Sage and Braden Love Comics
by Sage and Braden
A podcast covering comics by women, LGBTQ+, and nonbinary writers and artists. Sage and Braden worked at a comic shop together and want to share their love of comics with you! They each pick a book for every episode and chat about it - along with whatever else may be happening in the comics world. Remember - comics are for everyone!
Episodes
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Episode 23 - Noodle & Bao + Witchblood
In this episode (which we recorded way back in June!) we discuss Noodle & Bao by Shaina Lu and Witchblood by Matthew Erman and Lisa Sterle with colors by Gab Contreras and letters by Andworld. 00:06:34 - Thunderbolts movie 00:13:11 - Short Run Comix Festival 00:15:58 - Dark Horse Comics Union...
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Episode 22 - Baby Blue + A Song for You and I
This episode we discuss Baby Blue by Swedish creator Bim Eriksson (translated to English by Melissa Bowers) - a lesbian love story in the wake of a fascist regime *cough cough* and A Song for You and I by K. O'Neill - a gorgeous pastoral graphic novel about courage and identity. We also talk…
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Episode 21 - The Archive Undying + The Sweetness Between Us
Welcome back! This episode Braden breaks the rules (kind of?) and covers the not-a-comic book The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon, a queer trippy sci-fi novel. And Sage (who never breaks the rules and is always right) covers the graphic novel The Sweetness Between Us by S.W. Searle, a sugary...
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Episode 20 - This Was Our Pact + Spinning
This episode we’re covering Spinning by Tillie Walden and This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews. They’re both big chunky graphic novels with wintery vibes that are great for cozying up with while we get through the last trudges of February ❄️ We also talk about current shows and comics we are into…
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Episode 19 - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End + Sugar
Happy spooky season! 👻 This month we’re covering the fantasy manga Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Abe Tsukasa and Kanehito Yamada and Sugar by Joy San, an anthological collection of short horror stories. We also go over some current TV shows, comics industry drama (or the lack thereof), and...
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Episode 18 - Flamer + Lumberjanes (ft. Mack W. Mani)
Well folks, summer is coming to an end once more. So as a last sunshiney hoorah we are talking about two queer summer camp comics with our first ever guest - Portland based “author, poet, and homosexual” Mack W. Mani! In addition to diving into our two books we also discuss the ways queerness and...
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Episode 17 - Mimosa + Bunt!
This month we’re covering Mimosa, slice of life comic about queers in their 30s, and Bunt!, a comic about softball, college, and how to look at someone in a gay way. We also discuss current discourse including *that* MCU character reveal and the Neil Gaiman allegations. Thanks for listening! And...
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Episode 16 - Girl Juice + Stages of Rot and more!
We're back (again) and we still love comics (most of the time). This month we're letting y'all know what we've been up to the last *checks watch* year and a half, talking about TV shows and the current comics discourse™ and, of course, diving into what we've been reading. Thanks for sticking…
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Episode 15 - Lore Olympus + Life of Melody
Oh my gosh - it’s our two year podcast anniversary! Oh and it’s also Valentine’s Day (or close enough to it) To celebrate we have two books about looooove 💕 We’re talking about Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe and Life of Melody by Mari Costa. In our discussion we also ask the age old questions…
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Episode 14 - The Weird and Messy One - Bolero + Princess Knight and more!
Whoops! We read a book that Brandon Graham worked on. So yeah, Messy comma Weird is how we're kicking off 2023. But we dig into plenty of other books along with our usual updates on what we've been up, and wrap up with some highlights from 2022! 17:20 - Bolero by Luana Vecchio and Wyatt Kennedy...
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Episode 13 - Low Low Woods + Be Kind, My Neighbor and more!
For Halloween we've got spooky shenanigans (sort of) AND comics to cover this episode! Our big recommendations are Low Low Woods and Be Kind, My Neighbor which both feature great, weird, queer horror stories. But if that's still somehow not enough for you then we got plenty of other cool books on...
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Episode 12 - Boys Run the Riot + Blackwater
This episode we're covering Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku and Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo and Ren Graham but first we catch up on some of the many TV shows we've been watching. We'll wrap things up with some recent comics we've been enjoying along with some recommendations for books to check...
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Episode 11 - Everything is Awful and We Still Love Comics - Heartstopper + Past the Last Mountain
We're back after an unexpectedly long hiatus, but we have been reading comics and it's time we we finally talked about them along with some of the cool shows we've been watching/becoming obsessed with! (As well as what comics we think Eddie Munson would read) We won't be going into quite as much...
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Coming Back Bonus Episode
Bonus time again! We received an early review copy of Coming Back, a lovely fantasy graphic novel by Jessi Zabarsky that we loved so we had a quick chat about the book that you get to listen to now! We will be discussing entire plot of the book so be aware of spoilers if you haven't read it yet.
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Episode 10 - Eat, and Love Yourself + Catboy
We're back and ready to get the new year started with Eat, and Love Yourself by Sweeney Boo with colors by Joana Lafuente and letters by David Hopkins and Catboy by Benji Nate! 2:05 - Kickstarter 08:02 - Eat, and Love Yourself (Content warning - disordered eating, body dysmorphia) National Eating...
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2021 Highlights Bonus Episode
A quick end-of-the-year bonus episode for ya'll where we review some of our greatest comics hits of 2021! Happy Holidays!
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Episode 09 - Girl Haven + Squad
In this episode get into some queer fantasy and teen horror as we discuss Girl Haven written by Lilah Sturges, illustrated by Meaghan Carter, and lettered by Joamette Gil and Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle. We also discuss the workers of Image unionizing, Hawkeye, and of course our...
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Episode 08 - Snapdragon + Witchlight
Just in time for Halloween, we've got two great graphic novels about witches to cover! First up is Snapdragon by Kat Leyh followed by Witchlight by Jessi Zabarsky with colors by Geov Chouteau. 03:04 - Return of Saga 06:25 - Paper shortage 10:12 - Venom facts 12:40 - Snapdragon 33:13 - Witchlight...
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Episode 07 - Ms Marvel: No Normal + Jessica Jones: Blind Spot
Sage and Braden are back again to talk about comics, some of the latest discourse, What If..? and more! First up is Ms. Marvel volume 01 Written by G Willow Wilson, drawn by Adrian Alphona with colors by Ian Herring and letters by Joe Caramagna featuring the origin of Kamala Khan's tenure as the...
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Episode 06 - The Girl from the Sea + Poison Ivy: Thorns
In this episode we discuss The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag with colors by Maarta Laiho and Poison Ivy Thorns by Kody Keplinger Kipin and Sara Kipin. We will be discussing SPOILERS for these books and also the Black Widow movie. 3:37 - Black Widow movie 6:39 - Sandman TV show 13:24 -...
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Episode 05 - Taproot + Pilu of the Woods
We go a little long this episode as there's been a lot to talk about in the Comic book world lately, but stick around for our thoughts on our two lovely picks, Taproot by Keezy Young with lettering by AW's Tom Napolitano and Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen. Both perfect for some outdoor…
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Episode 04 - Amethyst + O Human Star
We're back this episode to discuss Amy Reeder's take on Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld from DC Comics and the queer sci-fi/romance O Human Star by Blue Delliquanti. Also Braden got a new front door, Sage is excited for the Netflix adaptation of Lady Killer, and some other comics we've been loving...
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Episode 03 - Monstress + Bloom
For our third episode we discuss Monstress by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda, and Rus Wooton along with Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau. We also discuss Falcon and Winter Soldier, that NFT drama, and give our additional recs for new comics coming out! 0:45-10:00 - Falcon and Winter…
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Episode 02 - As the Crow Flies + Jughead
For our second episode, we dive into As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman and Jughead by Chip Zdarsky and Erica Henderson. Keep an ear out for Braden's Digimon obsession and Sage's kitchen fire as well! Music is: "at last, a piano" by Louie Zong from the album Sights....
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Episode 01 - Our Favorite Comics (Teen Dog + I Kill Giants)
We kick off our debut episode with each of our favorite comics, Teen Dog by Jake Lawrence and I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly and Ken Niimura! We also chat for a bit about WandaVision because why the heck not? Music is: "at last, a piano" by Louie Zong from the album Sights....
About this show
A podcast covering comics by women, LGBTQ+, and nonbinary writers and artists. Sage and Braden worked at a comic shop together and want to share their love of comics with you! They each pick a book for every episode and chat about it - along with whatever else may be happening in the comics world. Remember - comics are for everyone!
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