{"id":15846,"date":"2023-02-07T07:34:56","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T12:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=15846"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:34:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T12:34:57","slug":"episode-525-paul-b-rainey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-525-paul-b-rainey","title":{"rendered":"Episode 525 – Paul B Rainey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 525:
\nPaul B. Rainey<\/a><\/p>\n

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“I was 11 or 12 when my grandma said, ‘What does Paul want to do when he grows up?’, and my mum said, ‘He wants to be a comic artist,’ and my grandma said, ‘Yes, but what’s he want to do when he grows up?'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>With his fantastic new graphic novel, Why Don’t You Love Me?<\/a> (Drawn & Quarterly), cartoonist Paul B. Rainey<\/a> has crafted a deeply human story out of a deeply weird premise, taking the reader from bleak, black humor to the most heartfelt moment of connection. We get into the challenges of serializing this story over 6-plus years, the ways in which science fiction can help us reframe our day-to-day lives, the midlife meltdown that led to the creation of My Imaginary Band, and the ways Why Don’t You Love Me?<\/em> explores what it’s like to look at one’s life and ask, “How did I get here?” We also talk about the perils of writing a story with such a great twist that it’s difficult to talk about (spoiler alert!), the amazing experience of being published by D&Q after years of self-publishing his comics, the amazing experience of getting a blurb from Neil Gaiman<\/a>, why he’s never watched Groundhog Day<\/em>, how Planet of the Apes<\/em> either ruined or fulfilled his life, how he finally came around on Krazy Kat<\/em>, and a lot more. Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read Why Don’t You Love Me?<\/a>!<\/p>\n

“I always thought I should be a pop star, even though I went bald at an absurdly young age.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n