{"id":16675,"date":"2024-03-12T16:16:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T20:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=16675"},"modified":"2024-03-12T16:16:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T20:16:37","slug":"episode-580-david-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-580-david-small","title":{"rendered":"Episode 580 – David Small"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 580:
\nDavid Small<\/a><\/p>\n

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“With old age I’ve abandoned the self-consciousness and insecurity that has kept its bony little fingers on my shirt collar. I don’t feel it anymore. I don’t care. I don’t need to do what I’m doing; I do it out love.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>With his brand new collection, THE WEREWOLF AT DUSK and Other Stories<\/a> (Liveright), David Small<\/a> brings us a trio of stories about the beast within (that is, within the heart, within the psyche, and within the body politic). We talk about the on-and-off 40-year history of this collection, the themes of transformation and aging that suffuse these stories, and the schism in Leonora Carrington’s estate that nearly derailed the whole project. We get into the the challenges of adapting prose fiction into comics, his move from graphic novels (think Stitches<\/a> and Home After Dark<\/a>) to short stories, why he’s come to love drawing digitally, and just how bad most surrealist fiction can be. We also discuss the decline in kids’ books, our respective life changes from 2020’s COVID check-in<\/a>, his Truman Capote kick, how we deal with monstrous artists, how hard he has to work to make his drawings look like they were done in 15 seconds, and a lot more. Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read The Werewolf At Dusk<\/a>!<\/p>\n

“Printmaking back in college \u2014 where if you make a wrong line it takes you a week to get rid of it \u2014 taught me to either live with my mistakes, or not to make them in the first place.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n