“What does it look like, Creator? I’m doing that you programmed me to do. I’m eliminating waste… just like a human.” Mike and Alex are here to jump right back into Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s Descender as they dive deep into Volumes 3 and 4, Singularities and Orbital Mechanics. The guys debate and discuss …
“Because they fear us, Tim-21. Because they were hurt and they wanted to hurt something back. Because they are human.” We’ve arrived at a brand new season of Storied Arcs and Mike and Alex are diving right into Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s space opera epic Descender Volumes 1 and 2, Tin Stars and Machine …
Intro to Descender/Ascender & Creator Spotlight: Dustin Nguyen For the next season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex are revisiting the works of Jeff Lemire (aka Mike’s literal favorite creator in comics) as they plan to dive head first into a pair of books by Lemire and superstar artist Dustin Nguyen, Descender and Ascender from …
Season 18: Apocalyptic Trilogy (Memetic, Cognetic, Eugenic) by James Tynion IV and Eryk Donovan For the next season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex invite you to join them at the end of the world as they get ready to dive into the Apocalyptic Trilogy, a spiritual and thematic trilogy of comics from Boom Studios …
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Season 17: Pluto by Naoki Urasawa & Takashi Nagasaki A manga? On an indie comics podcast? Don’t worry, we haven’t gone insane (yet.) This is great sci-fi, great detective/mystery, and great story-telling so we’re game! For this series, we cover Pluto by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki based on the original Astro Boy manga. Since …
Episode coming October 12th! In 2022, Mike was exploring the artist’s alley at the Cincinnati Comic Expo. There, he stumbled across the work of K. Lynn Smith. He made a Kierkegaardian leap of faith, purchased the omnibus edition of Plume, and got it signed. After thoroughly enjoying it, he passed it along to Alex who …
Season 16: Plume by K. Lynn Smith Volumes 1 and 2 “My father once told me that revenge was like a plume of black smoke. It seems tangible… but when you reach for it… you’re grasping nothing but air.” In this first episode of the new season, Mike and Alex head to the Old West …
Season 15: Gospel by Will Morris Ver Ver was the cover artist for all five issues of Gospel. Ver is a resident of Edinburgh, Scotland, and is working on their debut graphic novel, The Wildercourt. The stunning covers for Gospel are all the contributions that we get from Ver on this project. We hope to …
Release date: August 24th, 2023 In this one-shot, Mike sits down with Javon Harris. Javon has dreamt of writing and publishing manga (Japanese comics) since the 3rd grade. Now, he’s making it happen. In 2022, he founded what is now an international collaboration of creators and he’s trying to get the word out. Know someone …
Available September 7th, 2023. In this episode, we interview Will Morris to discuss the creation of his book, “Gospel” from Image Comics. We get to hear about his influences from Miyazaki’s manga and anime to feminist histories of the Middle Ages. You’ll learn about the influences of the book as well as how he got …
