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A. David Lewis (he/him)
@adlewis.bsky.social
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Graphic novelist and Associate Prof. of English & Health Humanities. Co-editor of GRAPHIC MEDICINE REVIEW.

“Neque excors nec timidus!”

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adlewis.bsky.social
I don’t think we’d get HEARTSTOPPER or GENDER QUEER without Alison Bechdel.

Am I wrong?
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
adlewis.bsky.social
Colin Jost as Hegseth is breathtaking.
#SNL

youtu.be/WWG5YJPuGFo?...
Pentagon Press Conference Cold Open - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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December 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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noethematt.bsky.social
BREAK:

Horror Comics and Mental Health panel with @adlewis.bsky.social, @keezyyoung.bsky.social, @zeroforest.bsky.social, Ingrid Pierre, and Brenden Whipple

mice2025.sched.com/event/2Bdqd/...

@massmice.bsky.social
#GraphicMedicine

(Debut of the reading glasses!)
December 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
adlewis.bsky.social
Lookit the swell folks you run into at @countwaylibrary.bsky.social and thanks to @massmice.bsky.social (KEYWORDS/KEYIMAGES IN GRAPHIC MEDICINE is out this February from Penn State Press.) @briwok.bsky.social
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December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
adlewis.bsky.social
I’ll be at my post from 1-2pm today! #GraphicMedicine
noethematt.bsky.social Matthew Noe @ MICE @noethematt.bsky.social · 1d
Here and ready to tell y'all all about @graphicmedicine.bsky.social all @massmice.bsky.social weekend!
December 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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noethematt.bsky.social
"If you're teaching comics to kids, start with a silent comic."

[Forces readers to learn to read visually, to explain visually]

@scottmccloud.bsky.social
@massmice.bsky.social
@countwaylibrary.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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noethematt.bsky.social
Ya see, there's these things called comics, totally full of words AND pictures, and they're like, drugs for literacy man ✌️

Some imaginary words I could've said but didn't tonight to go along with this hilarious photo taken by @adlewis.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
adlewis.bsky.social
I'm kind of amused that LNI invoked former Marvel Comics editor Jim Shooter in today's newsletter.

What's next, No-Prizes?

@davejorgenson.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
adlewis.bsky.social
What are some of the best poetry comics out there? That is, these could either be comics written as poems or comics that adapt preexisting poems. Recommendations, please?
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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huntingtontheatre.bsky.social
Join us 12/7 for a Humanities Forum!

@adlewis.bsky.social, PhD is an Eisner Award nominee and a founder of the Comics Studies library at BU.

Anna Henchman is Assistant Professor of English at BU. She focuses on 19th-century British literature, science, and the mind.

📷 1: Golden Door Photography
December 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
adlewis.bsky.social
I’m going to need a GIF of Benoit Blanc saying, “Scooby-Doobie-Doo.”
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
adlewis.bsky.social
So great to be here at American Academy of Religion, especially with old friends Elizabeth Rae Coody, Yvonne Chireau, and Dan Clanton Jr -- with Darby Orcutt and Megan Goodwin in the audience. Delighted to meet Matt Cressler, Spencer Drew, and Christina Pasqua in person, too. #sblaar
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
adlewis.bsky.social
"Nearly 200 attendees gather at MCPHS for the New England Graphic Medicine Summit to examine how visual storytelling makes illness and care more understandable."

www.mcphs.edu/news/new-eng...

#GraphicMedicine #HealthHumanities #Comics
New England Graphic Medicine Summit Held | MCPHS News
Nearly 200 people gathered at MCPHS in Boston on Oct. 24 for the New England Graphic Medicine Summit, exploring how comics communicate illness and care.
www.mcphs.edu
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
adlewis.bsky.social
I’ve got a nagging question that feels like a time-travel paradox:
Why was Netflix originally called “Netflix?” I mean, it makes sense NOW, when we stream movies over the internet. But, why was it called this back when it delivered DVDs by mail…? Why’d that make sense to us?
November 17, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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jennmanleylee.myatproto.social
A real effective demonstration.

Not only the persistent manipulation but also why I am bothered by the proportions and outline of much post production photography.
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24d
crazy

IG em_clarkson
November 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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nsousanis.bsky.social
I'd like to think this will finally be the thing to make his supporters turn on him. But I don't know - who he is has been obvious from the start. Yes - he's a monstrous person, but the problem is everyone who sees that, and says I'm ok with that actually...
spinweaveandcut.com/draw-the-line/
A comics page in black and white. Arranged in 5 tiers of panels, each with successively smaller panels and more per row - with the exception of the first. Opens with no panel border - silhouette of a hand in a gun position - with smoke coming from index finger. speech balloon “i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn’t lose any voters, ok?” Caption “this is perhaps the most truthful thing trump has ever said…” Same row - more than half page width panel with three drawings of trump making jerky body distortions mocking cerebral palsy. Caption “one might’ve assumed when he mocked reporter serge kovaleski that it would cross a line and be the end of him in public life.” Speech balloon “now the poor guy, you ought to see this guy!” Caption “that was naive.” Next row, first panel, slightly more than page width - closeup on trump’s open mouth, shouting “when you’re a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. Grab ‘em by the pussy. you can do anything.” Caption “surely, there’d be no coming back from this?” Second panel - silhouettes of tiki torch carrying rioters with their shirt collars showing. Caption “or this?” Dialogue “you also had some very fine people on both sides.” Caption “and yet…” Third row - three panels, first slightly more than a third, rest smaller still. Silhouette of trump throwing a paper towel roll like shooting a basketball. Dialogue “a great day…” Caption “c’mon…”. Second panel closeup on his lips, dialogue “why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Caption “really?” Third panel closeup on a coiled-style phone cord, dialogue “i would like you to do us a favor, though.” In background words from the first articles of impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors. full alt text on my site - character count too small!! Bottom another small box with the title “draw the line” and my name march 2025. @nsousanis.bsky.social spinweaveandcut.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
adlewis.bsky.social
How is the parking near @portersqbooks.bsky.social Boston Edition? Any recommendations for the Friday evening event?
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
adlewis.bsky.social
Huzzah!
www.avclub.com/dropout-come...
Streaming comedy service Dropout passes the 1 million subscriber mark
Streaming comedy service Dropout passes the 1 million subscriber mark
www.avclub.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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publichealthguy1.bsky.social
harvard medical school got bombed yesterday and it barely made news
November 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
adlewis.bsky.social
This is your gentle reminder that not only is the Graphic Medicine Review looking for additional submissions of papers, reviews, interviews, and comics by the end of the year, but also we're interested in recruiting new Editorial Team members!
publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/gmr/news/31/
Graphic Medicine Review (GMR) Editorial Team Membership
As GMR moves into 2026 and its 5th-year anniversary, co-editors A. David Lewis and Mary Piorun want to provide new avenues by which the identified Editorial Team can contribute to …
publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu
November 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
adlewis.bsky.social
Kinda proud of my 2 proposals for Health Humanities Consortium conference:
"The Ethical and Environmental Costs of AI for Graphic Medicine" and "Kurt Vonnegut Is Nauseated by AI Slop for Public Health Content"
See a theme?
November 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
adlewis.bsky.social
HOW DID THIS LEAK??
#NEGM25
negm25.bsky.social negm25.bsky.social @negm25.bsky.social · Oct 30
FROM THE SECRET E-MAILS OF @adlewis.bsky.social:

I am pleased to report that the 2025 New England Graphic Medicine Summit was a success. Despite some workshop leaders taking ill and having to postpone, we had a terrific turnout...
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
adlewis.bsky.social
I keep getting an error message when I try to use the e-mail form to reach @comicsadvocacy.bsky.social -- would anyone else have another method of reaching them?

I am looking some input and potential background info on their own process in creating and awarding mini-grants.
October 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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lisadiedrich.bsky.social
Just realized Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine is up on Penn State University Press's website! Getting closer...
www.psupress.org/books/titles...
Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine Edited by Lisa Diedrich and Briana Martino
This book invites readers to explore the field of graphic medicine through a new concept: “keywords/keyimages.” Coined by the editors to reflect the unique combination of words and images in comics, t...
www.psupress.org
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
adlewis.bsky.social
DC KO #1 was very cool.
October 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM