@article{article_1017037, title={NEW SUPERHEROES: THE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN GRAPHIC MEDICINE DURING THE TIME OF COVID-19}, journal={İnönü Üniversitesi Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi}, volume={11}, pages={165–181}, year={2022}, DOI={10.54282/inijoss.1017037}, author={Koçak, Kenan and Türk Öztopal, Ebru}, keywords={Covid-19, Comics, Graphic Medicine, Superhero, Healthcare Professionals}, abstract={Covid-19, opening a new page in world history by spreading all over the world, was announced as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. The Covid-19 outbreak has caused more than five million deaths and lasting health problems and affacted economy and society. Wearing masks, physically distancing and even lockdowns have become our new normal. Not only scientists who worked on the prevention of this contagious disease but also scholars from other fields such as philosophy, sociology, arts, and literature, contributed to studies focusing on the reflection of Covid-19 in our lives. Comics has always been used as a medium to illustrate the catastrophes in human history, to raise awareness, and educate society. Graphic medicine, a field that blends medical humanities and comics, offers a broad space for all segments of society to express their feelings or experiences in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. On the Graphic Medicine website, co-managers MK Czerwiec, and Alice Jaggers categorized comics produced in this period under the title of "Covid-19 Comics" by grouping them according to their themes and creators such as educational, vaccine-specific comics, ethics/social justice, by/about caregivers, by patients, coping and humour, and historic. This study will focus on the portrayal of caregivers as superheroes in selected Covid-19 comics both in print and on social media posts. The superhero metaphor in comics will be discussed in the context of graphic medicine.}, number={1}, publisher={Inonu University}