Sage and Braden Love Comics

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 about some movies, some other books, and some life stuff, as it were. Please note that we discuss spoil...

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 love story between a newly turned vampire girl and a newly diagnosed diabetic boy. What could go wrong...

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, and discuss the Marvel movie Kraven the Hunter which apparently came out in December? Who knew. Thanks f...

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 additional queer horror comics you should check out for Halloween! 🎃 00:06:07 - Agatha All Along 00:07:4...

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 summer camp are linked, what Mack’s been working on, and of course that sweet sweet discourse. 00:02:3...

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 remember, Godzilla is for everyone. 
 00:45 - Robert freakin' Downey gosh-dang Junior 05:21 - The Eisne...

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 around and remember, comics are for everyone. 01:21 - Where we've been 04:47 - Show...

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 like “do you believe in love at first sight?” and “if you found a baby in the woods at the same time as a...

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 38:13 - Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman 44:56 - Princess Knight by Osamu Tez...

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 the brain right now that you should check out. Big SPOILER warning for our main two books in particula...

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 out during Hispanic Heritage Month. We had a lot to talk about so buckle up!

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 plot details about the books we cover so we're only giving a warning for ** LIGHT SPOILERS **. Nothing...

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.

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 Disorders Association Helpline : 1-800-931-2237 31:34 - Catboy Benji Nate's Threadless store 47:...

A quick end-of-the-year bonus episode for ya'll where we review some of our greatest comics hits of 2021! Happy Holidays!

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 recent faves. 00:35 - Image workers union (Comic Book Workers United) 06:04 - Hawkeye 11:09 - Girl Haven...

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 57:36 - Cool witch comics and recent recommendations

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 new Ms. Marvel! And second is Jessica Jones: Blindspot, Written by Kelly Thompson, drawn by Mattia De I...

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 - The Girl from the Sea  36:16 - Poison Ivy: Thorns  1:04:44 - Our current co...

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 reading or gardening inspiration! 1:58 - Comics discourse 8:31 - The Eisner Awards 16:02 - Loki 23:37 - Tapro...

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 lately include Proctor Valley Road, The Silver Coin, and Children of the Atom. 6:51 - Amethyst 30:59 -...

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 Soldier 10:02-14:30 - NFTs 14:42-36:38 - Monstress 36:45-53:28 - Bloom Music is: "at last, a piano" by Louie...

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. (louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/sights)

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. (louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/sights)