CALLUSES
True stories
from an ICU
ICU stories 1:
Tenderness and brutality
Written by
Ernesto Barbieri
Illustrated by
Jess Ruliffson
ICU stories 2:
When accidents happen
ICU stories 3:
Recovery and decline
ICU stories 4:
The sisters
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ICU stories 1:
Tenderness and brutality
ICU stories 2:
When accidents happen
ICU stories 3:
Recovery and decline
Ernesto Barbieri is a registered nurse in the Boston area whose writing has appeared in The Believer, Iowa Review, Midway Journal, Fourteen Hills, Berkeley Fiction Review, and elsewhere. A graduate of Hunter College’s MFA fiction program, he is at work on a novel and a graphic memoir.
Jess Ruliffson is a graphic journalist based in Boston. She teaches at Boston University and The Sequential Artists Workshop. See her work and connect at https://www.patreon.com/jessruliffson and www.jessruliffson.com.
ICU stories 4:
The sisters
Although the events in this story are real, names have been changed to protect identities.
Editors: Jim Dao, Marjorie Pritchard, and Heather Hopp-Bruce
Animation and project management: Heather Hopp-Bruce
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