{"id":10358,"date":"2017-05-29T20:58:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T00:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=10358"},"modified":"2017-12-27T12:32:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T16:32:21","slug":"episode-220-seth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-220-seth","title":{"rendered":"Episode 220 &#8211; Seth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_220_-_Seth.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show 220: Seth<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_96\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10358-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_220_-_Seth.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_220_-_Seth.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_220_-_Seth.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_220_-_Seth.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=10358-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_220_-_Seth.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_220_-_Seth.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The world of the studio is where my interest is now. . . . It&#8217;s the world of exploring ideas you don&#8217;t have to show to anybody.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drawnandquarterly.com\/author\/seth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seth<\/a> returns to the show to talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drawnandquarterly.com\/search\/palookaville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palookaville<\/a>, making a living, his changing relationship to comics and cartoonists, his retrospection on the &#8217;90s cohort he came up with, the creative sanctity of the studio and the creation of art no one will see, finishing his <em>Clyde Fans<\/em> serial after 20 years (and what he wants to work on next), being the subject of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/film\/seths_dominion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documentary<\/a>, seeing his work animated, doing collaborative work, taking up photography, a key lesson he learned about marriage, the disadvantages of being a people pleaser, why Kickstarter may be like an IQ test, and more! Plus, he asks me some questions! <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_220_-_Seth.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1770462813\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1770462813&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=cb06adbe92c846cb1e6f77226110b218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the new Palookaville<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1770462813\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> and the documentary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1770462651\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1770462651&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=c1a11173027c5aca4bdf6102ef99309d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seth&#8217;s Dominion<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1770462651\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m over that hump, where I&#8217;m no longer as engaged with the medium of comics as I used to be.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SWpZRRP-jF8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_220_-_Seth.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes!<\/p>\n<p>Lots of ways to follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>! <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundcloud.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soundcloud<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drawnandquarterly.com\/author\/seth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seth<\/a> is the cartoonist behind the long-running comic-book series Palookaville. His books include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1896597939\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1896597939&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=1be7769914e0423184093dde7f9c1126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wimbledon Green<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1896597939\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1897299516\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1897299516&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=a2da8fad6f6b32111e51f3b5255fc44c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Sprott<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1897299516\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/189659770X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=189659770X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=3a6fb148fbbc5a513ae0ea48563e6f2c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It&#8217;s a Good Life, If You Don&#8217;t Weaken<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=189659770X\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, all published by Drawn &amp; Quarterly. He is the designer for <em>The Complete Peanuts, The Portable Dorothy Parker, The John Stanley Library<\/em>, and <em>The Collected Doug Wright<\/em>. From 2014 to 2016 he partnered with Lemony Snicket on the young readers series <em>All The Wrong Questions<\/em>. He is the subject of the recent award-winning NFB documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1770462651\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1770462651&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=c1a11173027c5aca4bdf6102ef99309d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seth&#8217;s Dominion<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1770462651\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, and was the winner in 2011 of the Harbourfront Festival Prize. In 2017, he collaborated with the musician Mark Haney for the musical performance <a href=\"http:\/\/www.straight.com\/listings\/events\/882196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Omnis Temporalis<\/a>, and his cardboard city installation was featured in the Art Gallery of Ontario&#8217;s sesquicentennial group show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ago.net\/every-now-then-reframing-nationhood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Every. Now. Then: Reframing Nationhood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Nothing&#8217;s Gonna Bring Me Down<em>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/davidanddavidmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Baerwald<\/a>, used with permission from\u00a0the artist. The conversation was recorded at the Toronto Marriott Bloor on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005CQ2ZY6\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B005CQ2ZY6&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=3187d7e813d137f36bdbb5819e1ca141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom H2n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B005CQ2ZY6\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> digital recorder. I recorded the intro and outro on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000SOYOTQ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000SOYOTQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=04f89e1b44161aff17be7ee9479f6d64\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000SOYOTQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004MQSV04\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004MQSV04&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=1a177654d0c55797588bc43949ef369e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloudlifter CL-1<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004MQSV04\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003VZG550\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003VZG550&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=M2DKYCZ52E6ZFUA3\">Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2&#215;2 USB Recording Interface<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003VZG550\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. All processing and editing done in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00DRPVEUK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00DRPVEUK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=902a694e24a241f7cee18f483a6ce2dd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Audition CC<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00DRPVEUK\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Photo of Seth by me from 2014. It&#8217;s on my <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show 220: Seth &#8220;The world of the studio is where my interest is now. . . . It&#8217;s the world of exploring ideas you don&#8217;t have to show to anybody.&#8221; Seth returns to the show to talk about Palookaville, making a living, his changing relationship to comics and cartoonists, his retrospection on the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-220-seth\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 220 &#8211; Seth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,793,26,46,1023,4,1183,18,3,19],"tags":[1471,4226,1276,4740,713,2656,794,3627,4180,3160,3920,4739,2912,4736,3874,788,4738,834,746,1655],"class_list":["post-10358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-classic-comics-criticism","category-comics","category-design","category-fashion","category-literature","category-podcasts","category-politics-implicit","category-suburbs","category-urban-issues","tag-art-spiegelman","tag-ben-model","tag-chester-brown","tag-chris-oliveros","tag-chris-ware","tag-crumb","tag-dan-clowes","tag-dan-perkins","tag-david-leopold","tag-glenn-head","tag-joe-matt","tag-joe-ollmann","tag-kim-deitch","tag-michael-deforge","tag-noah-van-sciver","tag-richard-sala","tag-rick-altergott","tag-roger-langridge","tag-seth","tag-tom-tomorrow","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/seth-reim-e1514392178182.jpg?fit=3283%2C2134","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-2H4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12266,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-320-seth","url_meta":{"origin":10358,"position":0},"title":"Episode 320 &#8211; Seth","author":"Gil","date":"May 14, 2019","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 320: Seth \"The drawing of the comic is where everything is discovered.\" After more than 20 years, Seth has completed Clyde Fans, his grand meditation on family, business, and art (Drawn & Quarterly), so let's celebrate with a double-episode! 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