{"id":12800,"date":"2020-01-05T19:26:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T00:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=12800"},"modified":"2020-01-07T16:22:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T21:22:09","slug":"episode-356-emily-flake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-356-emily-flake","title":{"rendered":"Episode 356 – Emily Flake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 356:
\nEmily Flake<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cMy personal brand tracks so well with physical awkwardness.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>With her new book That Was Awkward<\/a>\"\" (Viking Books), cartoonist and humorist Emily Flake<\/a> explores the world of awkward hugs. We get into how that book landed in her lap, why she hates drawing other people’s jokes, and how she learned (and pushes the boundaries of) the New Yorker<\/em> cartoonist’s voice. We talk about the massive influence of Shary Flenniken\u2019s<\/a> Trots & Bonnie<\/em> comics on her work, the question of \u201cage-appropriate\u201d reading and her 7-year-old kid, performing stand-up cartooning and hosting the Nightmares<\/a> and Shitshow<\/a> series (and getting Robyn Hitchcock to guest on that evening\u2019s Nightmares!), how making 4-beat comic strips taught her to write humor, the guilt she felt the first time she saw someone with a tattoo of one of her gags, building up immunity to editorial rejection, and more! Plus: news about the NYC memorial service for Tom Spurgeon on Jan. 24, 2020<\/a>!<\/em> Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy That Was Awkward: The Art and Etiquette of the Awkward Hug<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

\u201cHalfway through art school, I realized my work got better reception if it was funny.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n