Christopher Yao/Shane Heron

It's a jam-packed episode with one returning guest and one brand spanking new one. First, friend of the Show Shane Heron (Morris, Black Have Hunters Club) returns in his capacity as co-editor of Cauldron Magazine to promote the Kickstarter for the Spring 2019 issue. If you haven't heard of Cauldron, this is an adult fantasy-horror comic anthology magazine in the vein of Heavy Metal, Savage Sword of Conan, Creepy and Eerie. The upcoming spring issue has a cover from Toronto's own Adam Gorham (New Mutants, Rocket Raccoon) and if you donate to the Kickstarter before it expires on February 22, 2019 you will have a chance to own Adam's original art for the cover. Once Shane takes his leave, we welcome his actual roommate -- fellow artist Christopher Yao. Chris is a straight-up assassin when it comes to sketch covers. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say but he could draw anyone under the table head to head in a sketch cover duel. As a star pupil of Ty Templeton's Comic Book Bootcamp, Chris showed so much promise. But a series of personal setbacks and a lack of proper motivation, meant that many of his personal ongoing comic projects didn't make it past the first issue. Then he moved in with Shane and in an environment where everyone around him was constantly drawing, a renewed fire was lit within him. Now, he has a new comic out called Greylight with issue one already on its second print as he works diligently on issue three. Aaron and Chris do a deep dive on Greylight as they trace Chris's emotional comeback in the sequential arts. They highlight several ways he has been able to up his game, including the often underrated skill of drawing background elements like buildings and vehicles to give the comic a sense of time and place. Plus, they reveal a project that marks the comeback of the Canadian superhero he co-created with Cauldron co-editor Sam Noir -- Major North. This podcast is sponsored by the good folks at Hairy Tarantula and Sequential Magazine. Donate to the Cauldron Magazine Spring 2019 Kickstarter now until February 22, 2019 @yaozagraphx Yaoza Studio Chris Yao on Facebook Chris Yao on Twitter Sponsors Sequential Magazine Hairy Tarantula