In Episode 9 of Out To Get You, we are joined by award-winning cartoonist, printmaker, and educator, Cathy G. Johnson (Black Hole Heart, The Breakaways) to light a fire under the folk horror forebearer, 1973's cult classic, The Wicker Man, from Anthony Shaffer and Robin Hardy.

Content Warning:

This episode contains discussion of child sexual abuse and grooming, misogyny, colonialism, ritual murder, and other topics that may be sensitive for listeners.

In this episode, we discuss the nature of sacrifice through the lens of social stratification, context collapse, and the fear of being unmoored from modernity, in this timeless diamond in a rough, starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, and more.

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Tune in to Drawing a Dialogue to hear more from Cathy, and catch up on her latest work, Charger County.

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