{"id":18322,"date":"2026-09-02T11:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T15:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=18322"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T15:24:45","slug":"episode-689-dash-shaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-689-dash-shaw","title":{"rendered":"Episode 689 &#8211; Dash Shaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_689_-_Dash_Shaw.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show 689:<br \/>\nDash Shaw<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4052\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-18322-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_689_-_Dash_Shaw.mp3?_=1\" \/><a 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class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Something not being placeable sticks with me a lot longer, and I think about it a lot more.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9798896231059\"><img 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(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a>With his new book, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9798896231059\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIKE SWIMMERS<\/a> (New York Review Comics), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dashshaw.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dash Shaw<\/a> brings us a supernatural murder mystery set in COVID-era Richmond, VA. We talk about how he uses that story to explore memory, identity, art, marriage, and the social breakdown in America, how a murder mystery helped him reflect on the losses of COVID,<em>\u00a0LIKE SWIMMERS<\/em><strong>&#8216;<\/strong> pamphlet comic-feel and how that pay tribute to a lost friend who liked very different comics than what Dash usually makes, and how writing this story in the middle of COVID helped him capture details he&#8217;d never have recalled after the fact. We get into how we uncover different versions or aspects of the people we&#8217;ve lost, why he eschews three-act structures to find new shapes of storytelling, his use of Richmond as a character (and the very bizarre Kroeger that he couldn&#8217;t fit into the book), and what it was like to go jogging in 2020 when there were snipers on rooftops. We also talk about his peripatetic project management style, what he thinks about Roy Lichtenstein&#8217;s art and what it means to love cliches, getting inspiration from an unfinished Winsor McCay cartoon, working with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyrb.com\/collections\/new-york-review-comics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Review Comics<\/a> for several books, how coloring his comics is almost as tough as writing them, and more. <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_689_-_Dash_Shaw.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9798896231059\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIKE SWIMMERS<\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Rashomon was different versions of an event, and this is different versions of a person.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mFiZc6_g_oI?si=2Q3M-n8CFOAOV9cf\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;When movies are good, they feel dreamlike, even more than comics.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/episode-689-dash-shaw\/id531173075?i=1000787431784\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I want a narrative structure that&#8217;s created by the story. I can feel the limitations of three-act structures; they just don&#8217;t work for me anymore.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/7bV41CErAZVREmgIgjlpZs?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_689_-_Dash_Shaw.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes!<\/p>\n<p>Lots of ways to follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>! <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/vmspod.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BlueSky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXoLbP-9GbhHJZpCQP5TR5A\/videos?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">good ol&#8217; RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dashshaw.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dash Shaw<\/a> is a cartoonist and animator. His previous graphic novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781681378466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blurry<\/a>, from New York Review Comics, was named a graphic novel of the year by <em>The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes<\/em>, and others. He\u2019s also the cartoonist of <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781681375694\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discipline<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781606996447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New School<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781560979159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bottomless Belly Button<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dashshaw.net\/#\/bodyworld\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BodyWorld<\/a>, and others. He\u2019s written and directed two animated features, most recently the 2021 film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magpictures.com\/cryptozoo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cryptozoo<\/a>, which won the Sundance Next Innovator Award. He currently lives in Richmond, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p><em>Listen to our <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-457-dash-shaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-602-dash-shaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024<\/a> conversations!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Fella<em>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/may4th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hal Mayforth<\/a>, used with permission from\u00a0the artist. The conversation was recorded remotely via <a href=\"https:\/\/zencastr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zencastr<\/a>. I used a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3cGZ1Em\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Q9Br0z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom PodTrak P4<\/a>. All processing and editing done in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RwlQsW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Audition CC<\/a>. Photo of Dash by someone else. It&#8217;s on my <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show 689: Dash Shaw &#8220;Something not being placeable sticks with me a lot longer, and I think about it a lot more.&#8221; With his new book, LIKE SWIMMERS (New York Review Comics), Dash Shaw brings us a supernatural murder mystery set in COVID-era Richmond, VA. We talk about how he uses that story &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-689-dash-shaw\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 689 &#8211; Dash Shaw&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,793,26,5981,46,4,1083,1183,18],"tags":[1019,8219,723,2657,8222,7779,8217,8216,8220,8221,8218,4457,972,8215,2405,174,458],"class_list":["post-18322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-classic-comics-criticism","category-comics","category-covid-check-in","category-design","category-literature","category-movies","category-podcasts","category-politics-implicit","tag-dash-shaw","tag-edward-hicks","tag-fellini","tag-henry-darger","tag-jacques-rivette","tag-joe-brainard","tag-marc-sobel","tag-martin-vaughn-james","tag-paul-verhoeven","tag-pier-paolo-pasolini","tag-r-kikuo-johnson","tag-rea-irvin","tag-roy-lichtenstein","tag-sanford-schwartz","tag-theodore-sturgeon","tag-tom-spurgeon","tag-winsor-mccay","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-4Lw","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17013,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-602-dash-shaw","url_meta":{"origin":18322,"position":0},"title":"Episode 602 &#8211; Dash Shaw","author":"Gil","date":"August 27, 2024","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 602: Dash Shaw \"Someone told me that reading this book after COVID felt like being a crowd of people again, and that felt great.\" Cartoonist and animator Dash Shaw returns to the show to celebrate his phenomenal new graphic novel, BLURRY (New York Review Comics). 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It also has to be connected with how they're made.\" Cartoonist and animator Dash Shaw joins the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dashshawcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C503&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dashshawcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C503&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dashshawcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C503&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dashshawcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C503&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dashshawcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C503&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12583,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-345-frank-santoro","url_meta":{"origin":18322,"position":2},"title":"Episode 345 &#8211; Frank Santoro","author":"Gil","date":"October 21, 2019","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 345: Frank Santoro \"Memory rhymes with these little moments in time, and time folds in on itself in a remarkable way, and comics is a wonderful example of that, unlike film or prose.\" A beautiful and subtle meditation on memory and his parents' marriage and divorce, Frank\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Architecture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/architecture"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/santorocompWEB.jpg?fit=1200%2C653&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/santorocompWEB.jpg?fit=1200%2C653&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/santorocompWEB.jpg?fit=1200%2C653&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/santorocompWEB.jpg?fit=1200%2C653&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/santorocompWEB.jpg?fit=1200%2C653&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17239,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-618-the-guest-list-2024","url_meta":{"origin":18322,"position":3},"title":"Episode 618 &#8211; The Guest List 2024","author":"Gil","date":"December 22, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show: The Guest List 2024 It's time for our year-end Virtual Memories Show tradition, now celebrating its twelfth anniversary: The Guest List! 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