{"id":10200,"date":"2017-02-12T20:47:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T00:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=10200"},"modified":"2017-12-23T12:28:54","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T16:28:54","slug":"episode-205-patrick-mcdonnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-205-patrick-mcdonnell","title":{"rendered":"Episode 205 – Patrick McDonnell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Virtual Memories Show 205: Patrick McDonnell<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Comics are like life. You just grow with them.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>Mutts<\/em> creator Patrick McDonnell<\/a> joins the show to talk about getting a late start on his career as a daily strip cartoonist, how Mutts<\/em> has changed in its 23 years, the evolution of his interest in animal advocacy, the overlap of comic strips and poetry, finding his Coconino County in the New Jersey suburbs, learning from Jules Feiffer’s paste-ups, the greatest blurb he’ll ever get, taking up painting, finding joy in collaborating (occasionally), and how the gospel of Peanuts taught him that the essence of life is love. (We also talk about what to do after you’ve lost a long-loved dog, but neither of us cry, I swear!) Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy his newest book, Darling, I Love You: Poems from the Hearts of Our Glorious Mutts and All Our Animal Friends<\/a>\"\" (as well as the\u00a0Mutts collections and all the other books and projects he’s done<\/a>)!<\/p>\n

“Giving some of the joy and comfort that I got from Peanuts<\/em> back to the world, that’s my job.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n