Hilary Jenkins Shortly after concluding our discussion of Grass Kings, we got to chat with Hilary Jenkins who did the colors for that series. Hilary has lots of art projects that you can follow on her Instagram account and occasionally on Twitter. In addition to comics, she accepts private commissions. Hilary was an artist before […]
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Season 13: The Good Asian by Pornsak Pichetshote, Alexandre Tefenkgi, and Lee Loughridge Intro to The Good Asian & Creator Spotlight: Pornsak Pichetshote After getting the chance to talk with Eisner-award-winning artist Alex Tefenkgi last week, Mike and Alex felt it was only appropriate to focus the next season of Storied Arcs on the comic
Outpost Zero by Sean Kelley McKeever and Alexandre Tefenkgi Intro to Outpost Zero & Creator Spotlight on 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 Tefenkgi from
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DIE by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans 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, Kieron Gillen
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Eight Billion Genies by Charles Soule and Ryan Browne Creator Spotlight on Charles Soule and Ryan Browne In our 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! They chat about the previous comic
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The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba 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 Gabriel Ba’s The Umbrella Academy (The Umbrella
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“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 apocalypse, aka The Unwritten Volumes 10 and 11 (issues 1-12 of The Unwritten: Apocalypse). How does it all end? What does it
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“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, Mike and Alex dive head-first into the world of Fables and the crossover that isn’t really a crossover in The Unwritten Volume 9
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“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 comes together in The Unwritten Volumes 7 and 8 (issues 36-49). Random details and story beats that have been sprinkled throughout the entire run thus
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“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 31.5-35.5). Finally, approximately halfway through the run, it feels like the story is on solid ground and it’s clear to both
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