Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 44: AIDS Activism + Comics

Artwork by remus jackson.

Drawing a Dialogue is a podcast discussing comics in historical, educational + theoretical contexts by Cathy G. Johnson + remus jackson.

Episode 44: In this episode, remus discusses the way queer AIDS activists used art and comics as part of their activism during the the 1980s-1990s. They specifically talk about four art projects: the AIDS memorial quilt, work by activist group Gran Fury, the comics anthologies “Strip AIDS” and “Strip AIDS USA,” and David Wojnaworicz's “7 Miles A Second.”

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Theme song by Downtown Boys

Episode Citation:

• “AIDS Activism,” Geoffrey W. Bateman, GLBTQ Encyclopedia, 2004

• AIDS Timeline

• NAMES National AIDS Memorial Quilt

• NYPL Digital Archive: Gran Fury collection, 1987-1995

• Strip AIDS, Willyprods/Small Time Ink, 1987

• Strip AIDS USA, Last Gasp Press, 1988

• 7 Miles a Second, David Wojnarowicz, James Romberger, Marguerite van Cook, Fantagraphics 2013 (originally DC Vertigo, 1996)

• ACT UP Oral History Project

What are you reading?

• My Love Mix-Up by Aruko and Wataru Hinekure

• ROT #11 by Arthur K - Link