Sage and Braden Love Comics

Sage and Braden
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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!

  1. 09/07/2025

    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 about some movies, some other books, and some life stuff, as it were. Please note that we discuss spoilers for the first two movies (and the books too, of course, but that's why you're here anyway right?). Thanks for listening! 00:02:08 - Superman the movie! 00:08:55 - K-Pop Demon Hunters 00:12:40 - Sage is moving! 00:14:53 - Lee Knox Ostertag 00:15:58 - Baby Blue 00:46:33 - A Song for You and I 01:10:40 - How To Touch Grass on Kickstarter 01:13:11 - Strange the Dreamer 01:13:35 - The Weight 01:14:24 - Sage's single issues 01:16:13 - We Called them Giants 01:19:21 - The Sweetness Between Us follow-up Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Louie Zong⁠

    1h 24m

  2. 06/23/2025

    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 love story between a newly turned vampire girl and a newly diagnosed diabetic boy. What could go wrong? Also please note that in the opening topics Braden asks if the new Hunger Games movie (Sunrise on the Reaping) is called The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Sage incorrectly says that it is 🥀 01:24 - The Thunderbolts movie 03:17 - Andor!!! 05:18 - Hunger Games talk 09:05 - The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon 22:54 - The Sweetness Between us by Sarah Winifred Searle 41:59 - Other stuff we’re reading/want to read Music by Louie Zong https://louiezong.bandcamp.com

    54 min

  3. 02/23/2025

    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, and discuss the Marvel movie Kraven the Hunter which apparently came out in December? Who knew. Thanks for listening! 00:03:46 - Arcane 00:09:51 - Kraven 00:14:58 - Neil Gaiman (for the last time!) 00:19:52 - This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews 00:48:01 - Spinning by Tillie Walden 01:12:01 - Other comics we like! Music by ⁠⁠⁠Louie Zong

    1h 18m

  4. 10/28/2024

    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 additional queer horror comics you should check out for Halloween! 🎃 00:06:07 - Agatha All Along 00:07:42 - Deadpool & Wolverine 00:10:20 - The Penguin 00:15:01 - VTubers 00:22:21 - Good Omens 00:27:44 - Greg Capullo 00:34:25 - Bluesky 00:38:39 - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End 00:58:47 - Sugar 01:22:00 - Halloween reading recs 01:26:52 - ⁠Support Silver Sprocket!⁠ Music by ⁠⁠⁠Louie Zong⁠

    1h 33m
  5. Episode 18 - Flamer + Lumberjanes (ft. Mack W. Mani)

    08/28/2024

    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 summer camp are linked, what Mack’s been working on, and of course that sweet sweet discourse. 00:02:34 - Talking about movies we haven't seen lol 00:15:38 - Eric Gritter's interesting new publishing company and Colin Kaepernick's much less interesting "publishing" company 00:21:09 - Summer camp! 00:27:57 - Flamer by Mike Curato 00:45:28 - Lumberjanes by ND Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Faith Erin Hicks, Gus Allen, Brittney Williams, Aimee Fleck, Faith Erin Hicks, Becca Tobin, Casey Nowak, AnneMarie Rogers, Felicia Choo, T. Zysk, Aubrey Aiese, Maarta Laiho, Dafna Pleban, and Bones Leopard. 00:58:23 - Camp Yuggoth by Mack W. Mani! 01:00:21 - Other books we've been reading and Summer Camp faves 01:06:17 - "Coming Out" - a stop motion short about a trans kid. Find Mack's work at mackwmani.wordpress.com! Music by ⁠⁠Louie Zong

    1h 16m

  6. 08/04/2024

    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 remember, Godzilla is for everyone. 
 00:45 - Robert freakin' Downey gosh-dang Junior 05:21 - The Eisners 08:25 - Neil Gaiman allegations 16:28 - Mimosa by Archie Bongiovanni *SPOILERS* 33:19 - Bunt! Striking out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu, Mad Rupert, and K Czap *SPOILERS* 44:58 - Other things we've been reading and wrapping up Music by ⁠Louie Zong

    51 min

  7. 07/01/2024

    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 around and remember, comics are for everyone. 01:21 - Where we've been 04:47 - Shows we've been watching 17:10 - Discourse! 22:20 - Girl Juice 31:15 - Sage's other picks 33:51 - Stages of Rot 37:47 - Ultimate Universe Marvel Reboot 45:52 - I Heart Skull-Crusher! 49:01 - Marvel movies... 54:54 - Where to find us Music by Louie Zong

    58 min

  8. 02/16/2023

    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 like “do you believe in love at first sight?” and “if you found a baby in the woods at the same time as a hot stranger would you buy a house together and raise the baby?” Get ready for romance!  Black History Month - 2:23  Current movies & TV shows we’re watching - 5:38  Big Poison Ivy news!!! - 12:10  Lore Olympus - 15:06  Life of Melody - 36:59  Additional recs for current ongoing series - 56:18  Music by Louie Zong (https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/)

    1h 7m
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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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  • Creator
    Sage and Braden
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Sage and Braden
  • Show Website
    Sage and Braden Love Comics