{"id":7405,"date":"2013-10-26T16:37:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T20:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=7405"},"modified":"2013-10-28T06:58:16","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T10:58:16","slug":"podcast-the-show-must-go-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-show-must-go-on","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: The Show Must Go On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"The Virtual Memories Show Must Go On, with Roger Langridge! by Virtual Memoirist, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/9766550853\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright\" alt=\"The Virtual Memories Show Must Go On, with Roger Langridge!\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3696\/9766550853_bf84015a8d.jpg?w=440\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_24_-_The_Show_Must_Go_On.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Memories \u2013 season 3 episode 24 &#8211; The Show Must Go On<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7349\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7405-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_24_-_The_Show_Must_Go_On.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_24_-_The_Show_Must_Go_On.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_24_-_The_Show_Must_Go_On.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_24_-_The_Show_Must_Go_On.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=7405-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_24_-_The_Show_Must_Go_On.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_3_Episode_24_-_The_Show_Must_Go_On.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" 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;We have to decide what sort of comics industry we want before we decide what sort of books we&#8217;re going to work on.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hotelfred.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Langridge<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0become the best all-ages cartoonist in the business, despite (or because of) starting out in a \u201cmature readers\u201d indy-comics environment. He\u00a0joins the <em>Virtual Memories Show<\/em> to talk about how he found that niche, his work on (and love of) <em>The Muppets, Popeye<\/em>, and <em>Dr. Who<\/em>, the responsibility of helping attract the next generation of comics readers, his lifetime love of vaudeville, his upbringing in New Zealand, how he learned to write his own stories, how he accidentally became a pioneer in webcomics, why he decided not to work with Marvel or DC anymore, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/hotelfred.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/metamorpho.html\">one character<\/a>\u00a0from one of those companies that he&#8217;d love to work on. It\u2019s a delightful conversation with one of the nicest guys in comics!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI kept entering competitions to draw Popeye, and the prize was always the Robert Altman <em>Popeye<\/em> film, so I saw it about six times.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Bonus: Here\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/classic-comics-criticism-langridge-bharrier\">a piece I wrote<\/a>\u00a0about his amazing comic from the 1990s,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1560972955\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1560972955&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Zoot!<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-style: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1560972955\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large\" title=\"rogerpopeye.jpg\" alt=\"Rogerpopeye\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/rogerpopeye.jpg?w=525\"  border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I\u2019m not capable of drawing on model to save my life. I try my best to do that, but it always comes out looking like me.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7350\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7405-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_24_-_The_Show_Must_Go_On.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_24_-_The_Show_Must_Go_On.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_24_-_The_Show_Must_Go_On.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_24_-_The_Show_Must_Go_On.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=7405-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_24_-_The_Show_Must_Go_On.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_3_Episode_24_-_The_Show_Must_Go_On.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" 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<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_24_-_The_Show_Must_Go_On.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great stuff! Related episodes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-least-insane-of-cartoonists\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Bagge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-guy-who-drew-the-liver-spots\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Friedman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-visible-cities\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Katchor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-mike-and-ivans-comics-cabaret\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Kupperman \/ Ivan Brunetti<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-classical-pop\" target=\"_blank\">R\u00a0Sikoryak<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Subscribe to\u00a0<em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <\/strong>and follow us on\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a><strong>, and <\/strong><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?tag=podcast&amp;feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<\/a><strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hotelfred.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Langridge<\/a> has been producing comics for more than 25 years. Most recently, he has written and drawn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1608860957\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1608860957&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Snarked!<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1608860957\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1613774230\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1613774230&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Popeye<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1613774230\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0785187928\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0785187928&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">The Muppet Show<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0785187928\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0785183817\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0785183817&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Thor: The Mighty Avenger<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0785183817\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. In collaboration with his brother Andrew, he drew <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1560972955\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1560972955&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Zoot!<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1560972955\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005Q7FKXE\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B005Q7FKXE&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Art D&#8217;Ecco<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B005Q7FKXE\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, and his great solo work is the NCS, Ignatz, Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated comic book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1560976101\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1560976101&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Fred the Clown<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1560976101\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. He recently (late 2011 is recent, right?) published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1608860914\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1608860914&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">The Show Must Go On<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1608860914\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, a collection of 20 years of his strips. He currently lives in London with his wife Sylvie, their two children and a box of his own hair.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Mahna Mahna<em>\u00a0by Piero Umiliani. The conversation was recorded at the Bethesda North Marriott during <a href=\"http:\/\/spxpo.com\" target=\"_blank\">SPX 2013<\/a>\u00a0on a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue enCORE 200<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0mics feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001QWBM62\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B001QWBM62\">Zoom H4n recorder<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B001QWBM62\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. <\/em><em>The intro and outro were recorded in my home office on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002VA464S\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002VA464S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue Yeti USB microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002VA464S\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. File-splitting is done on a Mac Mini using Audacity. All editing and processing were done in Garage Band. Photo by me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories \u2013 season 3 episode 24 &#8211; The Show Must Go On &#8220;We have to decide what sort of comics industry we want before we decide what sort of books we&#8217;re going to work on.&#8221; Roger Langridge\u00a0has\u00a0become the best all-ages cartoonist in the business, despite (or because of) starting out in a \u201cmature readers\u201d &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-show-must-go-on\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Podcast: The Show Must Go On&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[26,1183],"tags":[2140,2149,2143,251,2159,2144,2148,2170,2152,2165,2150,2166,2163,2173,2154,2145,2168,2155,2151,551,2171,2174,2164,2161,2169,2172,2141,839,2157,2142,831,2175,834,2153,2146,2156,1489,2162,2158,1000,2167,2160,2147],"class_list":["post-7405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comics","category-podcasts","tag-andrew-langridge","tag-barry-linton","tag-batman","tag-ben-katchor","tag-buster-keaton","tag-carl-barks","tag-colin-wilson","tag-dave-cockrum","tag-dave-elliott","tag-dc","tag-dick-sprang","tag-disney","tag-doctor-who","tag-don-rosa","tag-e-c-segar","tag-fred-the-clown","tag-gary-friedrich","tag-glenn-mccoy","tag-jack-cole","tag-jack-kirby","tag-joseph-campbell","tag-mark-hodder","tag-marvel","tag-marx-brothers","tag-matt-fraction","tag-metamorpho","tag-muppets","tag-peter-capaldi","tag-peter-sellers","tag-popeye","tag-r-crumb","tag-richard-burton","tag-roger-langridge","tag-ron-whitmore","tag-snarked","tag-spike-milligan","tag-steve-bissette","tag-susan-butterworth","tag-the-goons","tag-thor","tag-tom-baker","tag-w-c-fields","tag-zoot"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-1Vr","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10067,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/fanta-pods","url_meta":{"origin":7405,"position":0},"title":"Fanta-pods","author":"Gil","date":"December 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Fantagraphics is celebrating its 40th anniversary and holy crap have I interviewed a ton of their cartoonists and writers: Peter Bagge \u2022 mp3 MK Brown \u2022 mp3 Ivan Brunetti \u2022 mp3 Jules Feiffer \u2022 mp3 Mary Fleener \u2022 mp3 Drew Friedman 2013 \u2022 mp3 Drew Friedman 2014 \u2022 mp3 Josh\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\/12650933_10153906782188069_7522455933169836573_n-440x440.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4408,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/classic-comics-criticism-langridge-bharrier","url_meta":{"origin":7405,"position":1},"title":"Classic Comics Criticism: Langridge Barrier","author":"Gil","date":"August 27, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"In honor of the trade paperback release of the most entertaining all-ages comic I've read in forever, The Muppet Show: Meet the Muppets (as well as the 2nd ish of The Muppet Show: The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson), this week's Classic Comics Criticism celebrates Muppets writer\/artist Roger Langridge! 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