Comics, Zines, and Graphic Novels in Art Therapy

A wonderful, accessible love-letter to comics, zines, and graphic medicine. Featuring diverse therapeutic and pedagogical approaches, critical social justice conversations and first-person narratives, it transforms personal stories into communal conversations. An essential portal into the magic of comics in art therapy. – Rakshanda Khan MA, DTATI, RP, RCAT, Research & Publications Chair, Canadian Art Therapy AssociationWords with images-the defining feature of the three formats focused on in this book. Carlton and her colleagues discuss and demonstrate this pairing in ways both scholarly and personal. Readers/viewers will enjoy this rich exploration of these genres in art therapy and related contexts. – Randy M. Vick, MS, ATR-BC, HLM Professor Emeritus, The School of the Art Institute of ChicagoRedefining art therapy literature, this bold volume integrates graphic narratives and sequential art to expand visual storytelling in therapy and community care. Rooted in global and Indigenous healing traditions and honoring media as part of the natural world, it offers readers a phenomenological experience of imagery’s transformative power. – Denise R. Wolf, Associate Clinical Professor, Art Therapy and Counseling, Drexel University

Dr. Natalie Rae Carlton is an Associate Professor of Art Therapy and Arts-Based Research in the Creative Arts Therapies Department at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.