About this podcast
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
The newest 20 of 236 episodes
- Shutter Volume 02: Way of the World · 1 h 1 min · Season 56 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail "Maybe I'm better broken. Left in disrepair. Who I was didn't work out well for anybody after all." This week on Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex continue their deep…
- Shutter Volume 01: Wanderlost · 1 h 21 min · Season 56 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail "The future is yours to decide, and I can't wait to see it." Welcome to a new season of Storied Arcs! This go-round, Mike and Alex are diving into Shutter by Joe…
- Intro to Shutter & Creator Spotlight: Joe Keatinge and Leila del Duca · 43 min · Season 56 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail This week on Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex get you prepped for their next deep dive comic, Shutter by writer Joe Keatinge and artist Leila del Duca from Image…
- Creator Interview: Zack Kaplan · 1 h 8 min · Season 55 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail This week, Mike and Alex are honored to be joined by writer Zack Kaplan for an exclusive sit-down to talk all things comics! They start by diving deep into…
- Masterminds · 1 h 21 min · Season 55 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail "You were so excited to get ahead... you didn't even look where we were going." On this week's one-shot episode of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex try and level up…
- Intro to Masterminds & Creator Spotlight: Stephen Thompson and Thiago Rocha · 23 min · Season 55 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail In this one-shot season of Stories Arcs, Mike and Alex are jumping briefly back into the world of tech and gaming to discuss Masterminds by Zack Kaplan and…
- Rogues' Gallery by Hannah Rose May, Declan Shalvey, and Justin Mason · 1 h 19 min · Season 54 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail "The Red Rogue was never real... but I am." Mike and Alex wrap up Fandom Culture Month with the most extreme of the titles they've chosen, Rogues' Gallery by…
- Parasocial by Alex de Campi and Erica Henderson · 1 h 17 min · Season 54 Episode 4Send us Fan Mail "I pretend to be your friend... just like I pretend to be a robot assassin or any other role. And in return, you pretend I'm a better person then I am." For this…
- Con & On by Paul Cornell and Marika Cresta · 1 h 27 min · Season 54 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail "What we do is all that's important. In the end, any life, any culture, any convention-- it's just people." On this episode of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex take a…
- The Long Con by Dylan Meconis, Ben Coleman, and EA Denich · 1 h 32 min · Season 54 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail "I love the smell of Con in the morning. It smells like... better than it will in the afternoon." Welcome to Fandom Month! To kick things off, Mike and Alex are…
- Intro to Fandom Month: The Long Con, Con & On, Parasocial, Rogues' Gallery, and their creative teams · 1 h 6 min · Season 54 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail On this season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex are diving back into a theme month, this time covering a topic that hits fairly close to home: Fandom. Conventions…
- The Manhattan Projects Vol. 6: The Sun Beyond The Stars · 1 h 4 min · Season 53 Episode 7Send us Fan Mail "It's space. There are, like, a billion ways for the universe to screw us." On this week's Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex reach the actual end of Jonathan Hickman…
- The Manhattan Projects Vol. 5: The Cold War · 1 h 23 min · Season 53 Episode 6Send us Fan Mail "Does abandoning society- humanity- for science make you a sociopath? Was I better than the other because I could still ask such a question? Should I even ask…
- The Manhattan Projects Vol. 4: The Four Disciplines · 1 h 5 min · Season 53 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail "But I think it's time for something new- truly radical thoughts. To ze underbelly of what we call science- into ze abyss and out towards ze unknown." Mike and…
- The Manhattan Projects Volume 3: Building · 1 h 1 min · Season 53 Episode 4Send us Fan Mail "It seems, in winning, that we have become afflicted with ze malady called responsibility." This week on Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex continue their exploration…
- The Manhattan Projects Volume 2: They Rule · 1 h 16 min · Season 53 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail "Wait... so we now have unlimited funding to try and discover how to do things we've already discovered how to do." This week on Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex…
- The Manhattan Projects Volume 1: Science Bad · 1 h 26 min · Season 53 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail "Most people cannot tell ze difference between a genius and just ze highly intelligent." Kicking off this new season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex crack open…
- Intro to The Manhattan Projects & Creator Spotlight: Nick Pitarra and Jordie Belaire · 38 min · Season 53 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail On this season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex are exploring the limits of science and morality as they get ready to cover The Manhattan Projects by Jonathan…
- Creator Interview: Joe Henderson · 1 h 25 min · Season 52 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail This week, Mike and Alex are stoked to be joined by the writer and co-creator of Skyward and Shadecraft, Joe Henderson! They start with Joe's comic book origin…
- Shadecraft · 1 h 9 min · Season 52 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail "So you're saying, to use it, I need to control my negative emotions? You know I'm a teenager, right?" This week on Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex make a quick…
