Apr 22, 2022
Brian Blomerth joins us on ATTMind to discuss his journey into drawing and comics, his artistic process, the intense journalistic research that went into both his psychedelic history graphic novels Mycelium Wassoni and Bicycle Day, the strange findings and complexities he uncovered during that research, and why making these cartoonist accounts of Psychedelic History matter to him.
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Episode Breakdown
(0:00) Opening
(2:07) GIVEAWAY CONTEST!
(2:43) Episode overture
(6:26) Patreon thanks
(8:24) Interview begins
(10:20) The history of dog people in comics
(11:29) Brian Blomerth’s inspiration and journey into
cartooning
(13:26) What inspired Brian to explore psychedelics as a topic for
his comics
(16:16) The role psychedelics play in Brian Blomerth’s creative and
artististic journey
(17:09) Creative inspiration vs the grind in the artistic/creative
process
(20:33) The research involved in the production of Mycelium
Wassoni
(22:43) The easter eggs Brian has woven into the background of the
art
(25:14) Brian’s experience with mushrooms before producing this
book
(27:34) Exploring some history of R. Gordon and Valentina Wason
(29:25) Why Brian chose to strongly feature Valentina Wasson’s part
of the story
(32:29) The strange discoveries Brian made while researching the
Wasson story
(34:24) The CIA controversy with R. Gordon Wasson, psilocybin
mushrooms, and the differing opinions of how it unfolded
(39:53) Some discussion around Wasson’s obsession with Soma
(42:23) A review of the bicycle day story, and what we often get
around about it
(46:13) The powerful impact of couples in the psychedelic
history
(47:53) Maggie and the dolphin; and other stories of dolphin
love
(51:35) No person is an island
(54:50) Follow up links and contact info
(57:00) Closing
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