Comic Boom - Comics in Education
Lucy Starbuck Braidley
An education podcast exploring the use of comics in education. Each episode I’ll be joined by a special guest from a wide range of backgrounds, from passionate education professionals to academics and industry experts. I'll be exploring a wide range of perspectives in the search for information and inspiration. Listen in if you’d like to grow your understanding of the theory behind comics, discover the most effective approaches to using comics and graphic novels in your classroom and gain inspiration from passionate comics creators.
This season of Comic Boom is sponsored by ALCS, The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society! Find out more about their work at www.alcs.co.uk
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Comic Boom - Comics in Education with author and professor Nick Sousanis
Comic Boom - Comics in Education
05/16/24 • 75 min
In this episode Lucy chats to professor and author Nick Sousanis.
Nick Sousanis is an Eisner-winning comics author and an associate professor of Humanities & Liberal Studies at San Francisco State University, where he started and runs a Comics Studies program. He received his doctorate in education at Teachers College, Columbia University in 2014, where he wrote and drew his dissertation entirely in comic book form. Titled Unflattening, it argues for the importance of visual thinking in teaching and learning, and was published by Harvard University Press in 2015. Unflattening received the 2016 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award) in Humanities, the Lynd Ward Prize for best Graphic Novel of 2015, and was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Scholarly/Academic work.
Connect with Nick:
https://spinweaveandcut.comX: @nsousanisNick's recommendation for young readers:
K Gets in Trouble by Gary Clement
Nick's recommendation for older readers:
Toussaint Louverture: The Only Successful Slave Revolt in History by C.L.R James
Lucy's Recommendation (an upcoming guest!):
Young Hag by Isabel Greenberg
This episode is sponsored by ALCS, The Authors Licensing and Collecting Society. Check out their range of copyright education tools, resources and planning - including those highlighted on the show by following this link.
Producer and Host: @Lucy_BraidleyContact: [email protected]
Music by John_Sib from Pixabay
Comic Boom - Comics in Education with writer Swapna Reddy
Comic Boom - Comics in Education
07/10/24 • 47 min
In this episode Lucy talks to writer Swapna Reddy (who you may know as Swapna Haddow!).
Swapna Haddow is the multi award-winning children’s author of the Dave Pigeon
series, published by Faber & Faber. The Dave Pigeon series has received rave reviews since first publishing in 2016 and went on to win three regional awards in the UK and was shortlisted for the prestigious Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award.
Swapna loves to write about boisterous animals that cause mayhem and is working with Faber & Faber, Magic Cat, Scholastic, Oxford University Press and Macmillan to make sure mean cats, grizzly bears and big-hearted little rabbits find their place on the bookshelves. Friendship and humour are always at the heart of what she loves to write.
Swapna also writes for Oxford University Press, under the pseudonym ‘Swapna
Reddy’ and comes on the podcast to talk about he new comic-prose hybrid for younger readers Reggie Rabbit and the Great Carrot Heist illustrated by Becca Moore.
Swapna's recommendations
Big Little Blue by Raymond McGrath
The Black Sand Beach Series by Richard Fairgray
Tulip and Doug by Emma WoodGranny McFlitter by Heather Haylock
Lucy's Recommendation
Narwhal and Jelly Series by Ben Clanton
This episode of Comic Boom is sponsored by ALCS, The Authors Licensing and Collecting Society.
The ALCS Carnegie Awards resources highlighted in the episode can be found here.
Connect with Swapna via her website.
Follow the podcast:
Insta: @comic_boom_podcastTwitter/X: @Lucy_BraidleyContact: [email protected]
Music by John_Sib from Pixabay
Comic Boom - Comic in Education - with 'Star Cat' and 'I Hate Pixies' creator James Turner
Comic Boom - Comics in Education
05/29/24 • 45 min
In this episode Lucy chats with writer and comics creator, James Turner.
James is a cartoonist and writer, creator, with illustrator Yasmin Sheikh. As well as Star Cat, his comic strip Clatters and Bump regularly appears in weekly comic The Phoenix.
James joins me to talk about his new graphic novel Toby and the Pixies: Worst King Ever! illustrated by Andreas Schuster is out on 6 June 2024.
James's recommendation for this episode:
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin
Lucy's recommendation for this episode:
Fantasy Sports by Sam Bosma
Follow James:
Insta at @eruditebaboonTwitter/X: @eruditebaboonFollow the podcast:
Insta: @comic_boom_podcastTwitter/X: @Lucy_BraidleyContact: [email protected]
This episode is sponsored by ALCS, The Authors Licensing and Collecting Society. Check out their range of copyright education tools, resources and planning - including those highlighted on the show by following this link.
Music by John_Sib from Pixabay
Comic Boom - Comics in Education with Chie Kutsuwada and Julian Sedgwick
Comic Boom - Comics in Education
06/26/24 • 51 min
In today’s episode Lucy is joined by a wonderful creative duo - Chie Kutsuwada and Julian Sedgwick.
Chie is UK based Japanese manga creator and illustrator. Chie graduated from Royal College of Art, London, and since then has carved out a successful career in illustration. She creates her own illustrated stories and comics strips, as well as working on titles like the manga version of Shakespeare’s As You Like It (SelfMadeHero, London). Chie also regularly runs manga workshops for schools and art institutions and more recently is known for her collaborations with author Julian Sedgwick.
Julian Sedgwick is the author of numerous books for young people, with a lifelong interest inthe cultures of East Asia. On the way to realising his childhood ambition to be a writer, Julian read Chinese Studies and Philosophy at Cambridge. The the first book in his Mysterium trilogy was published in 2013 and won the Rotherham Children’s Book Award. Since then, his books have been shortlisted for numerous awards,with both Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black (co-written with his brother, Marcus).
The pair began collaborating combined manga and prose books, starting with on the Carnegie shortlisted Tsunami Girl (2021 Guppy Books, UK) and their latest creation 100 Tales from the Tokyo Ghost Café (2023 Guppy Books, UK).
This episode of Comic Boom is sponsored by ALCS, The Authors Licensing and Collecting Society.
The ALCS Carnegie Awards resources highlighted in the episode can be found here.
Julian's recommendation:
Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martin
(Pedro's episode on Comic Boom can be found here!)
Chie's recommendation:
Hicotea - A Nightlights Story by Lorena Alvarez
Lucy's recommendation:
www.comicsdevices.com
Follow Chie:https://www.facebook.com/chitangardenX: @chitanchitanInstagram: @mcmc69Follow Julian:X/Twitter: @julianaureliusInsta:@julian_sedgwick
Follow the podcast:
Insta: @comic_boom_podcastTwitter/X: @Lucy_BraidleyContact: [email protected]
Music by John_Sib from Pixabay
Comic Boom - Comics in Education - with writer and illustrator Victoria Jamieson
Comic Boom - Comics in Education
06/21/23 • 42 min
In this episode Lucy chats to writer and illustrator Victoria Jamieson.
Victoria is an writer and illustrator from Pensylavia UK - most well known in the UK for her graphic novels roller girl and when stars are scattered.
In this interview we talk about her journey to becoming a graphic novelist, her sources of in spiration and her process for creating graphic novels and we spend time talking about both Roller Girl and When Stars Are Scattered.
You can find additional teaching resources for When stars Are Scattered here and a free e-book about creating Roller Girl here.
Find Victoria on:
Instagram: @victoriajamiesonbooksTwitter: @JamiesonVTo find out more about Refugee Strong go to www.refugeestrong.org
Links to everything discussed in this episode can be found on the podcast padlet.
Producer and Host: @Lucy_BraidleyContact: [email protected]
Comic Boom - Comics in Education - Using comics in art education with Hester Harrington
Comic Boom - Comics in Education
06/04/23 • 42 min
This week Lucy chats to art educator Hester Harrington about her approach to using comics in the art classroom.
Hester Harrington, Art Educator and Co-Producer for Little LICAF - is part of the LICAF team responsible for comic content for youngsters, family and educators as part of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival year round programme of events. She is also a part-time secondary school Art teacher, with over 15 years of teaching experience. She is passionate about designing resources and providing engaging educational experiences for youngsters that enhance creative skills.
Twitter: @Hester_Harring
Instagram: @HesterHarrington.uk
For LICAF please head to
Twitter: @littlelicaf and @comicartfest
Instagram: @littlelicaf and @lakesinternationalcomics
Facebook: Little LICAF and The Lakes International Comic Art Festival
Little LICAF resources: https://www.comicartfestival.com/licaf-live/little-licaf
Link to Wild Escape resources for museums and teachers: https://thewildescape.org.uk/resources/filter/for-teachers
Links to everything discussed, including all of the comics Hester mentioned in this episode, can be found on the podcast padlet.
Producer and Host: @Lucy_BraidleyContact: [email protected]
Comic boom - The Comics in Education Podcast feat. author and illustrator Dave Shelton
Comic Boom - Comics in Education
05/31/23 • 39 min
This week Lucy chats to the brilliant Dave Shelton - author and illustrator - to discuss how his life-long love of comics has influenced his work
His slapstick comedy noir comic strip Good Dog, Bad Dog has appeared in The DFC comic, The Phoenix, and the Guardian, and is collected in two books by David Fickling Books. His debut prose novel for children, A Boy and a Bear in a Boat, which he also illustrated, was short listed for the Costa prize and the Carnegie medal, and won the Branford Boase award.
Follow Dave on Twitter as @DaveShelton
Links to everything discussed, including Dave's books and all of the comics he mentioned in this episode, can be found on the podcast padlet.
Producer and Host: @Lucy_BraidleyContact: [email protected]
Comic Boom - Using comics for higher level thinking in the classroom with Shveta Miller
Comic Boom - Comics in Education
05/24/23 • 54 min
In this episode Lucy is joined by American educator Shveta Miller.
Shveta Miller is a national literacy leader and serves on the Governor’s Council for
Educator Advancement in Oregon as a professional learning facilitator. A former high school Language Arts teacher and author of Hacking Graphic Novels: 8
Ways to Teach Higher-Level Thinking with Comics and Visual Storytelling, she is a
passionate advocate for using multimodal texts of all kinds to create engaged,
insightful, curious readers and thinkers who are comfortable with the complex.
Contact her at [email protected]
Follow her on Twitter as @ShvetaMiller
Connect with her on LinkedIn
Keep up with her latest articles and resources for teachers by visiting her website www.ShvetaMiller.com.
Links to everything discussed, including Shveta's recommendations can be found on the podcast padlet.
Producer and Host: @Lucy_BraidleyContact: [email protected]
Comic Boom - S2 Ep.4 Exploring Manga with Lucy Forrester
Comic Boom - Comics in Education
05/10/23 • 40 min
A double Lucy episode! This week Lucy chats to specialist Manga librarian from Peters the bookseller, Lucy Forrester.
Lucy Forrester has been a children's librarian since 2006, and a comics fan since she can remember. Working for Peters Booksellers, she has made comics and manga her specialist field, and has taken part in conferences, conventions, and book awards to promote and increase understanding and appreciation of the graphic format.
Lucy shares just a fraction of her expansive knowledge of comics and manga in this episode - there are a whole lot of recommendations and some facinating insight into the history of manga and the industry that surrounds it.
Links to everything discussed, including Lucy's recommendations can be found on the podcast padlet.
Producer and Host: @Lucy_BraidleyContact: [email protected]
Comic Boom - Comics in Education - with Writer, Illustrator and Educator Sayra Begum
Comic Boom - Comics in Education
09/14/23 • 43 min
This episode is part of a collaboration with Lakes International Comics Arts Festival.
Lucy chats to writer, illustrator and educator Sayra Begum
Sayra Begum is an illustrator, writer and educator based in Nottingham. She teaches Illustration at Falmouth University and Comics at De Montfort University. Begum released her debut graphic novel, Mongrel in 2020 (supported by ACE, published by Knockabout).
Begum has contributed to the 10 Years to Save the World comic anthology, the Wild Escape campaign, and Constrain Climate Comics where she created a comic responding to the IPCC report (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). She also took part in the Comics Cultural Exchange Residency in Prague and was also recently an artist in residence at New Art Exchange, where she launched her Pilgrimage project.
Find Sayra on:
Instagram: @sayra_begum_illustration
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SayraBegumIllustratorLinks to everything discussed in this episode can be found on the podcast padlet.
You can SUPPORT the podcast by buying a comic or buying me a comic at: https://ko-fi.com/lucysbProducer and Host: @Lucy_BraidleyContact: [email protected]
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How many episodes does Comic Boom - Comics in Education have?
Comic Boom - Comics in Education currently has 46 episodes available.
What topics does Comic Boom - Comics in Education cover?
The podcast is about Pedagogy, Visual Arts, Comics, Reading, Library, Podcasts, Education and Arts.
What is the most popular episode on Comic Boom - Comics in Education?
The episode title 'Comic Boom - Comics in Education - with cartoonist Marc Jackson' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Comic Boom - Comics in Education?
The average episode length on Comic Boom - Comics in Education is 46 minutes.
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Episodes of Comic Boom - Comics in Education are typically released every 7 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of Comic Boom - Comics in Education?
The first episode of Comic Boom - Comics in Education was released on Jan 1, 2023.
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