In This Issue… Season 2 Episode 01: Dragon Chiang with François Vigneault

Posted: November 1st, 2023 ˑ Filled under: In this issue..., Podcast ˑ No Comments

SEASON TWO IS HERE!

Join host Zack Soto—cartoonist, editor and bin crawler—for In This Issue… a podcast about formative comics reading experiences, with a focus on the single issue format. Every episode finds Zack and a special guest doing a close reading of a comic book (not a graphic novel!) and havin’ a lively chat about it.

THE ISSUE: DRAGON CHIANG by Tim Truman & Tim Bradstreet, Eclipse Comics (1991)

THE GUEST: François Vigneault stops by to launch the new season, this time with a comic that Zack has picked! We talk about The Tims Truman & Bradstreet, collaborating here, as well as their subtle but surprisingly outsized impact on popular culture, attempts to break into new markets abroad, and musical taste. We have a lot of fun with this hard-rockin “commie truck driving comic”.

Bonus: François made a spotify playlist of all the (many, many) musical references Tim Truman peppered throughout the issue and accompanying editorial text.

ALSO: Season Two has a Patreon…sorta—I mean, I have a patreon. One of the benefits of subscribing at the $3 level is you’ll get episodes of In This Issue… a week early! Plus I’m posting lots of art and #wip shots of the next Power Button volume, AND starting next week: new updates of THE SECRET VOICE!

PS: if you’re at Short Run Seattle this weekend stop by table K64 and grab a copy of Power Button Volume 1, which I’ll be debuting at the show.