{"id":16443,"date":"2023-11-21T17:09:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T22:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=16443"},"modified":"2023-11-21T18:29:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T23:29:50","slug":"episode-564-matt-bors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-564-matt-bors","title":{"rendered":"Episode 564 – Matt Bors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 564:
\nMatt Bors<\/a><\/p>\n

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“I just had my first actual post-Nib work week, and I realized that I do not receive and send 200 emails a day, like I did for the past decade.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>With The Nib<\/a>, cartoonist & editor Matt Bors<\/a> helped build an online (and print!) venue for political satire, graphic journalism and non-fiction comics that featured some of the best names in comics and gave space to a bazillion up-and-comers. Matt & I sat down during CXC to talk about his decision to close down The Nib<\/em> after 10 years<\/a>, how it felt to bring together the best political cartoonists under a single online umbrella, how tech money giveth and taketh away, and what this fall’s farewell tour means to him. We get into what comes after The Nib<\/em> (like Justice Warriors<\/a> comic), how it felt to see one of his comics displayed on the floor of the House of Representatives, the challenges & rewards of building a diverse roster of cartoonists, why he always wanted a print companion of The Nib<\/em><\/a>, and how mainstream comics and dystopian science fiction have always held an appeal for him (and why he’d love to do more with his Wasteland characters). We also discuss how it feels to have traded America for Canada and how the move has changed his perspective, the ways his post-Nib<\/em> self spends less time getting mad online, how he plans to catch up on all the comics he’s missed in the last decade, what it’s like having his first two-week stretch as an adult without immediate editorial deadlines, and more! Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read Justice Warriors<\/a> & check out The Nib<\/a> archives!<\/p>\n

“The alt-weekly cartoonists are the biggest influences on my political work.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n