The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba The Umbrella Academy Volume 01 Apocalypse Suite “Lacking in finesse, but… adequate. Can I interest you in destroying the world” In this week’s episode, Mike and Alex jump right into their discussion of Volume 1 of Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba’s The Umbrella Academy (The Umbrella […]
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“Do you still cling to such binary oppositions? Do you believe everything must be wholly real or wholly imagined?” In the Season 8 finale of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex talk about the apocalypse, aka The Unwritten Volumes 10 and 11 (issues 1-12 of The Unwritten: Apocalypse). How does it all end? What does it
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“They’re Fables from another place, another world. Stories told by stories made up by the stories to whom we are only stories.” In this penultimate episode of Season 8 of Stories Arcs, Mike and Alex dive head-first into the world of Fables and the crossover that isn’t really a crossover in The Unwritten Volume 9
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“But in the end– without story– without the ability to step sideways from fact into hypothesis– human life is untenable.” In this episode, Mike and Alex discuss how everything finally comes together in The Unwritten Volumes 7 and 8 (issues 36-49). Random details and story beats that have been sprinkled throughout the entire run thus
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“No honest man need fear cartoons.” In this episode, Mike and Alex get ready for war as they delve deeper into the world of The Unwritten with Volumes 5 and 6 (issues 25-35 plus 31.5-35.5). Finally, approximately halfway through the run, it feels like the story is on solid ground and it’s clear to both
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“Some symbols become more real than what they stand for. Like they’re part of a truth that’s beyond the regular kind of truth.” In this episode, Mike and Alex are back to discuss The Unwritten Volumes 3 and 4 (issues 13-24), where we finally start to get some clarity as to what exactly is going
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“Stories are the only thing worth dying for.” Welcome to The Unwritten and the magical world of Tommy Taylor, who is definitely not a total ripoff of that other orphan boy-turned-wizard savior you’re probably thinking of. In this first episode, Mike and Alex discuss Volumes 1 and 2 (issues 1-12) of Mike Carey and Peter
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The Unwritten by Mike Carey and Peter Gross Welcome to the most ambitious season of Stories Arcs to date! In this zero episode, Mike and Alex discuss the comics history of creators Mike Carey and Peter Gross and provide an introduction to their sprawling meta-fiction tale, The Unwritten. The guys touch on Carey and Gross’
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The Nightly News by Jonathan Hickman Mike and Alex have another one-shot deep dive lined up for discussion but before they do, they have a chat about the creative team behind that comic, The Nightly News from Image Comics- writer Jonathan Hickman, artist Jonathan Hickman, colorist Jonathan Hickman, letterer Jonathan Hickm… okay you get the
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The Seeds by Ann Nocenti and David Aja Creator Spotlight on Ann Nocenti and David Aja In this episode, Mike and Alex take a look at the creative team behind their next one-shot deep dive, The Seeds. They discuss the influential career of Karen Berger and the name-brand power she brought to Dark Horse with
