“Because they fear us, Tim-21. Because they were hurt and they wanted to hurt something back. Because they are human.” We’ve arrived at a brand new season of Storied Arcs and Mike and Alex are diving right into Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s space opera epic Descender Volumes 1 and 2, Tin Stars and Machine […]
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Intro to Descender/Ascender & Creator Spotlight: Dustin Nguyen For the next season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex are revisiting the works of Jeff Lemire (aka Mike’s literal favorite creator in comics) as they plan to dive head first into a pair of books by Lemire and superstar artist Dustin Nguyen, Descender and Ascender from
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“And what if I could make it so race would never be a part of the equation again? That the way the world views us would never rely on how much melanin our ancestors needed to protect themselves from the sun? I could make us all the same. I could make us better.” The final
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“You were always selfish. You rallied us together to stop him all those years ago because you were afraid of losing one life you treasured more than the whole. You convinced us that life was all about those little glories. The little loves. And we believed you. And here, you’ve done it again.” The end of the world,
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“So the fate of the world rests in the hands of the maniac who decided to end it with a weird picture of a sloth.” Storied Arcs is back with another great season as Mike and Alex get ready to talk about the end of the world three times over. First up is part one
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Season 18: Apocalyptic Trilogy (Memetic, Cognetic, Eugenic) by James Tynion IV and Eryk Donovan For the next season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex invite you to join them at the end of the world as they get ready to dive into the Apocalyptic Trilogy, a spiritual and thematic trilogy of comics from Boom Studios
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Season 17: Pluto by Naoki Urasawa & Takashi Nagasaki A manga? On an indie comics podcast? Don’t worry, we haven’t gone insane (yet.) This is great sci-fi, great detective/mystery, and great story-telling so we’re game! For this series, we cover Pluto by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki based on the original Astro Boy manga. Since
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In 2022, Mike was exploring the artist’s alley at the Cincinnati Comic Expo. There, he stumbled across the work of K. Lynn Smith. He made a Kierkegaardian leap of faith, purchased the omnibus edition of Plume, and got it signed. After thoroughly enjoying it, he passed it along to Alex who also loved it.
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Season 16: Plume by K. Lynn Smith Volumes 1 and 2 “My father once told me that revenge was like a plume of black smoke. It seems tangible… but when you reach for it… you’re grasping nothing but air.” In this first episode of the new season, Mike and Alex head to the Old West
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Season 15: Gospel by Will Morris Ver Ver was the cover artist for all five issues of Gospel. Ver is a resident of Edinburgh, Scotland, and is working on their debut graphic novel, The Wildercourt. The stunning covers for Gospel are all the contributions that we get from Ver on this project. We hope to
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