{"id":11948,"date":"2018-12-12T10:32:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T14:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=11948"},"modified":"2018-12-12T10:42:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T14:42:59","slug":"episode-299-the-guest-list-and-bill-kartalopoulos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-299-the-guest-list-and-bill-kartalopoulos","title":{"rendered":"Episode 299 – The Guest List and Bill Kartalopoulos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show:
\nThe Guest List 2018 and Bill Kartalopoulos<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Comics scholar (and curator, and editor, and educator) Bill Kartalopoulos<\/a> joins the show to talk about his role as the series editor of Best American Comics<\/a> (HMH)! We get into the process of winnowing down the year’s best, working with a new guest editor each year, Bill’s history in comics, the challenges of fitting everything to a standard page size, programming festivals and his tricks for getting a weird mix of panelists, his upcoming general history of North American comics, and plenty more! Give it a listen<\/a> (Bill’s conversation starts at 46:00) and pick up this year’s edition of The Best American Comics 2018<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

But first, it’s time for our year-end Virtual Memories Show<\/strong>\u00a0tradition: The Guest List!<\/em><\/a> I reached out to 2018’s pod-guests and asked them about the favorite book(s) they read in the past year, as well as the books or authors they’re hoping to read in 2019! Nearly 3 dozen responded with a\u00a0dizzying\u00a0array of books. (I participated, too!) Just in time for you to make some Christmas purchases (or a belated Hanukkah gift), The Virtual Memories Show<\/strong> offers up a huge<\/em> list of books<\/a> that you’re going to want to read! Give it a listen, and get ready to update your wish lists!<\/a><\/p>\n

This year’s Guest List<\/em> episode features selections from nearly 3 dozen of our recent guests (and one bonus guest)! So go give it a listen<\/a>, and then visit our special Guest List<\/em> page<\/a> where you can find links to the books and the guests who responded.<\/p>\n

Also,\u00a0check out the 2013<\/a>, 2014<\/a>, 2015<\/a>, 2016<\/a>, and 2017<\/a> editions of The Guest List<\/em> for more great book ideas!<\/p>\n