Countway Library and the MCPHS Center for Health Humanities are thrilled to welcome Czech creator Štěpánka Jislová to campus during her US tour!

Join us for a lively interview with Štěpánka conducted by A. David Lewis, Associate Professor at MCPHS University, focused on her recent comic Heartcore, hailed by Foreword Reviews as "a searing graphic memoir" that seeks to break through unhealthy cycles of abuse and show how people can change for the better. This conversation will be of great interest to those engaged with graphic medicine, mental health, trauma care, and anyone seeking to end generational cycles of harm.

Moderated audience Q&A by Matthew Noe, Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian at Countway Library, will follow the interview.

About the Author: 

Štěpánka Jislová is an award-winning comics artist based in Prague and the cofounder of the Czech branch of Laydeez do Comics, an international organization that promotes female comic artists and their work. Jislová collaborated with Czech writer Tereza Čechová on the 2021 Muriel prize–winning Bez vlasů, later published by Graphic Mundi in English as Bald. Srdcovka (the original Czech edition of Heartcore) received the Muriel Award in three categories in 2024, including the main prize.