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
November Volume 04: The Mess We're In
"This isn't a nightmare. This is the night. And I'm in a playground for monsters filled with monstrous things. I don't belong here."
This week, Mike and Alex are here to wrap up November by Matt Fraction and Elsa Charretier with Volume 4 The Mess We're In. The guys dive right into things, breaking down the ending and discussing how the various story threads converged in this final volume. They take a look at the three main characters and parse through their actions and examine how (and where) each of them ended up after the fact. Then the guys reflect on the story as a whole, how it was presented and told across these four volumes, and how the various storytelling decisions affected (both good and bad) their reading experience.
We hope you enjoyed diving deep into a different type of comic series this time around. We'll be back next week to kick off another great series!
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