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Drawing a Dialogue
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Podcast putting comics into historical, theoretical + educational contexts by @cathygjohn.bsky.social + @remusjackson.bsky.social First Fridays.

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New! Episode 62: Class Consciousness. 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. comicarted.com/blog/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
New episode up! Ep 61, Professional Practices in Comics. Cathy talks about her new course at CCA. 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?? comicarted.com/blog/2025/9/...
September 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The students speak out! Episode 59: The Studentcast! 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. Join us!

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June 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Episode 58 is here! Cathy recently spoke at the Rhode Island state house in a press conference supporting the Freedom to Read Act. The legislation is meant to address book bans and censorship. Join us as we discuss the bill, its history, and its future. comicarted.com/blog/2025/4/...
April 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
New episode! Ep 57: Swann Fellowship and the Library of Congress. 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. Join us! comicarted.com/blog/2025/3/...
March 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
New episode! Karen Czap joins us for the 6th episode of our series, Trans Cartoonists in the DIY Scene! In this interview, we talk about the comics community, publishing with friends, conventions, and of course, the X-Men! comicarted.com/blog/2025/2/...
February 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
NEW EPISODE 56! Exploring Romance Through Horror. We discuss our recent panel at Comic Arts Los Angeles. Cathy spoke with @silversprocket.net artists about why horror is a great genre to explore complicated relationships in their new books. comicarted.com/blog/2025/1/...
January 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
NEW EPISODE! Ep 55, Catching Up! Cathy and remus catch up about life, teaching, and art practices. Topics include being mindful of audiences, the physiognomy of Pixar characters, Kenny makes an appearance, and more! Thanks for listening! comicarted.com/blog/2024/12...
December 6, 2024 at 2:52 PM
NEW EP! Our fifth "Trans Cartoonists in the DIY scene" interview is with @carta.bsky.social! Carta Monir is a performance artist, performer, and writer. Her work deals with her own transness, disability, and desire. Listen here! comicarted.com/blog/2024/10...
October 4, 2024 at 3:23 PM
NEW EP! Our fourth "Trans Cartoonists in the DIY scene" interview is with @higoons.bsky.social! Higu is a cartoonist & ethnographer whose work focuses on experiences of being Black, queer/trans, and a little bonkers. Listen here! comicarted.com/blog/2024/6/...
June 7, 2024 at 8:58 PM
NEW EP! The third interview of our series Trans Cartoonists in the DIY Scene is with @saint-vagrant.bsky.social! Seosamh aka Joe is a butch trans painter, a hypertext enthusiast, and author of dark, surreal, and intimate worlds of denim, leather, and gloss. Join us! comicarted.com/blog/2024/4/...
April 5, 2024 at 1:03 PM
New episode has dropped! The second interview of our exciting series Trans Cartoonists in the DIY Scene is with SUNMI! Sunmi is a cartoonist whose body of work explores emotional distances and gender deviant fantasies. Join us! comicarted.com/blog/2024/3/...
March 1, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Today's the day! Very happy to launch our new series with Emma Jayne, an Ignatz and Prism Award-winning cartoonist. This interview is the first of our exciting new series supporting remus’ PhD dissertation work. Thank you for joining us! comicarted.com/blog/2023/12...
December 11, 2023 at 3:13 PM
We are very proud to announce our new interview series, Trans Cartoonists in the DIY Scene! Today's ep is introducing the work behind remus' PhD research, and our first interview is dropping on Monday! Welcome to Drawing a Dissertation, we hope you join us! comicarted.com/blog/2023/12...
December 8, 2023 at 3:29 PM