tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76099548761452510352024-03-11T15:34:20.246-07:00KriotaWeltA pun, a world, an inflammation, the blog of Kriota Willberg. Welcome to my Welt!Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-74387346296070157232024-03-11T15:33:00.000-07:002024-03-11T15:33:36.659-07:00CADAVER CHRONICLES MEMOIR SERIES<div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">WHY WRITE A MEMOIR ABOUT MY RELATIONSHIP TO DEAD BODIES?</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KKJrYQtr-ZWUeZBRdkZWt02JS5Gg9hWTFbNJmia4GuLsK72Zj9gcyFxqizpW97UCl7vW9CPV1X0M588YchGFYs88DqVlEaW-Zpp3I3NI6j77gwzPSNMKBJtUw4RWjtRcmpVxYuDF-O5cCKFUEmjv43jggSPt1VZXAQ4gyJCHv2k65GUQ2vV5pwOmN8dm/s11400/34%201200dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="11400" data-original-width="7800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KKJrYQtr-ZWUeZBRdkZWt02JS5Gg9hWTFbNJmia4GuLsK72Zj9gcyFxqizpW97UCl7vW9CPV1X0M588YchGFYs88DqVlEaW-Zpp3I3NI6j77gwzPSNMKBJtUw4RWjtRcmpVxYuDF-O5cCKFUEmjv43jggSPt1VZXAQ4gyJCHv2k65GUQ2vV5pwOmN8dm/w438-h640/34%201200dpi.jpg" width="438" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><i>Excerpt from <b>Cadaver Chronicles Episode #2</b> by K. Willberg. </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><i>I'm remembering my love of anatomy related to dancing.</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">I teach a drawing class in a cadaver lab. This dream job inspired me to make <i><b>Cadaver Chronicles</b></i>, a philosophical, occasionally explicit, and sometimes poignant and funny graphic memoir about childhood, anatomy, death, dying, healthcare, art, food, and relationships.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>For artists, healthcare workers, scientists, and scholars, the study of actual human bodies affects how we perceive the dead and gives us context for reflection on the deaths of others and ourselves. For me, every living creature has an anatomical identity. For many, anatomy is not only an area of scientific knowledge and technical specificity, it’s a lifestyle!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I've already written and drafted roughly 200 pages illustrated with comics as well as 20 years of drawings from my sketchbooks. What kind of sketchbook drawing? My sketches from the cadaver lab where I teach, figure drawings where I anatomized the live models (just for fun!), animal sketches including an anatomized kitten, comparative anatomy sketches where I turn animal skeletons into people, general sketches of bodies, some bones, and even some dancers. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b><u>EPISODE #1</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxwApXCNkXhIAHUMyeBoNn4Ly-RWTqdKZERfGRbTQYUiiBMx3nvfFsckWu1EfSaY8MulxZpkMBUwlxBp16ChcsSAg9tsBP4bJPOEksybo926cfCeEta9nb4h-VbByVPpXRA8i8DXS9nK4rfK44GTFX87TQxoqZduAWmMdO6pOaeD8WJsnI3iR9EY3x1MO/s11400/0%20Front%20COVER.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="11400" data-original-width="7800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxwApXCNkXhIAHUMyeBoNn4Ly-RWTqdKZERfGRbTQYUiiBMx3nvfFsckWu1EfSaY8MulxZpkMBUwlxBp16ChcsSAg9tsBP4bJPOEksybo926cfCeEta9nb4h-VbByVPpXRA8i8DXS9nK4rfK44GTFX87TQxoqZduAWmMdO6pOaeD8WJsnI3iR9EY3x1MO/s320/0%20Front%20COVER.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><br /> Here's the cover of this 24 page episode. I drew it from a selfie and anatomized my face. That's my spouse, cartoonist <a href="https://www.rsikoryak.com" target="_blank">R. Sikoryak</a> in the background. He's been tolerating my fascination with bodies for 30 years!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">This first episode starts with the book's prologue about how I was terrified of death as a child. So much so that driving by a cemetery with a friend when I was 10 terrified me. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">How could I remember that? By gazing at my sketches and following a chain of flashbacks from my trip to the Paris Catacombs at 50, through a series of events taking me back to the cemetery. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Then Episode #1 gets into Chapter 1 of the book.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Highlights include my father getting me very interested in animals and anatomy. So much so that one day, he brought me a bullfrog from the biology department on the campus where he was a professor. We dissected it in the basement together.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Dad was so encouraging that he was totally supportive when a friend and I started hanging out a a local veterinary clinic. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Obviously, a childhood of catching wildlife, dissecting frogs, and assisting in the medical and surgical treatment of animals began to soften and moderate my fear of death.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Here are a few pages and excerpted panels.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDCHKsDeLl7cZViElAoZAWmRzR47lPQMfx-uPueEE9F66tGRpB5NfX6_6pkzK2XteFSEjKdKZ3DsSNtxh6_vFsoEWr-J9s9ffD9B4eab9-Pp_nnrcEfSJ6-ftZrb78UWmQKOLnF-eVlDGF0kZkNOf1SDHs_NWZpvMMqq4zzpOLL8cnj6R68df1fVa05ZT/s5700/01%20PROLOGUE%20DEATH%20AND%20ME.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Interested in browsing a copy? If you live in New York or New Jersey, I'll be selling them this Saturday and Sunday, March 16-17th at <a href="https://www.moccafest.org">MoCCA Fest</a> in Manhattan, sponsored by the Society of Illustrators.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>A description and samples of Episode #2 will be posted next!</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJz-YY7umuj0ri-vCs0VYoQv_o9Q8qf0HVG_FwAnDlKFSvLBUI4JJXznc397VyX6EVsOLKN3Z-KkkcjqXMEWiEKkfBjTzBYF1NnjpzuWawq-2NWp3N9b6y8V7IBKMh5OcVKUQuWR_81_qzuPpGO7gzE6ZEB3ZT6WzuWP619oiqK-kb_SdZUwczK-OBnZc6/s3219/24%20%20at%20vet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-23715591329997916792022-08-29T15:12:00.001-07:002022-08-29T15:12:18.839-07:00FALL 2022 EVENTS<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">I love the fall. The weather cools down, the trees turn color, and we all get busier. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">SEPTEMBER 3, 11AM-6PM </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/bigmilkcontent/?hl=en" target="_blank">BMX/BIG MILK EXPO</a> Zine Fair—<b>FREE!</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">at The City Reliquary, 370 Metropolitan Avenue (outdoors)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">I will be selling my minicomics including my latest releases, “Name the Villaine” and “Cadaver Diaries."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihj0OEfPCcZGk2jSwagjM9aK6THUiqTknAMwln7mGl5WPC4BP6o-5iOGAxH-JYPFQ4sG7nojOI6qvAKH3u3svdMCmKGVbi4ePbjyU-AD8GV9JUqYREHkd7UlAYXr9ZyHwmc6Cqg_pEH0xmkMOj5F44hZ356A3wHIXoahM6I2pcBSI6fF2I1WSU1nUmdg/s4200/bmx2%20poster.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4200" data-original-width="4200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihj0OEfPCcZGk2jSwagjM9aK6THUiqTknAMwln7mGl5WPC4BP6o-5iOGAxH-JYPFQ4sG7nojOI6qvAKH3u3svdMCmKGVbi4ePbjyU-AD8GV9JUqYREHkd7UlAYXr9ZyHwmc6Cqg_pEH0xmkMOj5F44hZ356A3wHIXoahM6I2pcBSI6fF2I1WSU1nUmdg/s320/bmx2%20poster.png" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">SEPTEMBER</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"> 17-18</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.smallpressexpo.com" target="_blank">SPX/SMALL PRESS EXPO</a></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center, Bethesda, Maryland</span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">I will be selling minicomics at Table I14 and presenting a self-care for cartoonists workshop.</span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJetg7O2F__yL2H1MG_IvmiAwDw7NVPkWpMihnJxZ2pa4hGtKJUczoxHexKugmj65_edtfxhaPzb_O82rfAtJpUKkZ7QhAv9PseBMt4005LBqVoi-NpZuF8-9Z7R24lcLgot_dbxi3cyyUAnd4A3upAlfAH2P_wB-NJt4OAY5IVH5dUb1veHQAUA-xg/s3060/KWillberg%202022b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="2825" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJetg7O2F__yL2H1MG_IvmiAwDw7NVPkWpMihnJxZ2pa4hGtKJUczoxHexKugmj65_edtfxhaPzb_O82rfAtJpUKkZ7QhAv9PseBMt4005LBqVoi-NpZuF8-9Z7R24lcLgot_dbxi3cyyUAnd4A3upAlfAH2P_wB-NJt4OAY5IVH5dUb1veHQAUA-xg/w295-h320/KWillberg%202022b.jpg" title="My latest author head shot!" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><i>My latest author head shot!</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">SEPTEMBER 20 7:00-8:30PM ET</span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://societyillustrators.org/event/medical-education/" target="_blank">THE VISUAL ARTS AND GRAPHIC MEDICINE IN MEDICAL EDUCATION</a> Zoom panel hosted by the Society of Illustrators.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Here's the description of the panel--</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 39); color: #141827;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>The incorporation of arts/humanities education is a growing trend in the training of healthcare professionals. Many medical schools are offering arts and humanities elective courses and opportunities for deeper engagement within these areas. This panel (of physicians, artists, students, cartoonists, and educators) will explore the clinical, interpersonal, professional, and practice-based skill benefits of these interdisciplinary arts programs. They will describe their roles in arts-based medical education, share their creative work, and investigate the influence of the artist on medical culture</i>. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #141827; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 39);">The panelists are all people I know from my artist residency at the Master Scholars Program in Humanistic Medicine at NYU Langone Grossman school of medicine. Artist Laura Ferguson was the </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 39);">Inaugural AIR in the MSPHM and developed the brilliant Art and Anatomy class offered at NYU. Katie Grogan co-directed the medical humanities program at NYU for 10 years. Emily Yin, Michael Natter, and Michael Shen are very talented doctors and cartoonists. And there's me.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #141827; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">The plan is that we share information valuable to everyone--artists interested in teaching or working in medical settings; medical educators who would like to instigate arts programing in their departments; students, staff, and healthcare providers curious about the content of these classes; healthcare practitioners who also have a creative practice; plus anyone else who is curious.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3JmNM61U5wyX68Sf-_McH8i60UcietmGCj2ksnH55z_Lxz3jmKEQGQAIaRSb6w-tWHGbci0Hl_BECpy8cZdLQeAT6-AiGWOkuHCzUw4U6AUcHHB8c5YgVmZCFBTbW9GnkqFKELrZBP9zzp0etDixJngS9f0_bjpQCiVa8wm0L88-pm5u0jdNQhYLXg/s1982/Robot1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1982" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3JmNM61U5wyX68Sf-_McH8i60UcietmGCj2ksnH55z_Lxz3jmKEQGQAIaRSb6w-tWHGbci0Hl_BECpy8cZdLQeAT6-AiGWOkuHCzUw4U6AUcHHB8c5YgVmZCFBTbW9GnkqFKELrZBP9zzp0etDixJngS9f0_bjpQCiVa8wm0L88-pm5u0jdNQhYLXg/w400-h183/Robot1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><i>An image from my in-progress book.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #141827; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #141827; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 39);">OCTOBER 6-9</span></span></p><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org/?page_id=5264 ">CXC/CARTOON CROSSROADS COLUMBUS</a></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">In and around Columbus Ohio. See site for specific event locations.</span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">I will be selling minicomics and presenting a self-care for cartoonists workshop.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Between these events, working on my book, and teaching, I'm going to be super busy through Thanksgiving!</span></p><p><span style="color: #141827; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 39); color: #141827;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><h1 class="tribe-events-single-event-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tec-color-text-event-title); font-family: var(--tec-font-family-sans-serif); font-size: var(--tec-font-size-10); font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: var(--tec-font-weight-bold); line-height: var(--tec-line-height-0); margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></h1>Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-25428857805711188162021-02-06T14:44:00.004-08:002021-02-16T08:13:24.972-08:00GRAPHIC MEDICINE CONFAB - STUDY GUIDES!<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">FEBRUARY CONFAB</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">As you probably already know, </span><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://kriotawelt.blogspot.com/search/label/Graphic%20medicine%20CONFAB"><i>The Graphic Medicine Confab</i></a> is a roundtable conversation focusing on the challenges and techniques of making graphic medicine: comics about everything and anything to do with health, medicine, illness and our bodies. Each meeting has a theme and a facilitator and there's NO CHARGE! </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Here's info about our next 'Fab. (Not just for graphic medicine makers!)</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>COMICS STUDY GUIDES! WHAT ARE THEY? WHY CREATE THEM?</b></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Comics are becoming popular classroom media for use by students from kindergarten to doctorate programs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSK6Nx1UbF8g3YOqlhJZDSU2I7RLU7PCOKLWMcKNzrsqms_65GGOqI6es7_H4pw5N_pW5l4F5IJigzQmZUDnfWCONlhlnPd69eYgth7Mz2td1rOzrljGAmPi1mbPKk0LWpjG4AAOhb1l_v/s2048/Quince+bilingual.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1664" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSK6Nx1UbF8g3YOqlhJZDSU2I7RLU7PCOKLWMcKNzrsqms_65GGOqI6es7_H4pw5N_pW5l4F5IJigzQmZUDnfWCONlhlnPd69eYgth7Mz2td1rOzrljGAmPi1mbPKk0LWpjG4AAOhb1l_v/w260-h320/Quince+bilingual.jpg" width="260" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><i>Quince: The Definitive Bilingual Edition</i> with a <br /><a href="http://www.fanbasepress.com/index.php/audio/podcasts/the-fanbase-weekly/item/10874-fanbase-feature-an-interview-with-dr-theresa-rojas-on-the-quince-study-guide-and-integrating-inclusive-comics-into-the-classroom">study guide by Theresa Rojas!</a> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Educational graphic medicine subjects include genetics, gender studies, race and racism, bioethics, patient experiences, epidemiology, violence, mental health, incarceration, and so much more. Comics about these topics can teach fact and theory, share lived experience, or provide thought-provoking narratives in a variety of formats. You might be making educational graphic medicine comics without realizing it!</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Do you make comics that could be used in a classroom? If so, you might want some tips on ways to promote your work as (not just fantastically entertaining but also) educational. One way to inspire educators to use your comics in the classroom is to make study guides for your books. What is a study guide, you ask? Come to the GM Confab and find out.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Are you an educator interested in connecting with cartoonists and using more comics in the classroom? If so, you may want to share in the Confab conversation about study guides.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Wednesday, February 17 2021 at 5pm PT/8pm ET </i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">NO CHARGE!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="https://www.theresarojas.com">Dr. Theresa Rojas</a></b> joins the Graphic Medicine Confab facilitators <a href="http://www.georgiawebber.com">Georgia Webber</a>, <a href="https://www.joelchristiangill.com">Joel Christian Gill</a>, <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/benjamin-schwartz">Benjamin Schwartz</a>, Kriota Willberg, and YOU, to talk all about study guides: what they are, how they are used, where to find them, how to make them, and more!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Join us to contribute ideas, ask questions, get feedback, and share resources.</span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">Fill out this <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSei34BvV6TvKK_16HgqiIuZznQkA7wLVUCdgcwxjkvGalKTxQ/viewform">Google Form</a></b> </span><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">and we will send you the Zoom invite.</span> </span></o:p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9VQKaxV6iTCk_bv3saYAJp6B1QyXDHJUJauX5G4JYPFB5wBYuvfb5yiZEQIJHrSMJE5HxFoy6_R6-s1a-1tvZq13iB2XAGTY0Yq4gLC6uYB54WqZhk7B2eYSJUca8153_6dMkLe_YIUa/s2048/T+Rojas+1.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9VQKaxV6iTCk_bv3saYAJp6B1QyXDHJUJauX5G4JYPFB5wBYuvfb5yiZEQIJHrSMJE5HxFoy6_R6-s1a-1tvZq13iB2XAGTY0Yq4gLC6uYB54WqZhk7B2eYSJUca8153_6dMkLe_YIUa/s320/T+Rojas+1.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">The 'Fab Dr. Theresa Rojas!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>Dr. Theresa Rojas</b> is a Professor of English and Professor of Ethnic studies at Modesto Junior College, who teaches literature, creative writing, composition, and comparative media, with a speciality in post-1945 Comics Studies and Visual Culture. She is an Academic Senator and the Founding Director of the <a href="https://www.latinxcomicartsfest.com/ "><b><i>Latinx Comic Arts Festival</i></b>.</a> LCAF is the California Central Valley's international celebration of Latinx comic arts creators and friends, highlighting Latinx cartoonists, writers, animators, artists, and comic arts educators. She serves on the Executive Board of the Graphic Medicine International Collective and is developing a number of projects focusing on the intersection of Latinxs and graphic medicine. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">See you on the 17th!</span></p>Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-64963445764533087332020-11-29T14:06:00.006-08:002020-11-29T14:06:50.956-08:00HOLIDAY SHOPPING 2020<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b> 'TIS THE SEASON!</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTL1aQcfyjMcZmVNFCAz-KaBwSA9n_q5mMs5fIZVO5Q5y4FexrxZc_VegSNFXjkUaN0bw7vKsYpwUEmk-rQGp43EbsvS8dUiCD17yZnhnY7MKfQxVcuZ7dlxW1lT_bO9fBTgZlYA1LJS9/s2048/IMG_9518.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1361" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTL1aQcfyjMcZmVNFCAz-KaBwSA9n_q5mMs5fIZVO5Q5y4FexrxZc_VegSNFXjkUaN0bw7vKsYpwUEmk-rQGp43EbsvS8dUiCD17yZnhnY7MKfQxVcuZ7dlxW1lT_bO9fBTgZlYA1LJS9/w133-h200/IMG_9518.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Thanksgiving is over! Now we have entered <i>The Holiday Shopping Zone</i>! (Ominous music would play here if I had the tech for it.) What do you get for colleague, friend, or loved one with a charming geek/eclectic interest in graphic medicine, anatomy, pandemic compliance, crafting AND fashion -- put together?!?</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Here are some possibilities, mostly UNDER $20.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>FACE MASKS AND T-SHIRTS</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Go to <a href="http://Kriota.Threadless.com">Kriota.Threadless.com</a> for anatomically whimsical <i>Napping Cat</i> shirts, using an illustration from the <i>Cat Friends...</i> mini comic listed below. Click the links on the <i>Threadless</i> site for many styles and colors. Prices vary with style.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7Pz1iCSYIid-0FVHJ8F8LIpxIG12anCMbaCdDDJrfJCCSM3hJRYQ9htnrI5jo0rW2BPQsDElsCFOlB8Evp1Pw6T7rbc3Qkp75Al7iSUhF_uJidZBD1reX-T43zqBqIoXb2lX3kzafHPN/s2048/Kriota+dot+threadless+exmas2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1566" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7Pz1iCSYIid-0FVHJ8F8LIpxIG12anCMbaCdDDJrfJCCSM3hJRYQ9htnrI5jo0rW2BPQsDElsCFOlB8Evp1Pw6T7rbc3Qkp75Al7iSUhF_uJidZBD1reX-T43zqBqIoXb2lX3kzafHPN/s320/Kriota+dot+threadless+exmas2020.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>"I 💜 your Lungs"</i> <i>face masks</i>, modeled by Miriam Leuchter,</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98gLaeR0PVu_bOVIkkTf95ZqkghhNRZ15r0m4qne-p3LQplJprxtwYMDce5TUVKVV5h0Ci_lr8DKPPgB41Tjh_QTGkEooL7w-ijaFw1YR57hDm2bNfoKXEZP1BxjnE9BJE38IrhM6qE3D/s642/Miram-Leuchter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; font-family: verdana; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="642" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98gLaeR0PVu_bOVIkkTf95ZqkghhNRZ15r0m4qne-p3LQplJprxtwYMDce5TUVKVV5h0Ci_lr8DKPPgB41Tjh_QTGkEooL7w-ijaFw1YR57hDm2bNfoKXEZP1BxjnE9BJE38IrhM6qE3D/w320-h213/Miram-Leuchter.jpg" title="Modeled by Miriam Leuchter" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">or <i>Crabby, Minigolf</i>, or blue <i>Rose Hip</i> face masks are also available on my <a href="https://kriota.threadless.com">Threadless shop</a>. There are a variety of mask types to choose from. I HIGHLY recommend only double layer or thicker masks and gaiters. Prices vary with style.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>SELF-CARE FOR DESK-BOUND CREATIVES</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38wYZZ__-p-afQv5Dj3aL83KrBdZBVH0_HpuVPxTRsDcfgj_2YftsP4m8X6Wkmsbk8ZrQhT7MTOIFvNXuCznWjV45bfQMBAjunuNnP3PLWTJ-c8oKA-R5YEpRnAGsyLcbhlZ4Yj8wnuT2/s1560/1Willberg+draw_stronger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38wYZZ__-p-afQv5Dj3aL83KrBdZBVH0_HpuVPxTRsDcfgj_2YftsP4m8X6Wkmsbk8ZrQhT7MTOIFvNXuCznWjV45bfQMBAjunuNnP3PLWTJ-c8oKA-R5YEpRnAGsyLcbhlZ4Yj8wnuT2/w128-h200/1Willberg+draw_stronger.jpg" width="128" /></a></span><a href="https://uncivilizedbooks.com/draw/">DRAW STRONGER: SELF-CARE FOR CARTOONISTS AND OTHER VISUAL ARTISTS</a> is <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">a comprehensive self-care guide for artists interested in preventing repetitive stress injuries and sustaining a pain free life long drawing practice. It's the</span> perfect gift for artists, writers, and creative workers spending long hours focused on making small scale projects. I've also received a lot of praise for the book from people working at home in less creative areas during the pandemic! Let's face it - now that we're struggling with a pandemic we are all focusing on small scale projects for hours a day. Between the time we spend drawing, texting, needle working, mask sewing, painting, game playing, and laptopping, this book may be for <i>everyone in the world</i>. Price $16.95</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>XMAS COMICS</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6HkD2E19Zv9Dhuz7RQGkaJgiAaT1ubZj0bxqVfg5xmJAuOFrvJ0PMSBRBrqdmmOIAUB3i70od5XGCVm3gm2_ksFgaQup3YoZiMCHpzbiSRPt53Qs2XzlOOqxCxNwKNF4a-EZVXkSJXzD/s1000/5Willberg+S+and+L+xmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="1000" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6HkD2E19Zv9Dhuz7RQGkaJgiAaT1ubZj0bxqVfg5xmJAuOFrvJ0PMSBRBrqdmmOIAUB3i70od5XGCVm3gm2_ksFgaQup3YoZiMCHpzbiSRPt53Qs2XzlOOqxCxNwKNF4a-EZVXkSJXzD/w300-h227/5Willberg+S+and+L+xmas.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://birdcage-bottom-books.myshopify.com/products/stubb-leskis-catsmas">Stubb and Leski's Catsmas</a> can't be found on my Artists Page on the Birdcage Bottom Books site (for <br />some wacky reason) but click on the link for a description of this adorable stocking stuffer of a mini comic! Is it really graphic medicine? Well...maybe incidentally since our adorable cat heroes are amputees. But the book is not about disability. It's about a pair of cats looking for the perfect Christmas gift for their humans. Read the comic via this <a href="https://kriotawillberg.tumblr.com/post/…">link</a> before you consider giving this book to young children. <i>Mewy Catsmas! </i>It's $6.00.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">You can visit my <a href="https://www.birdcagebottombooks.com/collections/artist-willberg-kriota">Artists Page at Birdcage Bottom</a> for the following and more!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>ANATOMY COMICS</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhODuAmC3PECcvPukb4al6AYG__66DFeT8RuvHWsmnp1Glat8LQ3bu45Eyjewy6tWKi-6fvr_uKDgUhf8J6V5rAoHGmLH5wNzCNA63qh1LcKa5YH8AuV-9rb3LIlTnrrAs9pAize-360n55/s1522/4Willberg+Cat+Friends+cvr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhODuAmC3PECcvPukb4al6AYG__66DFeT8RuvHWsmnp1Glat8LQ3bu45Eyjewy6tWKi-6fvr_uKDgUhf8J6V5rAoHGmLH5wNzCNA63qh1LcKa5YH8AuV-9rb3LIlTnrrAs9pAize-360n55/w131-h200/4Willberg+Cat+Friends+cvr.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Pair up a <i>Napping Cat </i>anatomical T-shirt with <a href="https://birdcage-bottom-books.myshopify.com/collections/artist-willberg-kriota/products/cat-friends-bird-acquantances-and-their-human-furniture">Cat Friends, Bird Acquaintances, and Their Human Furniture</a>. <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(60, 36, 21); color: #3c2415;">My cat Leski came up with the idea for this book while I was working on a project for Movement Science Made Simple.</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(60, 36, 21); color: #3c2415;"> Think of this comic as </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(60, 36, 21); color: #3c2415;">as a neo-anatomist picture book! It's $6.00<br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5pu4jDKY6Ln5h2dO_dbMp6fvvHpBOtvtJR18GVDxGeoJTeOdbYblPPTfBCT5yZVvuPtEDU3QKh3MBBThd29Hc226mjIVFN0su2dVzpL8GYSzDmzWOggNGyQ43dwAjWCJKCNXNBtowLSM/s800/Willberg+Cadaver+D+frt+cv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="800" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5pu4jDKY6Ln5h2dO_dbMp6fvvHpBOtvtJR18GVDxGeoJTeOdbYblPPTfBCT5yZVvuPtEDU3QKh3MBBThd29Hc226mjIVFN0su2dVzpL8GYSzDmzWOggNGyQ43dwAjWCJKCNXNBtowLSM/w200-h144/Willberg+Cadaver+D+frt+cv.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://birdcage-bottom-books.myshopify.com/collections/artist-willberg-kriota/products/cadaver-diaries">Cadaver Diaries </a>is my latest publication. Perfect for anatomy students, bioethicists, massage therapists, and people interested in human dissection, i.e. practically everybody! 😉 The illustrations are from sketches I made in cadaver labs between 2004 and 2019. $10.00 <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://birdcage-bottom-books.myshopify.com/collections/artist-willberg-kriota/products/anatomical-triangles-of-the-neck-a-selection-of-love-stories"></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEu4UZ_PiJ5cUM2DbBVS0XdjDUrRzBtCcp3HVNLn50j_6Yphyv6njVkOTXwBajx-YvM9PXVoILsrAK1tVYX3FYDFiazZPiI9pZTkaWIdnQHgIYtxHd1lYOnkFU97Mqrh86heh_nKP1TcQM/s825/Willberg_Triangles_CVR+sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="638" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEu4UZ_PiJ5cUM2DbBVS0XdjDUrRzBtCcp3HVNLn50j_6Yphyv6njVkOTXwBajx-YvM9PXVoILsrAK1tVYX3FYDFiazZPiI9pZTkaWIdnQHgIYtxHd1lYOnkFU97Mqrh86heh_nKP1TcQM/w154-h200/Willberg_Triangles_CVR+sm.jpg" width="154" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Anatomical Triangles Of The Neck: a selection of love stories take the reader through diagrams of muscular anatomical triangles found in (my) neck, accompanied by short narratives about lovers triangles. Only $3.00</span><p></p><p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg96T8HCU0xVftNlJ3LRHSI5E-15SkPm9wzizxBx7iaiUKdOb0Gh8g9t0s0ZNJV6-BEK7zIB2snnzSVNHuZldctRpruU7WGNMMJE7uZ29l9jpbIfuTGwcPPMv4xr-3q8Ic1MOpJMbI6Soc/s600/Embroider_cover01-frontSM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="388" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg96T8HCU0xVftNlJ3LRHSI5E-15SkPm9wzizxBx7iaiUKdOb0Gh8g9t0s0ZNJV6-BEK7zIB2snnzSVNHuZldctRpruU7WGNMMJE7uZ29l9jpbIfuTGwcPPMv4xr-3q8Ic1MOpJMbI6Soc/w129-h200/Embroider_cover01-frontSM.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>FEMINIST COMICS FOR ANY GENDER</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Go to my <a href="https://birdcage-bottom-books.myshopify.com/collections/artist-willberg-kriota">Artist Page</a> for all my comics about gender, "women's work" like embroidery, and unethical research on enslaved women. Some books are all three topics blended together.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Embroidery Lab: The Medical History Nerd's Introduction to Medical Needlework</i>. $4.00<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqjGxuBu2MQHM2gQF1neYzXEMI5LKGcJYVuBKPJFcmRD8SC7oPywOXff4Q6Pl9T_t6Cho4Q3K8LG56_EeUlsClLY6pYRu2NjoSI118D9rn4bCAjlPOm8mhrA7ynMrew5HkWUkxArLymr0/s1370/2Willberg+SilverWirecvr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqjGxuBu2MQHM2gQF1neYzXEMI5LKGcJYVuBKPJFcmRD8SC7oPywOXff4Q6Pl9T_t6Cho4Q3K8LG56_EeUlsClLY6pYRu2NjoSI118D9rn4bCAjlPOm8mhrA7ynMrew5HkWUkxArLymr0/w146-h200/2Willberg+SilverWirecvr.jpg" width="146" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Silver Wire</i> has the honor of being listed on the <a href="http://www.ala.org/rt/gncrt/-black-lives-matter-comics-reading-lists ">BCALA and the ALA Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table: Black Lives Matter Reading List.</a> $10.00</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5f8JRBO1yIqGz__VRRA5QsGoU2iv7aehIPt7vKRQG-sld6dfSSQYcmeNVv1ZdSInEuKg7tCcboTmo1mK8KhYo_4zm1itEaEMQv_jNAhJHY6Iwi7E-CtVRNIbFOP6ole55clYv-BawfDlA/s1556/3Willberg+Wandering+uterus+cvr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5f8JRBO1yIqGz__VRRA5QsGoU2iv7aehIPt7vKRQG-sld6dfSSQYcmeNVv1ZdSInEuKg7tCcboTmo1mK8KhYo_4zm1itEaEMQv_jNAhJHY6Iwi7E-CtVRNIbFOP6ole55clYv-BawfDlA/w129-h200/3Willberg+Wandering+uterus+cvr.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://birdcage-bottom-books.myshopify.com/collections/artist-willberg-kriota/products/the-wandering-uterus">The Wandering Uterus: Furor Uterinus and contemporary applications of ancient medical wisdom</a>. The title says it all, doesn't it? This <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(60, 36, 21); color: #3c2415;">mini comic explores a diagnostic standard of women's medicine that was honored by the medical profession, across the ("known") world for millennia! Learn about the scope of diseases caused by the wandering uterus! $5.00</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(60, 36, 21); color: #3c2415;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(60, 36, 21); color: #3c2415;">The perfect gifts for the graphic medicine/anatomy buff/bioethicist/needleworkers in your life!! Happy Holidays!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p>Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-7478069665034424412020-10-24T14:33:00.000-07:002021-02-13T14:03:18.802-08:00CADAVER DIARIES<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-s1NMjohmoiUy5bBru_NtKe84YG_MQYYEX0jauIZxO2SuHqbPJZkLRHYqjTj6O06HXDuyKhZ_RRFyj5xkhLqmgLYzTiGqzTLVpfmu_jWNDsrySThKWpIMhhMtSiT_JNyZYlgMkO4Vgvq/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="800" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-s1NMjohmoiUy5bBru_NtKe84YG_MQYYEX0jauIZxO2SuHqbPJZkLRHYqjTj6O06HXDuyKhZ_RRFyj5xkhLqmgLYzTiGqzTLVpfmu_jWNDsrySThKWpIMhhMtSiT_JNyZYlgMkO4Vgvq/w400-h288/Willberg+Cadaver+D+frt+cv.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">WARNING! IF SKETCHED IMAGES OF DEAD AND DISSECTED HUMAN BODIES ARE DISTURBING TO YOU THEN DON'T READ THIS POST!!! I MEAN IT. - KW</span></i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">ANATOMY AND CADAVERS</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">As you probably already know, a detailed study of human anatomy doesn't necessarily require us to partake in the dissection of cadavers. With in-depth reading materials, exceptional illustrations, incredible anatomy apps that can show you layers of anatomical structures rendered three dimensionally, and a willing living human body at hand to practice palpation upon, you can meet educational requirements for many fitness, health science, and artistic professions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IsWPMC6XAo5dwr4fFjhzau9a-oYkaz2IARi2s4AIg279Lrn5AFeUh_sVXIOcgJFKmZLVF6cLANZsolCkv6XdUFmi9ez76VOvnEDzpJp7olKqdw-FzOUmiRK0HxIIzL0AYFTiyEDIo8IQ/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="800" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IsWPMC6XAo5dwr4fFjhzau9a-oYkaz2IARi2s4AIg279Lrn5AFeUh_sVXIOcgJFKmZLVF6cLANZsolCkv6XdUFmi9ez76VOvnEDzpJp7olKqdw-FzOUmiRK0HxIIzL0AYFTiyEDIo8IQ/" width="320" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Even so, I've had the fortune of studying anatomy in and out of cadaver labs for almost 40 years. (Wow!) My latest affiliation with an anatomy lab was last year as a co-teacher with artist Laura Ferguson in her Art And Anatomy drawing classes at NYU. She has been teaching this class for years and it is an amazing experience. For more about the class, visit the <a href="https://artandanatomy.com" target="_blank"><i>Art And Anatomy</i></a> website. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(For more about my adventures teaching graphic medicine seminars through </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">in <a href="https://med.nyu.edu/education/md-degree/current-md-students/master-scholars-program-humanistic-medicine">The Master Scholars Program in Humanistic Medicine</a> at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, visit this <a href="http://kriotawelt.blogspot.com/2019/07/graphic-medicine-at-nyu-school-of.html">blogpost</a>.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">ANATOMY AND DEATH</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Conversations last fall with Laura and with NYU faculty about anatomic, artistic, and healthcare education gave me a lot of time to think about my relationships to bodies, anatomy, art, and death over the last 40 years. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I spent very fulfilling quiet time in the lab sketching and examining bodies, watching students draw, and thinking about the professional and personal growth that repeated exposure to death and dying has provoked over the course of my lifetime. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXT_Q-52kmx1HhuKY-m_NfYgxJM87JASFpWxq2bKZjFdwVh-AmmQEGWwyDqn7wU4sDpnCEQId5AvO3HYHDiF94WW3Z59Ref6FRpyM0j1A5dgMgiMY66VDiJkXPn9itDaMLyKSCd10bCz-/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="800" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXT_Q-52kmx1HhuKY-m_NfYgxJM87JASFpWxq2bKZjFdwVh-AmmQEGWwyDqn7wU4sDpnCEQId5AvO3HYHDiF94WW3Z59Ref6FRpyM0j1A5dgMgiMY66VDiJkXPn9itDaMLyKSCd10bCz-/" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">In January started looking at my last 16 years of figure drawings and cadaver sketches. I thought about my work as a massage therapist with seriously ill and dying patients and friends. I thought about the death of my father. I thought about my new relationship to the cadavers in the lab: I was there as an artist instead of health sciences student or teacher. Wow! What a change in perspective.</span></span><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Of course the inevitable happened - I made a graphic memoir about my life with cadavers, illustrated exclusively from my sketchbooks. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">ANATOMY AND LIFE</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I really got into drawing faces in the lab. I started to like some of the cadavers more than others. Obviously they had no say in my perception of our relationship, but I started to think of these bodies as my friends!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yDtLd6by38qz6it2JJUuMtriZMUDWrGcwexnhhLzhjZt4uLxN7TSh1CEU_qQutpWhd7dGxKdlWMvl4UbG-r6KL2JYKJgV1o791pPXbXB_LDv3GLBLSebkNEx7Qu9cN2M-Rv1czPdjsC9/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="800" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yDtLd6by38qz6it2JJUuMtriZMUDWrGcwexnhhLzhjZt4uLxN7TSh1CEU_qQutpWhd7dGxKdlWMvl4UbG-r6KL2JYKJgV1o791pPXbXB_LDv3GLBLSebkNEx7Qu9cN2M-Rv1czPdjsC9/" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Working with cadavers is a life-changing experience. My work with dead human bodies definitely influenced my massage treatments of living human bodies. It helped me process the death of my father. It changed the way I see bodies. If you're curious about <i>any</i> of this, then this book may be for you! If you want to know what it's like to dissect a cadaver, this book may be for you! If you are curious about different ways people emotionally cope with dissecting human bodies, this book may be for you! </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">This book is definitely <i>NOT</i> for you if sketches of dissected human bodies and faces are too disturbing.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">DON'T WORRY!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">The identities of these living and dead bodies can't be determined through the sketches in the book. Tattoos and distinctive skin markings (other than my own) are not show. The facial features of live models are obscured and the faces of the dead models have been dissected. No one is identifiable.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">If you'd like to order a copy of <i>Cadaver Diaries</i>, take this link to <a href="https://birdcage-bottom-books.myshopify.com/products/cadaver-diaries">Birdcage Bottom Books</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirrjC_f9rjgjqmsAW13qLABAqsn1Vy_xAyaQJI9QLFKye-cyt57pGk9EfQgwdRjgholH1fov9Y3KtbBjnOfnO47wvy02t2siPs9dXnu5ALa4WlkixdUybVadtVJZAoySGgIVxXczBUHJI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="800" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirrjC_f9rjgjqmsAW13qLABAqsn1Vy_xAyaQJI9QLFKye-cyt57pGk9EfQgwdRjgholH1fov9Y3KtbBjnOfnO47wvy02t2siPs9dXnu5ALa4WlkixdUybVadtVJZAoySGgIVxXczBUHJI/w400-h289/CD+p+12.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p>Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-62983904028933227882020-06-06T07:04:00.002-07:002021-02-06T13:52:24.144-08:00GRAPHIC MEDICINE CONFAB THIS SUMMER!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Right now, almost every aspect of our lives has been impacted by two major cultural/medical phenomena: pandemic and violence. COVID-19 and the murder of George Floyd is shaping our values, our behaviors, and our body/mind/spirits. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This implies that practically any comics that you make these days could qualify as graphic medicine: comics about everything and anything to do with health, medicine, illness and our bodies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Whether your interest is in protecting people from COVID-19, fighting racism, or just blowing off some tension by making gag cartoons about herpes, creating graphic medicine presents a range of challenges like - making arguments that will inspire people to make healthier choices; communicating intense subjective states like pain, grief, or fear; using humor to explore sensitive subjects; educating readers without being boring; or mastering techniques for drawing the perfect word balloon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Are you making comics about graphic medicine? Looking for answers to tricky comics problems? Want to share your skills and knowledge? Have nothing to do on Tuesday evenings? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Graphic Medicine Confab is a roundtable conversation focusing on the challenges and techniques of making graphic medicine: comics about everything and anything to do with health, medicine, illness and our bodies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Each meeting has a theme and a facilitator.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The GMC will meet four times this summer via Zoom, Tuesday evenings from 7-7:45 PM (ET).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">June 16, Kriota Willberg – How can we make dangerous information less threatening? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">June 30, Joel</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"> Christian Gill – <o:p></o:p></span> Emotion and style in comics</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">July 14, Georgia Webber – <o:p></o:p></span>Collaborating across access needs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Fill out this <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTt3Bozb4C9fn8q1dVS9dt5h79KjJ5qH_aCvmXpl9AVMmDUQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank">Google Form</a> and we will send you the Zoom invite to each meet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Joel Christian Gill™</b> is the chairman, CEO, president, director of development, majority and minority stock holder, manager, co-manager, regional manager, assistant to the regional manager, receptionist, senior black correspondent and janitor of Strange Fruit Comics. He is the author/illustrator of 2 books from Fulcrum Publishing <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1938486293" style="color: #954f72;"><i>Strange Fruit vol I Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History</i> </a>May 2014 and<i> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1938486633/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1396221602&sr=8-2&pi=SY200_QL40" style="color: #954f72;">Tales of the Talented Tenth </a></i>Fall 2014. In his spare time he is the Chair of Foundations at the <a href="http://www.nhia.edu/" style="color: #954f72;" target="_blank" title="New Hampshire Institute of Art">New Hampshire Institute of Art</a> and member of The Boston Comics Roundtable. He received his MFA from Bo</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">ston University and a BA from Roanoke College. <o:p></o:p></span>His latest work is a memoir chronicling how children deal with abuse and trauma:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081ZPQPZK/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1" target="_blank"> Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence</a> (Oni Press January 2020.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Georgia Webber </b>is a comics artist, writer, and editor entirely occupied by the intersection of health and art, making music, comics, and facilitating health workshops. Georgia is best known for her debut graphic memoir,<a href="http://www.fantagraphics.com/dumb/" style="color: #954f72;" target="_blank"> Dumb: Living Without a Voice (Fantagraphics 2018)</a>, the chronicle of her severe vocal injury and sustained vocal condition which causes her pain from using her voice. This difficult experience lead her to work as a Cranial Sacral Therapist, a meditation facilitator, and as an improvising musician. She has extended her love of the voice into the community with a project called MAW Vocal Arts. MAW hosts a vocal arts showcase event and online practice sessions called Breathing. Georgia’s latest book is a collaboration with Vivian Chong, <a href="https://www.fantagraphics.com/ten" style="color: #954f72;">Dancing After TEN</a> (Fantagraphics 2020).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Kriota Willberg </b>makes comics about the body sciences, medical history, and bioethics. Her book, <i>Draw Stronger: Self-Care for Cartoonists and Visual Artists, </i>is published by Uncivilized Books.<i> </i>Other comics have appeared in: <i>4PANEL.ca,</i><i>Spiral Bound (Medium.com)</i>, <i>SubCultures,</i> <i>Comics For Choice, The</i> <i>Graphic Canon, Intima: Journal of Narrative Medicine</i>, and <i>Strumpet 5</i>, among others. Willberg writes a self-care column for the <i>Comics Beat</i> called <i>Get A Grip!</i>. Her comic <i>Silver Wire</i> was nominated for a 2019 Ignatz Award. She teaches graphic medicine and drawing in the Department of Humanistic Medicine at NYU. </span></div>
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Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-76853068879294850612019-07-07T21:06:00.000-07:002021-02-13T14:02:05.385-08:00SILVER WIRE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR SPIRAL BOUND READERS<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hello! This blog post is for those of you interested the research involved in writing and drawing Silver Wire, an illustrated story of sutures and sewing, which you can find online at <a href="https://medium.com/spiralbound/silver-wire-baf872fa9019" target="_blank">Spiral Bound</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Because <i>Silver Wire</i>explores some very sensitive topics like research ethics and the medical histories of enslaved people, women, and the “fathers” of medicine, I think it’s important to show my some of the research for the text and visual references that went into the drawing and images. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In the comic, I list pages and panel numbers with citations and a bibliography. But here, you’re only getting the bibliography. Why? Because they are both so friggin’ long! It is likely you will give up from exhaustion before getting half way through the bibliography! The citations list includes wry commentary and references to artists and other thinkers who influenced the work. If you are a glutton for research (or punishment), you can buy the minicomic. The comic also has images of some of my medically themed embroidery, and I’ve included some of them here along with select panels from the comic. Pictures make everything better!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If you just want to know where you can find information and images about the history of medicine, and don’t care that much about a list of books or references, try the following sites -- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Many of the books and images used in the research for making Silver Wire can be found through the <a href="https://nyam.org/library/" target="_blank">New York Academy of Medicine Library Historical Collection</a> from their online collections and at their reading room. Browse their database and make an appointment - they are open to the public! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The <a href="https://collections2.nlm.nih.gov/" target="_blank">National Library of Medicine Digital Collection</a> is a wondrous site! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://archive.org/">Archive.org</a> is an excellent resource for pdfs of historical surgical texts, not to mention documentation of practically everything in all media.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I find the <a href="https://wellcomecollection.org/works?wellcomeImagesUrl=/" target="_blank">Wellcome Collection</a> image search is a little difficult to maneuver through, but persistence will pay off! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="UZ-CYR">Annan & Sons, T.R. <i>Joseph Lister, Baron Lister</i>. Wellcome Collection, Glasgow.<o:p></o:p></span><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ashenden. <i>Diorama of Listerian Operation </i>. Image via Wellcome Collection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="UZ-CYR"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bell, Charles 1774-1842. <i>Illustrations of the great operations of surgery : trepan, hernia, amputation, aneurism, and lithotomy</i>. London: Longman, 1821.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bell, John (1763-1820). <i>The Principles of Surgery</i>. Edinburgh: Printed for T. Cadell, and W. Davies, in the Strand, T.N. Longman & O. Rees, Paternoster Row, London; and W. Creech, P. Hill, and Manners and Miller, 1801-08.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="UZ-CYR"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bell, John. <i>Discourses on the nature and cure of wounds. I. Of generals. Of procuring adhesion. Of wounded arteries. Of gunshot wounds. Of the medical treatment of wounds. II. Of particulars. Of wounds of the breast. Of wounds of the belly. Of wounds of the head. Of wounds of the throat. III. Of dangerous wounds of the limbs. Of the question of amputation ... </i>. Edinburgh: Bell and Bradfute, 1795.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bernard, Claude, et al. <i>Illustrated manual of operative surgery and surgical anatomy / by Ch. Bernard and Ch. Huette ; edited, with notes and additions, and adapted to the use of the American medical student, by W. H. Van Buren and C. E. Isaacs ; illustrated ... by M.J. Lévillé</i>. New York: H. Balliere, 1855.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>In 1626 Adriaan van Spiegel and Giulio Casseri (posthumously) published a book <br />on fetal development, depicting images of pregnant women standing in nature, their genitals discreetly masked by foliage. Their abdomens and uterine walls are peeled back like flower petals. I used silk, antique lace, bad-, darning-, and satin stitches on this women-are-flowers theme.</i></span></td></tr>
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<span lang="UZ-CYR"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">deBeche-Adams, Teresa H. and Jaime L. Bohl. “Rectovaginal Fisturals.” <i>Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery</i>23.2 (2010): 99-103.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>I didn't plan on returning to Galen as often as I did during my residency but the guy <br />is magnetic. What a showman! </i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Gilbert, C. <i>Galen treating wounded gladiator in coliseum of Pergamon, 2nd century</i>. Getty Images. <i>Know Yourself, Notions of physology to youth and educated people by Louis Figuier</i>. 1883.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="UZ-CYR"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Guy, de Chauliac and E. Nicaise. <i>The Major Surgery of Guy de Chauliac</i>. Trans. Leonard D. Rosenman. Xlibris corporation, 1363, 1890, 2005.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="UZ-CYR"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Heath, William, 1795-1840. <i>Wellington and Peel in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the Constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation.</i>Wellcome Collection.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>An oophorectomy is the surgical removal of an ovary. This uterus, worked</i> <i>up in yarn on a thrift store doily, is stitched with the same darning </i> <i>stitches as the Bernard and Huette arm, above. I pulled and yanked on the yarn where the right ovary should be, to resemble the tugging of scar tissue.</i></span></td></tr>
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<span lang="UZ-CYR"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nicaise, E. <i>The major surgery of Guy de Chauliac : surgeon and master in medicine of the University of Montpelier : written in 1363, here re-edited and collated from Latin and French editions and complemented with illustrations, supplemented with notes and an historical introduction about the Middle Ages and the life and the works of Guy de Chauliac</i>. Trans. Leonard D. Rosenman. Philadelphia: Xlibris Corporation, 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="UZ-CYR"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">—. <i>Ten Books of Surgery with The Magazine of Instruments Necessary for It Translated by Robert White Linker and Nathan Womack</i>. Trans. Robert White Linker and Nathan Womack. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1969.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ruysch, Frederik (1638-1731). <i>Opera omnia anatomico-medico-chirurgica : huc usque edita. Quorum elenchus pagina sequenti exhibetur, cum figuris aeneis. </i>. Amsterdam: Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1702-1731.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="UZ-CYR"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Savage, Henry. <i>The surgery, surgical pathology and surgical anatomy of the female pelvic organs : in a series of coloured plates taken from nature, with commentaries, notes and cases </i>. 3d. Philadelphia: LInday and Blakiston, 1876.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="UZ-CYR"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sims, J. Marion 1813-1883. <i>On the treatment of vesico-vaginal fistula</i>. Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1853.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="UZ-CYR"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">—. <i>Silver Sutures in Surgery</i>. New York: Wood, 1858.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="UZ-CYR"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sims, J. Marion. <i>The Story of My Life</i>. New York: Da Cap Press, 1968.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Spiegel, Adriaan van (1578-1625) and Giulio (ca. 1552-1616) Casseri. <i>De formato foetu liber singularis</i>. Padua: Io. Bap. de Martinis and Livius Pasquatus, 1626.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vauguion, de La. <i>A compleat body of chirurgical operations : containing the whole practice of surgery ... Faithfully done into English.</i>London: Henry Bonwick, T. Goodwin, M Wotton, B. Took, and S. Manship, 1699.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-82748365384941999182019-07-07T21:03:00.000-07:002019-07-07T21:03:14.525-07:00GRAPHIC MEDICINE AT THE NYU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Last fall (2018) I taught a Graphic Medicine course for the NYU School of Medicine's <a href="https://med.nyu.edu/education/md-degree/current-md-students/master-scholars-program-humanistic-medicine" target="_blank">Master Scholars Program in Humanistic Medicine</a>. It was a wonderful experience. I got paid to talk about comics to medical students and hospital staff! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We read as many genres and artists as I could cram in to a six seminar series. <a href="http://www.juliawertz.com/2012/09/18/the-infinite-wait/" target="_blank">Julia </a></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.juliawertz.com/2012/09/18/the-infinite-wait/" target="_blank">Wertz</a>, <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/cant-we-talk-about-something-more-pleasant-9781620406380" target="_blank">Roz Chast</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We3" target="_blank">Grant Morrison</a>, <a href="https://www.carolinepaquita.com/" target="_blank">Caroline Pequita</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Jack_(manga)" target="_blank">Osama Tezuka</a>, <a href="https://www.bishakh.com/" target="_blank">Bishakh Som</a>, <a href="http://iasminomarata.com/" target="_blank">Iasmin Oma Ata</a>, and oh-so-many-more cartoonists gave us plenty to consider and discuss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">At the end of each class EVERYONE drew. It was fascinating to watch these talented doctors, students, researchers, and nurses, ponder my in-class </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">assignments and create lively, funny, and touching comics in literally minutes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We drew symptoms, wrote comic strips about personal clinical and academic encounters, designed cute organ mascots, and illustrated popular sayings about health and medicine. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"Cute" is not an aesthetic that is usually explored in medical contexts. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Illustrating and making (even silly) comics about medicine is a really interesting method for appreciating multiple pathways of communication. Plus it breaks up the intensity of creating uncomfortable narratives.</span></div>
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Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-68618276192598351022019-07-06T17:41:00.002-07:002021-02-13T14:03:41.814-08:00SILVER WIRE<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Since my artist residency at the <a href="https://nyam.org/library/" target="_blank">New York Academy of Medicine Library</a>, I have been thinking a lot about the way I tend to be more interested or open to an intimidating subject if I have a connection to it though previous experience or knowledge. One thing that researching the histories of domestic sewing and of sutures and ligatures has taught me is that sewing was a universal skill for millennia. These days it may not be as common a skill, but practically everyone understands what it is and the basic techniques and equipment used.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My new comic, <i>Silver Wire</i>, explores the histories of surgery, unethical research, and slavery, by using embroidery as the medium for gaining a little more understanding of these very intimidating subjects. In the narrative, I go to the park with my doctor-friend Mollie for a lesson about surgery and suturing techniques. As we wound and sew up fruit, we explore the histories of medical sewing and decorative sewing, gossiping and joking about the great surgeons of history. But the same techniques that Mollie uses with her patients to relieve their suffering have a dark history that affects us all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yes – my interests in embroidery and history changed my life by giving me a way to wrap my head around the debt <i>global </i>modern medicine owes to the American enslaved! I tear up just thinking about it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You know, the New York Academy of Medicine Library changed my life. One day in the Rare Book Room I was reading an introduction by Charles Bell to one of his books (I forget which one.) In it, he addressed the reader and praised them for their curiosity and interest in medicine. He was inspired by his patients and his students who were “young men of science” or something like that. The guy was truly devoted to education. His language was so enthusiastic and welcoming, I felt like he was talking to me, specifically. At the end of the page, he wrote that through a shared interest in science, we are all comrades. His signature began with “Your friend…” <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You can read it on Medium.com (after July 8) and if you want your very own copy, order it from <a href="https://www.birdcagebottombooks.com/products/silver-wire" target="_blank">Birdcage Bottom Books</a> or find it at <a href="https://www.fpnyc.com/" target="_blank">Forbidden Planet</a> or <a href="http://jhucomicbooks.com/" target="_blank">JHU Comics</a> in New York City, or <a href="http://www.chicagocomics.com/" target="_blank">Chicago Comics</a> or <a href="https://www.quimbys.com/" target="_blank">Quimby’s</a> in Chicago. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If you are an artist, cartoonist, or other creative type suffering from repetitive stress injury and you have an extra $17, the easiest way start on a self-care regimen of improved work habits and corrective exercise is to go by my book <i><a href="https://uncivilizedbooks.com/draw/" target="_blank">Draw Stronger</a></i>.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">But, as many of you know, musculoskeletal injuries are not the only health issues that keep us from creative practice. Chronic illnesses like cancer, epilepsy, migraine (my personal fave!), and more, can keep us from being able to physically sit our artistic butts in a chair and get to work. States of mental health like depression, bipolar disorders, and more can also keep us away from creative time. The kicker is that these states are not exclusive! You can experience them separately or in various combinations with different degrees of severity. What combination(s) do you experience? PTSD and carpal tunnel syndrome? Lupus and bipolar disorder? Cancer, anxiety, and disc herniation? Oh, yeah – don’t forget eye strain! The possibilities are endless!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Since finishing Draw Stronger, I have been involved in many panels and events, at comics conferences, bookstores, and colleges, exploring the definitions and parameters of “self-care”. I am thrilled at the work other artists and health educators are doing to help people care for themselves and live more creative and productive lives. And, of course I’m thrilled for me too! Not only do I give advice, I follow the advice of other people and am happier for it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On May 12, 2018, I was on the panel, <i>Practical & Personal: Communicating Health in Comics</i>, at the <a href="http://www2.torontocomics.com/" style="color: #954f72;">Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF)</a>, with <a href="http://iasminomarata.com/" style="color: #954f72;">Iasmin Omar Ata</a>, <a href="http://rocheleau.format.com/" style="color: #954f72;">Julie Rocheleau</a>, and <a href="http://georgiasdumbproject.com/" style="color: #954f72;">Georgia Webber</a>. <a href="https://www.whittaylorcomics.com/" style="color: #954f72;">Whit Taylor</a> moderated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For the last year (or so) I have been writing a column for the ComicsBeat.com called <b><a href="https://www.comicsbeat.com/tag/get-a-grip/" target="_blank">Get A Grip!</a></b> It’s a self-care column that includes as many facets of healthy creative practice that I can think of. There are articles on Graphic Medicine, mental health, eye strain (coming soon!), using Styrofoam rollers, interviews with creators, and more! You can even find a transcript of Iasmin and Georgia’s discussion at TCAF. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It’s been awhile since I posted any needlework images. Here is a smattering of pieces made in the last year or two…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The late great <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozsika_Parker" target="_blank">Rozsika Parker,</a> in her fabulous book, <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Subversive-Stitch-Embroidery-Making-Feminine/dp/1848852835" target="_blank">The Subversive Stitch</a></i>, described the way Enlightenment philosophers and scientists introduced the notion that women were essentially biologically driven to sew. At the same time, women were physically associated with flowers in some anatomical texts by Casseri and Van de Speigel. I decided to up the fantasy a notch by re-designing a flounce sleeve embroidery pattern from an 1855 issue of <i><a href="http://www.godeysladysbook.com/" target="_blank">Godey’s Lady’s Book</a></i> using anatomical images from <i><span lang="UZ-CYR">The surgery, surgical pathology and surgical anatomy of the female pelvic organs : in a series of coloured plates taken from nature, with commentaries, notes and cases</span>,</i>by Henry Savage (1876). You can find this book at the <a href="https://nyam.org/library/connect/visit-library/" target="_blank">New York Academy of Medicine Historical Collection</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The top image is a counted cross-stitch pattern, assembled in photoshop. It's a photomicrograph of catgut imbedded in dog tissue from <i>Textbook on Sutures</i>(1942) by Paul F. Ziegler, and is supplemented by images from <i>The Gentleman’s Dog, his Rearing, Training, and Treatment</i>(1909) by C.A. Bryce, and <i>Trichologia mammalium; or, A treatise on the organization, properties and uses of hair and wool, together with an essay upon the raising and breeding of sheep</i>. You can access these books at the Academy Historical Collection. The text forming the border of the images is liberally excerpted from the textbook on sutures and says,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This spring (2019) I traveled up to the Rochester Institute of Technology, spoke about graphic medicine, and lead workshops on injury prevention </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">and <i>Medical Imagery through Embroidery</i>! Yup! The workshop was a blast. I presented a slide show on cultural an</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">d aesthetic messages that we can interpret from educational anatomical and medical imagery. We discussed anatomical symbolism used by artists in their non-medical work. Then I introduced the students (from the medical illustration, art, and English departments) to some basic embroidery stitches, gave them fabric with pre-printed historical anatomical images, embroidery supplies, fabric pens, and fabric, and let them transform the “academic” “professional” imagery into something more personal. They did some great work! I don’t have any examples of student work, but I can show you a piece I worked up using the image of a child’s skull from William </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cheselden’s <i><a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/cheselden_home.html" target="_blank">Osteographia</a></i>, fabric pens, tulle, and embroidery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My friend Tom had a thymectomy. His surgeon took a photo of Tom’s thymus with it’s (benign!) tumors and gave it to him. Tom knew I’d love to turn it into a needlepoint piece, so he gave me a copy of the photo and permission to work it up. I made it on monocanvas with wool yarn. One thing I like about many decorative projects is the way they label or name their subjects in the context of the piece, be it a painting, needlepoint, or a tattoo. So I did it too. </span></div>
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Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-48642527147110379122018-04-15T09:40:00.001-07:002018-04-15T09:41:32.243-07:00SOME REVIEWS OF "DRAW STRONGER"<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sure, I've been telling you to buy my book, <b><i><a href="http://www.uncivilizedbooks.com/draw/index.html" target="_blank">Draw Stronger: Self-Care for Cartoonists & Visual Artists</a></i></b>, but now you don't have to take my advice. Frankly, I don't blame you for not paying attention to mercurial me. But listen to your pain, and consider the reviews from these reliable sources.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"<span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Artists, designers, writers, and anyone else who spends their days hunkering over keyboards, squinting at screens, or posed over a drawing board will appreciate Willberg’s nerdy, pun-heavy advice for better self-care...</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This practical, handy volume is a worthy addition to many workplace bookshelves—preferably high up, requiring a standing stretch to reach it." </span><em style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">(Apr.)</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.theintima.org/book-reviews-intima/draw-stronger-self-care-for-cartoonists-visual-artists-by-kriota-willberg" target="_blank">Intima: a Journal of Narrative Medicine</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92);">"What makes </span><a href="http://www.uncivilizedbooks.com/draw/index.html" style="text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">"Draw Stronger"</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92);"> different from other self-help books is Willberg's sense of humor that infuses every drawing, tip, fact, exercise and quip with originality and a lightness of being. While there will be pages you'll want to photocopy and tape up near your computer or sketch table for easy reference and reminders to stretch throughout the day, the book will also be a useful reference guide whenever a lightning bolt of raw pain shoots up your arm, neck, or back." </span><em style="caret-color: rgb(92, 92, 92); word-wrap: break-word;">—Donna Bulseco</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Willberg’s straightforward yet lighthearted delivery makes her advice enjoyable and easy to follow. This lively self-care guide should wake up artists, amateur and pro, and also apply to anyone who sits at the computer all day".</span><span class="k4authorname" style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-weight: bold;">—MC</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is an interview, so I'm not going to quote myself. That seems a little.... weird.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Interested in purchasing a copy of Draw Stronger? You can find it online through the publisher, <a href="http://www.uncivilizedbooks.com/draw/index.html" target="_blank">Uncivilized Books</a> (okay, yes. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Draw-Stronger-Self-Care-Cartoonists-Artists/dp/1941250238" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, too.)</span></div>
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Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-5187376197019132412017-10-13T11:49:00.001-07:002021-02-13T14:04:44.321-08:00EMBROIDERY LAB!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">THE MEDICAL HISTORY NERD'S INTRODUCTION TO DECORATIVE NEEDLEWORK</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Who is going to want an introduction to embroidery that uses historical medical imagery for its patterns? Us! And here it is!</span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">a component of my “Embroidering Medicine” workshop at the <a href="https://nyam.org/library/" target="_blank">New York Academy ofMedicine Library.</a> In this book are the basics of hands-on embroidery skills and
stitches. The patterns in this book range from very simple to moderately labor
intensive. The images come from the Academy’s Historical Collection. These
pictures represent the evolution of the pursuit of biological knowledge. Yes,
even a basilisk is a part of that evolution!</span><br />
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Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-30930789116144756672017-08-30T08:14:00.002-07:002021-02-13T14:04:57.817-08:00SPX 2017 COMICS DEBUT - STITCHIN' TIME!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">NEWEST MINICOMIC</span><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_Celsus" target="_blank">Aulus Cornelius Celsus</a> (c. 25 BCE – c. 50 CE) was a Roman writer of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">De Medicina</i>, an important medical
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minicomic, for the first time ever, Celsus and Galen team up to stitch a
disemboweled gladiator back together! Could these men have ever met? Heck no!
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Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-49735989270435874892017-07-30T12:28:00.003-07:002017-07-30T12:31:10.104-07:00THE B(R)E(A)ST OF THE SAN DIEGO COMIC CON 2017<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The San Diego Comic Con had a lot to offer: comics, movies, games, more comics, cosplay, panels, and more! But now that I'm home, the visual memories I have are of the amazing amount of breast art there. OMG the breasts!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Stunning.</span>Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-11738856198565682432017-07-29T10:52:00.003-07:002017-07-29T10:52:16.818-07:00UPCOMING WORKSHOP: EMBROIDERING MEDICINE<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">EMBROIDERY, MEDICINE, HISTORY, GENDER</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>Interesting reading from my own collection.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I am excited to announce that at the end of my artist's residency at the <a href="https://nyam.org/library/" target="_blank">New York Academy of Medicine Library</a> I will be offering the Embroidering Medicine workshop! This four week course is open to participants with all levels of needle working skills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>Embroidery adapted from an anatomical image from</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hieronymus </span><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Brunschwig's </span><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Liber de arte distillandi de compositis.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919;">Using the Library’s historical collections we </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1a1919;">will focus on the areas of the collection invoking the ideals of femininity, domesticity, and women's health, as well as the medical practice of needlework (stitching of the body).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>One of the texts we will use.</i></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Using the collections we will:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Explore some historical concepts of femininity and domesticity</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Examine images of female anatomy and fetal development </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Each select an image from a natural history, botanical, or anatomical text to use as an embroidery template</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Examine diagrams and descriptions of how to perform basic suture techniques</span></li>
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<span style="color: #1a1919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>An illustration from the Bernard book, above.</i></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Transfer an image onto fabric for embroidering</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Learn and practice basic embroidery stitches</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Learn and practice historical suture stitches, on fabric</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Discuss relationships between medicine, needlework, and gender.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Discuss the differences between sewing the body, sewing clothing, and decorative stitching.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Have some fun (yes, fun!)</span></li>
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<span style="color: #1a1919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>The natural history books have some adorable animals to embroider, too!</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1919; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Why all the "discussion"? Embroidery takes time. A lot of time. We could sit in stony silence, but why not have some interesting conversations facilitated by a couple short presentations? </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thursdays, September 14 - October 5, 2017</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">6:30-8:30 PM</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">$290 General Public | $250 Friends, Fellows, Members, Seniors, Students with ID</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1919;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Supplies will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Click <a href="https://nyam.org/events/event/embroidering-medicine-workshop/" target="_blank">HERE</a> to be directed to the Academy workshop description and link to register.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You know why this is such a great summer? Because I am spending it reading centuries-old books on the topics of sutures, ligatures, and the materials they were made from. And then I use what I've learned as inspiration for embroidery, drawing, comics, and writing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A few artists have asked me how I became <a href="https://nyam.org/news/article/kriota-willberg-artist-residence-academy-library/" target="_blank">A.I.R. at the Academy Library's Historical Collection.</a> The joking answer is that I haunted the library so much that it was easier to make me official than to charge me with loitering. But this statement is also partially true (not the the not the charging me with a crime part). The Academy is this incredible vault of treasure and I have been mining it for years. The best part is that <i>anyone</i> can mine it. Before becoming A.I.R. I got to know the Collection and the staff at the Academy through research and by attending (and presenting at) some of the great programming there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My first presentation was at the Academy's </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://kriotawelt.blogspot.com/2014/10/notes-from-vesalius-500-part-1.html" target="_blank">Vesalius 500</a> </i></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">celebration doing what I do best, blathering on about anatomy. I also drew on a live model using the 16th century anatomist Vesalius' illustration as reference material.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Shortly after that I used the collection to assist in the adaptation of <a href="http://robert-louis-stevenson.org/" target="_blank">Robert Louis Stevenson's</a> <i>The Body Snatcher</i>. The story takes place in 1830's Edinburgh around the time that the anatomist, Knox had hired the infamous <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21593248" target="_blank">Burke and Hare</a>. The incredible (librarian) Arlene Shaner found books and articles from Edinburgh published at the time; dissection textbooks written and illustrated by two Edinburgh brother (John and Charles Bell) from the late 17- and early 1800's; and visual reference for anatomy theaters and labs. My version of the story spends a little more time at dissecting than the original. It will be published in the Seven Stories Press' <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Graphic-Canon-Crime-Mystery-Vol/dp/1609807855" target="_blank">Graphic Canon:Crime</a> series. I don't know whether it is in volume one (coming this fall) or volume two (to follow).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I just finished teaching my second <i>Visualizing and Drawing Anatomy</i> workshops using the Library's collections and live models. You can read more about the workshops </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://nyamcenterforhistory.org/2017/06/16/who-practices-visualizing-anatomy/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">, and </span><a href="https://nyamcenterforhistory.org/2016/07/13/anatomical-illustrations-a-round-up-from-our-visualizing-anatomy-workshop/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I enjoy exploring medical history and I enjoy researching needlework so why not do both? To that end I'm studying the history of sutures and ligatures, which is sewing, after all. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galen" target="_blank">Galen's</a>* instruction on stitching up the body was my earliest area of focus. Then I went on to read the "Major Surgery" of the French medieval surgeon <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_Chauliac" target="_blank">Guy de Chauliac</a>*, published in 1363. From there I am staying in France to read the works of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambroise_Par%C3%A9" target="_blank">Ambrose </a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambroise_Par%C3%A9" target="_blank">Paré</a>*.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> After him I will continue on to Edinburgh and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bell_(surgeon)" target="_blank">John Bell</a>*, and then... we shall see!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>different methods of depicting these images on various fabrics.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For each surgeon I'm reading biographical information, background on the general state of medicine in that time, and works by that surgeon (or their translations). I'm also researching modes of production of the materials for making stitches such as flax, silk, catgut, etc. Additionally, I'm doing some reading regarding gender roles in textile production and gender roles in medicine over the centuries. To my surprise there are even books that discuss textile production during different eras! I'm also pouring over visual reference from the <a href="https://nyam.org/library/" target="_blank">Library</a>'s collection as well as sources from the nefarious internet when I've come to a research impasse or just need a quick fix. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ultimately all this data and inspiration will coalesce into a graphic narrative, much of which I hope to render in (you guessed it!) needlework.</span><br />
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Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-64651542265504461542017-06-25T11:17:00.001-07:002017-06-25T11:17:44.021-07:00I LOVE RESEARCH<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">INSPIRATION</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Research doesn't have to be rigorous to bring about interesting results. Sometimes I like to do what I call "passive research" and read interesting articles or browse websites or go through historical anatomical illustrations when I'm taking a break from something grueling (like grading exams). One of my favorite sites is a National Library of Medicine site called <a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/home.html" target="_blank">Historical Anatomies On The Web</a> and one of my favorite collections of illustrations is by two anatomists named Spiegel and Casseri. Casseri's <a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/casseri1_home.html" target="_blank">illustrations</a> show cadavers in downright flirtatious poses as they reveal their parts is burlesque-ish fashion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The way these bodies are set in an environment, interacting with their world, and (in this case) acknowledging the viewer. Inspired me to make some "anatomy" comics in the same theme.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://birdcage-bottom-books.myshopify.com/collections/artist-willberg-kriota/products/anatomycute" target="_blank">Pictorial Anatomy of the Cute</a> does with adorable kittens what Casseri did with human beings, but kittens are cuter. To make this mini comic I had to study cat anatomy and comparative anatomy, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One day while browsing <a href="http://hekint.org/" target="_blank">Hecktoen International</a> I came upon an article about <a href="http://hekint.org/surgery-note-by-note-marin-marais-tableau-de-loperation-de-la-taille/" target="_blank">Marin Marais</a>, an 18th century composer who had undergone lithotomy (bladder stone) surgery and published a musical piece as a descriptive response to his experience. I started to imagine Marais listening to his surgeon mindlessly whistling a tune that would later become his composition. This of course inspired a <a href="https://www.birdcagebottombooks.com/collections/artist-willberg-kriota/products/marinmarais" target="_blank">mini comic</a> about Marais, which in turn inspired research into: the history of surgery and lithotomy specifically; the type of equipment that was used; the position and table used: the French nursery song "<span style="color: #222222;">Frère Jacques</span>"; the traveling lithotomist, <span style="color: #222222;"><a href="http://www.jurology.com/article/S0022-5347(01)61591-X/fulltext" target="_blank">Frère Jacques</a> (NOT the nursery song character as some articles assert); and the life and work of Marin Marais. I even found recordings of the music. I had a great time researching this (in a squeamish, thankful-for-Tylenol-and-Clorox-bleach kind of way.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Other inspiration has been rabies (the disease), the wandering uterus theorem, and many gag cartoons. The things we do for fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I have 2 new mini comics debuting at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF)! I will be on the second floor at table <a href="http://www.torontocomics.com/whos-coming/seating-chart/#TRLSecond" target="_blank">Q18</a>. Come on by May 13-14!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This little green gem of a comic blends fanciful and melodramatic passages about lovers' triangles with the graphics of various anatomical triangles of the neck. You can read the whole thing <a href="http://kriotawelt.blogspot.com/2016/08/anatomical-triangles-love-stories.html" target="_blank">here</a>, but if you'd like to own this adorable quarter page micro-tome click <a href="https://www.birdcagebottombooks.com/collections/artist-willberg-kriota" target="_blank">here</a>. If you're going to be in Toronto for TCAF you can also pick it up there at my table!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Looking for a chuckle about medical history? Antisepsis? Bioethics? If you're not I suggest you stop reading. This selection of gag cartoons and graphic rhymes uses everything from mutated lung cells to the dancing movie star Anne Miller to the theory of spontaneous generation, just to make a joke. Don't worry! If you don't get the gag, I have included a short "humor analysis" section to get you on board. Find it at TCAF or click <a href="https://www.birdcagebottombooks.com/collections/artist-willberg-kriota" target="_blank">here</a> to buy it online.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It's almost spring in New York City. Usually during this time of thaw one can smell a hint of all the defrosted dog droppings left over the winter by dog-walkers to inconvenienced to stoop over while wearing all those sweaters and jackets. But this year the stronger scent of politics wafts through our town. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here are a couple of gag cartoons that are science and health inspired while still evoking thoughts of country and (obliquely) economy. "Enjoy!" (Ha.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I got my copy of <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/861608378/awesome-possum-vol-3" target="_blank"><i>Awesome Possum volume 3</i></a> in the mail yesterday. It is over 300 pages of natural history goodness! <a href="http://srbissette.com/" target="_blank">Stephen Bissette</a> (yes that Stephen Bissette) inked the cover designed by <a href="http://angelabcomics.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Angela Boyle</a>. Angela also happens to be the editor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This project gave me an excuse to buy <i><a href="https://www.morton-pub.com/catalog/dissection-guides/dissection-guide-atlas-rat" target="_blank">A Dissection Guide and Atlas to the Rat</a></i> and a couple of tomes on vertebrate anatomy.</span>Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-44832134653234363942017-01-06T14:15:00.000-08:002017-01-06T14:15:16.030-08:00UNICORN DISSECTION<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">SOME DAYS I CAN'T HELP MYSELF</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was browsing through one of my favorite reference sites, <a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/browse.html#R" target="_blank">Historical Anatomies On The Web</a>, and found myself once again engrossed in the equine anatomical illustrations by <a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/ruini_bio.html" target="_blank">Carlo Ruini</a> from <i>Anatomia del cavallo, infermita, et suoi rimedii</i>. I LOVE THIS GUY! I know this sounds nutty, but the illustrations of cadaveric horses are so.... alive! According to <i>Historical Anatomies...</i> the woodcut images were rumored (not confirmed) to be drafted by someone from Titian's workshop. They are quite beautiful. I am referencing the 1618 edition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Comparative anatomy is very interesting. Usually I compare humans to animals but this time I thought of the substantial internal differences one might find in the anatomy of horses and unicorns. Who am I to passively worship beauty when I can manipulate it into something whimsical and grotesque? </span>Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-88547430734993199152016-10-12T19:39:00.002-07:002016-10-12T19:39:16.746-07:00INJURY PREVENTION WORKSHOP AT CXC<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">DRAWING WITH <i>(NO) PAIN!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yes, this weekend I will be (re)covering <a href="http://kriotawelt.blogspot.com/2014/05/injury-prevention-for-cartoonists.html">Drawing With No Pain!</a> workshop at <a href="http://www.cartooncrossroadscolumbus.com/">Cartoon Crossroads Columbus</a> (aka CXC). You may have been to my <a href="http://kriotawelt.blogspot.com/2015/05/first-aid-for-drawing-injuries.html">First Aid for Drawing Injurie</a>s, and/or No Back Pain! or other workshops, but I think this one is the most important because..</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We explore different types of injuries, </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">...start to think of ourselves as "cartoonist-athletes",</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Come on by the Will Eisner Seminar Room in the <a href="https://cartoons.osu.edu/events/cartoon-crossroads-columbus-cxc-talk-and-teach-series-october-13-14-2016/">Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum</a><span id="goog_440677431"></span><span id="goog_440677432"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Oh, yeah, I will be selling my mega-mini comics (No)Pain! Injury Prevention For Cartoonists, and First Aid for Drawing Injuries at the downtown brach of the <a href="http://www.columbuslibrary.org/locations/Main%20Library">Columbus Metropolitan Library</a>, Saturday and Sunday October 15-16. </span></div>
Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609954876145251035.post-48561957212028989392016-10-10T08:48:00.001-07:002021-02-13T14:05:50.113-08:00BRAND NEW COMICS FOR MY FIRST CXC<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">WHERE WILL YOUR UTERUS BE THIS WEEKEND?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mine will be in Columbus Ohio for the <a href="http://www.cartooncrossroadscolumbus.com/">Cartoon Crossroads Columbus</a> fest. We (my uterus and I) will be presenting the workshop "Drawing with (No)Pain! Injury Prevention for Cartoonists" on Friday, October 14, 11:00 AM at the <i>Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum</i> guess what it's about? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And when we're not wandering around the <a href="http://www.cartooncrossroadscolumbus.com/exhibitors.html">floor</a>, checking out all the incredible work that will be there, you will find my uterus and I in anchorage at our exhibitor table with my spouse, the incredible <a href="http://rsikoryak.com/">R. Sikoryak</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Why all the uterus talk? Because I will be debuting my latest mini comic, <i>The Wandering Uterus (Furor Uterinus) and Contemporary Applications of Ancient Medical Wisdom</i>. Yes, it's a long title but that's what I do!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This "parchment," full color, 5.5" w x 8.5" h, 12-page (including covers) mini comic explores a diagnostic standard of women's medicine that was honored by the medical profession, across the (known) world for millennia! Learn about the scope of diseases caused by the wandering uterus! Learn ancient treatments of this malady! Witness one woman's (my) attempt to use this ancient wisdom for her own symptom relief!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The inspiration for this tome came from the book <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Perilous-Chastity-Illness-Pre-Enlightenment-Medicine/dp/0801430267">Perilous Chastity</a></i> by Laurinda S. Dixon. She has a fascinating list of publications in her <a href="http://asfaculty.syr.edu/pages/amh/dixon-laurinda.html">CV.</a> I think <i>Perilous Chastity</i> is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of women's health and art. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">What?!? You can't get to Columbus, OH this weekend? Well, you'll have to wait until later this month to purchase the Wandering Uterus through <a href="https://www.birdcagebottombooks.com/collections/artist-willberg-kriota/products/the-wandering-uterus" target="_blank">Birdcage Bottom Books</a>.</span>Kriota Willberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037410035995054245noreply@blogger.com0