Drawing a Dialogue

Cathy G. Johnson + e jackson
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A podcast discussing comics in historical + educational contexts. Updates first Friday of every month, visit comicarted.com for more.

  1. 07/11/2025

    Episode 62: Class Consciousness

    Episode 62: Using a Marxist lens, remus and Cathy discuss class consciousness in the comic book industry. remus talks about class under Capitalism, sharing definitions of the proletariat, bourgeoisie, and the petite bourgeoisie. Citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2025/11/7/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-62 Contact: Email, Instagram, Bluesky

    1h 2m

  2. 05/09/2025

    Episode 61: Professional Practices in Comics

    Episode 61: Cathy and remus catch up after a summer break! Cathy shares the details of her career transition into more higher ed teaching, including her new courses in the Visual Narrative MFA program at Boston University. She then goes into depth about her new Professional Practices class at the Center for Cartoon Studies. What are the professional skills that cartoonists need in 2025? How can we reevaluate our relationship to “success”? What do comics students actually need to know?? Citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2025/9/5/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-61 Contact: Email, Instagram, Bluesky

    1h 10m

  3. 11/07/2025

    Episode 60: What's up With AI?

    Episode 60: On this episode of Drawing a Dialogue, remus and Cathy discuss AI technologies. What is the history of artificial intelligence? What are the current conversations surrounding AI, and what is it actually capable of? Citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2025/7/11/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-60 Contact: Email, Instagram, Bluesky

    1h 29m

  4. 06/06/2025

    Episode 59: The Studentcast!

    Episode 59: The students speak out! Cathy interviews the Boston University Visual Narrative MFA graduating class of 2025. George, Joy, Francis, Sam and Jade share what it’s like to be a student in a comic masters program, important lessons they learned, and what future comics students should know. And most importantly…what’s Cathy actually like as a teacher?? Citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2025/6/6/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-59 Contact: Email, Instagram, Bluesky

    50 min

  5. 04/04/2025

    Episode 58: Freedom to Read RI

    Episode 58: Cathy recently spoke at the Rhode Island state house in a press conference supporting the Freedom to Read Act in Rhode Island. The legislation is meant to address book bans and censorship for libraries, schools, readers and creators. On this episode of Drawing a Dialogue, remus and Cathy discuss the bill, its history, and its future. Contact: Email, Instagram, Bluesky Citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2025/4/4/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-58

    1h 4m

  6. 07/03/2025

    Episode 57: Swann Fellowship and the Library of Congress

    Episode 57: remus has just gotten back from their awesome fellowship with the Swann Foundation, which supports scholarly research and writing projects in the field of caricature and cartoon. remus shares their exploration the Library of Congress, where they gathered research in the SPX collection and Gale’s Archives of Sexuality and Gender. Join us! Contact: Email, Instagram, Bluesky Citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2025/3/7/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-57

    1h 17m

  7. 07/02/2025

    DaD Presents, Episode 9: Karen Czap (Trans Cartoonists in the DIY Scene #6)

    Karen Czap is an Ignatz Award-nominated cartoonist, author of Fütchi Perf and Four Years. Their coloring work can be found in The Breakaways, Freestyle, BUNT!, and more. Czap lives and works in Providence, RI as a member of the Binch Press / Queer Archive Works studio co-op. In this interview, we talk about the comics community, publishing with friends, conventions, and of course, the X-Men. For episode citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2025/2/7/drawing-a-dialogue-presents-episode-9

    1h 27m

  8. 03/01/2025

    Episode 56: Exploring Romance Through Horror

    Episode 56: Cathy and remus discuss their recent panel at Comic Arts Los Angeles. Cathy spoke with Silver Sprocket artists Yasmeen Abedifard, Connor B., Lonnie Garcia, and Nick Winn about why horror is a great genre to explore complicated relationships, first dates, and high school crushes in their new books. Contact:Email, Instagram, Bluesky Citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2025/1/3/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-56

    1h 5m
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A podcast discussing comics in historical + educational contexts. Updates first Friday of every month, visit comicarted.com for more.

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  • Creator
    Cathy G. Johnson + e jackson
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2025
  • Episodes
    63
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Drawing a Dialogue