Why Graphic Medicine? A Chat with Whit Taylor
Whit Taylor, award-winning cartoonist, writer and editor, makes comics about public health, social science, race and gender.
Her comics include Fizzle (2020 Ignatz Award Winner for Outstanding Series), Finding Your Roots (2017 Glyph Award Nominee for Best Webcomic and Best Female Character), and Watermelon (2012 Glyph Rising Star Award Winner). Taylor's webcomics have appeared in such publications as NewYorker.com and TheNib.com.
Her next project, Toward Freedom, a story about abolitionist, activist, and hero Harriet Tubman, comes out next month.
Join us this Friday, May 28 to learn how Whit Taylor became a cartoonist and editor, about her path that led to graphic medicine, and about her process of making a comic from concept to finished story.
Date and Time:
Friday, May 28, 2021
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET
(One-hour presentation followed by Q&A.)
Missed the presentation? View the video recording here:
https://vimeo.com/556376929/a0fa99f9d0
The road less travelled–BMC Speakers Series 2021 full program: https://bmc.med.utoronto.ca/news-events/2021/1/31/the-road-less-travelledbmc-speaker-series-2021
Links:
Whit Taylor: https://www.whittaylorcomics.com/
Fizzle: https://www.radiatorcomics.com/shop/subscription/fizzle-subscription/
NewYorker.com Contributor Whit Taylor: https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/whit-taylor
TheNib.com Author Whit Taylor: https://thenib.com/author/whit-taylor/
Toward Freedom: https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780759555518/whit-taylor/harriet-tubman
Speaker bio coming soon.