Comics Alternative Interviews: Kristen Radtke
Episode description
Time Codes:
- 00:00:24 - Introduction
- 00:02:20 - Setup of interview
- 00:04:29 - Interview with Kristen Radtke
- 00:59:16 - Wrap up
- 01:01:39 - Contact us
Andy and Derek are pleased to have as their guest Kirsten Radtke. Her new work Imagine Wanting Only This has just been released from Pantheon Books, and it's a deeply personal speculation on impermanence, decay, and abandonment. Using as a springboard significant events from her own life -- such as the loss of a beloved uncle and a fortuitous creative discovery -- Radtke explores our sense of place in a culture that privileges newness and disposability. The book has been described as a memoir, but the guys feel that it's better framed as a meditation, a contemplative graphic essay tinged with introspection and self-analysis. Over the course of the conversation, Radtke discusses the genesis of the project, her experiences with comics journalism, and the challenges of defining the art that she creates.