{"id":9903,"date":"2016-09-26T20:07:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T00:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=9903"},"modified":"2017-11-25T17:44:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T21:44:36","slug":"episode-187-tom-gauld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-187-tom-gauld","title":{"rendered":"Episode 187 – Tom Gauld"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Virtual Memories Show #187:
\nTom Gauld<\/a><\/p>\n

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“I think I made three cartoons about Jane Austen before I got around to reading a Jane Austen novel. And then I thought, ‘Oh, this is really good!'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"70_mccover2\"<\/a>Cartoonist & illustrator Tom Gauld<\/a> joins the show to talk about his new book, Mooncop<\/a>\"\" (Drawn & Quarterly), and developing a\u00a0post-optimistic view of the future. We get into his drawing and storytelling influences, how he got a weekly gig doing literary gags at The Guardian<\/em>, why he likes doing illustration work, the time he melted down when he met his comics-idols, how he got his first New Yorker<\/em> cover, the two key elements of productivity for all artists and writers (coffee & walking) and more!\u00a0Give it a listen!<\/a>\u00a0And go buy Mooncop<\/a>\"\"! (and his other books, Goliath<\/a>\"\" and You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack<\/a>\"\"!)<\/p>\n

“I never tailored my work to an audience, other than just trying to make what I think is funny.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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We also get into the importance of the hand-drawn line, the question of collaborating with a writer, the balance of long-form comics and weekly assignments, his schoolteacher’s rapprochement with his compulsive cartooning, the challenge of doing literary comics while trying not to read too deeply, the scope-creep of doing the cover for the Drawn & Quarterly 25th anniversary collection, why weaknesses are as important as strengths to one’s style, and why he REALLY needs to learn to draw hands.\u00a0Now go listen to the show!<\/a><\/p>\n

“The constraints of illustration work are actually liberating. . . . I think I’d go crazy if I had to draw comics all the time.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n