A. David Lewis

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

Biography

Raised in Framingham, Massachusetts, Lewis is the founder of the Caption Box comic book imprint. [ [http://www.captionbox.net/media.htm About Caption Box] , Caption Box] He has also served as an instructor at Georgetown University, Northeastern University, MCPHS, and Boston University (as a Teaching Fellow for Frank Korom, Stephen Prothero, and Steven T. Katz). Additionally, he has given lectures at conferences such as WizardWorld. [cite news | author = Levy, David | date = 2005-10-20 | url = http://www.thejewishadvocate.com/this_weeks_issue/entertainment/?content_id=410 | title = Behind the spandex: secrets of the superheroes | work = The Jewish Advocate | accessdate = 2007-03-31 ] He is an Editorial Board member for the "International Journal of Comic Art" under editor John Lent. [cite web | url = http://www.ijoca.com/IJOCA.htm | title = About IJOCA | work = International Journal of Comic Art | accessdate = 2007-03-31 ]

In the fall of 2006, Lewis started a PhD program studying religion and literature at Boston University. [cite news | author = Waltz, Vicky | date = 2007-02-12 | url = http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=4&id=43403&template=4 | title = Comic Conspiracy | work = BU Today | publisher = Boston University | accessdate = 2007-03-31 ] There he also helped organize the "Graven
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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. [cite news | author = Taylor, Denise | date = 2007-03-04 | url = http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/03/04/picturing_the_world/ | title = Picturing the world | work = The Boston Globe | accessdate = 2007-03-31 ] His 2002 creation, "Mortal Coils", was named one of the winners of the 2003 "Cinescape" Literary Genre Competition, [cite news | date = 2004-03-24 | url = http://www.comicworldnews.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi/index.cgi?column=headlines&page=174 | title = Mann and Lewis offer LONE AND LEVEL SANDS online | work = Comic World News | accessdate = 2007-03-31 ] and in 2004 it was given the Paper Screen Gem Award for "Mystery/Suspense". [cite web | url = http://www.brokenfrontier.com/columns/details.php?id=130 | title = Paper Screen Gems | author = Mike Bullock | date = 2004-06-14 | work = Broken Frontier | accessdate = 2007-03-31 ]

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) [ [http://www.archaiasp.com/lone_and_level_sands.php Archaia Studios Press ] ]
*"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) [ [http://www.eximiouspress.com/postcards/ [POSTCARDS True Stories That Never Happened ] ]
*"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, 2008) [ [http://archaiastudiospress.com/some_new_kind_of_slaughter.php Archaia Studios Press ] ]

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