The Graphic Medicine Review (GMR) (ISSN 2993-8252) publishes scholarly works relevant to both the comics medium (aka comic books, graphic novels, manga, bande dessinée, etc.) and healthcare, medicine, wellness, patient experience, and public health policy. GMR is an open-access resource primarily produced in English but international in scope and concerns.
Volume 5 • Issue 2 • 2025
Review
Interview
An Interview with Rachel M. Thomas on Weight Bias and Shrink: Story of a Fat Girl
A. David Lewis and Rachel Thomas
Comic
New Leaves on the Tree: How Trauma Affects Inheritable Gene Expression
Lafleche Jeannette Giasson
Imposter
Gideon Yosua Purwono, Luna Dolezal, Juanita Navarro-Páez, Charlotte A. Wu, Will Bynum and Alan Bay
Posted by A. David Lewis, with resource assistance from Matthew Noe on 2025-09-20
During a recent meeting of the NNLM Region 7 COI for Graphic Medicine, one of the participants, interested in resource and publishing opportunities with the Graphic Medicine Review, noted that the site was down. Indeed, it was: the entire Janeway journal system was offline due to a mass AI bot attack. Fortunately, the dilemma was resolved relatively quickly and without further issue -- except, [...]
Posted by A. David Lewis on 2025-02-24
When the Graphic Medicine Review (GMR) was first founded through the MCPHS University Library and with the support of the Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association in 2020, concerns about Artificial Intelligence were more a matter of computer science, philosophy, and speculative fiction. (Notably, there were early warnings.) Five years later – and now with the stalwart aid and [...]
Posted by Mary Piorun, Co-Editor on 2023-09-07
We are excited to announce our inaugural Editorial on our new publishing platform! Graphic Medicine Review is open for new submissions.The Submissions page has all the instructions you need to submit a manuscript to GMR. First, review our Author Guidelines and Editorial Policies.When you're ready to begin the submission process, register for an account (or login if you have an [...]
Posted by A. David Lewis, Editor-in-Chief on 2023-08-23
Graphic Medicine Review has moved to a new publishing platform! Janeway is an open-source platform that integrates with existing open-source scholarly infrastructure and tools. With the launch comes a new look and a new issue. Stay tuned for the inaugural editorial!