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...
Note: It's CCS, not CCA
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/...
New episode! Ep 60, What's UP With AI??? What is the history of artificial intelligence? What are the current conversations surrounding AI, and what is it actually capable of? comicarted.com/blog/2025/7/...
It's the official drop day today! Thank you for listening!
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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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/...
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/...
digital mockup of Krakoan Dream t-shirt
RIOT RI sign
Drawing a Dialogue featuring me!
Digital downloads on my shop – more to come!
A new public post went up on my Patreon yesterday - "Who Is The Dreamer". Topics covered: 1) new t-shirt available for preorder 2) a new interview on @drawingadialogue.bsky.social 3) digital downloads going up on my shop 4) #hourlycomicsday and volunteering with @riotrhodeisland.bsky.social
I have to note that my sound is rough, but Karen's voice is impeccable, and that's what really matters here. We're going to fix the issue in future eps, promise on that one.
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/...
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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/...
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...
My podcast @drawingadialogue.bsky.social is BACK this month with an interview with the indelible @carta.bsky.social! Podcast had a little hiatus over the summer, we are in no rush over here. This is a wonderful interview, very grateful to have Carta on ❤️
i'd offhandedly mentioned in my @drawingadialogue.bsky.social interview that comics, like film, allow one complete control over Time, that being what i most enjoy about each. and then i immediately and severely doubled down on that for The Solar System... it's wack in there
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...
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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/...
New episode! Ep 54, Teaching in a Comics MFA! Cathy shares all about her first year teaching in the Visual Narrative MFA program at Boston University. A good listen for current students or people considering it! comicarted.com/blog/2024/5/...
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/...
Autocorrect did me dirty today, so if you're subscribed, please re-download today's new episode to get the right version! Thx!
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/...
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...
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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...
Episode 52 has dropped! Cathy and remus discuss accessibility at comic conventions. What is the difference between providing accommodations for disabled people, versus building something accessible from the start? comicarted.com/blog/2023/11...
Ep 51 is here! remus explains open access archives! What are they, why do they exist, and how can we use them? Also, Cathy and remus recap SPX 2023 and talk about their experiences with indie comic book conventions in a “post” pandemic world. comicarted.com/blog/2023/10...