HASTAC Commons | A. David Lewis | Activity https://hastac.hcommons.org/members/religioncomics/activity/ Activity feed for A. David Lewis. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:16:29 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 d37e232575c45c2da6739fe894cd6bf3 A. David Lewis deposited Comics after Cancer in the group Medical Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1776432/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 02:25:05 +0000 The term cancer climax is meant as, in the narrative, the building culmination of the illness to a narrative point at which either the ill or the illness finally succumbs; the cancer climax is not necessarily synonymous with the overall narrative climax or peak of the story. Creators might place it at a separate point in their works to impart a…[Read more]

]]> 0 e32bf4c6ea0ababb0faec390db14932a A. David Lewis deposited Comics after Cancer in the group Graphic Medicine https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1776431/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 02:25:03 +0000 The term cancer climax is meant as, in the narrative, the building culmination of the illness to a narrative point at which either the ill or the illness finally succumbs; the cancer climax is not necessarily synonymous with the overall narrative climax or peak of the story. Creators might place it at a separate point in their works to impart a…[Read more]

]]> 0 0b10fff321d8c7af844e9d23794392df A. David Lewis deposited Comics after Cancer in the group Comics Scholarship/Comics Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1776430/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 02:24:59 +0000 The term cancer climax is meant as, in the narrative, the building culmination of the illness to a narrative point at which either the ill or the illness finally succumbs; the cancer climax is not necessarily synonymous with the overall narrative climax or peak of the story. Creators might place it at a separate point in their works to impart a…[Read more]

]]> 0 7f263a6b77176c82f46d37ea3f3b445a A. David Lewis deposited Comics after Cancer https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1776406/ Wed, 30 Mar 2022 20:28:43 +0000 The term cancer climax is meant as, in the narrative, the building culmination of the illness to a narrative point at which either the ill or the illness finally succumbs; the cancer climax is not necessarily synonymous with the overall narrative climax or peak of the story. Creators might place it at a separate point in their works to impart a…[Read more]

]]> 0 a04d24e5f2bd1d0dfb92f2afe20e7fce A. David Lewis deposited Charisma Check: A Review of Just Roll with It by Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie in the group Medical Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1774228/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 02:24:10 +0000 Like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) itself, Just Roll with It by Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie does not reveal itself immediately. The YA graphic novel betrays nothing on its cover, with its summary blurb, or for the first sixty-plus pages of the story. With no overt initial comment, the narrative follows sixth-grader Maggie as she…[Read more]

]]> 0 84dd6d31e6109703048d338cce6cce41 A. David Lewis deposited Charisma Check: A Review of Just Roll with It by Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie in the group Graphic Medicine https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1774227/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 02:24:09 +0000 Like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) itself, Just Roll with It by Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie does not reveal itself immediately. The YA graphic novel betrays nothing on its cover, with its summary blurb, or for the first sixty-plus pages of the story. With no overt initial comment, the narrative follows sixth-grader Maggie as she…[Read more]

]]> 0 84480ff785c73d8b903e0b9451105c14 A. David Lewis deposited Charisma Check: A Review of Just Roll with It by Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie in the group Comics Scholarship/Comics Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1774226/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 02:24:03 +0000 Like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) itself, Just Roll with It by Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie does not reveal itself immediately. The YA graphic novel betrays nothing on its cover, with its summary blurb, or for the first sixty-plus pages of the story. With no overt initial comment, the narrative follows sixth-grader Maggie as she…[Read more]

]]> 0 ce58a86ecadeef1aa26411b0c826a3ae A. David Lewis deposited Charisma Check: A Review of Just Roll with It by Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1774174/ Tue, 08 Mar 2022 15:52:24 +0000 Like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) itself, Just Roll with It by Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie does not reveal itself immediately. The YA graphic novel betrays nothing on its cover, with its summary blurb, or for the first sixty-plus pages of the story. With no overt initial comment, the narrative follows sixth-grader Maggie as she…[Read more]

]]> 0 7befc63af97681a1de2b0417ed284ba4 A. David Lewis deposited Bringing Superheroes into the Fight against COVID-19 Misinformation in the group TC Popular Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1736579/ Thu, 29 Apr 2021 02:24:03 +0000 Over the past year, artists, doctors, medical professionals, and international agencies such as the World Health Organisation have been using comics to communicate the risks of the SARS-CoV2 virus. The visual economy and a near-universal language of lines, balloons, and panels in comics makes them well suited to disseminate epidemic-related…[Read more]

]]> 0 71d89cb3fb730e5a900af74d5b88e866 A. David Lewis deposited Bringing Superheroes into the Fight against COVID-19 Misinformation in the group TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1736578/ Thu, 29 Apr 2021 02:23:49 +0000 Over the past year, artists, doctors, medical professionals, and international agencies such as the World Health Organisation have been using comics to communicate the risks of the SARS-CoV2 virus. The visual economy and a near-universal language of lines, balloons, and panels in comics makes them well suited to disseminate epidemic-related…[Read more]

]]> 0 632ec49dee2d8679b3f1bfb61a7c4414 A. David Lewis deposited Bringing Superheroes into the Fight against COVID-19 Misinformation in the group Medical Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1736577/ Thu, 29 Apr 2021 02:23:41 +0000 Over the past year, artists, doctors, medical professionals, and international agencies such as the World Health Organisation have been using comics to communicate the risks of the SARS-CoV2 virus. The visual economy and a near-universal language of lines, balloons, and panels in comics makes them well suited to disseminate epidemic-related…[Read more]

]]> 0 6578bba761dd781b01f40ad71b903657 A. David Lewis deposited Bringing Superheroes into the Fight against COVID-19 Misinformation in the group Graphic Medicine https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1736576/ Thu, 29 Apr 2021 02:23:39 +0000 Over the past year, artists, doctors, medical professionals, and international agencies such as the World Health Organisation have been using comics to communicate the risks of the SARS-CoV2 virus. The visual economy and a near-universal language of lines, balloons, and panels in comics makes them well suited to disseminate epidemic-related…[Read more]

]]> 0 a12780d1605f45d1379bf0438faddae2 A. David Lewis deposited Bringing Superheroes into the Fight against COVID-19 Misinformation https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1736529/ Wed, 28 Apr 2021 17:14:26 +0000 Over the past year, artists, doctors, medical professionals, and international agencies such as the World Health Organisation have been using comics to communicate the risks of the SARS-CoV2 virus. The visual economy and a near-universal language of lines, balloons, and panels in comics makes them well suited to disseminate epidemic-related…[Read more]

]]> 0 ba19cf3b59057726d1d319bc695abe43 A. David Lewis deposited CFP - Graphic Medicine at PCA 2021 in the group TC Popular Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1708098/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 02:32:01 +0000 In conjunction with the Popular Culture Association (PCA) holding their 2021 conference in Boston, contributors and attendees of the New England Graphic Medicine (NEGM) Virtual Summit are proposing a slate of programming that now is welcoming additional participants.

]]> 0 3ce1ee9c293cec3aa6357bd2708c7af4 A. David Lewis deposited CFP - Graphic Medicine at PCA 2021 in the group TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1708097/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 02:31:46 +0000 In conjunction with the Popular Culture Association (PCA) holding their 2021 conference in Boston, contributors and attendees of the New England Graphic Medicine (NEGM) Virtual Summit are proposing a slate of programming that now is welcoming additional participants.

]]> 0 2154c80a74a01325e644ac8e70140aa0 A. David Lewis deposited CFP - Graphic Medicine at PCA 2021 in the group Medical Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1708096/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 02:31:39 +0000 In conjunction with the Popular Culture Association (PCA) holding their 2021 conference in Boston, contributors and attendees of the New England Graphic Medicine (NEGM) Virtual Summit are proposing a slate of programming that now is welcoming additional participants.

]]> 0 e3084bf1f9b375064c7c17503c325d0f A. David Lewis deposited CFP - Graphic Medicine at PCA 2021 in the group GS Comics and Graphic Narratives https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1708095/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 02:29:55 +0000 In conjunction with the Popular Culture Association (PCA) holding their 2021 conference in Boston, contributors and attendees of the New England Graphic Medicine (NEGM) Virtual Summit are proposing a slate of programming that now is welcoming additional participants.

]]> 0 0bae7afd04f7e9c0739e36b392adb4e3 A. David Lewis deposited CFP - Graphic Medicine at PCA 2021 in the group Graphic Medicine https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1708094/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 02:29:54 +0000 In conjunction with the Popular Culture Association (PCA) holding their 2021 conference in Boston, contributors and attendees of the New England Graphic Medicine (NEGM) Virtual Summit are proposing a slate of programming that now is welcoming additional participants.

]]> 0 f132d4c56f106596d41e0ddb0e0c467d A. David Lewis deposited CFP - Graphic Medicine at PCA 2021 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1707992/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:23:24 +0000 In conjunction with the Popular Culture Association (PCA) holding their 2021 conference in Boston, contributors and attendees of the New England Graphic Medicine (NEGM) Virtual Summit are proposing a slate of programming that now is welcoming additional participants.

]]> 0 bc1f43869fcdf5f4914717b10878d516 A. David Lewis deposited Graphic Medicine Quantified: An Annotated Bibliography in the group TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1704745/ Sun, 09 Aug 2020 02:25:31 +0000 A challenge for Graphic Medicine is its being juxtaposed alongside biomedical and scientific fields of work that operate largely in the realm of statistics and quantifiable analytics. Often, the scholarship in Graphic Medicine comes without numbers. It is anecdotal, experiential, aesthetic/literary, or theoretical, customarily, and only…[Read more]

]]> 0 0a93f309da2f7f4f687b05c037e91124 A. David Lewis deposited Graphic Medicine Quantified: An Annotated Bibliography in the group GS Comics and Graphic Narratives https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1704744/ Sun, 09 Aug 2020 02:23:42 +0000 A challenge for Graphic Medicine is its being juxtaposed alongside biomedical and scientific fields of work that operate largely in the realm of statistics and quantifiable analytics. Often, the scholarship in Graphic Medicine comes without numbers. It is anecdotal, experiential, aesthetic/literary, or theoretical, customarily, and only…[Read more]

]]> 0 c4917310f9406f5d180c21e1b3b423a1 A. David Lewis deposited Graphic Medicine Quantified: An Annotated Bibliography in the group Graphic Medicine https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1704743/ Sun, 09 Aug 2020 02:23:41 +0000 A challenge for Graphic Medicine is its being juxtaposed alongside biomedical and scientific fields of work that operate largely in the realm of statistics and quantifiable analytics. Often, the scholarship in Graphic Medicine comes without numbers. It is anecdotal, experiential, aesthetic/literary, or theoretical, customarily, and only…[Read more]

]]> 0 fecd14adb6702d412d42a77cda6a37e5 A. David Lewis deposited Graphic Medicine Quantified: An Annotated Bibliography in the group Comics Scholarship/Comics Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1704742/ Sun, 09 Aug 2020 02:23:39 +0000 A challenge for Graphic Medicine is its being juxtaposed alongside biomedical and scientific fields of work that operate largely in the realm of statistics and quantifiable analytics. Often, the scholarship in Graphic Medicine comes without numbers. It is anecdotal, experiential, aesthetic/literary, or theoretical, customarily, and only…[Read more]

]]> 0 5061b7dbfacba19f1f80fd23c7654646 A. David Lewis deposited Graphic Medicine Quantified: An Annotated Bibliography https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1704710/ Sat, 08 Aug 2020 11:05:08 +0000 A challenge for Graphic Medicine is its being juxtaposed alongside biomedical and scientific fields of work that operate largely in the realm of statistics and quantifiable analytics. Often, the scholarship in Graphic Medicine comes without numbers. It is anecdotal, experiential, aesthetic/literary, or theoretical, customarily, and only…[Read more]

]]> 0 10aa4c5146d9e42cca3e535a984ee3d5 A. David Lewis created the group Graphic Medicine https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1677813/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 15:51:22 +0000 0 3bd1e2bd470fc2f378f104ed45909e4a A. David Lewis deposited 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference Call for Papers (CFP) in the group TC Popular Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1671901/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:27:32 +0000 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference
Call for Papers
MARCH 26-28, 2020
[Deadline: January 10, 2020]

Graphic Medicine is a genre, a field, a tool, a community, and a cause. It is large enough to accommodate all health and medical experiences, from that of the doctor to that of the patient – from that of a microbe to that of a p…[Read more]

]]> 0 7ffb6d1265998933baade8fffb3bcaa3 A. David Lewis deposited 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference Call for Papers (CFP) in the group TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1671900/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:27:17 +0000 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference
Call for Papers
MARCH 26-28, 2020
[Deadline: January 10, 2020]

Graphic Medicine is a genre, a field, a tool, a community, and a cause. It is large enough to accommodate all health and medical experiences, from that of the doctor to that of the patient – from that of a microbe to that of a p…[Read more]

]]> 0 bce55b7ee4c1396fbedc85ad80ac0054 A. David Lewis deposited 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference Call for Papers (CFP) in the group Medical Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1671899/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:27:13 +0000 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference
Call for Papers
MARCH 26-28, 2020
[Deadline: January 10, 2020]

Graphic Medicine is a genre, a field, a tool, a community, and a cause. It is large enough to accommodate all health and medical experiences, from that of the doctor to that of the patient – from that of a microbe to that of a p…[Read more]

]]> 0 9c14b3920e2753bbc67a9dca3f8cc148 A. David Lewis deposited 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference Call for Papers (CFP) in the group GS Comics and Graphic Narratives https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1671898/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:25:22 +0000 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference
Call for Papers
MARCH 26-28, 2020
[Deadline: January 10, 2020]

Graphic Medicine is a genre, a field, a tool, a community, and a cause. It is large enough to accommodate all health and medical experiences, from that of the doctor to that of the patient – from that of a microbe to that of a p…[Read more]

]]> 0 abc6f94eb08a6cb9429771097dfbe208 A. David Lewis deposited 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference Call for Papers (CFP) in the group Comics Scholarship/Comics Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1671897/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:25:21 +0000 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference
Call for Papers
MARCH 26-28, 2020
[Deadline: January 10, 2020]

Graphic Medicine is a genre, a field, a tool, a community, and a cause. It is large enough to accommodate all health and medical experiences, from that of the doctor to that of the patient – from that of a microbe to that of a p…[Read more]

]]> 0 ccc56686bcf6b12b1f795155afeeb4a2 A. David Lewis deposited 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference Call for Papers (CFP) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1671818/ Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:02:18 +0000 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference
Call for Papers
MARCH 26-28, 2020
[Deadline: January 10, 2020]

Graphic Medicine is a genre, a field, a tool, a community, and a cause. It is large enough to accommodate all health and medical experiences, from that of the doctor to that of the patient – from that of a microbe to that of a p…[Read more]

]]> 0 81d58f5c1ee9eee11a2029eb3fe39555 A. David Lewis deposited Policy Analysis: Follow-Up Care for Refugees in Massachusetts in the group TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1665344/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 16:27:47 +0000 What actions should the Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants (ORI) undertake to ensure proper follow-up for identified physical and mental health issues among Muslim refugees?

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]]> 0 58bb3a53c13c383c729696c0c4a42153 A. David Lewis deposited Policy Analysis: Follow-Up Care for Refugees in Massachusetts https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1665217/ Wed, 02 Oct 2019 16:54:51 +0000 What actions should the Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants (ORI) undertake to ensure proper follow-up for identified physical and mental health issues among Muslim refugees?

]]> 0 bd2fab2ebc15339c74a58fc3f2fa47c5 A. David Lewis's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1658064/ Fri, 19 Jul 2019 00:29:40 +0000 0 32ed006540dbc584d9760cdd32d8d057 A. David Lewis's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1657876/ Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:14:58 +0000 0 e0d6cc7763558e6a126d73a3db991d8e A. David Lewis's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1657825/ Wed, 17 Jul 2019 14:47:28 +0000 0 001899dfc11f37049c74118e144074a6 A. David Lewis posted an update: I was a call-in contestant on this week's "Wait, […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1657824/ Wed, 17 Jul 2019 14:40:19 +0000 I was a call-in contestant on this week’s “Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me” show from NPR. Have a listen: https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=741314462

]]> 0 9c67448ec16896e92fcbe1c3ce9396b3 A. David Lewis deposited Cancer and Comic Books: Distinguishing the Subgenre [Poster] in the group TC Popular Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1639305/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:27:56 +0000 For at least the last twenty years, scholarly attention has been drawn to the numerous depictions of cancer in comic books as well as oncology’s use of the comics medium (Rhode and Connor, 2012). However, little in the way of comprehensive analysis has been attempted, especially in terms of the various genres addressed. In this presentation, a ca…[Read more]

]]> 0 5614631df8fa14a81d7d00448f6ba618 A. David Lewis deposited Cancer and Comic Books: Distinguishing the Subgenre [Poster] in the group TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1639304/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:27:37 +0000 For at least the last twenty years, scholarly attention has been drawn to the numerous depictions of cancer in comic books as well as oncology’s use of the comics medium (Rhode and Connor, 2012). However, little in the way of comprehensive analysis has been attempted, especially in terms of the various genres addressed. In this presentation, a ca…[Read more]

]]> 0 0562873f9f8c9afe8645014e76b43792 A. David Lewis deposited Cancer and Comic Books: Distinguishing the Subgenre [Poster] in the group Medical Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1639303/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:27:34 +0000 For at least the last twenty years, scholarly attention has been drawn to the numerous depictions of cancer in comic books as well as oncology’s use of the comics medium (Rhode and Connor, 2012). However, little in the way of comprehensive analysis has been attempted, especially in terms of the various genres addressed. In this presentation, a ca…[Read more]

]]> 0 b3d4ed438fc5fe7bb8dc6207094e15d8 A. David Lewis deposited Cancer and Comic Books: Distinguishing the Subgenre [Poster] in the group GS Comics and Graphic Narratives https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1639302/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:25:23 +0000 For at least the last twenty years, scholarly attention has been drawn to the numerous depictions of cancer in comic books as well as oncology’s use of the comics medium (Rhode and Connor, 2012). However, little in the way of comprehensive analysis has been attempted, especially in terms of the various genres addressed. In this presentation, a ca…[Read more]

]]> 0 f1a565ca69cc208cb03e316dd5eb9655 A. David Lewis deposited Cancer and Comic Books: Distinguishing the Subgenre [Poster] in the group Comics Scholarship/Comics Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1639301/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:25:21 +0000 For at least the last twenty years, scholarly attention has been drawn to the numerous depictions of cancer in comic books as well as oncology’s use of the comics medium (Rhode and Connor, 2012). However, little in the way of comprehensive analysis has been attempted, especially in terms of the various genres addressed. In this presentation, a ca…[Read more]

]]> 0 9ffd3359d486726c7e24e45a0789fe0f A. David Lewis deposited Cancer and Comic Books: Distinguishing the Subgenre [Poster] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1639250/ Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:05:04 +0000 For at least the last twenty years, scholarly attention has been drawn to the numerous depictions of cancer in comic books as well as oncology’s use of the comics medium (Rhode and Connor, 2012). However, little in the way of comprehensive analysis has been attempted, especially in terms of the various genres addressed. In this presentation, a ca…[Read more]

]]> 0 4b6eb39116f3af77b3878ed3692d8e74 A. David Lewis deposited Diagnosis Deafness in Cancer Comics in the group TC Popular Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1638745/ Sat, 20 Apr 2019 16:25:44 +0000 A brief piece on what I call “diagnosis deafness.” In short, to depict the sudden disorientation and shock of being diagnosed with cancer, comics artists frequently employ a visual rhetoric usually reserved for instances of deafness. At least momentarily – during an immensely significant moment in the life of the character – words fail, dev…[Read more]

]]> 0 4806641f18a8cc59c3e712c3a68d06cc A. David Lewis deposited Diagnosis Deafness in Cancer Comics in the group TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1638744/ Sat, 20 Apr 2019 16:25:24 +0000 A brief piece on what I call “diagnosis deafness.” In short, to depict the sudden disorientation and shock of being diagnosed with cancer, comics artists frequently employ a visual rhetoric usually reserved for instances of deafness. At least momentarily – during an immensely significant moment in the life of the character – words fail, dev…[Read more]

]]> 0 e2954b27a15b674d609bdb72b214d898 A. David Lewis deposited Diagnosis Deafness in Cancer Comics in the group Medical Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1638743/ Sat, 20 Apr 2019 16:25:22 +0000 A brief piece on what I call “diagnosis deafness.” In short, to depict the sudden disorientation and shock of being diagnosed with cancer, comics artists frequently employ a visual rhetoric usually reserved for instances of deafness. At least momentarily – during an immensely significant moment in the life of the character – words fail, dev…[Read more]

]]> 0 b63ceb66be22813d5cbd50ad0cf5d6c1 A. David Lewis deposited Diagnosis Deafness in Cancer Comics in the group Comics Scholarship/Comics Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1638742/ Sat, 20 Apr 2019 16:25:21 +0000 A brief piece on what I call “diagnosis deafness.” In short, to depict the sudden disorientation and shock of being diagnosed with cancer, comics artists frequently employ a visual rhetoric usually reserved for instances of deafness. At least momentarily – during an immensely significant moment in the life of the character – words fail, dev…[Read more]

]]> 0 b9de599db600a6569c855060c6ddd1c8 A. David Lewis deposited Diagnosis Deafness in Cancer Comics https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1638699/ Fri, 19 Apr 2019 19:41:11 +0000 A brief piece on what I call “diagnosis deafness.” In short, to depict the sudden disorientation and shock of being diagnosed with cancer, comics artists frequently employ a visual rhetoric usually reserved for instances of deafness. At least momentarily – during an immensely significant moment in the life of the character – words fail, dev…[Read more]

]]> 0 68ff0708260fad135f74ac36f117405c A. David Lewis deposited Graphic Medicine (HUM450AJ.O) syllabus in the group TC Popular Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1627997/ Sat, 05 Jan 2019 16:29:12 +0000 At the intersection of comics and medicine is the rise of the Graphic Medicine scholarship field. This course examines the ways in which the sequentialized hybrid of word and image is bringing new insights to patient, healthcare, and clinical experiences.

In any manner of ways, the comics medium (whether known as comic books, graphic novels,…[Read more]

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