Using a science comic format to engage readers of all ages, Mosquitoes Suck! conveys essential information about mosquito biology, ecology, and disease transmission needed for community-based control efforts.
She is the lead author of the comics World of Viruses (Nebraska, 2012) and coauthor of Carnival of Contagion (Nebraska, 2017) and C\'RONA Pandemic Comics (Nebraska, 2021)..
Judy Diamond is a professor and curator of informal science education at the University of Nebraska State Museum.
Some of his recent comic works include World of Viruses (Nebraska, 2012), Carnival of Contagion (Nebraska, 2017), and Mosquitos Suck! (Nebraska, 2021).
Bob Hall is an artist who has worked for Marvel Comics and DC Comics and drawn some of the most famous comic heroes of all time, including Batman, Spiderman, Thor, Captain America, and the Avengers.
Lyric Bartholomay is a professor of pathobiological sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the director of the Midwest Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease.
She has worked in mosquito laboratories all around the world.
Sara Erickson is a medical entomologist who studies the interactions between Mosquitoes and the pathogens they transmit.
Trained as an educational anthropologist, she uses the tools of observation to examine and shape the cultures that arise in particular learning contexts.
About author(s): Katherine Richardson Bruna is a professor of sociocultural studies of education at Iowa State University.
Starting with a story of a dystopian mosquito-less future, Mosquitoes Suck! travels back in time to depict the present-day work of a scientist in her lab and the curiosity of the students she works with as they learn about the history of mosquito-human interaction, science as an ever-evolving tool, and the need to balance cutting-edge preventative technologies with broader care for environmental stewardship.
Using a science comic format to engage readers of all ages, Mosquitoes Suck! conveys essential information about mosquito biology, ecology, and disease transmission needed for community-based control efforts
