“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 and Roberto Meli’s Traveling To Mars (issues #1-11) from […]
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“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 Lemire and Gabriel Hernandez Walta from TKO Studios. The
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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 prevalent trope in science fiction and we’re excited to examine
“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 Extremity from Image Comics with Volume 2 Warrior (issues #7-12). They kick things off
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“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 1 Artist (issues #1-6). The guys start by discussing the world building
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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 book was initially sold in solicitations (“the beauty and imagination of Studio Ghibli meet the
“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
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“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 discuss what is (and isn’t) happening in the actual story
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“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 Puddle. The guys talk about how the various story threads begin to
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“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 web of November Volume 1 The Girl on the
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