In This Issue… Episode 02: Acme Novelty Library #8

Posted: June 2nd, 2022 ˑ Filled under: Austin English, In this issue..., Podcast ˑ No Comments

What?! A new pod??! Yep! 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:

ACME Novelty Library #8

Written, illustrated, & lettered by Chris Ware

Published 1997, Fantagraphics Books, Inc.

THE GUEST:

Austin English (website/insta/twitter)

Domino Comics impresario Austin English joins In This Issue… to discuss our first experiences with the Chris Ware comic ACME Novelty Library #8. (We also briefly discuss the legacy of the Vertigo Comics release Dhampire: Stillborn (1997) by Nancy A. Collins & Paul Lee)