Virtual Memories Show
COVID Check-In: Keiler Roberts
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Cartoonist Keiler Roberts checks in from Chicago. Even though she was one of the people I was most worried about during the pandemic, it turns out she’s doing better than anyone else I’ve talked to. We talk about what it’s like to see the rest of the world conform to her everyday life, her MS and how the lack of day-to-day errands has reduced its toll on her, the progress she’s making on her new book, why she chose to bail on comics festivals last year, shifting her coffee-dates with friends to Zoom, how she stays grateful for little things, and more. Give it a listen! And go read Rat Time, Chlorine Gardens, Sunburning, and Miseryland, all from Koyama Press!
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About our Guest
Keiler Roberts’ autobiographical comic series Powdered Milk has received an Ignatz Award for Outstanding Series and was included in the The Best American Comics 2016. Her work has been published in The Chicago Reader, Mutha Magazine, Nat. Brut, Darling Sleeper, Newcity, and several anthologies. She is the author of Chlorine Gardens, Sunburning, and Miseryland, and her new book is Rat Time, all from Koyama Press.
Credits: The conversation was recorded remotely via Zencastr. I used a Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone feeding into a Cloudlifter CL-1 and a Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2×2 USB Recording Interface. All processing and editing done in Adobe Audition CC. Photo of Keiler by her husband or daughter; regardless, it’s on my instagram.