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?

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.

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/

How is the parking near @portersqbooks.bsky.social Boston Edition? Any recommendations for the Friday evening event?

Huzzah! www.avclub.com/dropout-come...

harvard medical school got bombed yesterday and it barely made news

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/

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?

HOW DID THIS LEAK?? #NEGM25

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.

Just realized Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine is up on Penn State University Press's website! Getting closer... www.psupress.org/books/titles...

DC KO #1 was very cool.

Some thoughts on @negm25.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/adavidle...

@adlewis.bsky.social welcoming everyone, especially newcomers, to @negm25.bsky.social! #GraphicMedicine

Today's the day! @negm25.bsky.social countway.harvard.edu/services/col...

I keep confusing Ezra Levin with Ezra Klein.

I am okay with Dungeons & Dragons to have largely gone mainstream. I know it was once a haven for those who felt outcast or shunned, particularly for their intellect or some question of identity. But I see its shift now as a validation that D&D always had merit and promise for all.

From publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/gmr/news/31/ As the journal moves into 2026 and its 5th-year anniversary, GMR welcomes all backgrounds, all levels, and all geographies of #GraphicMedicine supporters to join the Editorial Team.

Repost with your favorite Halloween costume. My attempt at Mario. Briefly, I felt unashamed of my body and, maybe, like my life was mine again. The feeling passed — but it eventually returned. And I look at this “costume” as an empowering moment.

Breaking: Text messages of Young Republican groups across the country have just been leaked. They talk about putting Democrats in “gas chambers,” attacking “Jews,” calling Black people “watermelon people,” calling to “rape” their enemies, and bringing back slavery.

If it isn’t a fascist government, then one should be safe in loudly calling it a fascist government.

Thiel's reading: “Nothing lasts forever.” Actual line: “‘In the end’? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.” @tadethompson.bsky.social “Literally THE OPPOSITE of what Dr Manhattan said. Also, Moore didn't see this as an ideal solution. Moore literally negates the plan in the last panel …”

Half-serious question: How do we distinguish the Portland protest frogs from the Groyper Army ones?

Welcome to the Fall — and the fact you can’t tell if I’m talking about the season or society should tell you how bad things are.

“…that was just the way the whole universe worked — you lived for reasons you invented yourself, you died for no reason at all.” - FACELESS GALAXY (2025)

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“Show a tyrant his works of tyranny, and he will still be a tyrant. But he will be a tyrant without excuses any longer.” - FACELESS GALAXY (2025)

I had a wonderful discussion last month with Czech creator Štěpánka Jislová about her book Heartcore: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g... #GraphicMedicine

Look at this gorgeous cover for Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine!! Thanks to Ian Williams for giving us permission to use his image on the cover, which captures brilliantly the concept & structure of the book. Briana Martino (@briwok.bsky.social) & I are grateful & thrilled! #GraphicMedicine

We’re getting the space ready! Official, on-site attendee information to go out shortly, with Zoom information to follow thereafter. Under 3 weeks to #NEGM25! #GraphicMedicine #Boston #healthhumanities

Any guesses? open.substack.com/pub/adavidle...

Aw, a government shutdown for my birthday — Guys, you REALLY shouldn’t have!

I offered some thoughts this past July on the global reach and community that Graphic Medicine promises. adavidlewis.substack.com/p/worlds-of-... #graphicmedicine

I’m happy to have my cartoons reposted, but it’s always nice when credit is given to the artist so people can find me There’s a lot more where this came from

This is going to kill people. And to be honest I think that’s part of the point.

I think I’m going to index my own book. Any advice, scholars? Any warnings or pitfalls?

Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah

When you think of stories, poems, plays, illustrations, and songs that address loneliness — and encourage (re)connection and community — what comes to mind?

Just in case you needed to hear it from one more place: Tylenol does not cause autism.

Do I have any friends and colleagues who know much about the financial side of #highered systems? That is, does anyone have experience with policy and numbers dealing with #tuition at one school covering classes at another? #college

Perhaps I am late to this or it’s obvious or it’s leftist, but… The comics ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM, THE ULTIMATES & the ABSOLUTE DC series are all about rising up against despotic, tyrannical ruling forces. All the major superhero storylines are currently about #resistance #protest & #rebellion. Right?

Some thoughts on the GRAPHIC MEDICINE REVIEW journal's brief outage -- and a larger problem that could become widespread. publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/gmr/news/27/

Support @sophielabelle.bsky.social Ko-fi.com/home/coffees...

Woo hoo! I hope it’s good..

Don’t you dare call us fascists, they say, as they force people off the airwaves for criticizing them while vowing to crush and criminalize their opposition.

if Jimmy Kimmel's political humor is too hot for you to handle, I'm not sure "snowflake" even cuts it as a term of derision for the level of fragility you've achieved

Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated. Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms. Collective boycott. Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.

First Colbert, then Kimmel.

There's apparently a 30% off sale for Graphic Novels on Amazon at the moment. I don't like putting $ in Bezos's pocket...but that does make THE PROPHET only $13 bucks. A baker's dozen! a.co/d/hbEVeaM