{"id":16395,"date":"2023-10-31T10:12:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T14:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=16395"},"modified":"2023-10-31T10:12:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T14:12:43","slug":"episode-561-josh-bayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-561-josh-bayer","title":{"rendered":"Episode 561 – Josh Bayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 561:
\nJosh Bayer<\/a><\/p>\n

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“How do you resolve a play that doesn’t have an ending?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>With his new graphic novel\/memoir, UNENDED<\/a> (Uncivilized Books), cartoonist Josh Bayer<\/a> explores family trauma, memory, art, and more. We get into how Josh spent five years trying to adapt his late father’s unfinished play into a comic, the ways it did & didn’t help him come to terms with his father’s life and his mother’s death, and why he blurs out his character’s face on the page. We talk about the punk rock inspiration in his writing and art, the systems he uses to pull him out of storytelling morasses and how he learned to teach them to his students, learning to cope with his ADD (and wondering whether I have it too), studying at SVA<\/a> in his 30s, and why he pursued comics over fine art. We also discuss mental health and treatment and how we deal with our father-issues, Josh’s recent stint working at Carol Tyler<\/a>‘s Ink Farm<\/a>, the impact of the Masters of 20th Century Comics<\/a> exhibition on his career, why it’s tough to be Rollins, the question of whether he’s forgiven his dad, and a lot<\/em> more. Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read UNENDED<\/a>!<\/p>\n

“Punk rock taught me you could be embarrassing without being cringe.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n