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Drawing a Dialogue

Cathy G. Johnson + e jackson

64 episodes

4 weeks ago

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

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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

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Episodes (20/64)

Drawing a Dialogue

Drawing a Dialogue, 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

2 weeks ago

1 hour 10 minutes 21 seconds

Drawing a Dialogue

Drawing a Dialogue, 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

2 months ago

1 hour 29 minutes 26 seconds

Drawing a Dialogue

Drawing a Dialogue, 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

3 months ago

50 minutes 24 seconds

Drawing a Dialogue

Drawing a Dialogue, 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. Citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2025/4/4/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-58

5 months ago

1 hour 3 minutes 32 seconds

Drawing a Dialogue

Drawing a Dialogue, 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! Citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2025/3/7/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-57

6 months ago

1 hour 17 minutes 14 seconds

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Drawing a Dialogue 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

7 months ago

1 hour 26 minutes 51 seconds

Drawing a Dialogue

Drawing a Dialogue, 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. Citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2025/1/3/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-56

8 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes 25 seconds

Drawing a Dialogue

Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 55: Catching Up!

Episode 55: Cathy and remus catch up about life, teaching, and art practices. remus shares where they’re at with their PhD dissertation and talks about their exciting upcoming fellowship. Cathy talks about squaring the peg of their art and education practice. Topics include being mindful of audiences, the physiognomy of Pixar characters, Kenny makes an appearance, and more! Thanks for listening! For episode citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2024/12/6/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-55

9 months ago

1 hour 2 minutes 4 seconds

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Drawing a Dialogue Presents, Episode 8: Carta Monir (Trans Cartoonists in the DIY Scene #5)

Carta Monir is a performance artist, performer, and writer. She was a 2022 Tom of Finland Foundation artist in residence. Her work deals with her own transness, disability, and desire. She lives in Michigan. This interview is the fifth of our series supporting remus’ PhD dissertation work. Thank you for joining us! (Note: This episode is for mature audiences.) For episode citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2024/10/4/drawing-a-dialogue-presents-episode-8

11 months ago

1 hour 24 minutes 35 seconds

Drawing a Dialogue

Drawing a Dialogue Presents, Episode 7: higu rose (Trans Cartoonists in the DIY Scene #4)

higu rose is an illustrator, cartoonist, ethnographer, and local terror living in pittsburgh, PA. based in fiction and autobiography, higu’s work focuses on experiences of being Black, queer/trans, and a little bonkers. higu is currently working on YINZ CITY, a graphic novel series about a group of queer and trans people of color. This interview is the fourth of our exciting new series supporting remus’ PhD dissertation work. Thank you for joining us! For episode citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2024/6/7/drawing-a-dialogue-presents-episode-7

1 year ago

1 hour 5 minutes 54 seconds

Drawing a Dialogue

Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 54: Teaching in a Comics MFA Program

Episode 54: Cathy shares all about her first year teaching in the Visual Narrative MFA program at Boston University! She talks about her new higher ed teaching experiences, how the program is structured, and personal observations of teaching K-12 vs. higher ed. A good listen for current MFA students or people considering it! For episode citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2024/5/3/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-54

1 year ago

1 hour 14 minutes 4 seconds

Drawing a Dialogue

Drawing a Dialogue Presents, Episode 6: Seosamh (Trans Cartoonists in the DIY Scene #3)

Seosamh aka Joe is a butch trans painter, a hypertext enthusiast, and author of dark, surreal, and intimate worlds of denim, leather, and gloss. Among other projects, he and his partner Anka are proud co-authors of the ongoing sci-fi comic, SUPERPOSE. This interview is the third of our exciting new series supporting remus’ PhD dissertation work. Thank you for joining us! For episode citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2024/4/5/drawing-a-dialogue-presents-episode-6

1 year ago

1 hour 21 minutes 43 seconds

Drawing a Dialogue

Drawing a Dialogue Presents, Episode 5: Sunmi (Trans Cartoonists in the DIY Scene #2)

Sunmi is a cartoonist whose body of work explores emotional distances and gender deviant fantasies, within a framework of queer + Korean histories and mythologies. This interview is the second of our exciting new series supporting remus’ PhD dissertation work. Thank you for joining us! For episode citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2024/3/1/drawing-a-dialogue-presents-episode-5

1 year ago

1 hour 6 minutes 44 seconds

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Drawing a Dialogue Presents, Episode 4: Emma Jayne (Trans Cartoonists in the DIY Scene #1)

Emma Jayne is 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! (Note: This episode is for mature audiences.) For episode citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2023/12/11/drawing-a-dialogue-presents-episode-4

1 year ago

1 hour 16 minutes 24 seconds

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Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 53: Introducing Our New Series: Trans Cartoonists in the DIY Scene

Episode 53: On this exciting episode of Drawing a Dissertation, remus introduces our new series where we interview trans cartoonists from the DIY scene! remus shares their PhD dissertation work, their approach to research, and drops the news of our exciting new DaD Presents project. We hope you join us! For episode citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2023/12/8/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-53

1 year ago

1 hour 1 minute 36 seconds

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Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 52: Accessibility at Conventions

Episode 52: Using Calmer Con in Massachusetts as a case study, Cathy and remus discuss accessibility at comic conventions. Cathy shares details about the event and the superhero costume workshops she taught. What is the difference between providing accommodations for disabled people, versus building something accessible from the start? For episode citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2023/11/3/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-52

1 year ago

1 hour 14 minutes 46 seconds

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Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 51: Open Access Archives + SPX Recap

Episode 51: On this episode, remus tells us all about open access archives! What are they, why do they exist, and how can we use them? Also, Cathy and remus recap the Small Press Expo (SPX) 2023 and talk about their experiences with indie comic book conventions in a “post” pandemic world. For episode citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2023/10/6/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-51

1 year ago

1 hour 10 minutes 19 seconds

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Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 50: Movies About Cartoonists

Episode 50: In celebration of our 50th episode and our 6th anniversary, let’s go to the movies! remus and Cathy discuss movies about cartoonists; not comic book movies, but movies where cartoonists themselves are the protagonist. Funny Pages, Chasing Amy, Monkeybone, and more! For episode citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2023/7/7/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-50

2 years ago

1 hour 17 minutes 24 seconds

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Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 49: Award Judging + Criticism

Episode 49: Inspired by a recent situation, Cathy and remus talk about what it’s like being an award judge behind the scenes, the differences between censorship and criticism, and challenge future judges to reconsider what’s important. For episode citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2023/6/2/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-49

2 years ago

1 hour 9 minutes 35 seconds

Drawing a Dialogue

Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 48: The Teacher Shortage

Episode 48: In this episode, Cathy and remus discuss the on-going teacher shortage in the United States. We discuss various theories on why teachers to leave the profession, such as burnout, student behavior, and moral disagreement. What is the shortage, where is it happening, and why? (Note: There are occasional audio hiccups in this episode, sorry about that, my microphone is dying. It’s not you, it’s me.) For episode citation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2022/2/3/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-48

2 years ago

1 hour 17 minutes 3 seconds