Table of Contents

Acknowledgments IntroductionMK Czerwiec MenopauseMaureen Burdock Menopositive!Lynda Barry#crockpotrunnerAnn M. Fox When My Biological Clock Stopped TickingMonica Lalanda Burning UpComic Nurse (MK Czerwiec) DesertificationA. K. Summers Zen and the Art of Menopausal MaintenanceLeslie Ewing Climacteric CalamityRachael House My Menopause StorySharon Rosenzweig "Are You Sexually Active?": Vaginal Truth TellingJoyce Schachter and Jessica MoranInvisible LadyCarol Tyler The End, for NowRoberta GregoryA Slow Intermittent LeakJennifer Camper2:14 am-4:43 am: Let Me Introduce MyselfNicola StreetenAny Day NowAjuan ManceCyclesKC CouncilorAn End Is Not the EndLeah Jones and Cathy LeamyReady, Set, "Pause"Ellen ForneyThe Big ChangeTeva Harrison PausedEmily Steinberg Kimiko Does MenopauseKimiko Tobimatsu and Keet Geniza Surgical Menopause-in Ten PosturesSusan Merrill Squier and Shelley L. Wall When the Menopause Carnival Comes to TownMimi Pond (A) Men-O-PauseDana Walrath Antique RestorationJoyce Farmer Resources List of Contributors

About the Author

MK Czerwiec, RN, MA, is the artist in residence at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and the cocurator of GraphicMedicine.org. She has served as a Senior Fellow of the George Washington School of Nursing Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement and as an Applied Cartooning Fellow of the Center for Cartoon Sudies. She is the creator of the graphic memoir Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 and coauthor of Graphic Medicine Manifesto, both published by Penn State University Press.

Reviews

"Often informative, sometimes moving, and ambitious in its frank talk about what is oddly taboo: an inevitable experience for half of humanity."

-Publishers Weekly

"Playful and enjoyable indeed, as well as moving, affirming, and solidarity-sparking."

-starred review, Booklist

"The cartoons in Menopause: A Comic Treatment depict what is generally considered an unbecoming, if not humiliating, life event. This collection, edited by M.K. Czerwiec, joins the Graphic Medicine Series (Escaping Wars and Waves) in treating a complex topic with candor and creativity. Twenty-five comics represent diverse women and their experiences, in drawing styles as distinctive as the artists."

-Shelf Awareness

"Shattering the silence and secrecy surrounding the 'big change,' Menopause: A Comic Treatment offers an unflinching look at an often stigmatized or taboo topic."

-Mike Rhode, International Journal of Comic Art*