{"id":17709,"date":"2025-09-03T17:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T21:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=17709"},"modified":"2025-09-03T17:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T21:14:12","slug":"episode-652-dmitry-samarov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-652-dmitry-samarov","title":{"rendered":"Episode 652 – Dmitry Samarov"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 652:
\nDmitry Samarov<\/a><\/p>\n

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“I want the reader to feel like they were there, like it’s a sketchbook from that moment in the book.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>It’s been a year since his last episode<\/a>, so what’s artist Dmitry Samarov<\/a> been up to? Plenty! We talk about his new project of redesigning and illustrating public domain books, why he started off with the White Whale itself<\/a>, and why Babbitt<\/a> was next in line, what the common themes are among the six books he’s illustrated since this project began, and how it all ties into his reaction to the 2024 election. We get into what it’s like working with publishers after controlling his own books for years, how he discovered James Hogg’s The Suicide’s Grave<\/a> on SOME OTHER PODCAST (okay, it was Beyond The Zero<\/a>), how he’s exploring visual interpretation and different tools with each book, and how this project has him reading and rereading differently than he used to. We also talk about how he looks back at his art in the wake of his self-monograph, how he got into a relationship with someone after a long time solo (after a showing of why Cronenberg’s not-good The Shrouds<\/a>), what other books he’s considering illustrating, his new series of ‘zines about bookselling, the joy of Moby Dick<\/em>‘s tangents, and more. Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n

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“This is all the fun parts of making books like I did before, except without the writing.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n