothell, WF 658 F466m 2006)
  • When David Lost His Voice. Judith Vanistendael, author, artist. (Odegaard, PN6790.B43 V4814 2012)  
  • The Hospital Suite. John Porcellino, artist, author. (Bothell, PN6727.P67 Z46 2014)

Child Abuse/Sexual Abuse:

  • Why I Killed Peter. Olivier Ka, author. Joe Johnson; Alfred, artist. (Odegaard, BX1912.9 .K313)
  • Take it as a Compliment. Maria Stoian, editor. (Odegaard, HV6250.4.W65 T345 2016)
  • Daddy's Girl: Comics. Debbie Drechsler. (Bothell, PN6727.D74 D33 2008)

Children’s / Young Adult Graphic Medicine:

  • The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body. David Macaulay. (Bothell, QT 104 M117 2008) –Human Physiology
  • Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas. Gwendolyn Hooks. (Suzzallo, RD99 .H66 2016) —African American Surgeon
  • Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned. Judd Winick. (Odegaard, RC607.A26 W5726 2000) –AIDS
  • Smile. Raina Telgemeier. (Bothell, PN6727.T294 S55 2010)—Dental Care. Award Winning.
  • Hole in the Heart: Bringing up Beth. Henny Beaumont. (Tacoma, RC571 .B43 2016) --Down syndrome
  • With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child. Keiko Tobe. (Odegaard, PN6790.J34 H5513 2007) --Autism
  • El Deafo. Cece Bell, David Lasky. (Suzzallo, HV2534.B44 A3 2014) —Deafness. Award Winning.
  • Inside Out: Portrait of an Eating Disorder. Nadia Shivack, author, artist. (Bothell, WM 175 S558i 2007) –Anorexia and Bulimia
  • Lucille. Ludovic Debeurme, artist, author. (Odegaard, PN6747.D43 L8313) –Anorexia, Alcoholism
  • The Tale of One Bad Rat. Bryan Talbot. (Bothell, PN6727.T35 T35 1995) –series on Sexually Abused Teenagers

Death:

  • The End. Anders Nilsen artist, author. (Tacoma,  PN6727.N56 E53 2013)

Depression:

  • Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened. Allie Brosh, author. (Odegaard, PN6727.B7572 H97).

Eating Disorder:

  • Lighter than my Shadow. Katie Green, author/illustrator. (Odegaard RC552/E18 G737 2017).

Family Relations:

  • Pretending is Lying. Dominique Goblet, author, artist. (Bothell, PN6790.B43 G627413 2017) 
  • Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. Alison Bechdel author, artist. (Tacoma, PN6727.B3757 Z46 2007)
  • Killing and Dying: Six Stories. Adrian Tomine, author, illustrator. (Bothell, PN6727.T64 K55 2015)
  • Late Bloomer. Carol Tyler, R. Crumb. (Bothell, PN6727.T95 L38 2005)

Gender Identity:

  • Queer: a graphic history. Meg-John Barker, author. Julia Scheele, author. (Bothell, HQ76.25 .B37 2016)
  • No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics. Justin Hall. (Bothell, PN6720 .N6 2012)

Graphic Medicine:

  • The Walking Med: Zombies and the Medical Image. Lorenzo Servitje and Sherryl Vint editors. (Suzzallo, RA418 .W35 2016)

Human Trafficking:

  • Threadbare: Clothes, Sex, & Trafficking. Anne Elizabeth Moore, author. (Tacoma, HD9940.A2 M656 2016)

Infertility:

  • The Facts of Life. Paula Knight, author, artist. (Odegaard, RG201 .K57 2017)

Nurse-Patient Relations:

  • Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371. MK (MaryKay) Czerwiec author, artist. (Odegaard RC606.6 .C97 2017) 

Transgender:

  • Transposes. Dylan Edwards author, illustrator. (Bothell, HQ77.7 .E39 2012)

War Exposure:

  • The Photographer. Emmanuel Guibert Didier Lefèvre. (Tacoma, PN6747.G85 P4613 2009)

Non-UW Graphic Medicine Titles

Other Graphic Medicine titles that are not currently owned by the UW-Libraries system.
Titles can still be made available by requesting through Interlibrary Loan.

Aging and Alzheimer's:

  • Things to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park… (End of life care),  Aneurin Wright
  • Aliceheimer's: Alzheimer's through the Looking Glass, Dana Walrath
  • These Memories Won't Last (Dementia), Stuart Campbell

Cancer:

  • Relatively Indolent but Relentless (Cancer treatment), Matt Freedman
  • Janet and Me: An Illustrated Story of Love and Loss (Breast cancer), Stan Mack
  • Stitches (Thyroid cancer), David Small

Epilepsy: 

  • Epileptic,  David Beauchard​                                                                               

HIV:

  • Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story, Frederik Peeters
  • Pedro and Me, Judd Winick

In-vitro Fertilization:

  • One Good Egg, Suzy Becker

OCD:

  • Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary, Justin Green
  • The Hospital Suite, John Porcellino

Parkinson's Disease:

  • My Degeneration, Peter Dunlap-Shohl

Spina Bifida:

  • The Spiral Cage, Al Davison

Weight Loss:

  • The Big Skinny, Carol Lay