The infective nurture of pandemic comics

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We have published a letter in The Lancet responding to a wonderful paper by Callender et al which explored how comics have contributed to the visual culture of contagion through the COVID-19 pandemic. Our letter expands on this to explore the concept of ‘informed empathy’ - something which comics can excel in communicating through visual storytelling.

We introduce a favourite example with “The COVID-19 Chronicles”, a 100-comic series from the National University of Singapore which shared expert advice about the evolving situation with comedy.

You can read the published letter in The Lancet here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32550-2/fulltext

#25 Unsung Heroes. From The COVID-19 Chronicles by the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. The series was initiated by Professor Yap Seng Chong, designed in collaboration with Professor Dale Fisher and artist Andrew Tan…

#25 Unsung Heroes. From The COVID-19 Chronicles by the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. The series was initiated by Professor Yap Seng Chong, designed in collaboration with Professor Dale Fisher and artist Andrew Tan (Drewscape).

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