Inside the Course: Creating Comics with Purpose
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 thei...
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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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Summer 2026 Class Offerings!
Are you interested in learning how to make comics? I’m excited to announce several public class opportunities this summer for tween, teens a...
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Hands Off Our Books!
This past weekend I had the honor of joining fellow authors Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie and Padma Venkatraman, as well as moderator Christina...
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Welcome to Fox River Comics Camp! My new book coming October 2026!
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...
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Words in Pictures 2025: Comics by Rhode Island Teens
This is the gallery page for the 2025 edition of Words in Pictures from Write RI, School One and Comic Art Ed! Below you’ll find a collectio...
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Drawing a Dialogue, 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 Capi...
Promoting Literacy with Comic Art Education
Comic art education is an incredibly effective tool to promote literacy in young people. In this post, I explain the importance of both read...
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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, i...
Photos: Comics are Liberation! Keynote Speaker at Rhode Island Library Association Conference
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...
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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?...
Freedom to Read Rhode Island has PASSED!
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...
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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, Franc...
Comics are Liberation! Keynote Speaker at Rhode Island Library Association Conference!
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 B...
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Comic Workshop at the Providence Public Library!
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 b...
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My Teaching Philosophy for the Art Studio
Art education is a liberatory practice. When I teach, I want my students to discover. Through their art materials, students are observing, d...
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Visual Narrative MFA at Boston University, Class of 2025
For the second year, I had the pleasure of teaching a wonderful group of grad students in Boston University’s new Visual Narrative MFA progr...
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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. T...
Freedom to Read Rhode Island
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 Isl...
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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 writin...
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...