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Penn State University Press to Self-Distribute Graphic Mundi Imprint

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After nearly five years with a third-party distributor, Penn State University Press will begin self-distribution of its Graphic Mundi imprint effective August 18, 2025. Staffed full-time by a professional warehousing, fulfillment, and customer service team, the Penn State University Press distribution center in University Park, PA also provides fulfillment services for the Penn State University Press and Eisenbrauns imprints. Executive Director of Penn State University Press David Ayock anticipated no service disruptions.

Effective on the same day, Canadian distribution for Graphic Mundi will be handled by the University of Toronto Press.

Since 2021, Graphic Mundi has been publishing innovative and award-winning graphic novels for adults and young adults on a range of topics that affect how we live in today’s world. Genres include graphic medicine, graphic journalism, graphic justice, graphic memoir, and graphic history.

To migrate a retail or wholesale account or to place an order for Graphic Mundi titles with Penn State University Press, contact your Penn State University Press sales representative or Sales Manager Paul Harrington at prh5213@psu.edu. You can also reach Penn State University Press’s fulfillment team at orders@psupress.org. Customer service can be reached at (800) 326-9180 weekdays from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM ET.

My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson’s is educational and entertaining

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At the age of forty-three, former Anchorage Daily News staff cartoonist Peter Dunlap-Shohl was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a disorder that, among other things, can rob a person of their ability to speak or write and degrades their ability to deal with complexity. In My Degeneration, Dunlap-Shohl recounts his attempt to come to grips with the “malicious whimsy” of this chronic, progressive, and disabling disorder with his characteristic humor and passion.

This graphic novel tracks the author’s journey through depression, juggling medications and weathering their side effects, the impact of the diagnosis on his personal relationships, and the raft of mental and physical changes wrought by the disease.

But My Degeneration is more than a memoir. Dunlap-Shohl gives the person newly diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease the information necessary to cope with it on a day-to-day basis. He chronicles the changes that life with the disorder can bring to the way one sees the world and the way one is seen by the wider community. Above all, Dunlap-Shohl imparts a realistic basis for hope, hope not only to carry on but to enjoy a decent quality of life.

Story: Peter Dunlap-Shohl
Art: Peter Dunlap-Shohl

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Shrink: Story of a Fat Girl is an interesting graphic memoir that’s about how we perceive weight

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Shrink is a work of graphic medicine that depicts the emotional and physical realities of inhabiting a large body in a world that is constantly warning about the medical and social dangers of being “too fat.” This smart and candid book challenges the idea that weight loss is the only path for a fat person and encourages the reader to question the prevailing cultural and medical discourse about fat bodies.

Story: Rachel M. Thomas
Art: Rachel M. Thomas

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Bald is a fantastic memoir that’s educational as well

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Tereza never thought she would go bald before her boyfriend did. She couldn’t imagine being unable to sweep her hair up in a ponytail or to style it in other ways. But when she lost all her hair in just a couple of months due to alopecia, her perspective on relationships and work―and above all, herself― radically changed.

Navigating the particular trauma of female hair loss, Tereza comes to terms with her new reality with humor and self-reflection in this prize-winning graphic memoir featuring eye-catching art by Štěpánka Jislová.

Story: Tereza Čechová
Art: Štěpánka Jislová
Translator: Martha Kuhlman

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Abortion Pill Zine is highly educational about the pills misoprostol and mifepristone

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Access to safe abortion is a human right! This short zine explains one kind of abortion: with the use of pills misoprostol and mifepristone.

Abortion is vital healthcare and part of comprehensive sexual health. This zine aims to provide readers with accessible information about the pills mifepristone and misoprostol as options to manage abortion. Created by pro-choice community members, it covers the medical abortion process step-by-step, including what to expect, precautions, access, and more. Community knowledge is power and access to abortion saves lives!

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by Isabella Rotman, Marnie Galloway, Sage Coffey

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SelfMadeHero announces The Anxiety Club, a graphic guide to help identify, understand, and manage anxiety

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Arriving in July in the UK and September in the US, The Anxiety Guide is a new graphic novel with a focus on healthcare. Written by Dr. Frédéric Fanget and Catherine Meyer with art by Pauline Aubry, The Anxiety Club introduces three characters, each with a different form of anxiety. After hearing their stories, we follow them into the therapy room where they discover the behavioral, cognitive and emotional tools to help free themselves from anxious thinking. Many people believe that there is no treatment for anxiety: they try to soothe their inner suffering with medication, alcohol, drugs or binge eating. However, there are healthy ways to manage such negative thoughts and feelings. This self-help handbook helps the reader to identify, understand and find freedom from anxiety.

The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that the prevalence of anxiety and depression increased 25% globally during the pandemic.

The Anxiety Club is written by a leading anxiety expert and mental health professional. In contrast to many other self-help books the graphic medium makes this serious topic more approachable to an adult and young adult audience.

The Anxiety Guide

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Webtoon

The weekend is almost here! What geeky things are you all doing? Sound off in the comments below. While you wait for the weekend to begin, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.

The Beat – WEBTOON’s latest SEC filing opens up the books, with some surprises – Interesting.

Deadline – ‘Blue Beetle’ Animated Series In Works As DC Plots Next Chapter For Superhero Franchise – Nice! Missed this news.

Irish Times – Where comic books meet healthcare: ‘We recognise that we need to communicate in different ways’ – A lot of potential with this!

Reviews

Antickmusings – Fall Through
The Beat – A Witch’s Guide to Burning

Crowdfunding Corner: Soaring Penguin Press gets into Family and Relationships Therapy

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Backer Beware: Crowdfunding projects are not guaranteed to be delivered and/or delivered when promised. We always recommend to do your research before backing.

I Do I Don’t: How To Build A Better Marriage

Why doesn’t marriage come with a manual? Now it does – in graphic detail!

I Do I Don’t: How To Build A Better Marriage by licensed therapist Chandrama Anderson (MA, LMFT) and talented cartoonist Nur Jaffar G. Latip tells the story of a young couple, Ben and Grace. Struggling to make their marriage work, they turn to a couples therapist in an effort to find out the root of their problems and how to fix them.

A unique blend of narrative, theory, and applied practice, I Do I Don’t allows readers to follow along with Ben and Grace as they learn how upbringing and personal trauma impact our relationships and attachments. The book makes use of visual cues including colored word balloons to emphasize emotional states to make complicated concepts more understandable. Each chapter ends with Put It Into Practice, a set of worksheets that parallel the homework set for Ben and Grace by the therapist.

Anderson effortlessly breaks down complex neuroscience principles that affect our behavior in a way that anyone can understand while also using more familiar self-help concepts like Love Languages and various other therapeutic practices. Latip’s crisp, beautiful, and expressive black & white art allows the reader to empathize with them all the more. I Do I Don’t also features a foreword by John Killcullen, CEO and founder of the “…For Dummies” line of informational books.

Whether you’re a graphic novel lover or new to the art form, I Do I Don’t seamlessly allows any reader to quickly absorb, understand, and put into practice Anderson’s therapeutic concepts. I Do I Don’t is an essential tool for couples seeking to improve communication in their committed relationships as well as students and therapists looking for new tools to reach their patients.

Soaring Penguin Press is running a Crowdfundr campaign until December 21, 2023.

Oni Press will publish Tiitu Takalo’s graphic medicine memoir Memento Mori

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Celebrated multiple Eisner and Ringo Award-winning comic and graphic novel publisher, Oni Press, is set to release the English-language version of the acclaimed autobiographical graphic novel, Memento Mori, from Finnish comic artist and illustrator Tiitu Takalo, available May 24, 2023. Originally published as an online diary, Memento Mori is a deeply moving reflection on the physical and mental journey to recovery after surviving a cerebral hemorrhage and the ways in which the traumatic event changed the creator’s outlook on life for the better.

Winner of the Finlandia Prize and Puupäähattu Award, Takalo’s Memento Mori chronicles her sudden, unexpected cerebral hemorrhage and the long road to recovery she had to travel. It is a dramatic story about a life turned upside down overnight: a ruptured cerebral aneurysm, the days and nights spent in an intensive care unit, and the long, painful recovery that led the artist to reflect on her life both past and present.

Memento Mori will be available in paperback for a list price of $24.99 (ISBN: 978-1-63715-202-7) at digital and physical retailers everywhere on May 24, 2023.

Memento Mori

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Mosely #1

The weekend is almost here! How are you all holding up this first week of the new year? Sound off in the comments below! While you wait for the weekday to end and the weekend to begin, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.

The Beat – Graphic Medicine Award 2023 opens for submissions and expands to two categories – Such an interesting space in comics.

CBLDF – Texas School Investigated by Office for Civil Rights After Books Pulled – Good.

Kotaku – Oops: Microsoft Called FTC Unconstitutional, Regrets The Error – Yeah, I don’t think that’s going to go over well.

Review

CBR – Mosely #1
CBR – Star Trek #3
CBR – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Armageddon Game – The Alliance #3

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