Gil Roth & his Virtual Memories Show

Gil Roth & his Virtual Memories Show

@vmspod.bsky.social

I make a weekly podcast feat. talks w/writers, artists, cartoonists & other culture-making people, at https://chimeraobscura.com/vm Also: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-virtual-memories-show/id531173075 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VMSpod

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jamelle
@jamellebouie.net

if you are in new york i'm going to be talking about citizenship and the 250th at an event at NYU. register if you're interested!

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Nate Powell
@natepowell.bsky.social

If anyone’s interested, here’s my personal soundtrack accompaniment to DIANA. I started making this playlist in real time as I began penciling the book in October 2023, changing as the book & its inner workings unfolded— it really helped me stay rooted in the core feelings underneath.

Gil Roth & his Virtual Memories Show
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A few days ago, my brother texted me a retro picture of bookstore where we used to buy comics in the ’80s. I wrote, “Sometimes on Rt. 4, esp. in winter, I think of the evenings spent there, and how life was so much simpler, though of course I didn’t realize it in my youth.”

Gil Roth & his Virtual Memories Show
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He replied, “Optima dies prima fugit,” or, “The best days are the first to flee.” I wrote, “They weren’t the best days, just simpler than now. I was a fat, alienated kid who took refuge in superheroes.” He didn’t write back.

Gil Roth & his Virtual Memories Show
@vmspod.bsky.social

And now back to the starting point of this insane 6-week sprint of work/travel. Two more days, and I can finally breathe. (It started with a stretch of four hotels in six nights, & ends with four four-hour drives in five days.)

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Ben Towle
@benzilla.bsky.social

Over at IG I posted some pics from the recent Chris Ware event at the Billy Ireland, along with some notes on his process: www.instagram.com/p/DephtBzm4HE/

instagram.comBen Towle on Instagram: "A few pics of Chris Ware at work at his amazing @cartoonlibrary presentation yesterday. For the process-heads: • He uses Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay India Ink. It's an ammonia-...117 likes, 8 comments - ben_f_towle on October 18, 2026: "A few pics of Chris Ware at work at his amazing @cartoonlibrary presentation yesterday. For the process-heads: • He uses Dr. Ph. Martin's B...

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Ali Trotta
@alwayscoffee.bsky.social

Hey, have you bought my poetry collection yet?

Ali Trotta@alwayscoffee.bsky.social

Have YOU snagged my witchy, tarot-filled, myth/fairytale-laden poetry collection, Offerings for Ordinary Gods? www.alitrotta.com/recent-works @vmspod.bsky.social podcast: chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-6... @scalzi.com post: whatever.scalzi.com/2026/07/21/t... @reactorsff.bsky.social review:

reactormag.comIt’s In the Cards: Ali Trotta’s Offerings for Ordinary Gods - ReactorMyths, legends, and arcana are the materials with which Trotta reflects our lives, showing readers how close they might be to the stuff of legends.
Gil Roth & his Virtual Memories Show
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Just recorded a really fun #podcast with #StephanPastis of #PearlsBeforeSwine cartooning fame! Go pre-order the 25th anniversary collection of Pearls, and await our Dec. 8 pub-date! publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/pearls-...

publishing.andrewsmcmeel.comPearls Jubilee - Andrews McMeel PublishingThe most explosive Pearls Before Swine book of all-time, this 25th-anniversary celebration of the beloved feature from bestselling cartoonist Stephan Pastis includes his selections of his funniest, mo...

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American Museum of Natural History
@amnh.org

The Museum’s new exhibit Monarch’s Journey is now open! Come explore the monarch butterflies’ remarkable annual trek from the northern U.S. and Canada to the mountain forests of central Mexico through the work of award-winning graphic novelist and environmentalist Peter Kuper (@pkuper.bsky.social).

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Halstead - Move fast and fix things.
@hommestead.bsky.social

We end the week strong on this #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched with a 35mm screening of the new restoration of Ken Russell's insanely gorgeous and just batshit insane The Devils at Portland's own Hollywood Theatre. I'm eating well! Follow me on Letterboxd: boxd.it/1CMup #FilmSky #Letterboxd

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Ben Towle
@benzilla.bsky.social

Going through our flat file of originals as we move out of our house for a big renovation project. Fun to see all of this stuff. Here's easily my fave thing we have in the collection: one of E.C. Segar's sketchbooks--probably late era, '36 maybe?

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Endless Bookshelf
@endlessbookshelf.bsky.social

this will be great, you should come, too ! / thank you @gavingrant.bsky.social / and thank you, @jwomack.bsky.social [when Jack Womack speaks, people listen]

Gavin, Small Beer (closed due to long covid), &c.@gavingrant.bsky.social

A memorial gathering to celebrate the life and writings of John Crowley (1942-2026). 6 - 7:45 p.m. Dec. 1st. Rabb Hall Boston Public Library 700 Boylston Street Boston Open to the public. Fully accessible. RSVPs requested: endlessbookshelf.net/2026/10/08/j...

endlessbookshelf.netJohn Crowley Memorial : Tuesday 1 December 2026 – The Endless Bookshelf
Gil Roth & his Virtual Memories Show
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Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social

I launched my newsletter 4 years ago this month after I was let go from the Washington Post. So toward the end of each year, I do a push for paid subscribers to help me continue doing my work. Here's a quick thread on some highlights from the past year . . .

radleybalko.substack.comFour years of The Watch: And an appeal for your supportA thank you to the paid subscribers who make my work possible. You should join them!

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Liz Hand
@elizabethhand.bsky.social

My novel Unspeakable Things is out today — here's the latest (short) review in Book Pages, with an accompanying interview. Thanks so much to everyone who pre-ordered the book and offered support — I'm very grateful!

bookpage.comUnspeakable Things by Elizabeth Hand: Review | BookPageElizabeth Hand masterfully uses the gothic to explore the tumult of the ’20s in her bold and brilliantly written queer thriller.

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Daniel Radosh
@radosh.bsky.social

My kid has started a Letterboxd list called Killer Sweaters for films where the killer wears a great sweater and they've asked me to throw it out to Bluesky for more because "that's the kind of thing those weirdos like to do"