how autobiographical comics artists are changing our understanding of illness
- Written by: Shannon Sandford, PhD Candidate, Flinders University
Julia Wertz' The Infinite Wait and Other Stories looks at the author's diagnosis with lupus.© Julia WertzImages have acted as crucial diagnostic tools since the late 20th century. Sophisticated technologies, such as X-Rays and MRIs, offer doctors a precise “picture” of illness.
But autobiographical comics about illness, known as...
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