{"id":11431,"date":"2018-05-15T15:13:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T19:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=11431"},"modified":"2018-06-23T16:30:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T20:30:03","slug":"episode-269-michael-kupperman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-269-michael-kupperman","title":{"rendered":"Episode 269 – Michael Kupperman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 269:
\nMichael Kupperman<\/a><\/p>\n

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“My old work was about the absence of meaning; it’s just trying to be funny.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Michael Kupperman<\/a> rejoins the show to talk about his new book, All The Answers<\/a>\"\" (Gallery 13)! We talk about his father Joel Kupperman’s experience on the Quiz Kids<\/a> radio and TV shows and how it led to a multigenerational chain of trauma, the shifting of gears from absurdist humor to heartfelt family memoir, the airing of family secrets, the five-plus years of work this book required, and more. We also get into how Mike learned to be a father on the fly, the way his PR push for the book has turned into an ongoing therapy session, why his comedy performances may have been a time-delayed act of paternal rebellion, why it’s important for him to reach a non-comics audience, the change to a mainstream house after working with comics publishers, and his assessment of his career and his perceived lack of respect (that would be the aforementioned therapy session). Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy All The Answers<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

(Oh, and here’s our first conversation<\/a>, from 2013.)<\/p>\n

“When you start thinking about your own family dynamics, there’s a kind of inertia involved, but when you push past that, you start to have some startling realizations.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n