Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, May 8, 2014,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, March 17, 2014,
Yes, boss!
Once again, in this I have been fortunate. I haven't had a poor experience with any medical director that I've had the pleasure of working with. Nevertheless, there does exist an unspoken and unwritten rule of maintaining decorum that I can't explain. Perhaps I've just gotten used to respecting my senior consultants in general.
Remarkably, I've noticed the same about myself when it comes to pretty much anything. I have a strong sense of honor and respect to those who have bla...
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, February 27, 2014,
The Digital Age... Humbug!
Believe me, I've tried. The phenomenon is not exclusive to medical books (though I do feel it is particularly true with them). I just can't read books off tablet computers. There are exceptions though. I can read comics just fine! And books that were made specifically with their digital aspect in mind seem to do okay. But academic textbooks, novels that were traditional then translated to an e-book, and magazines don't seem to do so well with me. It may be ...
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, February 26, 2014,
A Positive Twist
We were taught pretty early on that as doctors we need to gain patients' trust to get the best and most relevant information out of them in order to help them appropriately. It seemed easy enough at first but after a few patients one begins to realize just how difficult it can be sometimes. No two patients are the same. I've gone as far as acting like a clown to get a patient to like me (not that it wasn't fun, because it was).
Of course, every now and then we have t...
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, February 6, 2014,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, January 27, 2014,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, January 16, 2014,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, January 13, 2014,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, December 2, 2013,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, December 1, 2013,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, November 26, 2013,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, October 20, 2013,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, October 8, 2013,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, September 22, 2013,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, September 8, 2013,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, August 22, 2013,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, June 4, 2013,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, May 15, 2013,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, May 7, 2013,
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 Friday, April 26, 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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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, April 17, 2013,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, June 14, 2012,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, June 13, 2012,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, June 12, 2012,
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 Thursday, May 17, 2012,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, May 9, 2012,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, May 8, 2012,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, May 7, 2012,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, February 28, 2012,
Did you know that in the modern
Hippocratic Oath a doctor swears to share his or her medical knowledge with future physicians?
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Friday, February 3, 2012,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, January 29, 2012,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, January 23, 2012,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Friday, January 20, 2012,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, January 19, 2012,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, January 18, 2012,
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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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, November 7, 2011,
This comic page was my contribution to the
Indies Maximus anthology/sampler comic book given out last Free Comic Book Day. It's significant in several ways. One of the most striking is the fact that it's a longform page, something I'm not used to doing. It's also a return to Black & White, as the book was printed as such. Furthermore, the panels were hand-drawn! In a way, all the back-to-basics was a welcome change from the ever-growing digital aspect of the production of
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, October 12, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, October 3, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, September 29, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, September 21, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, September 19, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, September 12, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, September 7, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, April 20, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, April 19, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, April 12, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, April 7, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, April 4, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, April 3, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, March 28, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, March 16, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, March 15, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, March 14, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, March 10, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, March 8, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, February 21, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, February 14, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Saturday, February 5, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Friday, February 4, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Friday, January 28, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, January 27, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, January 26, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, January 20, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, January 17, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, January 16, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Saturday, January 15, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, January 13, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, January 12, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, January 10, 2011,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, January 2, 2011,
This guest comic is by Teddy Pavon, artist of the online comic series,
Work in Progress!
I first met Teddy during the
2010 Metro Comic Con, where he and
Work in Progress writer, Hub Pacheco, were going around the event floor handing out free copies of their series' introductory chapter. I once again met the duo at
Komikon 2010 when they released the printed first chapter of their comic (which I was fortunate to get a copy of as I heard they sold out fast).
Work in Progress is the story of Eli,...
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, December 29, 2010,
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 Saturday, December 11, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, December 5, 2010,
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 Thursday, October 7, 2010,
This guest cartoon is by Katherine Curtis, the great talent behind the brilliant comic series,
Our Perfect World! Once again, Katherine has been gracious enough to lend her quirky humor and delightful art to
Callous comics! She has done two guest spots in the past (Click
HERE and
HERE to see them)!
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 ...
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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 Saturday, September 18, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, September 13, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, September 9, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, September 1, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, June 24, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, May 25, 2010,
This guest comic strip is by the talented Cátia Ana da Silva from Brazil! She is the writer and artist of
O Diário de Virgínia! I wonder about how effective this form of anesthetic would be... but it sure seems to be working for Virginia!
O Diário de Virgínia is a gorgeously illustrated online story written in Portuguese. It features Virginia and the fantastic and sometimes nonsensical world written within her diary! Cátia Ana describes Virginia as a poor girl who has lost her way, a...
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, May 17, 2010,
Our Perfect World's Katherine Curtis was gracious enough to make another guest comic strip for
Callous! Thank you so much! Ah, those auto-correcting T9 dictionaries and other spell checking software on celphones are great texting aids... when they're on!
Our Perfect World also participated in May 14's Dialogue Free Comics Day! Click on the following link to check it and the other participating comics (including
Callous) out!
Dialogue Free Comics Day Website And of course, click on the foll...
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Saturday, May 8, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, April 21, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, April 20, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, April 19, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, April 11, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, April 8, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, April 4, 2010,
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 Tuesday, March 30, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, March 28, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, March 25, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, March 23, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, February 28, 2010,
Part 2 of 2
The March 1, 2010
Callous comic strip, "Ward Rounds 2" is co-written by
George Ford!
George writes and illustrates the hilarious comic strip, "
Addanac City"! Click
here to check out this wonderful series!
The "Ward Rounds" storyline is discussed in the
blog. Read the entry
here.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Friday, February 26, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Saturday, February 20, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, February 18, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, February 15, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, February 11, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, February 7, 2010,
Back from the break!
Here we have a new comic strip size, more akin to the standard dimensions.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, January 25, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, January 19, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Friday, January 15, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, January 13, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, January 12, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, January 4, 2010,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, December 31, 2009,
Originally published on December 21, 2009.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, December 31, 2009,
Originally published on December 15, 2009.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, December 31, 2009,
Originally published on December 5, 2009.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, December 31, 2009,
Originally published on November 30, 2009.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, December 31, 2009,
Originally published on November 27, 2009.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, December 31, 2009,
Originally published on November 23, 2009.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, December 31, 2009,
Originally published on October 15, 2009.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, December 31, 2009,
Originally published on October 2, 2009.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, December 30, 2009,
Originally published in September 25, 2009
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, December 30, 2009,
Originally published on September 14, 2009
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Saturday, December 26, 2009,
Originally published onSeptember 10, 2009.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Saturday, December 26, 2009,
Originally published on September 9, 2009.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Saturday, December 26, 2009,
Originally published on September 5, 2009.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan on Saturday, December 26, 2009,
Originally published in the
Serous Demilunes student notes on the pituitary gland in February 28, 2001.
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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 
