Comments on: Top Five Most Common Comic Book Writer Medical Errors

By: A would-be writer

A would-be writer — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:18:01 +0000

Thank you sir, for this informative post! I am not a comic-book author, but I am an aspiring author that wants to do things right. I honestly didn’t know that a flatline should not be shocked! Thanks for posting! :)

Oh! And as I work in a library, I thought I’d mention an extremely informative book called “Body Trauma: A Writer’s Guide to Wounds and Injuries.” It’s saved me from embarrassment a number of times.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:34:23 +0000

In comics (and TV and movies), whenever a character suffers a severe wound — particularly a fatal one — they begin oozing blood from everywhere (how many “blood trickling from the mouth symbolizing fatal wound” scenes have you seen?), even though anatomically it is extremely improbable, if not downright impossible.

By: Californianiac

Californianiac — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:40:52 +0000

“bleeding out of every orifice” #7

I don’t really understand what’s wrong with that, Scott. Could you please elaborate for us laymen interested in medicine? Thanks!

By: Xentelian

Xentelian — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:30:55 +0000

Another one is, OMG he is diabetic and needs his insulin injection stat. BS. You give them sugar/glucose when they start siezure, not insulin.

By: I love “Polite Dissent” | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit"

I love “Polite Dissent” | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:37:41 +0000

[...] So what does the medical team do? They defibrillate him.Once again repeat after me: Do not shock a flatline. It is a bad idea. It may work in comic book (like it does here), but in real life it doesn’t work and may actually make the situation worse… [...]

By: Polite Dissent » Picture Quiz: Checkmate: comics, medicine, and medical comics

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:52:33 +0000

[...] Quick quiz here. What’s caught my eye as wrong in this panel? It’s not one of my top five writer or top five artist errors, but it’s so common, I’m starting to think it should be… [...]

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By: Scipio

Scipio — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:38:32 +0000

Scott, your post has given me an idea for a potential joint project that could be extremely cool. Can you write me off-line so we can discuss it?

Thanks!

By: Sumer Sethi

Sumer Sethi — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:18:33 +0000

loved the post, i ve recommended ur site on my blog
Sumer

By: Zzedar

Zzedar — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:21:02 +0000

Speaking of autopsies and rigor mortis, why are there never animal bites on corpses? If a corpse is found in a grimy alley in New York or Gotham, it should have a bunch of triangular rat bites.