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
Creator Interview: Joshua Hale Fialkov
This week, Mike and Alex are thrilled to be joined by writer and co-creator of The Bunker, Joshua Hale Fialkov! They start with the origin of The Bunker and how the idea came to be, from the initial germ of a story idea to how Joshua linked up with Joe Infurnari. Joshua then takes up deep into the business and commerce side of comics, discussing how his initial experiences working at DC and Marvel led him and Joe to self publish The Bunker digitally at first before finding a home at Oni Press, and how circumstances eventually lead him away from writing comics and into working in television for several years (he also answers our question about the placement of issue #10 in Volume 3). He lets us in on the many attempts at making a Bunker television adaptation, and how each of those (failed) attempts would have related to and affected the comic. It's a fascinating look at the way one story could been woven and told across different media. Finally, Joshua gives his thoughts on The Bunker a decade-plus on, and how its themes and ideas fit into the world today and inform the work he's doing currently as a teacher. We can't thank Joshua enough for being so generous with his time!
You can follow Joshua at his website as well as on Instagram and Bluesky.
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