{"id":11356,"date":"2018-04-16T18:56:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T22:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=11356"},"modified":"2018-04-19T20:19:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T00:19:33","slug":"episode-265-jaime-hernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-265-jaime-hernandez","title":{"rendered":"Episode 265 – Jaime Hernandez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 265:
\nJaime Hernandez<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Whenever I write Maggie & Hopey, they’re always looking at the past, always thinking back about what they were. I didn’t mean for it to be that way, but that’s what I do: ‘Remember when we were like that, well, we’re not like that anymore. . . .'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>He’s been on my list of dream-guests since I launched the podcast, and now Love & Rockets<\/a> cartoonist Jaime Hernandez<\/a> joins the show! We talk about his new book, The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America<\/a>\"\" (TOON Graphic), the family-centric folktales of his own youth in Oxnard, CA, the fun of drawing for kids, and the times he’s felt Maggie Chascarillo<\/a> had nothing left to say. We get into the origins of Love & Rockets<\/em>, how he learned to tell a story and still develop characters, the L&R<\/em> story that marked a turning point for him, what prompted a big reunion storyline of his key characters, the thing he most hates drawing, the first time he saw someone with a Love & Rockets<\/em> tattoo (and the stories of his own tattoos), and the vital question: is punk rock dead? Plus, Katie Skelly<\/a> (My Pretty Vampire<\/a>\"\") talks about what Jaime’s comics mean to her! Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America<\/a>\"\" and Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Jaime Hernandez<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

“I like getting cartoony when it comes to kids, because the drawings are more alive. They bust out more, they create a life of their own.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n