Making the Invisible and Private, Seen and Public: Roundtable Conversation on the Potentials of Graphic Medicine for Public History

Abstract This roundtable, recorded at the 2024 Graphic Medicine Conference in Ireland, explores “Graphic History as Pedagogy.” The participants Matthew Noe (Boston, USA), Ian Williams (Brighton, UK), Juliet McMullin (Irvine, USA), Soha Bayoumi (Baltimore, USA), and Eugenia Garcia Amor (Badalona, Spain) discussed the role of comics in Graphic Medicine. Inspired by the rising inclusion of graphic works in classrooms, the conversation highlights the potential of comics, especially recent graphic medicine titles, as records of events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, capturing healthcare workers’ experiences.