_Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn!_ explores a
little-known literary field that presents personal illness narratives
and health information through comics. The exhibition showcases items
from the NLM’s growing collection of GRAPHIC MEMOIRS DEPICTING
PEOPLE’s experiences with an array of health issues, including
breast cancer, deafness, mental illness, HIV/AIDS and more.The exhibit
is free and open to all during normal library hours
[https://www.vcuhealth.org/for-your-health/chec/find-us]. Parking is
available for a fee in the 8th Street parking deck
[http://www.maps.vcu.edu/mcv/8thstdeck/index.html]. If special
accommodations are needed, please contact Thelma Mack, research and
education coordinator, at (804) 828-0017.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
[https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/graphicmedicine-bookinfo.html]
_Image: NLM Graphic Medicine, courtesy of the National Library of
Medicine._
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