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Virtual Memories Show #144:
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“I always get asked, ‘Could you draw properly if you want to?’ Also, ‘Who writes your jokes?’ Oh, and, ‘Have you ever thought of doing something serious?'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

UK cartooning legend Posy Simmonds, MBE<\/a>, author of Gemma Bovery<\/a>\"\" and Tamara Drewe<\/a>, joins the show for a charming conversation about her career as a “literary” cartoonist, her childhood in postwar Britain, where she was raised on American comics and Americana, the allure of London, her top methods of procrastination, why her characters occasionally get trampled by livestock, what the French word is for comics with too many word balloons, and more!\u00a0Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n

“The eternal thing in Madame Bovary is what the French call ‘bovarisme’, being very dissatisfied with your lot, and wanting to change it. We see it all the time: ‘If I get a new nose or new tits, I’ll be someone different!'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We also talk about seeing her work turned into movies, her regret at not being able to attend San Diego Comic-Con the years she was an invited guest (!), the challenges of transporting Madame Bovary<\/em> into modern-day France, working in serial format in The Guardian<\/a>\u00a0where she drew “giraffe comics”, and more, so go listen!<\/a>
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We talk about some books and comics in this episode. Here’s a list of them:<\/p>\n