{"id":10588,"date":"2017-10-01T21:24:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T01:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=10588"},"modified":"2017-12-23T11:28:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T15:28:31","slug":"episode-238-shannon-wheeler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-238-shannon-wheeler","title":{"rendered":"Episode 238 &#8211; Shannon Wheeler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8004.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10590\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-238-shannon-wheeler\/img_8004\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8004.jpg?fit=960%2C960\" data-orig-size=\"960,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8004.jpg?resize=440%2C440 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8004.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8004.jpg?w=960 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_238_-_Shannon_Wheeler.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show 238: Shannon Wheeler<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4322\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10588-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_238_-_Shannon_Wheeler.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_238_-_Shannon_Wheeler.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_238_-_Shannon_Wheeler.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_238_-_Shannon_Wheeler.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=10588-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_238_-_Shannon_Wheeler.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_238_-_Shannon_Wheeler.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe 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href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sh-My-President-Says-Illustrated\/dp\/1603094105\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10589\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-238-shannon-wheeler\/shannon-wheeler-shit-my-president-says\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shannon-Wheeler-Shit-my-president-says.jpg?fit=400%2C520\" data-orig-size=\"400,520\" 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=\"Shannon-Wheeler-Shit-my-president-says\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shannon-Wheeler-Shit-my-president-says.jpg?fit=400%2C520\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10589\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shannon-Wheeler-Shit-my-president-says.jpg?resize=240%2C312\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shannon-Wheeler-Shit-my-president-says.jpg?resize=338%2C440 338w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shannon-Wheeler-Shit-my-president-says.jpg?w=400 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s late-night podcast-action with cartoonist <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/@muchcoffee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shannon Wheeler<\/a>! We get into the history of his <em>Too Much Coffee Man<\/em> comics and his new book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1603094105\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1603094105&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=cf7d33f52e80d23685b047f188c6db06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sh*t My President Says: The Illustrated Tweets of Donald J. Trump<\/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=1603094105\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (Top Shelf), learning the language of cartooning at <em>The New Yorker<\/em> (and learning to work with a new editor there), the ways his architecture training informs his storytelling, his discovery of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers at WAY too young an age, the cartooning trick that made him want to draw, his dream project on the history of northern California, and the redemption of the guy who used to dress up as TMCM at conventions! It&#8217;s coffee-fueled! <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_238_-_Shannon_Wheeler.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1603094105\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1603094105&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=cf7d33f52e80d23685b047f188c6db06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sh*t My President Says<\/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=1603094105\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Liberals can be some of the most conservative people you&#8217;ll ever meet.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DJkH61srP1k\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_238_-_Shannon_Wheeler.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=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/@muchcoffee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shannon Wheeler<\/a> is the Eisner Award-winning creator of <em>Too Much Coffee Man<\/em>, who has appeared internationally in newspapers, magazines, comic books and opera houses. He has contributed to a variety of publications, including <em>The Onion<\/em> newspaper and <em>The New Yorker<\/em> magazine. Wheeler currently lives in Portland, OR with his cats, chickens, bees, girlfriend and children. He publishes a comic every day at <a href=\"http:\/\/tmcm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tmcm.com<\/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 an undisclosed location on a pair of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=URDAV7Z2QAHX4UAB\">Blue enCORE 200 Microphones<\/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=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KCXMBES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KCXMBES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=4WKYIFHCCL6N44BR\">Zoom H5<\/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=B00KCXMBES\" 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\" \/>. Photos of Mr. Wheeler by me. They&#8217;re 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 238: Shannon Wheeler &#8220;Cartooning for The New Yorker is like being in a jazz club, and you don&#8217;t go into a jazz club and play the Ramones.&#8221; It&#8217;s late-night podcast-action with cartoonist Shannon Wheeler! We get into the history of his Too Much Coffee Man comics and his new book, Sh*t My &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-238-shannon-wheeler\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 238 &#8211; Shannon Wheeler&#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":[34,22,3167,26,4,1083,40,1183,17],"tags":[4898,4531,4522,2871,4900,713,2656,794,3941,4896,262,1010,4312,1858,4895,987,4899,3993,4333,4897,4894,2600,3846,4901,4893],"class_list":["post-10588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-gin","category-art","category-coffee","category-comics","category-literature","category-movies","category-music","category-podcasts","category-politics-explicit","tag-ariel-gore","tag-bob-eckstein","tag-bob-mankoff","tag-charles-addams","tag-charles-brownstein","tag-chris-ware","tag-crumb","tag-dan-clowes","tag-derf-backderf","tag-emma-allen","tag-frank-gehry","tag-gahan-wilson","tag-gilbert-shelton","tag-ivan-brunetti","tag-jim-franklin","tag-joe-sacco","tag-keiron-dwyer","tag-keith-knight","tag-malcolm-margolin","tag-matt-diffie","tag-robert-rodriguez","tag-sam-gross","tag-shannon-wheeler","tag-steve-dean","tag-too-much-coffee-man"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-2KM","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10963,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-249-the-guest-list-2017","url_meta":{"origin":10588,"position":0},"title":"Episode 249 &#8211; The Guest List 2017","author":"Gil","date":"December 18, 2017","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show: The Guest List 2017 It's time for our year-end Virtual Memories Show\u00a0tradition: The Guest List! 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