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
204 episodes
Manifest Destiny Volumes 05 & 06
"If we have learned nothing on this journey, it is the fact that we know nothing. What the next danger will be, or where it will come from."Mike and Alex are back this week to continue their trek through Chris Dingess and Matthew Roberts...
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Season 49
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Episode 4
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1:07:07
Preview of Lexington Comic & Toy Convention 2026
Mike and Alex hop on the mic to discuss a preview of one of their favorite comic events of the year: Lexington Comic & Toy Convention in Lexington, KY. It approaches this weekend. Listen to this episode to hear a little history of our exper...
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1:06:18
Manifest Destiny Volumes 03 & 04
"There is vast land out there, but it is deadly. And we can't destroy that danger. Only Navath, Keeper of the Realms, can. But we must pay. Make a sacrifice."This week, Mike and Alex continue their journey west with Chris Dingess and Mat...
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Season 49
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Episode 3
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1:08:59
Manifest Destiny Volumes 01 & 02
"Men are braced for action. Surely we will encounter the creatures spoken of by President Jefferson when he wisely commissioned this mission."Welcome to the latest season of Storied Arcs! This week, Mike and Alex begin their trek westwar...
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Season 49
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Episode 2
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1:11:40
Intro to Manifest Destiny & Creator Spotlight: Chris Dingess and Matthew Roberts
For the next season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex will heading into the western frontier as they tackle Manifest Destiny by Chris Dingess and Matthew Roberts from Image Comics/Skybound. They guys give a spoiler-free pitch for the comic (aside ...
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Season 49
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Episode 1
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38:14
The Fade Out Volume 3: Act Three
"I don't care if we win... I just want them to lose."This week on Stories Arcs, Mike and Alex finish up their deep dive into The Fade Out by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips from Image Comics with Volume 3: Act Three (issues #9-12). They st...
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Season 48
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Episode 4
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1:15:38
The Fade Out Volume 2: Act Two
"Charlie's just a moth who figured out how to get closer to the flame. But Maya, and people like her, they did him one better... they figured out how to be the flame, instead."This week on Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex continue thei...
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Season 48
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Episode 3
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54:04
The Fade Out Volume 1: Act One
"Whatever it was inside that made him a writer had been stolen over there. Now he was just empty. And every word he typed felt like a waste, and not enough at the same time."This week on Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex start their deep dive ...
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Season 48
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Episode 2
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1:02:42
Intro to The Fade Out
For the next season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex are returning to the noir-tinged world of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips with their 2014 book from Image Comics, The Fade Out. The guys covered Brubaker and Phillips (and colorist Elizabeth Brei...
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Season 48
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Episode 1
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39:10
Apocalyptigirl by Andrew MacLean
"But Gus failed and is forgotten now, and I fear I am forgotten as well. Maybe someday trees will also spring from my joints and moss will crawl over my skin."Mike and Alex are closing out Lonely Sci-Fi Month with Andrew MacLean's OGN Ap...
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Season 47
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Episode 5
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58:07
Gone by Jock
"All these years lost, and I've never felt more alone."This week on Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex continue Lonely Sci-Fi month with Gone (issues #1-3) by artist/writer Jock from DSTLRY! The guys start with some nitpicks and notes about the...
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Season 47
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Episode 4
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1:12:54
Traveling to Mars by Mark Russell and Roberto Meli
"It could be that our collective fate will be the same as this book. May that's all any of us are... a letter to the Universe no one will ever read."Welcome back to Lonely Sci-Fi month! This week, Mike and Alex are tackling Mark Russell ...
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Season 47
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Episode 3
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1:30:55
Sentient by Jeff Lemire and Gabriel Hernandez Walta
"After that, things started to change. We started to change. And so did Val. If only I knew then what I know now, maybe I could have saved her."Mike and Alex are starting Lonely Sci-Fi month with a look at Sentient (issues #1-6) by Jeff ...
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Season 47
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Episode 2
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1:16:24
Intro to Lonely Sci-Fi Month: Sentient, Traveling to Mars, Gone, ApocalyptiGirl, and their creative teams
Welcome to a new year and new season of Storied Arcs! In what may be turning into an annual tradition, Mike and Alex are once again starting off the calendar with a theme month- Lonely Sci-Fi. Alone in space. Stranded on a planet. It's a preval...
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Season 47
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Episode 1
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1:23:10
Extremity Volume 2: Warrior
"There will be times in the future, my daughter, when you will question everything you are. Hearing your name spoken over will help when everything falls away."Mike and Alex are here to finish up their look at Daniel Warren Johnson's Ext...
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Season 46
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Episode 3
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1:16:34
Extremity Volume 1: Artist
"But no matter what the fight... no matter who lives or dies... I won't kill my own brother."This week on the Storied Arcs podcast, Mike and Alex kick off their deep dive of Daniel Warren Johnson's Extremity from Image Comics with Volume...
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Season 46
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Episode 2
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1:13:44
Intro to Extremity & Creator Spotlight: Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer, and Rus Wooton
In this new season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex taking a look at Daniel Warren Johnson's sci-fi-ish/fantasy-ish revenge epic Extremity, from Image Comics. The guys start with a spoiler-free preview of the book, talking a bit about how the boo...
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Season 46
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Episode 1
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58:59
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 ...
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Season 45
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Episode 5
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1:10:52
November Volume 03: The Voice on the End of the Phone
"Who knew I had a line? Who knew I could cross it? Well... almost."Mike and Alex are back with the penultimate volume of November by Matt Fraction and Elsa Charretier, breaking down Volume 3 The Voice on the End of the Phone. The guys di...
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Season 45
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Episode 4
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1:04:19
November Volume 02: The Gun in the Puddle
"It's not every time the world ends you're look at a click when it happens. Some girls... we're just lucky."This week, Mike and Alex continue their exploration of November by Matt Fraction and Elsa Charretier with Volume 2 The Gun in The...
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Season 45
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Episode 3
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1:06:54
November Volume 01: The Girl on the Roof
"I'm just a working man, trying to make a living, Dee. We're all parts of a machine we cannot see. A system. All of us have our function."Mike and Alex are back with another season of Storied Arcs, this time diving deep into the tangled ...
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Season 45
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Episode 2
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1:11:32
Intro to November & Creator Spotlight: Matt Fraction, Elsa Charretier, Matt Hollingsworth, and Kurt Ankeny
On this season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex will be diving into November, the graphic novella series by Matt Fraction and Elsa Charretier from Image Comics. Originally planned as a series of three OGNs, it ultimately expanded to four, which w...
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Season 45
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Episode 1
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1:11:48
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 ...
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Season 44
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Episode 6
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1:24:45
