How contagious is measles? A comic strip explains.

April 18, 2024.Reading time 4 minutes.

A young man sits in a waiting room. He looks miserable and a cloud of virus floats around him. Six people sit near him, including two children.

This comic explains how measles is able to spread so easily to people who haven’t previously had measles or been vaccinated against measles.

They Don’t See the Crash: Jesse’s Long COVID Story

March 15, 2024.Reading time 11 minutes.

A Black man with a neatly trimmed beard wearing a baseball jersey squints his eyes in pain. His hand is held to his head. In the street scene behind him, a car is honking, a dog is barking, and a child is crying.

Jesse was a long-time teacher at Garfield High, writer and activist when his life was upended by new ailments after he had a COVID infection. His story is the second in a series of comics about what it’s like to have long COVID.

Coming to Terms with Long COVID: Deepa’s Story

March 5, 2024.Reading time 9 minutes.

Person with brown skin, long curly black hair, lying in bed.

What’s it like to have long COVID? This comic strip tells the story of one King County resident’s experience, the first in a comics series telling real-life stories about long COVID.

What to do if a rat comes up your toilet

January 18, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

A rat in a sewer pipe sniffs at tendrils of aroma. The rat pictures in a burger in a thought bubble.

Heavy rains and flooding can send more rats into the sewer system. Find out the simple steps to deal with a rat in your toilet.

NEW COMIC: Delta Days

August 17, 2021.Reading time 12 minutes.

What’s the deal with Delta?
“Delta Days” is a comic by Meredith Li-Vollmer about the variant and our collective burn-out. See full comic here or at thestranger.com.

A Very COVID Holiday

November 20, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Woman thinking about a holiday meal, with relatives spaced six feet apart and the window open. She wonders if it's too cold for open windows.

Deciding what to do for holidays isn’t easy this year. This comic strip explores one woman’s dilemmas as she considers what to do for Thanksgiving as COVID cases rise in King County.