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Drawing a Dialogue

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

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Teaching Guide for Fox River Comics Camp!

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2026/10/03

My brand-new graphic novel, Fox River Comics Camp, is made for teaching comics! The book is created to be as easily accessible for all its audiences, whether it be librarians, teachers, caretakers, or, of course, KIDS!

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Inside the Course: Creating Comics with Purpose

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2026/08/16

It is my joy and honor to be teaching an online course with the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration this fall! Below is a repost from their interview with me, I hope you will sign up and join us!

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Summer 2026 Class Offerings!

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2026/05/18

Are you interested in learning how to make comics? I’m excited to announce several public class opportunities this summer for tween, teens and adults! Whether you want a one-day experience or a deep-dive into your own process, you’ll find it here!

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Hands Off Our Books!

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2026/03/08

This past weekend I had the honor of joining fellow authors Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie and Padma Venkatraman, as well as moderator Christina Bevilacqua, in conversation about book bans and censorship at LitArts RI.

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Welcome to Fox River Comics Camp! My new book coming...

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2026/02/13

I am thrilled to finally share my brand new book is available for pre-order! Fox River Comics Camp is my dream comic art education book for elementary-age readers, coming October 2026. The book combines an engaging story with fun activities readers can follow along with. Part comics how-to book, part silly joyful narrative, this book has it all for the young cartoonists in your life!

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Words in Pictures 2025: Comics by Rhode Island Teens

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2025/12/02

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Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 62: Class Consciousness

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2025/11/07

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-62Contact: Email,Instagram, Bluesky

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Promoting Literacy with Comic Art Education

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2025/10/27

Comic art education is an incredibly effective tool to promote literacy in young people. In this post, I explain the importance of both reading and visual literacy, and then share a lesson plan idea titled “Adaptation.”

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Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 61: Professional...

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2025/09/05

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:

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Photos: Comics are Liberation! Keynote Speaker at...

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2025/08/26

This past May I was honored to visit the Rhode Island Library Association Conference as their Keynote Speaker! It was a pleasure to meet so many amazing library professionals and talk about the incredible power that comic books are able to offer young people.

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Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 60: What's up With AI?

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2025/07/11

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-60Contact: Email,Instagram, Bluesky

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Freedom to Read Rhode Island has PASSED!

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2025/07/03

The Freedom to Read legislation has passed in the state of Rhode Island! Back in March I had the pleasure of speaking at a press conference in support of passing the bill.

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Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 59: The Studentcast!

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2025/06/06

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-59Contact: Email,Instagram, Bluesky

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Comics are Liberation! Keynote Speaker at Rhode...

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2025/05/06

I am proud to share that I will be the keynote speaker at the Rhode Island Library Association Conference 2025! My speech is titled “Comic Books are Liberation!,” and I’ll be addressing the incredible power of teaching comic book making to children.

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Comic Workshop at the Providence Public Library!

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2025/04/23

Last year I had the pleasure of teaching a 4 week-long comic drawing workshop series at the Providence Public Library, and I’m so happy to be returning again this year!

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My Teaching Philosophy for the Art Studio

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2025/04/15

Art education is a liberatory practice. When I teach, I want my students to discover. Through their art materials, students are observing, deeply engaging with the world around them. My students are documenting every detail of their subject, to ultimately know the world on an intimate level. Creating is a living memory, chronicling our past with breathing images.

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Visual Narrative MFA at Boston University, Class of 2025

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2025/04/14

For the second year, I had the pleasure of teaching a wonderful group of grad students in Boston University’s new Visual Narrative MFA program! This year I taught Thesis and Concept Studio courses, so we worked together all year developing final thesis projects.

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Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 58: Freedom to Read RI

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2025/04/04

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

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Freedom to Read Rhode Island

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2025/03/29

I recently spoke at a press conference in the Rhode Island statehouse to lend my voice in support of the Authors Against Book Bans Rhode Island chapter and the new legislation for the Freedom to Read in Rhode Island.

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Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 57: Swann Fellowship and...

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2025/03/07

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, BlueskyCitation: https://comicarted.com/blog/2025/3/7/drawing-a-dialogue-episode-57

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