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How do comics help us understand complex systems and processes? This episode looks at applied cartooning for healthcare, education, science, and government. Artists featured in this episode: Silvia Hidalgo Cathy Leamy Marek Bennett Rebecca Purchase Ally Shwed Chris Lanier Dan Nott Cara Bean Malaka Gharib Panels featured in this episode: Democracy How? Civics in Comics Protest, Plague, and Politics: 2020 in Comics Comics featured in this episode: How to Be an American: A Field Guide to Citizenship by Silvia Hidalgo The World is Made of Cheese: The Applied Cartooning Manifesto by Marek Bennett and James Sturm Science in Pictures by Rebecca Purchase An Anatomy of Institutional Racism by Chris Lanier Fault Lines in the Constitution by Cynthia Levinson, Sanford Levinson, and Ally Shwed Multiple Intelligences & Comics Education by Marek Bennett This Is What Democracy Looks Like: A Graphic Guide To Governance published by the Center for Cartoon Studies Let’s Talk About It: A Graphic Guide to Mental Health published by the Center for Cartoon Studies A Kids' Guide To Staying Safe From The Coronavirus by Malaka Gharib Please find a full transcript at https://bit.ly/33CafCh. Learn more about MICE and consider making a donation at bostoncomicarts.org. Do you have a story to share? Contact us at thesqueak@bostoncomicarts.org.

What’s your writing process? Do you work by yourself, or with a team? If you’re not the only writer, how do you decide who writes what? How do you split up the work? Learn more about PodTales at PodTales.org. A gigantic thank you to all the creators who participated in this episode, including: A gigantic thank you to all the creators who participated in this episode, including: Cai Gwilym Pritchard of Chain of Being Tal Minear of Sidequesting, What Will be Here, Light Hearts, and Someone Dies in This Elevator Ann Slöan of The Carlötta Beautox Chronicles Andrea Klassen of Me and AU and Station to Station Jeffrey Nils Gardener of Unwell and Hartlife NFP Pippin Eira Major of Clockwork Bird Chris Middleton of Among the Stars and Bones Jordan Stillman of The Ordinary Epic Kyle Decker of Quest Friends Alex C. Telander of the Ostium Podcast David Orión Pena of Dos: After You Tamara Kissane of Artist Soapbox, Masterbuilder, and The New Colossus JF Dubeau of Achewillow Ali Hylton of Dining in the Void and Sean Howard / Eli McIllveen of Alba Salix, and the Fable and Folly network. Find a full transcript at bit.ly/3e4Kyyj. A production of ThirdSight Media LLC.

This week we’re dedicating the entire episode to a mainstay at MICE, a live drawing comics gameshow known as the Iron Cartoonist.  Artists featured in this episode: Jon Chad: http://www.jonchad.com Zack Giallongo: https://www.patreon.com/zackules Erica Henderson: https://www.patreon.com/ericafails Shing Yin Khor: https://shingkhor.com/ Gale Galligan: https://galesaur.com/ Please find a full transcript at https://bit.ly/31qbjIv. Learn more about MICE and consider making a donation at bostoncomicarts.org.  Do you have a story to share? Contact us at thesqueak@bostoncomicarts.org.

Comics might break your heart, but they can also change your life. We hear from creators, readers, and readers who become creators about their first time at MICE.   Artists featured in this episode: Jackie Musto: https://linktr.ee/jackmusto Lucian Albota: https://www.instagram.com/incomingluke/ Derik Johnson Shiv: https://www.instagram.com/ohnoshiv/ Neil Brideau: https://neilbrideau.com/ Olivia Li: https://heyolovia.com/   Please find a full transcript at https://bit.ly/2HXflRy.   For more information about MICE, please visit micexpo.org.

Learn more about MICE at micexpo.org.