Promoting Literacy with Comic Art Education
From Drawing a Dialogue by Cathy G. Johnson + e jackson
October 27, 2025
About this episode
The episode discusses the role of comic art education in promoting literacy among young people.
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.”
People in this episode
Hosts: Cathy G. Johnson, e jackson
Topics covered
- comic art education
- literacy
- visual literacy
- education
- young people
Keywords
- comic art
- literacy
- visual literacy
- education
- lesson plan
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Adaptation
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