A. David Lewis

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Aaron "A." David Lewis (born 1977 in Boston, MA) is an American comic book & graphic novel writer.

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[edit] Biography

Raised in Framingham, Massachusetts, Lewis is the founder of the Caption Box comic book imprint.[1] He has also served as an instructor at Georgetown University and Northeastern University, and has given lectures at conferences such as WizardWorld.[2] He is an Editorial Board member for the International Journal of Comic Art under editor John Lent.[3]

In the fall of 2006, Lewis started a PhD program studying religion and literature at Boston University.[4] There he also helped organize the "Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels Conference."[5]

[edit] Work

His 2005 work, The Lone and Level Sands (written by Lewis, and illustrated by Marvin Perry Mann and Jennifer Rodgers), won a Howard E. Day Prize and has been nominated for three Harvey Awards in 2007.[6] His 2002 creation, Mortal Coils, was named one of the winners of the 2003 Cinescape Literary Genre Competition,[7] and in 2004 it was given the Paper Screen Gem Award for Mystery/Suspense.[8]

[edit] Bibliography

  • Mortal Coils (Red Eye Press & Caption Box, 2002-2005)
  • The Lone and Level Sands (with art by Marvin Perry Mann and Jennifer Rodgers, Caption Box, 2005; Archaia Studios Press, 2006) [9]
  • Empty Chamber (with art by Jason Copland, Silent Devil Entertainment, 2007)
  • "Res Libero" in Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened (with art by Danielle Corsetto, Villard, 2007) [10]
  • Some New Kind of Slaughter, or Lost in the Flood (and How We Found Home Again): Diluvian Myths from Around the World (with writing and art by Marvin Perry Mann, Archaia Studios Press, 2007) [11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ About Caption Box, Caption Box
  2. ^ Levy, David. "Behind the spandex: secrets of the superheroes", The Jewish Advocate, October 20, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-03-31. 
  3. ^ About IJOCA. International Journal of Comic Art. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  4. ^ Waltz, Vicky. "Comic Conspiracy", BU Today, Boston University, February 12, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-31. 
  5. ^ Graven Images: Religion in Comics, Comic Book Resources, May 8, 2008
  6. ^ Taylor, Denise. "Picturing the world", The Boston Globe, March 4, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-31. 
  7. ^ "Mann and Lewis offer LONE AND LEVEL SANDS online", Comic World News, March 24, 2004. Retrieved on 2007-03-31. 
  8. ^ Mike Bullock (June 14, 2004). Paper Screen Gems. Broken Frontier. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  9. ^ Archaia Studios Press
  10. ^ [POSTCARDS] True Stories That Never Happened
  11. ^ Archaia Studios Press