Sketches from outside the margins, 2016-2018 : Stories from Seattle/King County Clinic

Abstract

The Seattle/King County Clinic brings together healthcare organizations, civic agencies, non-profits, private businesses and volunteers from across the State of Washington to produce a giant free health clinic in KeyArena at the Seattle Center. The four-day volunteer-driven clinic provides a full range of free dental, vision and medical care to underserved and vulnerable populations in the region. Local cartoonists gathered stories from patients about the reasons they sought healthcare there. The comics they created from these stories offer intimate and often touching accounts of what it's like to negotiate the healthcare system as a person in need. Sketches from Outside the Margins is a collection of these storie