Episodes
23 hours ago
23 hours ago
Welcome to the eighteenth episode of Best Issue Ever! Today's guest is Letty Wilson, who has done some great comics. Highly recommend you check out their website where you can scroll through some absolutely beautiful work, including their self-published comics. They were also one of the creators involved in the Misty 2024 Special! They have brought us Head Lopper #1 written and drawn by Andrew McLean!
This podcast is recorded in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is edited by Sara Century. The theme music is provided by Earth Control Pill, whose work is on Bandcamp.
I do not want to deal with ads AT ALL, so if you also don’t want to deal with ads, please consider supporting the podcast by rating and reviewing and/or signing up at the Ko-fi or Patreon @ ko-fi.com/saracenturypodcasts. or patreon.com/saracenturypodcasts.
Finally, you could support my other ventures, including the narrative horror podcast Medusa Mask. Visit my website to sign up for my newsletter for updates. Oh, and I’m a horror writer, so pick up my short story anthology, A Small Light and Other Stories, through Weirdpunk Books, or pretty much wherever else you get books.
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Welcome to the seventeenth episode of Best Issue Ever! This episode's subject is Uncanny X-Men #170, chosen for us by Tehyah Carver. This is written by Chris Claremont, with art by Paul Smith, Bob Wiacek, Paul Becton, and Janine Casey, and lettering by Tom Orzechowski. Here are some links to follow Tehyah! You check out her Spotify playlist for Callisto, the Spotify Gender Project mentioned in this episode, and the Callisto Letterboxd list also mentioned here.
This podcast is recorded in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is edited by Sara Century. The theme music is provided by Earth Control Pill, whose work is on Bandcamp.
I do not want to deal with ads AT ALL, so if you also don’t want to deal with ads, please consider supporting the podcast by rating and reviewing and/or signing up at the Ko-fi, ko-fi.com/saracenturypodcasts.
There is now a Discord for this podcast, and here's the slightly cumbersome invite link if you are interested: http://discord.com/invite/ZwbvqJDAGS
Finally, you could support my other ventures, including the narrative horror podcast Medusa Mask, as well as my work through QueerSpec, including the Bitches On Comics Podcast and the Decoded Horror Channel. Visit my website to sign up for my newsletter for updates. Oh, and I’m a horror writer, so pick up my short story anthology, A Small Light and Other Stories, through Weirdpunk Books, or pretty much wherever else you get books.
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Welcome to the sixteenth episode of Best Issue Ever! Today's guest is Sween McDervish, an Alpha Flight aficionado like myself! Sween has brought us Alpha Flight #43, which is written by Bill Mantlo, drawn by David Ross, inked by Whilce Portacio, colored by Bob Sharen, and lettered by Ken Bruzenak. It's great!
Sween can be followed on Bluesky. Meanwhile, this week's episode art is a truly glorious piece from Graham Groans, a rad artist and self-described smutster who you can follow on Patreon. It's a really cool piece, so thanks to Sween and Graham for letting me use it for the pod.
This podcast is recorded in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is edited by Sara Century. The theme music is provided by Earth Control Pill, whose work is on Bandcamp.
I do not want to deal with ads AT ALL, so if you also don’t want to deal with ads, please consider supporting the podcast by rating and reviewing and/or signing up at the Ko-fi or Patreon @ ko-fi.com/saracenturypodcasts. or patreon.com/saracenturypodcasts.
Finally, you could support my other ventures, including the narrative horror podcast Medusa Mask, as well as my work through QueerSpec, including the Bitches On Comics Podcast and the Decoded Horror Channel. Visit my website to sign up for my newsletter for updates. Oh, and I’m a horror writer, so pick up my short story anthology, A Small Light and Other Stories, through Weirdpunk Books, or pretty much wherever else you get books.
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Welcome to the fifteenth episode of Best Issue Ever! Today's guest is Jeremy Whitley, who has written many comics! He has brought us Young Avengers #1, written by Kieron Gillen, featuring art by Jamie McKelvie, and lettering by Clayton Cowles!
No joke, Jeremy has written a LOT, so we'll condense it for the purpose of this bio but check out his work! He's been behind books like Marvel's Unstoppable Wasp, as well as creating originals like The Cold Ever After and Navigating With You, which we talk about here.
This podcast is recorded in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is edited by Sara Century. The theme music is provided by Earth Control Pill, whose work is on Bandcamp.
I do not want to deal with ads AT ALL, so if you also don’t want to deal with ads, please consider supporting the podcast by rating and reviewing and/or signing up at the Ko-fi or Patreon @ ko-fi.com/saracenturypodcasts. or patreon.com/saracenturypodcasts.
Finally, you could support my other ventures, including the narrative horror podcast Medusa Mask, as well as my work through QueerSpec, including the Bitches On Comics Podcast and the Decoded Horror Channel. Visit my website to sign up for my newsletter for updates. Oh, and I’m a horror writer, so pick up my short story anthology, A Small Light and Other Stories, through Weirdpunk Books, or pretty much wherever else you get books.
Wednesday Aug 28, 2024
Wednesday Aug 28, 2024
Welcome to the fourteenth episode of Best Issue Ever! This episode's issue is chosen by Arturo Rojas, who goes by @mistertoybox on Twitter and Instagram. We're discussing Uncanny X-Men #274, written by Chris Claremont, with art by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Joe Rosas, and lettering by Pat Brosseau. Great!
Arturo is a fellow frequent flyer on the Graymalkin Lane podcast, and we have regularly done script readings over there (I'm usually playing Jean Grey and Arturo plays characters like Sabertooth and Apocalypse. You can also check out Bitches On Comics' Wheel of Time episode, which features me and Arturo gabbing about Rosamund Pike's beautiful, beautiful face, among other things.
This podcast is recorded in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is edited by Sara Century. The theme music is provided by Earth Control Pill, whose work is on Bandcamp.
I do not want to deal with ads AT ALL, so if you also don’t want to deal with ads, please consider supporting the podcast by rating and reviewing and/or signing up at the Ko-fi, ko-fi.com/saracenturypodcasts.
There is now a Discord for this podcast, and here's the slightly cumbersome invite link if you are interested: http://discord.com/invite/ZwbvqJDAGS
Finally, you could support my other ventures, including the narrative horror podcast Medusa Mask, as well as my work through QueerSpec, including the Bitches On Comics Podcast and the Decoded Horror Channel. Visit my website to sign up for my newsletter for updates. Oh, and I’m a horror writer, so pick up my short story anthology, A Small Light and Other Stories, through Weirdpunk Books, or pretty much wherever else you get books.
Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
Sara has a new zine! It's called Scream: An Overview of the First Six Films. Enjoy this promo and consider picking it up. Limited to only 250 copies, so it's a super collector's item. The zine releases on Sept. 2 and is currently available via pre-order at saracentury.gumroad.com.
Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
Just some updates and some notes! Now there is a Discord, now there is a Patreon, and buy Sara's Scream zine at saracentury.gumroad.com
This podcast is recorded in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is edited by Sara Century. The theme music is provided by Earth Control Pill, whose work is on Bandcamp.
I do not want to deal with ads AT ALL, so if you also don’t want to deal with ads, please consider supporting the podcast by rating and reviewing and/or signing up at the Ko-fi, ko-fi.com/saracenturypodcasts. The Patreon is patreon.com/saracenturypodcasts. I also have a zine shop where you can currently pre-order my very limited edition zine about the Scream franchise, with more to come in the following months.
There is now a Discord for this podcast, and here's the slightly cumbersome invite link if you are interested: http://discord.com/invite/ZwbvqJDAGS
Finally, you could support my other ventures, including the narrative horror podcast Medusa Mask, as well as my work through QueerSpec, including the Bitches On Comics Podcast and the Decoded Horror Channel. Visit my website to sign up for my newsletter for updates. Oh, and I’m a horror writer, so pick up my short story anthology, A Small Light and Other Stories, through Weirdpunk Books, or pretty much wherever else you get books.
Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
Welcome to the thirteenth episode of Best Issue Ever! This episode's issue is Magical Beatdown #1 by Jenn Woodall. It was brought to me by Jamie L. Rotante, who is the senior editor at Archie and a columnist at Razorcake, among other things!
Jamie is the best, so go listen to our chat from last year on Bitches On Comics! There are plenty of other ways to follow Jamie, including her newsletter, website, Razorcake column, comics writing work, and/or by buying some Archie. As an Archie megafan, I encourage you to look at some of the stuff they've been putting out lately.
This podcast is recorded in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is edited by Sara Century. The theme music is provided by Earth Control Pill, whose work is on Bandcamp.
I do not want to deal with ads AT ALL, so if you also don’t want to deal with ads, please consider supporting the podcast by rating and reviewing and/or signing up at the Ko-fi, ko-fi.com/saracenturypodcasts.
There is now a Discord for this podcast, and here's the slightly cumbersome invite link if you are interested: http://discord.com/invite/ZwbvqJDAGS
Finally, you could support my other ventures, including the narrative horror podcast Medusa Mask, as well as my work through QueerSpec, including the Bitches On Comics Podcast and the Decoded Horror Channel. Visit my website to sign up for my newsletter for updates. Oh, and I’m a horror writer, so pick up my short story anthology, A Small Light and Other Stories, through Weirdpunk Books, or pretty much wherever else you get books.
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Welcome to the twelfth episode of Best Issue Ever! This episode's issue is Captain America #392, written by Mark Gruenwald, with art by Rik Levins, Danny Bulanadi, Marie Javins, and Steve Buccellato, and letters by Joe Rosen. The subject was chosen by Daryl Lawrence!
Daryl is the programming director for the Uncanny Experience X-Men convention in Minneapolis, which looks like a ton of fun! He also co-hosts the podcast The X-Factor Files with his partner Phillip. It's really neat! I recently appeared on an episode hyping Amora the Enchantress, who I love.
This podcast is recorded in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is edited by Sara Century. The theme music is provided by Earth Control Pill, whose work is on Bandcamp.
I do not want to deal with ads AT ALL, so if you also don’t want to deal with ads, please consider supporting the podcast by rating and reviewing and/or signing up at the Ko-fi, ko-fi.com/saracenturypodcasts.
Finally, you could support my other ventures, including the narrative horror podcast Medusa Mask, as well as my work through QueerSpec, including the Bitches On Comics Podcast and the Decoded Horror Channel. Visit my website to sign up for my newsletter for updates. Oh, and I’m a horror writer, so pick up my short story anthology, A Small Light and Other Stories, through Weirdpunk Books, or pretty much wherever else you get books.
Monday Jul 29, 2024
Monday Jul 29, 2024
Welcome to the eleventh episode of Best Issue Ever! This episode's issue is Omac #3, created by Jack Kirby and D. Bruce Berry. The subject was chosen by the comic creator Vannotes!
Vannotes works on a whole lot of things, so I recommend you follow them @VannotesBooks on all the platforms. Meanwhile, I can tell you about their pop culture podcast Your Trash Pals, which is a fun look at bad art alongside more salient observations about, you know, life. I also really enjoy their zine, Seasonal Produce.
This podcast is recorded in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is edited by Sara Century. The theme music is provided by Earth Control Pill, whose work is on Bandcamp.
I do not want to deal with ads AT ALL, so if you also don’t want to deal with ads, please consider supporting the podcast by rating and reviewing and/or signing up at the Ko-fi, ko-fi.com/saracenturypodcasts.
Finally, you could support my other ventures, including the narrative horror podcast Medusa Mask, as well as my work through QueerSpec, including the Bitches On Comics Podcast and the Decoded Horror Channel. Visit my website to sign up for my newsletter for updates. Oh, and I’m a horror writer, so pick up my short story anthology, A Small Light and Other Stories, through Weirdpunk Books, or pretty much wherever else you get books.
Welcome!
Best Issue Ever is a podcast about comics. This series is for talking about issues we love. You can get lots of new recommendations from this pod while hearing some of your favorite creators talk about why comics are awesome. Win-win!
If you would like to support the podcast, the best way to do that is to subscribe directly through the Ko-fi, where you will get a lot of extra episodes and some updates to the behind-the-scenes of creating the podcast.
This is far from Sara's first foray into podcasts! She co-founded QueerSpec Publishing, which released the Decoded Pride speculative fiction anthology three years in a row. She helms the narrative horror podcasts Decoded Horror Channel and Medusa Mask. She is a co-host of the Bitches On Comics pop culture podcast. She has written MANY articles - you can look up links to her work on her website.
Sara is a horror writer, so you can pick up any number of her books through her Amazon author page. If you'd prefer to avoid Amazon and directly support small publishers (this helps small presses thrive so thank you if so), she has appeared in multiple releases you can buy directly from Weirdpunk Books. This includes her short story collection A Small Light & Other Stories, as well as great Weirdpunk anthologies like The New Flesh and Feral Architecture. Some Weirdpunk authors will be appearing on this podcast, so definitely check them out.
Finally, the best way to get updates from Sara is through her newsletter! She sends it out a few times a year and it's packed with random projects and pet anecdotes.
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