STITCHIN’ TIME! is a ridiculous historical fiction based on factual medical history.

Aulus Cornelius Celsus (c. 25 BCE – c. 50 CE) was a Roman writer of De Medicina, an important medical text.  Aelius (or Claudius) Galenus (129  – c. 200 CE) was a famous surgeon and one of the most influential writers in the history of medicine. In this minicomic, for the first time ever, Celsus and Galen team up to stitch a disemboweled gladiator back together! Could these men have ever met? Heck no! Would this type of surgery have taken place in the 2nd century? Heck yes!

This is the first comic resulting from Kriota Willberg’s artist residency at the New York Academy of Medicine Library. Yes it’s a silly story, but the research is sound. The end pages contain historical background not always flattering to Galen and Celsus, and a list of citations.

Artist: Kriota Willberg
Publisher: self-published
Pages: 16pp
Size: 5.5 x 4.25
Notes: saddle-stitched, b/w
Release Date: Fall 2017