Now, in terms of production and research, how long were you working on it, actually drawing the book? I ran out, and he was just gone, disappeared in a puff of smoke. He walks by, this beautiful lady has her arm around him, and they’re both laughing. JO: I was sitting on Bernard Street, in the window of a coffee shop. We just passed by Leonard Cohen,” and I said, “How was he dressed?” He said, “Well, like Leonard Cohen.” Whenever I was visiting, I tried to spot celebrities, and once I was walking with my cousin, and he said, “Hey. Back then I thought every star in Montreal was in disguise with glasses, a fake mustache, a hat, and trench coat. PG: Once, maybe 30 years ago, around 1989. JO: Did you ever see him on the street? From Leonard Cohen: On a Wire. He tried to keep things as simple as possible, and that’s what I liked about him. Everybody who lived in Montreal had the chance to meet Leonard Cohen.
I felt like he was this average guy or rather, this “average superstar” that you might chance upon when you buy a pack of cigarettes or walk the streets of Montreal. What do you think it is about Leonard Cohen that appeals to people? In addition to being a devastating portrait of the Wyatt family, Fictional Father is a hilariously sardonic interrogation of artmaking and cartooning in particular.JO: That’s someone being recalcitrant. Caleb storms around and slumps in equal measure as he tries to figure out who he is beyond the neglected son of a famous man. His furrow browed and deeply-lined cartooning has never been more expressive than in Fictional Father.
His characters vacillate and sob and rage. Is it too late to repair the harm? Are we forever doomed to make the same mistakes our parents did? Joe Ollmann is a master at portraying inner torment.
When Caleb gets the chance to step out from his father s shadow and shape the most public aspect of the family business, he makes every bad decision and watches his life fall apart. His always patient boyfriend, James, is reaching the end of his rope. Now sober, Caleb is haunted by his wasted past and struggling to take responsibility for his present before it s too late. Known for the internationally beloved father and son comic Sonny Side Up, Jimmi made millions drawing saccharine family stories while neglecting his own son. He also happens to be the only child of one of the world s most famous cartoonists, Jimmi Wyatt. Caleb is a middle-aged painter with a non-starter career. A dysfunctional family lives in the shadow of a world famous comic strip and its tyrannical creator.
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