Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, May 1, 2014,
Announcement:
Every first Saturday of May is
Free Comic Book Day! But what is it? Check out the video below:
I'll be at
Comic Odyssey's Free Comic Book Day Event in
Fully Booked, Bonifacio High Street, BGC, Taguig City, Philippines from 8AM-12PM, May 3, 2014
! Check out the stellar list of comic writers and artists who will be at this enormous event!
1. AARON FELIZMENIO
2. AJ BERNARDO
3. ALLEN GENETA
4. AMOS VILLAR
5. ANDREW VILLAR
6. ARIEL ATIENZA
7. BENJAMIN BARTOLOME
8. BERNCE LLAMO
9. ...
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Certifying the Truth
Personally, I haven't had the experience of someone asking me to make up some medical certification of an illness so that they may have an excused absence from school or work. But I've seen it happen.
However, the tough part is when you know they're telling the truth but due to their illness they were unable to see you while they were sick. Medical Certifications only account for what the signing physician actually saw and examined. A consultation after a period of ...
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, March 18, 2014,
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Determination!
Mondays. It affects us all. :)
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, February 24, 2014,
Back in med school, I wondered a lot about the words we use to instruct our patients. "Take"! "Instill"! "Reconstitute!" As if doctor's instructions weren't confusing enough. Fortunately, I have yet to encounter a patient who misunderstood my instructions enough to become a pharmacy thief.
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Hey everyone!
As we continue our countdown to August 7, 2013 (which is
Callous' 17th anniversary) I'll be featuring guest art below the regular comic strips! Let's see what awesomeness awaits us today!
Dr. Rianne Nicah by Ronzkie Pacho Vidal
This absolutely stunning rendition of Rianne is by the amazing Ronzkie Pacho Vidal of
Ikos Komiks! I get floored every time I see her work online and I was just delighted to receive this piece! Her self-published comic books are also some of the m...
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, July 16, 2013,
I actually had a lot of difficulty translating this comic strip to English from the original Filipino dialogue. The following is the strip I submitted for the newspapers, I hope I did a decent job!
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Thanks to Wendy Wood (
Gilbert and the Grim Rabbit) for the onomatopoeia help in this comic strip!
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, April 30, 2013,
Traditional medicine is not inherently bad, in fact some have been scientifically proven to be beneficial in certain ailments. For more information, do read this
fact sheet on traditional medicine by the
World Health Organization (WHO).
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, April 24, 2013,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Friday, April 19, 2013,
Seriously, for more information on the potential virus-fighting capabilities of beer, click
HERE.
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Two Psychiatry gags in a row?! Today we're back in Dr. Julius' clinic as the staff continues to undergo its psychiatric evaluation, this time with Dr. Sally Bloemfontein!
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Friday, May 18, 2012,
Hey everyone! Here's a bonus comic strip for today! :D
Looks like another year has passed and it's
Dialogue Free Comics Day once more! Organized annually by
Noel Curry, he explains "Dialogue Free Comics Day" as follows:
"Too often, when writing webcomics I forget that this is
primarily a visual artform and so to emphasise that, I’ve set myself the challenge of posting a dialogue free comic on that day..."
I've contributed every year so far and yet it's still hard to kick the...
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, May 13, 2012,
Did you know?
The device Dr. Rianne Nicah is using to correct errors of refraction in a patient's vision (e.g. near or far-sightedness) is called a "Phoropter"!
The chart a patient looks at with lines of seemingly random letters is called a "Snellen's Chart".
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, December 13, 2011,
Originally posted in http://www.mylifeinthetrenches.com. Re-published here with permission.
This hilarious comic strip is by T. Andrew Dempsey, the heart and soul of the webcomic,
My Life in the Trenches!
Tim asked me if he could have Rianne guest in his comic as a doctor again, and I was more than happy to oblige! Tim is one artist I know who
gets the good doctor. In this comic, it particularly shows in her prolonged interjection, "Dear Mother-of-Pearl!"
I don't know if anyone ha...
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BONUS: View the original linework for this comic strip by clicking
HERE! Then view the colored comic minus word balloons
HERE!
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Friday, April 1, 2011,
This comic strip is for 2011's
April Fool's Day and features Desmon and Violet from
Plus One by Dustin Reese!
It is apparently popular among cartoonists to do an
April Fool's Day Comic Strip Switcheroo / Switcheroonie. Last year I did
one with
roxxiiee who does the comic,
Afrodite. I had planned to organize a pretty grand one for 2011 but unfortunately it completely slipped my mind.
I only got reminded of the occasion at the non-recorded tail end of an
episode of the
TGT Webcomics podcast I c...
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Ernest John Daryll Fiestan, author of the splendidly rendered
Crazy Metro comic strip series, has produced several guest comics for
Callous Comics in the past. Check them out
HERE,
HERE,
HERE, and
HERE! He even made
THIS fantastic piece for the 2010 Holiday season!
Crazy Metro has a nice set of characters and I figured I would try my hand at making a crossover comic as well! I gave Ernest this comic strip several days ago but he insisted it appear here before he posts it anywhere else.
This ...
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, November 7, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Saturday, October 23, 2010,
Beginning the Halloween season for
Callous is this guest cartoon by Dustin Reese, who writes and illustrates the excellent comic series,
Plus One! Considering this particular patient load, I'm surprised the ER staff is so well-composed!
Dustin has done several guest work for
Callous in the past. Check out his previous contributions
HERE and
HERE!
Be sure to read his sprawling pregnancy-to-parenting adventure series,
Plus One!
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, October 18, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, September 22, 2010,
Callous will be going on break! Click
HERE for details on the rest of 2010, guest comic/art drive, and event appearances!
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Friday, June 25, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, June 7, 2010,
This comic strip is a great guest contribution by Horton Novak of
Skeletica! In this crossover Skeletica tells it like it is! Give it up, Rianne! No matter how hard you try you won't find a pulse!
Skeletica features the titular character, a stylish, beautiful blond skeleton who attends college! The series chronicles her student "life": chasing boys, going shopping, and looking at her awesome self in the mirror! Join Skeletica and her other "lively" friends by clicking
HERE!
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, May 11, 2010,
Today's guest comic is by Katherine Curtis, the great talent behind
Our Perfect World comics! I wonder what incredible awesomeness Rianne's patient went through? Guess I'll have to search for the viral video...
Our Perfect World is a comic about how our world isn’t perfect (ironic,
isn’t it?). It follows the life of Kat, a young adult attempting to
discover what happiness is. With her friends and family by her side, the comic
explores the small things that make life epically hilariou...
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Saturday, May 8, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Friday, May 7, 2010,
Today's
Callous guest comic strip is by T. Andrew Dempsey, the fantastic talent behind the great online comic strip series,
My Life in the Trenches! I think he did a great job capturing the humor of
Callous, particularly when it comes to Rianne's clinic setting! Thanks Timothy!
Read more of Timothy's work in
My Life in the Trenches, a brilliant series featuring Tom and Tara as they venture through life and the many facets of it's glorious ennui!
If you or anyone you know is interested in subm...
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, April 21, 2010,
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This
Callous comic strip features the first-ever cameo appearance of a character from another comic series! Seen here is Afrodite from the incredibly entertaining
afrodite by roxxiiee! See more of this sassy queen of spunk as she lives through life with her friends and/or frenemies! Just click on the link below!
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, January 4, 2010,
All Callous comic strips are
written and illustrated by Carlo Jose San Juan unless otherwise
specified. Lettering by Carlo Jose S. San Juan, MD and Phil Elliott 
