Comics and Graphic Narratives

Comics and graphic narratives use the interplay of sequential images and text to tell stories, convey information, and represent human experience in ways that neither medium achieves alone. Researchers study how these works function as literature, as visual communication, and increasingly as practical tools in medicine — from training clinicians in empathy to helping patients process illness and trauma. A growing body of work examines why the graphic form can make difficult or technical material more accessible, and whether those effects hold across different clinical and educational contexts. Open questions include how cultural variation shapes the reception of illness narratives in comics, and how to evaluate the actual outcomes when graphic novels enter medical curricula or public health campaigns.

Works

59,293

Total citations

106,465

Keywords

ComicsGraphic NovelsMedicineNarrativeEducationVisual Communication