We go out to explore SPAAAAAAACE!! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:21:51 Right off the bat, we mention that the day this episode goes live, we're doing another live stream of the Sentinel Comics RPG! Come join us on our Twitch channel ! We then mention that our Patreon Collectors and Contributors can submit topics for August now. Check out this Patreon post about it! At the two minute and 45 second mark, Adam realizes what we should name this episode. And lo, that is what the episode is now named. Let i...
Jul 10, 2018•1 hr 22 min
First things first: we're not lawyers and no one should ever take our advice! That aside, we're gonna give advice anyway! Show Notes: Run Time: 57:15 We start off with a bunch of disclaimers, because boy howdy are we NOT lawyers. Then, we jump right into the lies. The questions begin at five and a half minutes in. Join us next week for an episode about EVERYTHING SPAAACE!!!
Jul 05, 2018•57 min
Diving deeply into 6 comic book issues! Run Time: Show Notes: 1:20:23 We start off by raving about a game we've been playing a lot lately... you'll just have to listen to find out! Then, once we get down to brass tacks, as they say, we talk about a bunch of other comic books before we can even get to Dark Watch #1. But then, we do! And wow are there some twists and turns! Around 47 minutes into the episode, we read your letters to you! On Thursday of this week, we've got another Extrasode coming...
Jul 03, 2018•1 hr 20 min
Another Editor's Note full of delightful things! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:15:55 Here's the schedule for July! Tuesday, July 3rd: Dark Watch Issues #1-6 Thursday, July 5th: Christopher & Adam Give Legal Advice Tuesday, July 10th: Captain Cosmic's Galactic Encyclopedia Tuesday, July 17th: Shipping: Love in the Multiverse Tuesday, July 24th: Greatest Legacy Radio Play Thursday, July 26th: Editor's Note #20 And a photo of the calendar on our wall! We go to your questions after 11 minutes in. Topi...
Jun 28, 2018•1 hr 16 min
An entirely new team of heroes! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:25:33 We start right in on the backstories of the heroes who will become the team Daybreak! Starting with: Rockstar Muse Headlong Aeon Girl Muerto Around 42 minutes in, we get to your questions! Lots of good questions about the characters. At an hour and 14 minutes in, we get a question that leads to talking about the Principles of each of the members of Daybreak. Another Sentinel Comics LIVE show today! Come watch us on our Twitch channel ...
Jun 26, 2018•1 hr 26 min
An episode about America's Newest Legacy! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:17:20 (Sorry about this one being 12 hours late - we ran into a technical issue this morning and had to do a bunch of extra work today to get this one up. Thanks for bearing with us, everyone!) We begin with the history of Pauline Parsons in Sentinel Comics, starting with her first appearance in the '50s! We go on from there through the rest of her appearances, and how her story - and the story of the Legacy line - change across t...
Jun 19, 2018•1 hr 17 min
An Extrasode about how story and mechanics work together in Sentinel Comics games! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:01:27 Another extrasode attended live by our Patreon Contributors! Do you want to be a part of our next live recording! Join us on the Letters Page Patreon ! We officially move on to the submitted questions around the 17 minute mark, though we answer a couple questions from the live chat before that. Finally, after we have talked about all manner of story and mechanics interactions, we talk...
Jun 14, 2018•2 hr 1 min
EXPLOSIONS! POUCHES! LOUD NOISES! It's time to get EXTREME!!! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:52:54 EXTREME! Today's episode is so ridiculously off the chain. There are also lots of actual chains. We tell a bunch of EXTREME stories. It gets BRUTAL. This isn't your DAD'S episode! Really, buckle in, kids - things are about to get WICKED SICK . In the first ten minutes of the episode, we knock out one of the most BADASS stories you've ever heard... and we're just getting started! We get to your TOTALLY BAD...
Jun 12, 2018•1 hr 53 min
How do the heroes and villains do what they do?! Let's dig into that! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:24:26 We start off with an overview section that's based on the character creation system from the upcoming Sentinel Comics RPG! We go through each of the "Power Sources" from that system and talk about how they relate to the rest of Sentinel Comics. Around 30 minutes in, we get to your questions, which end up being the bulk of the episode! This week, we're recording 3 episodes again, as Christopher is ...
Jun 05, 2018•1 hr 24 min
A birthday Editor's Note for Adam! Show Notes: Run Time:1:17:59 Schedule for June! Tuesday, June 5th: Superpower Sources Tuesday, June 12th: Xtreme-Verse! Thursday, June 14th: Extrasode - Story Meets Mechanics Tuesday, June 19th: Young Legacy Tuesday, June 26th: Daybreak Thursday, June 28th: Editor's Note #19 And here's the calendar of when we're recording episodes, and when those episodes will be released! Topics covered in this Editor's Note: NightMist's Book of Monsters NightMist's House Dark...
May 31, 2018•1 hr 18 min
A story of the Dawn! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:47:18 We get deep into a major story from the history of Sentinel Comics Right off the bat - after only a few minutes of tomfoolery - we kick off this whole event with the story of Freedom Five #595. Then, we dig into each and every issue of Freedom Five and the also the weekly limited series that are all part of the Sunrise event. Around an hour and 15 minutes in, we get to your questions. In a couple days, we'll release an Editor's Note with the upc...
May 29, 2018•1 hr 47 min
A world where the heroes are villains and the villains are heroes! Wacky! But then, these foes don't look so much "wacky" as they do "actually really evil"... Show Notes: Run Time: 1:40:37 We get right into it, which is good, because we have a lot to cover today! In the 3rd minute of the podcast, Adam claims that by 1988, the movie The Land Before Time had been released some time ago. Turns out, it was actually released November 18, 1988. So, pretty close! Then, we get into the Disparation stori...
May 22, 2018•1 hr 40 min
We create something without any preparation! Will we make a hero? A villain? An environment? Something else entirely? We don't know yet! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:47:26 We recorded this episode live with the help of our Patreon Contributors! The episode is much better than the live recording, as Trevor has cleaned up the audio and also cut a bunch of dead time when we were just reading the chat and things like that. Still, if you want, you can watch the live video here . Want to be a part of our f...
May 15, 2018•1 hr 47 min
Delving back into Disparation stories! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:15:06 Who are these people? Where do they come from? What is their story? Listen on to find out! After a few minutes of goofs and introductions, we get into the actual content of Disparation, Vol. 1, Issue 24 ! Just before the 38 minute mark, we get to your questions! This Friday, we'll be recording our "Behind the Scenes" episode, which will release next Tuesday. But for those of you on our Patreon , you'll get the video of the expe...
May 08, 2018•1 hr 15 min
"Il Alimento" Episode #192 Show Notes: Run Time: 1:18:30 Our fourth annual Pasta episode. Chef Adam and Chef Christopher discuss pasta sauces, vegetables in pasta, and address the gnocchi controversy. They also answer questions from Il Alimento subscribers, and even read a few celebrity chef letters. Eat well, my friends. “Under The Sun of Italy” by Rossano Gentili Various Spanish Guitar Riffs by SoundSeq Studio Bouzouki Music by Hamza Zeytinoglu “Christopher & Adam Reading Letters To You” c...
May 03, 2018•1 hr 18 min
We're back to the very beginning! Revisiting the Legacy story from our very first episode. (This art is the pencils Adam did in 2010 for Legacy which were then scanned in and inked and colored to make Legacy's first character card art! Adam will probably hate that I used this art, but it's good to see your roots.) Show Notes: Run Time: 1:28:45 We start off by talking about the weirdness that is this coming Thursday's Extrasode. Then, just before 6 minutes in, we finally get into the history of S...
May 01, 2018•1 hr 29 min
Another live-recorded Editor's Note! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:09:14 I'd recommend listening to the podcast over watching the video, as the audio quality is MUCH better, and Trevor does a great job with editing and producing. But here's the video! Upcoming Schedule: Tuesday, May 1st: Legacy Supplemental Thursday, May 3rd: Food Extrasode Tuesday, May 8th: Disparation: Freedom Five Tuesday, May 15th: Behind the Scenes Storytelling Tuesday, May 22nd: Disparation: Inverted Universe Thursday, May 24nd:...
Apr 26, 2018•1 hr 9 min
A whole book of creepy crawlies and the evil that lurks in the darkness! (No, not the book in that picture. A different book.) Show Notes: Run Time: 1:46:28 Lots of fun stories and mythology in this one! We start off with where this book shows up in the history of Sentinel Comics. Pretty quickly, we get to your questions! Just after 6 minutes in, we're already going into the Questions segment, and we use that to guide the stories from the Diamond Book of Monsters. And then, A bit after the 10 mi...
Apr 24, 2018•1 hr 46 min
Let's get animated! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:29:40 There is a lot of stuff in this episode! The first season of the SCAU (Sentinel Comics Animated Universe) is made up of 26 episodes and a movie, and we get into ALL of that! We talk about the episodes for over an hour, going pretty in-depth on many of them. At around an hour and 28 minutes, we start in on the movie. Then, at the one hour and 51 minute mark, we get to your questions. Also! A future section, about two hours and 21 minutes in! Votin...
Apr 17, 2018•2 hr 30 min
The dread scion! It only exists to exercise the will of OblivAeon! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:20:24 We start off with an overview of when and how Progeny first showed up in the pages of Sentinel Comics, starting with the Freedom Five book. Just before the 18 minute mark, we briefly get back into the debate of "does Progeny's head blasting off into space look cool." Spoilers: there is no real resolution to this argument. Just after 19 minutes in, we get to the Progeny origin story, which is told in ...
Apr 10, 2018•1 hr 20 min
The first ever Extrasode! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:14:54 These were intended to be for Patreon supporters only, but we polled them, and they voted overwhelmingly in favor of making them available to all Letters Page listeners! That said, we did record it live with interactions from our Contributors, and then shortly after recording it, we posted this video for Patreon backers, so they got it first! Now, the episode goes live for everyone! This Extrasode is probably more serious than most will be,...
Apr 05, 2018•2 hr 15 min
We're talking about these so familiar and yet so different heroes! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:21:26 Welcome to April, and a whole new format! The next 3 months will feature different types of episodes than what you're used to, but they're going to be great! Interested in having input in what we talk about? Check out our Patreon ! That's the best way to get involved in what we're doing here with the Letters Page. We jump around in time a bit to start off, but then! We actually lay out the history of...
Apr 03, 2018•1 hr 21 min
Our first ever live recorded Editor's Note! Here's the video ! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:07:42 OK, first thing first: the video quality is AWFUL. But! We're working with Trevor to make it better in the future! As we mention in the first few minutes, we didn't yet know the upcoming schedule when we recorded, but since then, the voting has concluded! Here is the final tabulation of all three polls combined: Progeny: 96 Legacy supplemental: 23 Story Arc: Trial of Baron Blade: 33 Animated Series Seaso...
Mar 29, 2018•1 hr 8 min
One of the most terrible villains of the Multiverse is here! Tremble before Grand Warlord Voss, Earthlings! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:13:34 We get right into it by talking about the first appearances of Thorathians in the history of Sentinel Comics. Then, we jump to the 60s to introduce Grand Warlord Voss himself! After that, the next divergence is talking about space stuff - the space race, space exploration, and the wonders of space as a genre, so to speak. Then, finally, we actually get to the ...
Mar 27, 2018•2 hr 13 min
A team that is sometimes extreme, but is always awesome. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:54:19 Our Patreon is running smoothly already, thanks to so many of you! As a result, this week, we'll be recording our upcoming Editor's Note LIVE for those of you at our Contributor level. Afterwards, the video will be posted for our supporters over on the Patreon. Anyway! Prime Wardens! We start off by digging into some of the specific dates of the history of Sentinel Comics - we use the historical landmarks of w...
Mar 20, 2018•1 hr 54 min
The long-awaited episode for one of the first heroes from Sentinel Comics! Show Notes: Run Time: 3:29:10 Our longest episode yet! It is astounding to me that an episode about one character ended up longer than our previous longest episode, the Southwest Sentinels/Void Guard episode, about 4 characters who make up two teams with major changes in there. But, then again, hardly surprising that Tempest takes so long to cover - really speaks to just how much is going on in the Tempest story. We cover...
Mar 13, 2018•3 hr 29 min
One way or another, all of these environments house some great power... let's talk about them! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:42:54 We dig into the last of the environments - they only sort of go together in this episode, but they're all important parts of Sentinel Comics! Insula Primalis Ruins of Atlantis Magmaria Fort Adamant Omnitron IV Lots of cool story bits for each of those places! Next week is the long-awaited Tempest episode! Get your questions in using the submission form by end of day Thursd...
Mar 06, 2018•1 hr 43 min
One of the most important heroes of Sentinel Comics is also one of its most terrible villains. Today, we cover the Fall of Legacy. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:50:40 In the first few minutes - after a bit of nonsensical side-tracking - we get right into the appearances of Iron Legacy in the history of Sentinel Comics. With that, we also tell some of the historical elements of the Young Legacy story, as that's a necessary part of the story setup. And then, things start getting really spread out. Good ...
Feb 27, 2018•1 hr 50 min
An Editor's Note about Time and Space! Run Time: 1:12:33 Upcoming Schedule: Tuesday, March 6th: More Settings: Insula Primalis, Ruins of Atlantis, Magmaria, Fort Adamant, Omnitron-IV Tuesday, March 13th: Tempest Tuesday, March 20th: Prime Wardens Tuesday, March 27th: Grand Warlord Voss Thursday, March 29th: Editor's Note #16 We cover two primary categories of topics in this episode: TIME and SPACE! Time Cataclysm Shattering of the Timelines Time travel CON Chrono-Ranger La Capitan Silver Gulch F...
Feb 22, 2018•1 hr 12 min
Lots of Fake News in this episode. Where is it all coming from? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:42:15 Let's go back to the 50s! This episode starts with story from very early on, and then works its way up through the end, slowly but surely. After fifteenish minutes of establishing backstory and world stuff and some goofs, we get into the villainous stuff. Then, we spend a bunch of time in the aughts! I don't want to spoil too much in the show notes - you'll just have to listen to find out what happens! ...
Feb 20, 2018•1 hr 42 min