Best Issue Ever Podcast

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Episode 20: Wonder Woman #20 Starring Khaliden Nas Dec 11, 2024

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Welcome to the twentieth episode of Best Issue Ever! Today's guest is Khaliden Nas, who is the host of the incredible Referential podcast! We just recorded an episode about Agatha All Along that is very fun, so go check out the feed!

Okay, we're talking about the George Perez run! This is Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #20 by George Perez, Bob McLeod, Carl Gafford, John Costanza, and edited by Karen Berger. Holy heck! This comic is widely available digitally as well as in trade, and it was one of the tales selected for the Greatest Wonder Woman Stories Ever Told.

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.

There is now a Discord for this podcast, and here's the slightly cumbersome invite link if you are interested: https://discord.gg/ZwbvqJDAGS

Finally, you could support my other ventures, including the pending 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. I wrote a zine about the Scream franchise that you can pick up @ saracentury.gumroad.com

Episode 19: Bone #10 Starring Tim Price Dec 01, 2024

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Welcome to the nineteenth episode of Best Issue Ever! Today's guest is Tim Price who hosts the Outcasters, a Batman & the Outsiders podcast via the Wright On Network. That's a podcast network we talked more about in Episode 10 featuring its founder, AJ Wright, so check that out if you haven't.

Okay, we're talking about Bone #10, which is The Great Cow Race! This comic is by Jeff Smith. He's still one of the only people who has ever worked on this property, which is kind of wild and cool. You can check this out in the Bone Omnibus, which is available basically everywhere.

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.

There is now a Discord for this podcast, and here's the slightly cumbersome invite link if you are interested: https://discord.gg/ZwbvqJDAGS

Episode 18: Head Lopper #1 Starring Letty Wilson Nov 19, 2024

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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.

There is now a Discord for this podcast, and here's the slightly cumbersome invite link if you are interested: https://discord.gg/ZwbvqJDAGS

Episode 17: Uncanny X-Men #170 Starring Tehyah Carver Oct 15, 2024

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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: https://discord.gg/ZwbvqJDAGS

Episode 16: Alpha Flight #43 Starring Sween McDervish Oct 08, 2024

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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.

There is now a Discord for this podcast, and here's the slightly cumbersome invite link if you are interested: https://discord.gg/ZwbvqJDAGS

Episode 15: Young Avengers #1 Starring Jeremy Whitley Sep 08, 2024

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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.

There is now a Discord for this podcast, and here's the slightly cumbersome invite link if you are interested: https://discord.gg/ZwbvqJDAGS

Episode 14: Uncanny X-Men #274 Starring Arturo Rojas Aug 28, 2024

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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.

There is now a Discord for this podcast, and here's the slightly cumbersome invite link if you are interested: https://discord.gg/ZwbvqJDAGS

New Zine Release - Scream: An Overview of the First Six Films by Sara Century Aug 21, 2024

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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.

Episode 13: Magical Beatdown #1 Starring Jamie L. Rotante Aug 21, 2024

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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.

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.

Episode 12: Captain America #392 Starring Daryl Lawrence Aug 06, 2024

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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.

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