{"id":10688,"date":"2017-10-09T21:49:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T01:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=10688"},"modified":"2018-06-23T16:34:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T20:34:15","slug":"episode-239-pete-bagge-and-mimi-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-239-pete-bagge-and-mimi-pond","title":{"rendered":"Episode 239 – Pete Bagge and Mimi Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 239:
\nPete Bagge and Mimi Pond, Live at CXC!<\/a><\/p>\n

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“The way I draw is how I express myself. . . . Friends asked if I should have collaborated on these biographies with someone who draws realistically. . . . But then I wouldn’t have wanted to read it!”
\n–Pete Bagge<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>First Pete Bagge<\/a> rejoins the show for a live Spotlight session at CXC – Cartoon Crossroads Columbus<\/a>. We talk about Fire!!: The Zora Neale Hurston Story<\/a>\"\", his shift from fiction to nonfiction comics, his interest in feminist icons who didn’t ask for permission, dealing with cultural\/gender appropriation issues in writing about women of color, expressing serious moments in his funnybones cartooning style, going through male menopause, making a living, and why he hasn’t made any Buddy Bradley stories in a long time. Then, we get a few segments from my CXC spotlight session with Mimi Pond<\/a>, where we talk about her creative process, sexism in comics, and what she misses about the ’70s. Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy Fire!!<\/a>\"\" and The Customer is Always Wrong<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

“As long as you’re in your chair in front of your drawing board, there’s more of a chance that you’re gonna make a mark on a piece of paper at some point.”
\n— Mimi Pond<\/p><\/blockquote>\n