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.
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Storied Arcs
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, Mike and Alex jump right into Deep Cuts by co-writers Kyle Higgins and Joe Clark and a stable of brilliant artists from Image Comics. In a break from the usual, the guys (mostly-ish) go through the book issue to issue, touching on the era of jazz each issue covers and highlighting each issue's artist (shout out Danilo Beyruth, Helena Marsellis, Diego Greco, Ramon Perez, Juni Ba, and Toby Cypress). They go deep into the use of color throughout the comic and marvel at colorist Igor Monti's work, bridging themes and ideas across six very different art styles. Finally, the guys look at all the ways this anthology weaves itself into one story and discuss why for this particular book, acknowledging those connections within the structure story was important to the overall meaning of the comic.
We hope this comic encourages some of you to take a deeper dive into one or more eras of jazz, as Deeps Cuts, despite the title, can only really scratch the surface. We have another special episode coming your way soon, so stay tuned and we'll see you back here next week!
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