2022

S1.E1 ∙ Worldsmiths: The Dissonance Artist

Wed, Sep 14, 2022

Junji Ito has become one of the most beloved horror artists of this generation, perhaps of all time. But where does his strange brand of dissonance come from? How does he create stories that are beautifully disturbing - and kind of goofy?

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S1.E2 ∙ Worldsmiths: The Blood Artist

Mon, Oct 24, 2022

When you look at Clive Barker's work, it's easy to imagine sinister, fang-y creatures behind the text. But in person, he's nothing like that. That separation of author and artist is how he makes the pages "bleed" for him.

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S1.E3 ∙ Worldsmiths: The Frustration Artist

Mon, Nov 14, 2022

It's easy to want to help your audience understand your work, but sometimes the closest connection someone can feel with your work actually comes from the challenge of understanding it in their own way.

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S1.E4 ∙ Worldsmiths: The Experience Artist

Mon, Dec 19, 2022

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most beloved characters of all time, but his exploits, mannerisms, traits, quirks belong to his author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who has an important lesson to teach anyone who wants to write fiction.

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S1.E5 ∙ Worldsmiths: The Truth Artist

Mon, Jan 30, 2023

Fiction and fantasy have a reputation for escapism. But there's also a shockingly large amount of truth in the lies we invent for our stories. No one knows this better than one of the most beloved authors in the world: Neil Gaiman.

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S1.E6 ∙ Worldsmiths: The Isolation Artist

Mon, Feb 20, 2023

H.P. Lovecraft horrifies us by turning our thoughts to the vast and unknowable cosmos we occupy, but he managed to do that from the tiny landscape of his own bedroom, within his limited purview. Perhaps we do something similar.

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