{"id":10449,"date":"2017-07-20T06:41:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T10:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=10449"},"modified":"2017-07-22T18:08:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T22:08:14","slug":"comic-con-2017-pre-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/comic-con-2017-pre-game","title":{"rendered":"Comic-Con 2017 pre-game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/cci\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10450\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/comic-con-2017-pre-game\/cci_teaser_logo_2_52\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/cci_teaser_logo_2_52.png?fit=144%2C168\" data-orig-size=\"144,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cci_teaser_logo_2_52\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/cci_teaser_logo_2_52.png?fit=144%2C168\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/cci_teaser_logo_2_52.png?resize=143%2C167\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a>I won&#8217;t be at the big <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/cci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comic-Con International<\/a> in San Diego this weekend, but if you&#8217;re going, here&#8217;s a list of podcasts I&#8217;ve done with some of this year&#8217;s guests &amp; attendees:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-way-of-pen-and-sword\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maria Alexander<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_43_-_The_Way_of_Pen_and_Sword.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-139-derf-backderf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Derf Backderf<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_139_-_Derf_Backderf.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-226-joyce-farmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joyce Farmer<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_226_-_Joyce_Farmer.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-our-lady-of-organized-vituperation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary Fleener<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_45_-_Our_Lady_of_Organized_Vituperation.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-183-jeff-gomez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Gomez<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_183_-_Jeff_Gomez.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-202-karen-green\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karen Green<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_202_-_Karen_Green.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-147-peter-kuper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Kuper<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_147_-_Peter_Kuper.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-mimi-pond-the-customer-is-always-wrong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mimi Pond 1<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_19_-_The_Customer_is_Always_Wrong.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-success-is-embarrassing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mimi Pond 2<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_46_-_Success_is_Embarrassing.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-classical-pop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R Sikoryak<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_2_Episode_14_-_Classic_Pop.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-comic-sans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Spurgeon<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_2_Episode_12_-_Comic_Sans.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-199-michael-tisserand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Tisserand<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_199_-_Michael_Tisserand.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\/podcasts-comics-cartooning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full list of comics-related guests<\/a> I&#8217;ve had on the show; am I missing any other CCI participants?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I won&#8217;t be at the big Comic-Con International in San Diego this weekend, but if you&#8217;re going, here&#8217;s a list of podcasts I&#8217;ve done with some of this year&#8217;s guests &amp; attendees: Maria Alexander\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Derf Backderf\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Joyce Farmer\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Mary Fleener \u2022 mp3 Jeff Gomez\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Karen Green\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Peter Kuper\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Mimi Pond 1\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Mimi Pond 2\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 R &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/comic-con-2017-pre-game\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Comic-Con 2017 pre-game&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","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":[793,26,4,1183,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classic-comics-criticism","category-comics","category-literature","category-podcasts","category-politics-implicit"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-2Ix","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10067,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/fanta-pods","url_meta":{"origin":10449,"position":0},"title":"Fanta-pods","author":"Gil","date":"December 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Fantagraphics is celebrating its 40th anniversary and holy crap have I interviewed a ton of their cartoonists and writers: Peter Bagge \u2022 mp3 MK Brown \u2022 mp3 Ivan Brunetti \u2022 mp3 Jules Feiffer \u2022 mp3 Mary Fleener \u2022 mp3 Drew Friedman 2013 \u2022 mp3 Drew Friedman 2014 \u2022 mp3 Josh\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/12650933_10153906782188069_7522455933169836573_n-440x440.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7543,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/2013-podcast-countdown-10-8","url_meta":{"origin":10449,"position":1},"title":"2013 Podcast Countdown: #10-8","author":"Gil","date":"December 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Sheesh! 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Delany\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 John Clute 1\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 John Clute 2\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Liz Hand 1\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Liz Hand 2\u00a0(brief) \u2022\u00a0mp3 Michael Dirda 1\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Michael Dirda 2\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Michael Dirda 3\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Scott Edelman\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 John Crowley\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 Theodora Goss\u00a0\u2022\u00a0mp3 (I think she'll\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Classic Comics Criticism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Classic Comics Criticism","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/literature\/classic-comics-criticism"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/readercon.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7570,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/2013-podcast-countdown-2","url_meta":{"origin":10449,"position":3},"title":"2013 Podcast Countdown: #2","author":"Gil","date":"December 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The podcast countdown is almost complete! 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