Storied Arcs
Welcome to Storied Arcs! A read-along deep dive into comics, one story arc at a time...
In each episode, we will discuss one story arc, typically in the form of a trade paperback, for a completed comic series. In general, we will be avoiding ongoing or continuing series so that we can discuss a work in its entirety.
We’ll also be avoiding the “big two” (Marvel and DC.) While we love those comics, there are plenty of podcasts covering characters like Batman, Superman, Spiderman, and so on. Instead, we’re excited to explore some of the great creator-owned stories. We’ll deep dive into the story while evaluating the prose, art, and all the easter eggs we can find.
Learn more at www.storiedarcs.com
Episodes
155 episodes
Top 10 Volume 1
"Listen, I got a call for you and Slinger. Irma and Li are at Seventh and Macaroni handling some kind of psychokinetic Santa."Welcome to a new season of Storied Arcs, and Mike and Alex are here to dive into Alan Moore, Gene Ha, and Zande...
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Season 37
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Episode 2
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1:13:48
Intro to Top 10 & Creator Spotlight: Alan Moore, Gene Ha, Zander Cannon, and Todd Klein
For this season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex will be tackling the critically-acclaimed, multi-dimensional police procedural comic Top 10 (issues #1-12 of the original series only) from America's Best Comics (aka Wildstorm aka DC) by Alan Moor...
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Season 37
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Episode 1
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1:01:03
Creator Interview: Helena Masellis
This week, Mike and Alex have the good fortune to be joined by another incredible member of the Deep Cuts team, all the way from Italy, artist Helena Masellis! Helena starts by describing the comic scene she was exposed to growing up in Brazil,...
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Season 36
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Episode 4
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1:01:45
Creator Interview: Joe Clark
In this week's episode, Mike and Alex are elated to be joined by Joe Clark, one of the co-writers/creators of Deep Cuts! Joe starts off by giving his origin story, both in comics and in music, and tells us how the meeting of those two things in...
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Season 36
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Episode 3
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1:44:47
Deep Cuts
"Jazz, America's music, was born from a combination of uptown and downtown, of high art and low places. Now, it combines the free, the electronic, the spiritual, the revolutionary, the ancient, the immediate."In this week's discussion, M...
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Season 36
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Episode 2
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1:49:40
Intro to Deep Cuts & Creator Spotlight: Kyle Higgins, Joe Clark, et al
For this season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex dive into the beautiful chaos that is jazz as they get ready to discuss Deep Cuts from Image Comics by co-writers Kyle Higgins and Joe Clark along with a litany of incredible artists. A different a...
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Season 36
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Episode 1
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1:15:08
Creator Interview: Matthew Erman
This week, Mike and Alex are super stoked to be joined by Matthew Erman, one of the co-writers/creators of Golgotha Motor Mountain! Matthew first gives his comic origin story before diving head first into the entire publishing saga (and that mi...
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Season 35
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Episode 3
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1:17:54
Golgotha Motor Mountain
"Grief is the ether-like fumes of memory evaporating into nothingness. But from nothing, things can appear. From the void and blackness, magic can arrive."In this one-shot episode, Mike and Alex travel to the backwoods of Kentucky to dis...
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Season 35
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Episode 2
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1:27:08
Intro to Golgotha Motor Mountain & Creator Spotlight: IDW Publishing, Matthew Erman, Lonnie Nadler, Robbi Rodriguez, Marissa Louise, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
In this new season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex are diving into a one-shot discussion about Golgotha Motor Mountain from IDW Publishing by Matthew Erman, Lonnie Nadler, and Robbi Rodriguez. They first give a little history about IDW (a publis...
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Season 35
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Episode 1
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1:14:40
Everything Volume 2: Black Friday
"Can’t paint on a smile and expect it to work, ya know?” This week, Mike and Alex break down the mind-bendy conclusion to Christopher Cantwell and I.N.J. Culbard's Everything from Dark Horse Comics and Berger Books with Volume 2: Bl...
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Season 34
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Episode 3
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1:16:48
Everything Volume 1: Grand Opening
"I just... I just want to be happy. Or at least... happy with being sad."Welcome to Everything! Mike and Alex are ready to start a new season of Storied Arcs by wandering the aisles of Everything Volume 1: Grand Opening (issue...
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Season 34
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Episode 2
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1:03:42
Intro to Everything & Creator Spotlight on Christopher Cantwell & I.N.J Culbard
For this season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex are talking about Everything. Well, not everything everything, but Everything by Christopher Cantwell and I.N.J. Culbard from Dark Horse Comics and Berger Books. The guys give a quick rund...
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Season 34
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Episode 1
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54:30
Daytripper by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá
"Only when you accept that one day you'll die can you let you and make the best out of life. And that's the big secret. That's the miracle."Mike and Alex are closing out Death Month with a comic that's been on their to-discuss list sinc...
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Season 33
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Episode 5
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1:24:44
I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly and JM Ken Niimura
"All things that live, die. This is why you must find joy in the living, while the time is yours, and not fear the end. To deny this is to deny life. TO fear this... is to fear life."Death Month rolls on as Mike and Alex face down monst...
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Season 33
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Episode 4
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1:23:53
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade
"Who is to say exactly how things end? If there is one thing we have learned, it is that life's endings are bereft of answers."Welcome to Week 2 of Death Month, where Mike and Alex head to Mumbai (in a storytelling sense) to discuss Ram...
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Season 33
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Episode 3
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1:17:48
Swan Songs by W. Maxwell Prince et al.
"The fact that we know things will end actually presents each of us with an amazing choice: What will you do with the limited time you get on this spinning rock?"To kick off Death Month, Mike and Alex are looking ...
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Season 33
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Episode 2
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1:39:53
Intro to Death Month: Swan Songs, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, I Kill Giants, Daytripper and their creative teams
Welcome to a new season (and year!) of the Storied Arcs podcast! Mike and Alex have returned with another theme month- DEATH. Or dying. But, living. Or ending. But, continuing on. It’s kinda all the same thing. Every story about death is really...
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Season 33
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Episode 1
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45:53
Crowded Volume 03 Cutting-Edge Desolation
"It became this giant spectacle. The more attention it got, the more money it raised. Because it dumb or funny or stupid. Who cares why. People wanted in."This week, Mike and Alex wrap up their look at Crowded by Christopher Sebela, Ro ...
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Season 32
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Episode 4
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1:08:46
Crowded Volume 02 Glitter Dystopia
"Charlie, from what I've seen in the last four days, the fact that he knows you doesn't mean he's not gonna try to kill you."In this episode, the action heats up in Crowded Volume 2: Glitter Dystopia (issues #7-12) by Christopher Sebela...
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Season 32
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Episode 3
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1:01:49
Crowded Volume 01 Soft Apocalypse
"You Just pretend to be people's friends. You don't have feelings. I didn't start the campaign, but I wish I could thank whoever did. You deserve this."Mike and Alex are here to kick off a new season of Stories Arcs by d...
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Season 32
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Episode 2
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1:24:48
Intro to Crowded & Creator Spotlight: Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, and Ted Brandt
On this season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex are backing the campaign for Crowded from Image Comics by writer Christopher Sebela and the art team of Ro Stein and Ted Brandt. The guys start with a quick synopsis for the comic (crowded funded as...
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Season 32
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Episode 1
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53:48
Time Before Time Volumes 05 & 06
"And when it comes down to it, really, time is all we have. And it doesn't matter how long you live if you're not spending it the way you want."This week, Mike and Alex are here to wrap up their discussion of Time Before Time fro...
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Season 31
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Episode 4
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1:29:29
Time Before Time Volumes 03 & 04
"I really thought things were going to be better when we came back here. Maybe the world's just cruel no matter what time you're in, though."Mike and Alex are here to continue their trip through time and space with Image Comics' ...
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Season 31
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Episode 3
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1:18:01
Time Before Time Volumes 01 & 02
"Well, let me put it this way... if the past could be changed, do you really think the world would be like this?"It's been a while since Mike and Alex have tackled time travel (you have to go all the way back to the very first ...
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Season 31
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Episode 2
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1:13:15
Intro to Time Before Time & Creator Spotlight: Declan Shalvey, Rory McConville, and Joe Palmer
Welcome to another season of Storied Arcs! This go-round, Mike and Alex are ready to tackle time travel paradoxes head on as they dive into Time Before Time from Image Comics from Declan Shalvey, Rory McConville, and Joe Palmer. The guys start ...
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Season 31
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Episode 1
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1:02:19
