Category: CartoonDocs

Ben Schwartz

Ben Schwartz

Ben Schwartz’s path to cartooning happened by way of a long flirtation with a medical career. He entered college planning to fulfil his premed requirements, dropped that after a year (opting for a psychology major), then returned to the sciences just in time to prepare for admission to Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. Through all of his studies, one thing stayed constant: He drew. Schwartz made it all the way through his first year as a resident in Read more [...]
Ian Williams

Ian Williams

Graphic medicine connotes use of comics in medical education and patient care.[1][2] Overview[edit] The phrase graphic medicine was coined by Dr. Ian Williams,[3][4] founder of GraphicMedicine.org, to denote "the intersection between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare".[5] Comics offer an engaging, powerful, and accessible method of delivering illness narratives.[6] The academic appraisal of Read more [...]
Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka

Tezuka Museum TOKYO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 01: Manga artist Osamu Tezuka speaks during a symposium of the National Cultural Festival circa November 1986 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images) Osamu Tezuka (手塚 治虫, born 手塚 治, Tezuka Osamu; 3 November 1928 – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative Read more [...]
Daniel Lüdeling

Daniel Lüdeling

for gods sake you look bad I will get you a doctor. - "I AM the doctor!" Rippenspreizer.com is Germany´s biggest fun and cartoon portal in medicine! It contains far more than 800 cartoons, the community has 10.000 members and in the forum discussions are about serios but also funny things. The cartoons are created by daniel Lüdeling born in 1974 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi6GyebO-Vg Vita (DE): geb 1974 1987 Zivildienst beim Rettungsdienst. Read more [...]
Ralf Schnelle

Ralf Schnelle

Dr. Ralf Schnelle is medical doctor for emergency medicine and his cartoonsare very kind of black humour in this specialisation.............. DE: Wenn man seinen Einsatz überlebt hätte, fände man sich möglicherweise als knubbelnasige Figur in einem von Schnelles Cartoons wieder. Denn der 40-jährige Stuttgarter hat einen zweiten Beruf. Als „Olaf“ zeichnet er, was ihm im Job so ein- und auffällt: Notärzte im Kampf mit Defibrillatoren. Sanitäter, denen zum Read more [...]