Jun 10, 2021
In this podcast, Jaime picks up
where he left off in
Part 1, describing his evolution as an artist. Like a lot of
kids his age, Saturday morning cartoons were a big influence.
Comics in the newspaper also played their part.
We shift back to his return to SF
after high school. He worked as a screen-printer at The Color
Machine and Winterland. The music venue was closed, but Jaime
shares stories of playing and seeing shows at The Mab back in the
day.
Jaime dives into the street art
scene in The City in the '80s, which he dabbled in. He also talks
about his first publishing experiences. He took a brief break from
his art and left San Francisco to raise a kid and go back to
college. But his friend Harvey Pekar got him back into drawing
about five years later.
He shares the story of starting
Corn Tortilla
Press (check out their About page for
all the stuff in Jaime's life we didn't have time to talk about
here).
Jaime ends the podcast reflecting on
what's become of the city he used to call home and what's possible
for the future of San Francisco.
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We recorded this podcast at Jaime's
home in Alameda in May 2021.
Photography by Michelle Kilfeather