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.

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