Name: Political Action Comics: Activism and Art
Start: 2024-12-08T15:00:00-0500
End: 2024-12-08T16:00:00-0500

Sunday December 8, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST

Thurman Commons

Comics and cartoon art have long been effective tools in political messaging, often powerfully illustrating the plight of the oppressed, invoking activism. How are today's cartoonists incorporating and affecting the heated and complex issues of our times? Moderator Brigid Alverson and a panel of cartoonists discuss the power of comics in the realm of politics and activism.

Moderators

Brigid Alverson

Exhibitors

Camila Kerwin - 35A

Camila Kerwin is a journalist who makes comics and radio. She’s a regular comics contributor to the Boston Globe. Her work has appeared on the Washington Post, WNYC, KCRW’s Bodies, NPR’s Morning Edition, Sony’s Cheat!, “The World” from PRI, the Miami Herald, and more... Read More →

Sarah Shaw - 35B

Instagram: @saraheshaw

Isabella Rotman - 47A

Instagram: This_might_hurtX: Isabella-rotman

Keith Knight - 70A

Keith Knight is a Massuchusetts native and indie comix lifer. For over 35 years, Knight has produced his autobiographical comic strip, the K Chronicles, and will be premiering his 6th collection, titled Keefer Madness. He comics and life inspired the Hulu comedy series, "Woke", on... Read More →

Noah Jodice - 80A

Lecturer, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

Noah Jodice is a cartoonist and zine-maker currently working in Saint Louis, Mo. His self-published work focuses on our social relationship to image-making and often explores personal anxieties or complex systems through narrative cartoons. He frequently collaborates on community... Read More →

Sunday December 8, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Thurman Commons Second Floor, 808 Commonwealth Ave. Brookline, MA

Panel

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