“Making art is like an alchemical process for me. I want to take shit and make gold out of it, metaphorically speaking.”
Back from her Fool’s Journey in France, Nina Bunjevac returns to the show to celebrate her new book, Bezimena (Fantagraphics)! We talk about the graphic novel’s unique and weird structure, Nina’s abrupt decision to leave France and come back to Toronto after a year-long study of France’s BD publishing industry, and her upcoming tarot project and her explorations into the history of occult mysticism and esoteric philosophy. Along the way, we also get into fixing the financial model for comics-makers, the value of big publishers, her growth as a writer, how Bezimena helped her address past episodes of sexual assault, her joy that Canada legalized weed while she was away, the story of her collaboration with Antonio Moresco, how to make an Alchemical Kitchen, and plenty more! BONUS: I explain how to tip the housekeeping staff at hotels!Give it a listen! (our 2014 podcast is over here) And go buy Bezimena!
“I like small, intimate bookshops that smell like books, not yoga equipment.”
“I treat tarot the same way I treat my dreams, as symbolism.”
“I realized that my approach to writing is very poetic, and I now approach writing as poetry.”
Back from her Fool’s Journey in France, Nina Bunjevac returns to the show to celebrate her new book, Bezimena
