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Comic Art Ed! Scholarship focusing on bringing comics into the visual arts classroom. A resource for educators, students, cartoonists and the curious.
Comic Books in Arts Education!
Welcome to Comic Art Ed! Here you will find documentation and resources about bringing comics into the visual arts classroom. My name is Cathy G. Johnson, and I'm a cartoonist, printmaker and educator. This website documents my comic art educational work and serves as a resource for other educators, students and cartoonists. Go to the About page to learn more about me and Comic Art Ed!
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I will be at Kids Con New England on November 9 in S. Portland ME! I will be exhibiting my work as well as teaching a comic drawing games workshop. I hope to see you there!
Comic Art Ed! now has a shop! Please check it out!
Making Comics is for Everyone!
What comic books offer students is unique and exciting. Comic books are not only a combination of art and literature, but become a whole much greater than the sum of its parts. Cartooning offers exciting opportunities for innovative thinking — a child's imagination can build worlds on the page. Comics are amazing, and belong in the classroom! Book a visit today!
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Drawing a Dialogue is a podcast discussing comics in historical + educational contexts by Cathy G. Johnson + remus jackson. Learn more here!
The Breakaways
The Breakaways is my middle-grade graphic novel!
Age Range: Middle-grade, 8 - 11 years
Themes: Friendship, relationships, overcoming odds, slice-of-life
Summary: Quiet, sensitive Faith starts middle school already worrying about how she will fit in. To her surprise, Amanda, a popular eighth grader, convinces her to join the school soccer team, the Bloodhounds. Having never played soccer in her life, Faith ends up on the C team, a ragtag group that’s way better at drama than at teamwork. Although they are awful at soccer, Faith and her teammates soon form a bond both on and off the soccer field that challenges their notions of loyalty, identity, friendship, and unity.
The Breakaways is a portrait of friendship in its many forms, and a raw and beautifully honest look into the lives of a diverse and defiantly independent group of kids learning to make room for themselves in the world.
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Adults: Please tag us @comicarted on social media if you’d like to share your students’ comic art from your classrooms!