In This Issue… Episode 07: Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind #1 with Adam DeSouza

Posted: July 31st, 2022 ˑ Filled under: 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:

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind #1

By Hayao Miyazaki, Tom Orzechowski, Dana Lewis & Toren Smith

Published 1988 by Viz Comics

THE GUEST:

Adam de Souza (website/insta/twitter)

Adam de Souza (Ish, A Gleaming) joins In This Issue… to discuss the first issue of animation legend Hayao Miyazaki’s main contribution to comics, Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind—specifically the 1988 first issue, which was released in what we might call “Prestige Format” (please excuse me while I tie an onion to my belt). Lots and lots of hot takes about Miyazaki in general and Nausicaa in particular in this extra-long episode, as we are both huge fans of this work and find it impossible not to wax rhapsodic over it. We do hope you’ll excuse our enthusiasm! Tune in next time for another close read with In This Issue…