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
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 75 minutes
- Episodes
- 174
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Outpost Zero Volume 03 The Only Living Things
"You guys are asking questions I don't think anyone's asked in a long time. It's dangerous, what you're doing... but someone should be doing it."
Mike and Alex are here once again to bre…
Outpost Zero Volume 02 Follow It Down
"When all is said and done, when it's all over... would you want to say you lived your life waiting to die? Or would you want to say something different?"
In this episode, Mike and Alex …
Outpost Zero Volume 01 The Smallest Town in the Universe
"I wish I could be there. Wish I could see all the incredible alien things. If you're watching this... I guess you were lucky."
Welcome to Outpost Zero and to another season of Storied A…
Intro to Outpost Zero & Creator Spotlight: Sean Kelley McKeever & Alexandre Tefenkgi
Welcome to another season of Storied Arcs! For this outing, Mike and Alex will be covering the YA-focused (that's Young Adult) series Outpost Zero by Sean Kelley McKeever and Alexandre …
DIE Volume 04 Bleed
"Role-playing games are conversations in quotations marks, letting you talk about true things with a little distance, as a fantasy. But for all of that, they're still conversations. And…
DIE Volume 03 The Great Game
"I'm presuming that's a reference I don't remember because I grew up and actually got a life."
In this episode, Mike and Alex delve deep into DIE Volume 3 The Great Game (issues #11-15) …
DIE Volume 02 Split the Party
"'What is Twitter?' 'It's a place devoid of any sentient life, entirely hostile to humanity. A lot like here, really.'"
Welcome back to DIE! In this episode, Mike and Alex breakdown Volu…
DIE Volume 01 Fantasy Heartbreaker
"While our peers back on Earth were doing their A-levels, we were trapped here. The world of Die taught us different lessons. I was the Dictator. I learned how to tell stories."
In this …
Creator Spotlight: Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans & Intro to DIE
Mike and Alex are back with another zero episode to get ready for the next season of Storied Arcs, DIE from Image Comics. As always, the guys first focus on the creators of the comic, K…
Eight Billion Genies
"Humans are like a bucket with a hole in it. You try to fill it up with happiness, but you can't. It runs out as fast as you pour it in, so you're always trying to find ways to get more…
Creator Spotlight: Charles Soule and Ryan Browne & Intro to Eight Billion Genies
In this zero episode for the newest season of Stories Arcs, Mike and Alex discuss the creative team behind the recent Image Comics hit Eight Billion Genies, Charles Soule and Ryan Brown…
The Umbrella Academy TV Show Discussion
" I bet you're loving this. Hmm? The team at its best. It's just like old times. Best funeral ever!"
In this special bonus episode of Storied Arcs, Alex flies solo as he discusses (with …
The Umbrella Academy Volume 03 Hotel Oblivion
"While I fully support revenge, now is not the time."
In this week's episode, Mike and Alex take a look at Volume 3 of The Umbrella Academy, the final (for now) volume of Gerard Way and …
The Umbrella Academy Volume 02 Dallas
"But this one's something special. He's an idea. And what you can't take down with bullets... you have to take down with words. That's why I needed her."
Welcome back to another episode …
The Umbrella Academy Volume 01 Apocalypse Suite
"Lacking in finesse, but... adequate. Can I interest you in destroying the world"
In this week's episode, Mike and Alex jump right into their discussion of Volume 1 of Gerard Way and Gab…
Creator Spotlight: Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba & Intro to The Umbrella Academy
Welcome to another season of Stories Arcs! In this zero episode, Mike and Alex take a look at Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba, the creators behind the Dark Horse comic The Umbrella Academy. T…
The Unwritten Volumes 10 & 11
"Do you still cling to such binary oppositions? Do you believe everything must be wholly real or wholly imagined?"
In the Season 8 finale of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex talk about the ap…
The Unwritten Volume 09 & Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice
"They're Fables from another place, another world. Stories told by stories made up by the stories to whom we are only stories."
In this penultimate episode of Season 8 of Stories Arcs, M…
The Unwritten Volumes 07 & 08
"But in the end-- without story-- without the ability to step sideways from fact into hypothesis-- human life is untenable."
In this episode, Mike and Alex discuss how everything finally…
The Unwritten Volumes 05 & 06
"No honest man need fear cartoons."
In this episode, Mike and Alex get ready for war as they delve deeper into the world of The Unwritten with Volumes 5 and 6 (issues 25-35 plus 31.5-35.…