2022 Zenescope Staff Faves
, by Sarah Houghton, 11 min reading time
, by Sarah Houghton, 11 min reading time
Happy Valentine’s Day to you, dear readers!! I am here today to share the love with all of you, who make our community so special. Also here to announce the winner of last week’s raffle for the Sleeping Beauty bundle, so lets get to it! (Big thanks to everyone who entered, and keep your eyes peeled for another raffle in March.)
Congratulations Khang on winning the bundle - I’ll get it mailed out to you asap!
And while we're on the topic of love, thought it might be fun to share Zenescope Staff Faves for 2022? We spent hours compiling and analyzing the Z-Team’s favorite releases using brand new, state of the art technology dubbed “The Zenometer 3000”. JK, we did it the old fashioned way - everyone very kindly emailed me their selections.
I look forward reading these types of year-in-review lists and would certainly not object if any of you want to share your 2022 Faves in comments!! 😍
Jason’s Picks:
Casey’s Picks:
Noah’s Picks:
“2022 came and went and I'm still trying to figure out where it's gone.” - Noah Mitchell, 2023
Di’s Picks
Ashley’s Picks
Mark’s Picks
Sarah’s Picks
And now for a quick break from Zenescope-related content to introduce a new semi-regular feature I’m calling Sally Oop’s Hoops Scoop. My alter-ego is an NBA reporter breaking stories all day, but about NBA stories only relevant to me like, “How much longer until Sally Oop forgives Kawhi for betraying the Spurs? Come on, it’s been almost 5 years.” Hint: I WILL NEVER FORGIVE KAWHI. My heart is permanently broken, and “Curse You, Kawhi” is going on my tombstone.
But this is actually, kind of, a for-real major NBA story, because how often does someone break an unbreakable record? Kareem’s 38,390 points was out of reach for 40 years, and there are honestly so many mind-bogglers to LeBron’s ascendance as the new All-Time Scoring Leader. He did it in 150 fewer games! And on Taco Tuesday! What is his final points total going to be? Oh, and he’s also #4 all-time for Assists? How can we still be talking about peak-LeBron 20 years into his career? I guess he’s decent at basketball is what I’m saying. /NBAcontent
Sooooo, please share everything from 2022 that YOU loved in comments - doesn't have to be Zenescope-related. Books, movies, podcasts, heck, even vacations or family memories... I would LOVE to hear it all!!!
NEXT WEEK: My thoughts on February Movie Club film Drive, Zenescope's convention calendar for 2023, and we rank the Hunks of 2022 Movie Club films.
Favorite Zenescope Exclusive Cover: Gretel: Bloody Mary. By Ian Macdonald Favorite Zenescope Single Issue Cover: Belle vs. The Black Knight. Cover by Igor Vitorino Grostieta. I love Belle. (I really hope Black Knight and Iron Maiden get more issues.) Favorite Movie: Glass Onion: Knives out. Favorite TV Show: All Elite Wrestling Favorite Album: Physical Graffiti: Led Zeppelin. Favorite Song: Other Side: Red Sun Rising Favorite Book: The Sound and The Fury by William Faulkner (using the Mystere metal bookmark). I love all the stories you all work on and the creative artwork. Fan for life.
Woot, excited to win the raffle from the first blog, thanks again! Funny you mentioned basketball, I was at the Warriors game last night against the Wizards, what a fun game.