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Best Issue Ever Podcast
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Best Issue Ever is a comic book podcast hosted by Sara Century in which she interviews friends and creators about their favorite comics.
Episodes
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The Forgotten Five Minisode 6: The Brave & The Bold #197 w/ Alex Segura
Welcome welcome, it's the show notes for our sixth minisode. I am your host Sara Century and these minisodes are cohosted by Alex Segura. The Forgotten Five is now an ongoing series through Image Comics! Go put it on your pull list, we really want to keep making it for a long time. Otherwise,...
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Episode 45: All-New X-Men #12 Starring Rian White
Hey, it's the 45th episode of Best Issue Ever, starring X-Men fan Rian White! We're chatting about All-New X-Men #12. This is written by Brian Bendis, penciled by Stuart Immonen, inked by Wade von Grawbadger, colored by Rain Beredo, lettered by VC's Cory Petit, edited by Nick Lowe. This podcast…
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The Forgotten Five Minisode 5: Superman #38 w/ Alex Segura
Welcome welcome, it's the show notes for our third minisode. I am your host Sara Century and these minisodes are cohosted by Alex Segura. We actually have wrapped our Kickstarter but follow us at patreon.com/theforgottenfive for updates because we've got many announcements to come. These episodes...
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Why There is No Episode 44
A short statement on why I pulled Episode 44. Here are the articles referenced in the announcement: https://archive.thinkprogress.org/buddhist-teacher-quit-shambhala-in-protest-before-his-own-sexual-misconduct-allegation-went-public-c7b85ceb36e2/...
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Episode 44: Uncanny X-Men #244 Starring Lodro Rinzler
Hey, it's the 44th episode of Best Issue Ever. This episode's guest is Lodro Rinzler. Like many people I am friend's with, he is a big fan of the X-Men, and has his own podcast - X-Men Horoscopes, which you can find wherever you get podcasts. I guested on an episode and had a ton of fun doing the...
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Episode 43: Angela: Asgard's Assassin #3 Starring Khaliden Nas
Hey, it's the 43rd episode of Best Issue Ever, starring returning champion Khaliden Nas! You can find Khaliden at the Referential podcast, WHICH I LOVE. Go listen to Referential! They are currently covering X-Men 97 over there. Khaliden also is active with Trans Pride Brighton, they are…
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Episode 42: Sailor Moon Act 44 Dream 6 Starring Christie Porter
Hey, it's the 42nd episode of Best Issue Ever, starring Christie Porter! Christie and their partner Phillip Sevy have just launched a Kickstarter for She Comes With Magic, a NSFW fantasy comic that is very sexy and cool. If you wish Lord of the Rings were hornier, your time is nigh. We're…
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The Forgotten Five Minisode 4: Avengers #375 w/ Alex Segura
Welcome welcome, it's the show notes for our third minisode. I am your host Sara Century and these minisodes are cohosted by Alex Segura. Minisode is a bit of a misnomer this episode but you get my meaning. We actually have wrapped our Kickstarter but follow us at patreon.com/theforgottenfive for...
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Episode 41: Girlfrenzy: Donna Troy Starring Eduardo Baccarani
Hey, it's the 41st episode of Best Issue Ever, starring Eduardo Baccarani! Eduardo is THE BIGGEST DONNA TROY FAN I KNOWWW, and has written some great stuff. One thing that definitely applies to this issue is the piece What Does It Mean To Be Donna Troy? Also, you can read Eduardo's Boku No...
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Episode 40: Lower Decks: Shaxs' Best Day Starring Riley Silverman
Hey, it's the 40th episode of Best Issue Ever, starring Riley Silverman! I have known Riley since the ole SYFY Fangrrls days, and she was just as smart and funny then as she is now. Riley is currently promoting two podcasts, one is the biweekly actual-play RPG podcast Good Chaotic and the other…
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The Forgotten Five Minisode 2: Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #1 w/ the Long Live the Legion podcast
Welcome welcome, it's the show notes for our third minisode. I am your host Sara Century and these minisodes are cohosted by Alex Segura. Minisode is a bit of a misnomer this episode but you get my meaning. Today we are joined by Jay McKiernan and James Fetters of the Long Live The Legion…
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Episode 39: Seven Soldiers of Victory #0 Starring Connor Goldsmith
Hey, it's the 39th episode starring Connor Goldsmith! We've been trying to record an episode for a while so I'm thrilled it finally happened, Connor's coming back in a few months too so yaaaaaaay! You might know Connor from Cerebro, where we have talked for many, many hours about X-Men comics.…
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Episode 38: Doom Patrol #70 Starring Jadzia Axelrod
Hey, it's the 38th episode starring Jadzia Axelrod! Jadzia is very cool and wrote an awesome Hawkgirl series, as well as creating the superhero Galaxy w/ Vash Taylor. Welcome to BIE, Jadzia! We're chatting about Doom Patrol #70, written by Rachel Pollack. The art team is Scot Eaton, Tom Sutton…
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The Forgotten Five Minisode 2: Alpha Flight #33 w/ Why Not?! An Alpha Flight Podcast
Alex Segura and I are recording semi-monthly minisodes to promote our comic The Forgotten Five. We both love a lot of comics, so these are just little windows into our nerdom. If you also like the comics we discuss, perhaps you'll like The Forgotten Five! Get episodes early at...
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Episode 37: Daredevil #25 Starring Ben Kahn
Hey, it's the 37th episode with Ben Kahn! Ben is really cool and they also write great comics, I'm going to suggest Renegade Rule and Renegade Royale, both of which are absolutely incredible. Ben is also one of the co-hosts of Progressively Horrified, which I've guested on quite a bit! Lots of...
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The Forgotten Five Minisode 1: Doom Patrol #89
Alex Segura and I are recording semi-monthly minisodes to promote our comic The Forgotten Five. We both love a lot of comics, so these are just little windows into our nerdom. If you also like the comics we discuss, perhaps you'll like The Forgotten Five! This episode was edited by Thomas Flynn…
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Episode 36: Hellboy, The Troll Witch Starring Trung Le Nguyen!
Welcome to Episode 36 of Best Issue Ever! This round, we're chatting with Trung Le Nguyen, who is - the best! One of my favorite artists working today, and the creator of the great graphic novel, The Magic Fish, which can be found basically everywhere. I interviewed Trung a while back with S.E.…
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Episode 35: Ice Witch #1 Starring Wi-Moto Nyoka
Hey, it's the 35th episode with Wi-Moto Nyoka! Wi-Moto is one of the coolest people I've ever talked to, so I hope you will follow her Patreon or check out her Linktree or just binge Black Women Are Scary, my favorite horror podcast. We're chatting about Ice Witch #1 by Regine Sawyer with art by...
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Episode 34: Savage Sword of Conan (2024) #1 Starring Oliver Brackenbury
Welcome, welcome, it's a very sword and sorcery episode of BIE! Today's issue is Savage Sword of Conan (2024) #1, intro by Roy Thomas with story and art by Jim Zub, John Arcudi, Max Von Fafner, Patch Zircher & Jeffrey Shanks, among others. This episode was chosen by Oliver Brackenbury of...
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Episode 33: Showcase #78 Starring Nathanial Hubbard
Welcome to episode 33 of the Best Issue Ever podcast! This week we have returning champion Nathanial Hubbard! Hub hosted a ton of episodes of the podcast that was once Teen Titans Wasteland which became Titan Up the Defense and is now occasionally updated as Champions of Digression. His last...
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Episode 32: Marvel 2-in-1 Annual #7 Starring Matthew Jackson
Welcome to episode 32 of Best Issue Ever! This week's guest is Matthew Jackson of the The Scares That Shaped Us podcast. He talks to a lot of incredible writers over there in a format vaguely similar to BIE but with horror as its subject, so go give it a listen! Anthony brings us Uncanny X-Men...
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Episode 31: Uncanny X-Men #303 Starring Anthony Oliveira
Welcome to episode 31 of Best Issue Ever! This week's guest is Anthony Oliveira, who is the writer of Marvel Unlimited's very popular Avengers Academy series. Also! He wrote a book called Dayspring that was great, he hosts his own podcast, and he hosts a film screening series that you can learn...
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Episode 30: Spider-Man #61 Starring HarumScarum Cosplay
Welcome to episode 30 of Best Issue Ever! Today's guest is Harum-Scarum Cosplay, who has brought us an issue from "smack dab in the middle of the Clone Saga." They are big ole Spider-Man fan so it was great to chat with them about Peter Parker and his messy, messy relationships. This is…
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Episode 29: Superman #416 Starring Nat Yonce
Welcome to episode 29 of Best Issue Ever! In this triple-sized episode, we are talking about none other than Superman. This issue was brought to us by Nat Yonce of the Collective Action Comics podcast, which I love a lot and highly recommend. This is Superman #416, written by Elliot S! Maggin…
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Episode 28: Alpha Flight #21 Starring Daryl Lawrence
Welcome to Episode 28 of Best Issue Ever! This round, we're chatting with returning champion Daryl Lawrence. He's here in support of his new book, True North, which is all about Alpha Flight. You can pick it up at Barnes & Nobles. Daryl has brought us the absolutely bananas Alpha Flight #21,...
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Episode 27: Wonder Woman Historia Starring K-Ming Chang
Welcome to Episode 27 of Best Issue Ever! This round, we're chatting with returning champion K-Ming Chang. I love K-Ming's books! They're really incredible, and I highly recommend you check them out. I think Organ Meats is my favorite, but you really can't go wrong. Also, she has a very…
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Episode 26, Oh My Goddess! Vol. 6, Chapter 42 Starring Trung Le Nguyen
Welcome to Episode 26 of Best Issue Ever! This round, we're chatting with Trung Le Nguyen, who is - the best! One of my favorite artists working today, and the creator of the great graphic novel, The Magic Fish, which can be found basically everywhere. I interviewed Trung a while back with S.E.…
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Episode 25: Midnight Nation #4 Starring Phillip Sevy
Welcome to the twenty-fifth episode of Best Issue Ever! This week we're talking to Phillip Sevy, who does the art for the Astonishing X-Men and has worked on a lot of the Infinity Comics for Marvel Unlimited. You can also check out their new book, Don't Forget Your Briefcase, available through…
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Episode 24: The Forgotten Five Special with Alex Segura
You may or may not know that these two nerds Alex Segura and Sara Century have teamed up with Archie comics legend Pat Kennedy to create a new Patreon comic, The Forgotten Five! We've done a couple interviews about the project and I'll share some links below, but this chat was all about listing...
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Episode 23: Precious Metal #1 Starring Corinne Halbert
Welcome to the twenty-third episode of Best Issue Ever! This week we're talking to Corinne Halbert, who rocks! She's best-known for the collection ACID NUN, and is currently releasing a follow-up titled Scorpio Venus Rising. She has a great shop on her page with a ton of prints and enamel pins…
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Episode 22: Generation Next #4 Starring Karen Charm
Welcome to the twenty-second episode of Best Issue Ever! Today's guest is Karen Charm, who will be well-known to many X-fans for their great X-Men fan art, prints, and zines. They also do a good amount of pro work for publishers like Scholastic, so follow them pretty much across social media...
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Episode 21: Batman #641 Starring Scott Free
Welcome to the twenty-first episode of Best Issue Ever! Today's guest is Scott Free, who does very great cosplays and is starting a podcast about the Spider-Clone Saga called Clone Conspiracy. Check it out! Okay, it's Batman time! We're discussing Batman #641, written by Judd Winnick, with art by...
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Episode 20: Wonder Woman #20 Starring Khaliden Nas
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...
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Episode 19: Bone #10 Starring Tim Price
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....
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Episode 18: Head Lopper #1 Starring Letty Wilson
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...
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Episode 17: Uncanny X-Men #170 Starring Tehyah Carver
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…
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Episode 16: Alpha Flight #43 Starring Sween McDervish
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…
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Episode 15: Young Avengers #1 Starring Jeremy Whitley
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…
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Episode 14: Uncanny X-Men #274 Starring Arturo Rojas
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...
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New Zine Release - Scream: An Overview of the First Six Films by Sara Century
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.
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Episode 13: Magical Beatdown #1 Starring Jamie L. Rotante
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...
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Episode 12: Captain America #392 Starring Daryl Lawrence
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...
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Episode 11: Omac #3 Starring Vannotes
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....
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Episode 10: Birds of Prey #57 Starring AJ Wright
Welcome to the tenth episode of Best Issue Ever! This episode's issue is Birds of Prey #57 by Gail Simone, Ed Benes, Alex Lei, Hi-Fi Design, and John Workman. Lysa Hawkins edits it. This episode's issue was chosen by AJ Wright! AJ's podcast network is the Wright On Network, where you can find...
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Episode 9: Excalibur #71 Starring D'Manda Martini
Welcome to the ninth episode of Best Issue Ever! This episode's issue is Excalibur #71, which has an enormous list of creators working on it, so tune in to hear the whole shebang. This was chosen by D'Manda Martini! D'Manda is a drag queen cosplayer with a penchant for z-list superheroes, which...
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Episode 8: The Love Bunglers Starring Alex Segura
Welcome to the eighth episode of Best Issue Ever! This episode's issue is Love & Rockets: The Love Bunglers by Jaime Hernandez, chosen by Alex Segura! Alex has written so many things! It's honestly so wild, so I'm going to link you to his website and encourage you to pick up, well, everything....
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Episode 7: Chainsaw Man Vol. 9 Starring Briana Lawrence
Welcome to the seventh episode of Best Issue Ever! This episode's issue is the rare complete collection, we've got Chainsaw Man Vol. 9 featuring Briana Lawrence! Briana recently authored The Essential Manga Guide, which I highly recommend - it's super well-written, and the love Briana has for…
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Episode 6: DC Vs. Vampires #6 Starring Preeti Chhibber
Welcome to the sixth episode of Best Issue Ever! This episode's issue is DC Vs. Vampires #6 chosen by Preeti Chhibber! Preeti has written a ton of stuff! I first met her via her work at SYFY, where I also worked. She has written lots of comics and comic book tie-ins, so I'll direct you to her…
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Episode 5: Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #72 Starring Nathaniel Hubbard
Welcome to the fifth episode of Best Issue Ever! This episode's issue is Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #72, and it was chosen by my guest, Nathaniel Hubbard! Hub is the host of the podcast/s Titan Up the Defense and Champions of Digression alongside his brother Cory, as well as a few other pods...
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Episode 4: Fruits Basket #51 Starring K-Ming Chang
Welcome to this week's episode of Best Issue Ever! This one features K-Ming Chang, writer of Bestiary, Organ Meats, and, most recently, Cecilia through Coffeehouse Press. We're talking about Fruits Basket, a series that is totally new to me! K-Ming was also a guest on Bitches on Comics last year...
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