Let’s Talk About It: A Graphic Guide to Mental Health is a 24-page comic commissioned by Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery in Canton, Ohio. Their team reached out to The Center for Cartoon Studies whose director James Sturm knew I was already working on mental health topics for a child audience. He invited me to spearhead the effort, and I’m so glad I did.

The comic is FREE and can be downloaded here. Paper copies can also be purchased through The Center for Cartoon Studies website. This press release from CCS is also very informative about the project.

Here’s a page from the comic below.

Here’s some press about the comic:

Matthew Noe, “Spotlight: Let’s Talk About It: A Graphic Guide To Mental Health,” Graphic Medicine, October 8, 2020.

Melissa Pasanen, “Vermont's Center for Cartoon Studies Collaborates on Mental Health Guide for Youth,” Seven Days, October 14, 2020.

Mitch Wertlieb & Sam Gale Rosen, “This Cartoonist Is Drawing Guides To Help Adolescents Talk About Mental Health,” Vermont Public Radio, October 15, 2020.

Tina Arnoldi, “CCS Releases "Let’s Talk About It: A Graphic Guide To Mental Health”,” Theravive, November 6, 2020.