Dear Comic Student, it’s time. You are arriving at your final semester of comics school. Maybe you spent all winter break working on your comic. Or maybe you meant to, and it didn’t happen. Maybe you actually did do a lot of work and it just doesn’t feel like it. Maybe it feels like you should have gotten more work done than you did. Or maybe, maybe you really did do nothing. Maybe you slept in very late, everyday. You played video games. You watched a lot of TikToks. But what this accomplished was rest. You have rested. You have filled your gas tank. And now it’s time to really get started.
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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.
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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!
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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.)
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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 fourt of our exciting new series supporting remus’ PhD dissertation work. Thank you for joining us!
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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!
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I have had the pleasure of teaching a wonderful group of grad students this year in Boston University’s new Visual Narrative MFA program! The upcoming book talks are free and open to the public, so I hope you consider coming down and supporting the hard work all these incredible students achieved!
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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!
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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!
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How do you make money and save money as an artist? In this beginner’s post about finances I encourage you to be empowered. You are an artist and you can do it.
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This page is specifically geared to cartoonists who are interested in how to traditionally publish. I’m going to attempt to answer as many questions as I can, including pitches, cover letters, agents and editors.
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A list of comic and comic-adjacent jobs. The purpose of this list is to help cartoonists expand their minds and expectations of themselves, and to understand that making comics has given cartoonists useful and transferable skills that can be applied in other industries.
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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!
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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!
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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?
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In this all-ages workshop, students will have the opportunity to brainstorm their own superhero identity, design a symbol, then create a simple cardboard + paper costume.
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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.
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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!
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A young adult graphic novel about high school wallflower Belle Hawkins, who ends up in a love triangle after tutoring the girlfriend of her crush. A charming representation of lesbian identity.
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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.
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