Body, Soul and Comics: Graphic Religion and Graphic Medicine is a new book from A. David Lewis, who makes a case that comics are an empathy technology as the gap between panels actually trains your brain to imagine another person’s inner world.
Lewis is a comics scholar and Eisner Award-recognized creator who spent two decades teaching graphic novels at a pharmacy school.
In the book, he blends academic argument with memoir: his own anxiety, a religious conversion, and what superhero comics taught him about medicine and identity
Davis stopped by the show last week to chat about the book, his journey, and more
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How comics create empathy
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Comics today: stronger, human-first, and wary of AI
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What is Graphic Medicine and Why Comics Matter for Health
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Why graphic memoirs are reshaping academic study
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Why I Made the Book Personal: Life, Loss, and Honesty
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Captain Marvel: comics, cancer, and emotional storytelling
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Superman’s Immigrant Identity and How Characters Are Reimagined
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Why Comics Let Us Talk About Faith Without Preaching
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When peers finally see your life’s work
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Why audience interpretation completes meaning
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How Kingdom Come opened comics to religion and politics
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Creators who blend the divine, horror, and humanity
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Body, Soul and Comics: Graphic Religion and Graphic Medicine is available now for purchase
David’s other works and more can be found on his website David’s website
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