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Aden Howl-e-mariam
@adenhailemariam.bsky.social
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I love having hobbies. Mostly thinking about comics, baking, healthcare-related stuff, systemic issues, libraries, and needing a nap. Banner image is from She-Hulk issue #12 (LGY #175). adenhailemariam.com
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I’m hosting an event to foster interest in Graphic Medicine in Guilford County, NC! Registration link and more info at adenhailemariam.com. I’ll also be encouraging participation in the 2026 Graphic Medicine Conference @graphicmedicine.bsky.social

#GraphicMedicine #comics #health #HealthCare
Background of lined notebook paper with doodles in purple, digital pencil of various health and healthcare related images. In the middle is information about an event called Graphic Medicine in Guilford County hosted by Aden Hailemariam listing the date as Sunday, January 4, 2026 at 12 PM to 1:30 PM on Zoom. You can register by scanning the QR code in the image or going to adenhailemariam.com. There is a QR code in the center of the page and large text that says register today! The doodles include a laptop, a respirator with head straps, drawings of the same person with back pain and chest pain with a question about acid reflux around the bodies, someone holding their head in pain with a jagged thought bubble containing an ice pick, two different eye charts, two hands holding a comic book, two faceless people sitting at a table with papers and pen and a laptop with an air fan/purifier between them, a hospital sign you'd see on the road, a model of the human mouth, pain scale like smiley faces from smile to frown and one last face that looks a touch less cartoony, a bottle of prescription medication, a person sitting in a chair with their sleeve rolled up and a bandage on their arm showing that they got a vaccination.
December 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Remember the nightmare radish from Faerie Tale Theatre’s Rapunzel? Happy Halloween!
An image of the cover of the VHS tape of Faerie Tale Theatre’s Rapunzel. There are lots of oranges, yellows and greens in the illustrated cover. The illustration features Shelley Duvall as Rapunzel hugging Jeff Bridges as the prince in the background and Gena Rowlands as the witch in the foreground with her arms raised up menacingly.
October 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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More Jubilee!
Headshot illustration of Jubilee from the X-Men. Black background. Jubilee has short black hair pulled back by a pink visor. She is wearing a pink mock turtleneck and a yellow jacket with large lapels popped up and an X-Men pin on one lapel. She wears silver hoop earrings and is smiling. Her name at the bottom of the image is stylized with yellow fill, pink outline, and a glowing starburst as the fit above the letter i.
July 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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“Fan Casting” by me, featuring Zelma Stanton, She-Hulk, and Zawe Ashton. "Fan Casting".
4-panel comic called FAN CASTING, starring Marvel characters Zelma Stanton and Jennifer Walters She- Hulk. Marvel actor Zawe Ashton features in the comic. Panel 1: Zelma Stanton and Jen Stanton walk towards each other. Zelma: HEY, JEN. Jen: HEY, ZELMA! Panel 2: Zelma and Jen continue talking. Jen: SO, WHAT'S UP WITH ADEN? Zelma: SHE'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE'RE IN ANY COMICS TOGETHER OR IF THERE'S A STRONG ENOUGH CONNECTION TO HOPE FOR ONE. Jen: SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG. KNOCK KNOCK Panel 3: Zawe Ashton has walked through a door in the white space that looks likes it opens up to a realm that looks like outer space. Zapped wears a navy shirt and skirt long sleeve dress combo. She waves with one hand and greets Zelma and Jen who are facing away from us. Zawe: HELLO! I WAS ASKED TO STOP BY. Zelma and Jen: ZAWE! Panel 4: Zelma and Zawe walk away in the distance. Jen is up close and looking at the comic reader. Zelma to Zawe: I THINK I DID HEAR ADEN SAYING "ZELMA AND ZAWE" OVER AND OVER. SHE LOVES ALLITERATION. Jen: ADEN, YOU'VE BROKEN LIKE THREE FOURTH WALLS.
July 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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This week's Avengers Academy, issue 51, is the first in a two-part-er for Disability Pride Month. The issue seems pretty straightforward on ableism and this part was creepy. I did a double take. I literally said to myself “this is evil”. Once again in a superhero story it is something very real.
Two security guards at Roxxon in a Marvel comic walk down gray steps. One is holding a dark gray box with a red button on top and says “It’s testing time.”
July 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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White text saying THEY WILL LOVE THIS HAWKPERSON above the text DCEU shaking hands emoji shaking hands with DCU on a black background.
July 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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What the heck. Let me share some cartoon-y things today. I was trying to make a She-Hulk comic for #MakeATerribleComicDay2025 but gave up or got tired. I loved making She-Hulk illustrations when the show was on.
Four panel comic of she Hulk illustrations with thick black borders and white background. In the first panel, she is wearing an off the shoulder black shirt. We are looking at her profile and she is giving side eye with a smile. In the second panel, she is standing towards the right side of the panel with her hands in her pocket wearing a three-quarter length lilac blouse. In the third panel, she is wearing a V-neck longsleeved long navy dress has a red lip and is wearing a white headband, pulling back her long hair and she is punching through the panel border. She is standing with Madisynn and they’re both dressed up in a miniskirt and a mini dress, respectively, and heels with the text in the panel saying “Bring back She-Hulk!”.
July 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Also inspired by that one time I colored my hair green. Anyways, of all the comics I’ve read, I feel like a significant portion included Doctor Doom, but he still feels unfamiliar to me.
Cartoon drawing of a black woman wearing an outfit inspired by Doctor Doom. She has wavy, darker green hair cut just above her shoulders. Her hair is tucked behind her ear on one side. She is wearing large gold plate earrings that look like the hardware on Dr. doom’s outfit. Related she’s wearing a gold necklace with large gold beads. She’s wearing a V-neck three-quarter sleeve cropped shirt and a green plated mini skirt. The shirt and the skirt are connected by hardware or perhaps a softer material. That is a cut out of the letter D in gold reminiscent of Doctor Doom’s belt. Her hands are behind her back with her thumbs and some fingers showing and she’s wearing silver-colored metal bracelets one on each wrist. She’s also wearing knee-high silver-colored/metallic boots.
July 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Coincidentally, I made this today for #MakeATerribleComicDay2025.
Four panel mostly black-and-white comic. In the first panel is a TV showing a scene from Batman and Robin where Mr. freeze is telling the joke “What killed the dinosaurs?” and the punch line is “The Ice Age!”. In the second panel, a person is watching the TV on a couch. In a third panel, the person laughs out loud. In the fourth panel, the person smiles and says “What kind of Ivan Ooze-ass line was that?”
June 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Cancelled TV show you will never stop thinking about
Poster image promoting the original Netflix series The OA. A white woman with long blond hair is walking through a tunnel that has regular strips of light that give the image a greenish glow. She has a concerned look on her face. The woman is wearing a long sleeved black dress with a concentration of embroidered gems/beads on the left side of her abdomen. The test says The OA Part II Netflix March 22.
March 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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I’m reading After Life. I’ve wanted to read this for a long time. Just finished the preface and felt calm afterwards. I think it felt like an attempt at collective grieving for the pandemic, or an acknowledgment of the need for it, that I haven’t experienced enough and needed.

#PublicHealth #Covid
Book cover of After Life AFTER LIFE A COLLECTIVE HISTORY OF LOSS AND REDEMPTION IN PANDEMIC AMERICA EDITED BY RHAE LYNN BARNES KERI LEIGH MERRITT YOHURU WILLIAMS
February 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM