Comic Art Ed!
@comicarted.bsky.social
Comic books in art education! ✏️✨
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Scholarship, workshops, resources +more!
https://www.comicarted.com
The education work of artist Cathy G. Johnson @cathygjohn.bsky.social
Follow our podcast @drawingadialogue.bsky.social
Booking workshops NOW!
Scholarship, workshops, resources +more!
https://www.comicarted.com
The education work of artist Cathy G. Johnson @cathygjohn.bsky.social
Follow our podcast @drawingadialogue.bsky.social
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@comicarted.bsky.social
· Oct 27
Promoting Literacy with Comic Art Education — Comic Art Ed!
Comic art education is an incredibly effective tool to promote literacy in young people. In this post, I explain the importance of both reading and visual literacy, and then share a lesson plan idea t...
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New Blog Post! Comic art education is an incredibly effective tool to promote literacy in young people. In this post, I explain the importance of both reading and visual literacy, and then share a lesson plan idea titled “Adaptation.” comicarted.com/blog/2025/10...
Reposted by Comic Art Ed!
Are you makings zines yet? Are you teaching other people how to make zines? Are you proselytizing about the good word of zines?
I've finally updated my website with all of my zinemaking worksheets available to download & use for free. You can find them linked here:
studiokori.neocities.org/zines
I've finally updated my website with all of my zinemaking worksheets available to download & use for free. You can find them linked here:
studiokori.neocities.org/zines
October 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Are you makings zines yet? Are you teaching other people how to make zines? Are you proselytizing about the good word of zines?
I've finally updated my website with all of my zinemaking worksheets available to download & use for free. You can find them linked here:
studiokori.neocities.org/zines
I've finally updated my website with all of my zinemaking worksheets available to download & use for free. You can find them linked here:
studiokori.neocities.org/zines
New Blog Post! Comic art education is an incredibly effective tool to promote literacy in young people. In this post, I explain the importance of both reading and visual literacy, and then share a lesson plan idea titled “Adaptation.” comicarted.com/blog/2025/10...
Promoting Literacy with Comic Art Education — Comic Art Ed!
Comic art education is an incredibly effective tool to promote literacy in young people. In this post, I explain the importance of both reading and visual literacy, and then share a lesson plan idea t...
comicarted.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New Blog Post! Comic art education is an incredibly effective tool to promote literacy in young people. In this post, I explain the importance of both reading and visual literacy, and then share a lesson plan idea titled “Adaptation.” comicarted.com/blog/2025/10...
I had a really wonderful time yesterday with John Patrick Green at @anunlikellystory.bsky.social! Thank you for having me, I'll be back soon!
September 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I had a really wonderful time yesterday with John Patrick Green at @anunlikellystory.bsky.social! Thank you for having me, I'll be back soon!
On September 7 I’ll be at An Unlikely Story Bookstore interviewing my friend John Patrick Green about his new book! Learn more about the event and get tickets here! anunlikelystory.indiecommerce.com/green
August 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
On September 7 I’ll be at An Unlikely Story Bookstore interviewing my friend John Patrick Green about his new book! Learn more about the event and get tickets here! anunlikelystory.indiecommerce.com/green
Summer 2025 Workshops! For kids of all ages. Let's draw together! ✏️✨
Some are open to the public, some may be exclusive for students signed up for summer programming. Please contact your location and check!
comicarted.com
Some are open to the public, some may be exclusive for students signed up for summer programming. Please contact your location and check!
comicarted.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Summer 2025 Workshops! For kids of all ages. Let's draw together! ✏️✨
Some are open to the public, some may be exclusive for students signed up for summer programming. Please contact your location and check!
comicarted.com
Some are open to the public, some may be exclusive for students signed up for summer programming. Please contact your location and check!
comicarted.com
Chicago! Today I'll be teaching an all-ages comic drawing workshop titled Silly Drawing Games at @cakechicago.bsky.social! Free to attend!
June 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Chicago! Today I'll be teaching an all-ages comic drawing workshop titled Silly Drawing Games at @cakechicago.bsky.social! Free to attend!
Hope to see you there! comicarted.com/blog/comics-...
Comics are Liberation! Keynote Speaker at Rhode Island Library Association Conference! — Comic Art Ed!
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 Books are Liberation!,” and I’ll be addressing the incredible...
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May 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Hope to see you there! comicarted.com/blog/comics-...
New blog post! comicarted.com/blog/2025/4/...
Comic Workshop at the Providence Public Library! — Comic Art Ed!
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 be returning again this year!
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April 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New blog post! comicarted.com/blog/2025/4/...
Reposted by Comic Art Ed!
I published my teaching philosophy on my education site (@comicarted.bsky.social) yesterday. This encompasses my broader art education practice than just comics. What are we accomplishing in the art classroom, and why do we do it? comicarted.com/blog/2025/4/...
My Teaching Philosophy for the Art Studio — Comic Art Ed!
Art education is a liberatory practice. When I teach, I want my students to discover. Through their art materials, students are observing, deeply engaging with the world around them. My students are d...
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April 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I published my teaching philosophy on my education site (@comicarted.bsky.social) yesterday. This encompasses my broader art education practice than just comics. What are we accomplishing in the art classroom, and why do we do it? comicarted.com/blog/2025/4/...
For the second year, I had the pleasure of teaching a wonderful group of grad students in Boston University’s new Visual Narrative MFA program! These incredible students developed graphic novels and completed a final book pitch. Watch the book talks here! comicarted.com/blog/2025/4/...
April 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
For the second year, I had the pleasure of teaching a wonderful group of grad students in Boston University’s new Visual Narrative MFA program! These incredible students developed graphic novels and completed a final book pitch. Watch the book talks here! comicarted.com/blog/2025/4/...
Very excited!
Have fun playing goofy games with just a pencil and your imagination! Hosted by Cathy G. Johnson, educator with Comic Art Ed! and author of The Breakaways
@cathygjohn.bsky.social
Sign up here:
www.comicartsmaineportland.com/programming2...
@cathygjohn.bsky.social
Sign up here:
www.comicartsmaineportland.com/programming2...
March 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Very excited!
I've just put up a Statement on Commitment to Diversity on Comic Art Ed!: comicarted.com/diversity
February 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I've just put up a Statement on Commitment to Diversity on Comic Art Ed!: comicarted.com/diversity
Write RI x Comic Art Ed! program page has launched! school-one.org/comics-and-g...
Comic and Graphic Novel programs
Take classes in writing comics and graphic novels with School One in Providence, RI.
school-one.org
February 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Write RI x Comic Art Ed! program page has launched! school-one.org/comics-and-g...
New blog post! comicarted.com/blog/2025/1/...
Library Workshop at East Greenwich! — Comic Art Ed!
Thank you so much to the wonderful East Greenwich Free Library for having me visit! We had a very fun teen comic making workshop for ages 12-18. All students were so creative and dedicated!
comicarted.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New blog post! comicarted.com/blog/2025/1/...
Reposted by Comic Art Ed!
One of my FAVORITE resources is @comicarted.bsky.social, check this one out local RI peeps!
Three new exciting things for local Rhode Islanders of many ages! ONE: I'm collaborating with Write RI to launch a Teen Comics workshop series with possibility of getting your comics published at the end! We also have materials available for all RI educators! comicarted.com/blog/2025/1/...
Write RI x Comic Art Ed! — Comic Art Ed!
I will be teaching two 4-week long workshop series aimed at guiding Rhode Island teenagers through the development, writing and drawing of their own comic book stories. These workshops were developed ...
comicarted.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
One of my FAVORITE resources is @comicarted.bsky.social, check this one out local RI peeps!
Three new exciting things for local Rhode Islanders of many ages! ONE: I'm collaborating with Write RI to launch a Teen Comics workshop series with possibility of getting your comics published at the end! We also have materials available for all RI educators! comicarted.com/blog/2025/1/...
Write RI x Comic Art Ed! — Comic Art Ed!
I will be teaching two 4-week long workshop series aimed at guiding Rhode Island teenagers through the development, writing and drawing of their own comic book stories. These workshops were developed ...
comicarted.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Three new exciting things for local Rhode Islanders of many ages! ONE: I'm collaborating with Write RI to launch a Teen Comics workshop series with possibility of getting your comics published at the end! We also have materials available for all RI educators! comicarted.com/blog/2025/1/...
Dear Comics Students Starting Your Final Semester... New Blog Post! comicarted.com/blog/2025/1/...
Dear Comics Students Starting Your Final Semester... — Comic Art Ed!
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 ...
comicarted.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Dear Comics Students Starting Your Final Semester... New Blog Post! comicarted.com/blog/2025/1/...
It's rare I teach adult classes, sign up if you've been waiting! It's going to be a good time!
If you're in Rhode Island, I'm very excited to announce that I'm teaching an adult in-person class with RISD this spring! Starting a Sketchbook: Techniques and Practice! It's going to be about exploration and discovery, we're going to have SO MUCH FUN. Sign up today! cereg.risd.edu/search/publi...
January 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's rare I teach adult classes, sign up if you've been waiting! It's going to be a good time!
Very grateful to have been contacted by the Library of Congress. My Comic Art Ed! website and the education work documented there will be collected in their archive. Thank you!
January 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Very grateful to have been contacted by the Library of Congress. My Comic Art Ed! website and the education work documented there will be collected in their archive. Thank you!
Upcoming class! Join us!
January 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Upcoming class! Join us!
Opportunity for adults to build a graphic novel writing community!
Providence locals! I am helping launch a new writing group for authors of graphic novels. You can sign up through LitArts RI! You gotta be a member (free for POC!). I'm just helping facilitate, it's not a class or nothing, it's an accountability group to keep us going! www.litartsri.org/community
January 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Opportunity for adults to build a graphic novel writing community!
Happy New Year, everyone! May your resolutions include working on that comic ✨
December 31, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Happy New Year, everyone! May your resolutions include working on that comic ✨
Cartoonist's Life Tip #1: Work on your comic every day, even a little bit.
December 2, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Cartoonist's Life Tip #1: Work on your comic every day, even a little bit.
Just had SO MUCH FUN teaching Silly Drawing Games to a PACKED room at Kids Con New England! Thank you so much for having me!! ✨✨✏️✏️
November 9, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Just had SO MUCH FUN teaching Silly Drawing Games to a PACKED room at Kids Con New England! Thank you so much for having me!! ✨✨✏️✏️
Having a good time at Kids Con NE today in Portland, Maine! ✨✨✏️
November 9, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Having a good time at Kids Con NE today in Portland, Maine! ✨✨✏️