• Episode 35: Ice Witch #1 Starring Wi-Moto Nyoka
    Oct 22 2025

    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 Crespo. You can find it at Lockett Down Productions.

    This podcast is recorded in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This episode is edited by Kate Warner of the band Church Fire. 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/saracentury.

    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 @ sara-century.square.site.

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    1 hr and 37 mins
  • Episode 34: Savage Sword of Conan (2024) #1 Starring Oliver Brackenbury
    Oct 7 2025

    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 Brackenbury Books. You can follow Oliver's work via his website, or check out New Edge Sword & Sorcery, which bangs. Listen to Oliver's podcast So I'm Writing a Novel wherever you get podcasts.

    Oliver and some other very rad folks covered my Profane Altars story on their YouTube, very flattering experience. Watch here.

    This podcast is recorded in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This episode is edited by Kate Warner of the band Church Fire. 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/saracentury.

    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 @ sara-century.square.site.

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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • Episode 33: Showcase #78 Starring Nathanial Hubbard
    Sep 12 2025

    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 episode was about Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane, and it's great!

    In classic Hub fashion, he brings us a very odd, generally forgotten comic from yesteryear. That's Showcase #78, which was written by Marv Wolfman and Joe Gill, and features art by Jack Sparling.

    This podcast is recorded in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This episode is edited by Kate Warner of the band Church Fire. 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/saracentury.

    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 @ sara-century.square.site.

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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Episode 32: Marvel 2-in-1 Annual #7 Starring Matthew Jackson
    Aug 25 2025

    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 #303, which was written by Scott Lobdell, with art by Richard Bennett, Dan Green, and Joe Rosas, and letters by Chris Eliopoulous.

    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/saracentury.

    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 @ sara-century.square.site.

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Episode 31: Uncanny X-Men #303 Starring Anthony Oliveira
    Aug 11 2025

    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 more about here.

    Anthony brings us Uncanny X-Men #303, which was written by Scott Lobdell, with art by Richard Bennett, Dan Green, and Joe Rosas, and letters by Chris Eliopoulous.

    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/saracentury.

    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 @ sara-century.square.site.

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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • Episode 30: Spider-Man #61 Starring HarumScarum Cosplay
    Aug 3 2025

    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 Spider-Man #61, written by Howard Mackie, with art by Tom Lyle, Chris Ivy, and Kevin Tinsley, with letters by Richard Starkings and Comicraft.

    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/saracentury.

    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 @ sara-century.square.site.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Episode 29: Superman #416 Starring Nat Yonce
    Jul 16 2025

    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, with art by Curt Swan, Al Williamson, and Gene D’Angelo, with lettering by Ed King

    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/saracentury.

    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 @ sara-century.square.site.

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    3 hrs and 26 mins
  • Episode 28: Alpha Flight #21 Starring Daryl Lawrence
    Jun 12 2025

    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, written and drawn by John Byrne with inks by Bob Wiacek, colors by Andy Yanchus, and letters by Rick Parker.

    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/saracentury.

    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 @ sara-century.square.site.

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    1 hr and 29 mins