Menopause: A Comic Treatment by Czerwiec, Mk

Eisner Award Winner for Best Anthology and Best ShortStory

New York Times best graphic novel of2020

Booklist best graphic novel for adultsof 2020

Hot flashes. Vaginal atrophy. Socialstigma. The comics in this unapologetic anthology prove that when it comes tomenopause and its attendant symptoms, no one needs to sweat italone.

Featuring works by comics luminariessuch as Lynda Barry, Joyce Farmer, Ellen Forney, and Carol Tyler, Menopause isthe perfect antidote to the simplistic, cheap-joke approach that treatsmenopause as a cultural taboo. This anthology challenges stereotypes withperspectives from a range of life experiences, ages, gender identities, ethnicities, and health conditions.
Othercontributors include Maureen Burdock, Jennifer Camper, KC Councilor, MKCzerwiec, Leslie Ewing, Ann M. Fox, Keet Geniza, Roberta Gregory, Teva Harrison, Rachael House, Leah Jones, Monica Lalanda, Cathy Leamy, Ajuan Mance, JessicaMoran, Mimi Pond, Sharon Rosenzweig, Joyce Schachter, Susan Merrill Squier, Emily Steinberg, Nicola Streeten, A. K. Summers, Kimiko Tobimatsu, Shelley L.Wall, and Dana Walrath.

Author: Mk Czerwiec
Publisher: Graphic Mundi - Psu Press
Published: 01/04/2022
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 10.60h x 8.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781637790106

About the Author

MK Czerwiec is a nurse, cartoonist, educator, and co-founder of the field of Graphic Medicine. She is the creator of Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 and a co-author of Graphic Medicine Manifesto. MK is also the comics editor for the journal Literature & Medicine. MK regularly teaches graphic medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg Medical School and the University of Chicago. She has served as a Senior Fellow of the George Washington School of Nursing Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement as well as a Will Eisner Fellow in Applied Cartooning at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont. You can see more of her work at her website, www.comicnurse.com.