{"id":13335,"date":"2020-05-07T08:53:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T12:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=13335"},"modified":"2020-05-08T05:55:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T09:55:35","slug":"covid-check-in-with-karl-stevens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-with-karl-stevens","title":{"rendered":"COVID Check-In with Karl Stevens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Karl_Stevens.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virtual Memories Show<br \/>\nCOVID Check-In: Karl Stevens<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7849\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13335-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Karl_Stevens.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Karl_Stevens.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Karl_Stevens.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Karl_Stevens.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=13335-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Karl_Stevens.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"COVID_Check-In_with_Karl_Stevens.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=\"https:\/\/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=\"https:\/\/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>Cartoonist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/KarlStevensart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karl Stevens<\/a> checks in from Boston, to talk about how his life hasn&#8217;t changed all that much during the pandemic (outside of one COVID case in his co-op). We get into how he&#8217;s trying to find unique humor for gag comics, and playing mix-and-match with <a href=\"https:\/\/condenaststore.com\/art\/karl+stevens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The New Yorker<\/em><\/a>&#8216;s unofficial list of humor topics, his deep dive into Jack Kirby&#8217;s 1970s comics, having his new book postponed until next spring, the festivals and conventions he misses most, his reflexive morning click on comicsreporter.com almost 6 months after <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/tom-spurgeon-memorial-service-dec-14-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Spurgeon<\/a>&#8216;s death, and more. <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Karl_Stevens.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Give it a listen!<\/a> And go check out Karl&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/condenaststore.com\/art\/karl+stevens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Yorker<\/a> comics!<\/p>\n<p><em>You can listen to all these COVID Check-In episodes at <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-covid-19-sessions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The COVID-19 Sessions<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q_JBPYqTXS8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/5QPJr7LyGYDFk7R3EBip6p\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100px;\" src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t143179184\/\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Karl_Stevens.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen to the conversation!<\/a>&nbsp;Then check out&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the archives<\/a>&nbsp;for more conversations from The Before Times.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty 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 noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXoLbP-9GbhHJZpCQP5TR5A\/videos?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/karlstevensart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karl Stevens<\/a> is a graphic novelist and painter. His first book, <em>Guilty<\/em>, was published in 2004 with a grant from the Xeric Foundation. He is also the author of <em>Whatever<\/em> (2008), <em>The Lodger<\/em> (A <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> Book Prize Finalist, 2010), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1934460028\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1934460028&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=353624de1304c21330e98dfdebf3b24f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Failure<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1934460028\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> (2013) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1940398746\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1940398746&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=08dfaf34d76c718dae8b5b162c999e02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Winner<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1940398746\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> (2018). His comic strips appeared in <em>The Boston Phoenix<\/em> between 2005 and 2012 until an incident with an advertiser resulted in the strip\u2019s cancellation. The realist comic artist has also co-produced the Phoenix comic \u201cSucce$$\u201d with Gustavo Turner. In 2016 <em>The Village Voice<\/em> began running his cat comic strip &#8220;Penny&#8221;. Stevens\u2019s work appears in select art galleries and he has published numerous cartoons in <a href=\"https:\/\/condenaststore.com\/art\/karl+stevens?searchType=artistname\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>. He was recently commissioned to produce a comic to celebrate the Gardner Museum&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardnermuseum.org\/experience\/exhibition\/botticelli-heroines-heroes\/karl-stevens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Botticcelli: Heroines and Heroes<\/a> exhibition.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: The conversation was recorded remotely via <a href=\"https:\/\/zencastr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zencastr<\/a>. I used a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000SOYOTQ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000SOYOTQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=04f89e1b44161aff17be7ee9479f6d64\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000SOYOTQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004MQSV04\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004MQSV04&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=1a177654d0c55797588bc43949ef369e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cloudlifter CL-1<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004MQSV04\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003VZG550\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003VZG550&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=M2DKYCZ52E6ZFUA3\">Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2&#215;2 USB Recording Interface<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003VZG550\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">. All processing and editing done in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00DRPVEUK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00DRPVEUK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=902a694e24a241f7cee18f483a6ce2dd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adobe Audition CC<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00DRPVEUK\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">. Photo of Karl by him. It&#8217;s on my <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show COVID Check-In: Karl Stevens Cartoonist Karl Stevens checks in from Boston, to talk about how his life hasn&#8217;t changed all that much during the pandemic (outside of one COVID case in his co-op). We get into how he&#8217;s trying to find unique humor for gag comics, and playing mix-and-match with The New &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-with-karl-stevens\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;COVID Check-In with Karl Stevens&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13336,"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":[22,26,5981,4,1183,19],"tags":[3855],"class_list":["post-13335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-comics","category-covid-check-in","category-literature","category-podcasts","category-urban-issues","tag-karl-stevens","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-3t5","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14462,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-434-karl-stevens","url_meta":{"origin":13335,"position":0},"title":"Episode 434 &#8211; Karl Stevens","author":"Gil","date":"May 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 434: Karl Stevens Cartoonist & illustrator Karl Stevens rejoins the show to celebrate his new book, Penny: A Graphic Memoir (Chronicle Books), in which Karl explores the inner life of his eponymous cat Penny. We get into the challenges of realistically drawing a tortoiseshell cat (and writing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/karlstevens2021comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C497&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/karlstevens2021comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C497&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/karlstevens2021comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C497&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/karlstevens2021comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C497&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/karlstevens2021comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C497&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12347,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-327-karl-stevens","url_meta":{"origin":13335,"position":1},"title":"Episode 327 &#8211; Karl Stevens","author":"Gil","date":"July 1, 2019","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 327: Karl Stevens \"I wanted to be an artist but I didn't know how, and comics were so accessible that I latched onto that.\" It may be a fine line between comics and art, but Karl Stevens' fine line crosses effortlessly between them. Karl & I talk\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/karlcombo.jpg?fit=1200%2C444&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/karlcombo.jpg?fit=1200%2C444&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/karlcombo.jpg?fit=1200%2C444&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/karlcombo.jpg?fit=1200%2C444&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/karlcombo.jpg?fit=1200%2C444&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16234,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-549-karl-stevens","url_meta":{"origin":13335,"position":2},"title":"Episode 549 &#8211; Karl Stevens","author":"Gil","date":"August 9, 2023","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 549: Karl Stevens \"I think of my books as films on paper, so once I got into this project, it was a lot easier than I thought it'd be.\" With MOTHER NATURE (Titan Comics), artist Karl Stevens adapts a graphic novel from an eco-horror screenplay by Oscar\u2122-winner\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/karlstevens2023comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C513&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/karlstevens2023comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C513&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/karlstevens2023comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C513&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/karlstevens2023comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C513&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/karlstevens2023comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C513&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17535,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-639-keiler-roberts","url_meta":{"origin":13335,"position":3},"title":"Episode 639 &#8211; Keiler Roberts","author":"Gil","date":"May 19, 2025","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 639: Keiler Roberts \"My comics have never been about me in the way that memoirs or diary comics are about the person. They're snapshots, things I want to remember. 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