Graphic medicine in photos

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These panels, taken from comics drawn by female artists, offer insight into the darker themes of everyday life

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Lesley Fairfield creates comics based on her experience battling an eating disorder.
(Lesley Fairfield/Handout)
Lesley Fairfield creates comics based on her experience battling an eating disorder.
(Lesley Fairfield/Handout)
Lesley Fairfield creates comics based on her experience battling an eating disorder.
(Lesley Fairfield/Handout)
Lesley Fairfield creates comics based on her experience battling an eating disorder.
(Lesley Fairfield/Handout)
MK Czerwiec draws on her experience as a nurse caring for patients with HIV/AIDS for her comics.
(MK Czerwiec (Comic Nurse)/Handout)
A loved one with advanced, early-onset Parkinson’s disease first prodded Shelley Wall to share her experience in graphic form.
(Shelley Wall/Handout)
A loved one with advanced, early-onset Parkinson’s disease first prodded Shelley Wall to share her experience in graphic form.
(Shelley Wall/Handout)
A loved one with advanced, early-onset Parkinson’s disease first prodded Shelley Wall to share her experience in graphic form.
(Shelley Wall/Handout)
Rosalind B. Penfold’s comic art captures the mindset of a woman in an abusive relationship.
(Rosalind B. Penfold/Handout)
Sarafin began drawing comics while at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto.
(Sarafin/Handout)
Sarafin began drawing comics while at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto.
(Sarafin/Handout)
Years after the sudden death of her toddler son, Nicole Streeten turned her diary into a graphic novel.
(Nicole Streeten/Handout)
Recognizing the popularity of Sandra Bell-Lundy’s Between Friends comic strip (above) and its spotlight on women’s issues, The Canadian Cancer Society invited her to create a special comic strip series to help them get the word out about the importance of mammography.
(Sandra Bell-Lundy/Handout)
Recognizing the popularity of Sandra Bell-Lundy’s Between Friends comic strip (above) and its spotlight on women’s issues, The Canadian Cancer Society invited her to create a special comic strip series to help them get the word out about the importance of mammography.
(Sandra Bell-Lundy/Handout)
Sarah Lightman’s comics chronicle her struggle to launch as her friends moved out and up.
(Sarah Lightman/Handout)
Using cutouts and collage, Mita Mahato’s work stresses the value of storytelling in reshaping trauma and loss.
(Mita Mahato/Handout)