Draft:Rachel Lindsay (cartoonist)

Rachel Lindsay (2018)

Rachel Lindsay (1987-) is an American cartoonist, educator, musician, and patient-centric mental health advocate. She is best known for her book, RX: A Graphic Memoir,[1] and her weekly comic strip, Rachel Lives Here Now,[2] which runs in Vermont's Seven Days (newspaper) newspaper. She has also appeared in The New Yorker,[3] Spiralbound,[4] Issue #4 of James Kochalka's Superf*ckers Forever series, The Ladybroad Ledger, and The Maple Key Comics Anthology.

Early life

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Lindsay was raised in Yorktown Heights, New York in New York's Hudson Valley region. Her first comic strip, "Thoughts On," ran in the Yorktown High School paper, The Voice. She would later attend Columbia University, where she received her Bachelor's in American studies, and created a thesis in the form of a graphic novel about her experiences as a college student and struggles with her fresh diagnosis of Bipolar I.

Career

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Lindsay pursued comics professionally beginning in 2013, after moving to Burlington, Vermont with the intention of creating her first graphic novel. There, she worked as a cashier at City Market, and began a blog, "Rachel Lives Here Now",[5] based on her experiences living in the small city and working at the co-op, "the water cooler of Burlington."[6][7][8] In 2016, the 8-panel comic strip was picked up by Seven Days.[9]

In 2018, RX: A Graphic Memoir was released by Grand Central Publishing.[10][11] RX has been recognized for its contribution to the comics discourse on mental health and hospitalization, garnering reviews and coverage internationally.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][excessive citations] It was also the featured book for US National Network of Libraries of Medicine's mental health month 2019, and was included on the American Association of Medical Colleges' top ten summer reads list 2019.[21] Its pages were have been featured in multiple traveling exhibitions of work in Graphic Medicine, and was featured in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum "Drawing Blood" exhibition (2019), The Naughton Gallery at Queen's "Sorry I've Been A Stranger Lately" exhibition (2022), and other comics shows internationally.

Speaking

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Lindsay has spoken about her work at the Columbia University Narrative MedicineNarrative medicine Rounds, Harvard Medical School, The Miami Book Fair, the Toronto Comics Arts Festival, Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, Mount Sinai Hospital's Icahn School of Medicine and other universities, conferences, and conventions. She was also a guest on Paul Gilmartin's podcast Mental Illness Happy Hour in 2020.[22]

References

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  1. ^ "Comics (Copy)". Rachel Lindsay.
  2. ^ "Rachel Lives Here Now (Copy)". Rachel Lindsay.
  3. ^ Lindsay, Rachel (August 25, 2019). "A Park Slope–Stoop Horror Story" – via www.newyorker.com.
  4. ^ "Rachel Lindsay". Medium.
  5. ^ https://www.rachellivesherenow.tumblr.com
  6. ^ Arvanitis, John. "Cartoonist Rachel Lindsay Still Lives Here". Take Magazine.
  7. ^ Sollberger, Eva. "Stuck in Vermont: Rachel Lindsay".
  8. ^ Nightmare, Emoji; Champagne, Nikki. "The T".
  9. ^ "Seven Days | Vermont's Independent Voice". Seven Days.
  10. ^ "Kirkus Reviews RX: A Graphic Memoir". Kirkus Reviews. 4 September 2018.
  11. ^ Alverson, Brigid. "An Artist Confronts Bipolar Disorder". Publisher's Weekly. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  12. ^ Sathyaraj, Venkatesan; Saji, Sweetha. "Interview: Of Comics and Bipolar Disorder: A Conversation with Rachel Lindsay". World Literature Today.
  13. ^ Zimmerman, Edith (20 January 2018). "These Are Not Sad Stories: How Graphic Medicine Humanizes the World of Health Care". New York Magazine.
  14. ^ Riesman, Abraham (4 September 2018). "Rachel Lindsay's Rx Proves Comics Are Perfect for Tackling Mental Illness". New York Magazine.
  15. ^ "'RX': Cartoonist Rachel Lindsay's Tale Of Living With Bipolar Disorder". Vermont Public Radio. 31 August 2018.
  16. ^ Dwire, Whitney (4 September 2018). ""Rx" Is A Painfully Honestly Graphic Memoir About Living With Bipolar Disorder". BUST. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  17. ^ Williams, Ian. "Book Review: Rx". Graphic Medicine.org. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  18. ^ Frey, Angelica (5 March 2019). "The Real Life Dilemma of an Artist with Bipolar Disorder". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  19. ^ Herndon, Jaime. "Peek Over Our Shoulders: What Rioters are Reading August 9, 2018". Book Riot.
  20. ^ Zhao, Jane. "Though much is taken, much abides: RX: A Graphic Memoir on corporate America and bipolar disorder". Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  21. ^ Siegel, Lauren; Lee, Nicole. "10 Great Summer Reads for Doctors". AAMC. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  22. ^ Mental Illness Happy Hour. "Graphic Novelist Rachel Lindsay". Paul Gilmartin.