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Recently, there has been growing interest in providing opportunities through the humanities to reflect on dissection. The field of \u201cgraphic medicine,\u201d which combines comics with health discourse, proposes comic art as an effective way to share stories and process high\u2010impact moments in health and education. Hypothesizing that graphic medicine would be useful for exploring dissection experiences, we hosted a voluntary reflection event for graduate students in anatomy that culminated in attendees producing a 3\u2010panel comic to share their best, worst, and\/or most memorable moment in anatomy. Student feedback was collected using a Likert\u2010format survey tool. Comics were analyzed via quantitative analysis for the frequency of visual variables\u2014including setting, bodily region of dissection, and facial expressions\u2014and qualitative analysis for over\u2010arching themes. In two annual workshops, 30 students participated, submitting 25 comics for review. 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