“They controlled every aspect of our lived on Earth… and they used that power to make it so being up here, waiting on them hand and foot, was the best future we could reach for. We’re not people to them. We’re punching bags, scapegoats, and test subjects. We’re disposable.” Mike and Alex are back and ready to […]
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“Ever since that first day, I keep trying to be the right kind of girl so you’ll approve of me. But I’m not the right kind of girl, am I?” How does the saying go again- when the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich? Seems like a more than
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New year, new season of the Storied Arcs podcast! And to kick things off, Mike and Alex will be covering two books by the same writer, the Hugo Award winning and up-and-coming comic star Sarah Gailey- Eat The Rich (with artist Pius Bak) and Know Your Station (with artist Liana Kangas), both published by Boom
We’ve reached the end of another calendar year and once again, Mike and Alex have come up one week short on stories to talk about. But fear not! Earlier this month, Mike, Alex, and great friend of the show Andy took a quick road trip up Interstate 71 to attend GalaxyCon Columbus 2023 and decided
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“-I mean, after everything you have seen, it is so hard to believe there may be a design to the universe? -A design? All I see is chaos and death.” We’ve reached the conclusion of Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s space epic, and Mike and Alex are here to break it all down as they
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“There is no magic in the galaxy that I do not oversee. No power I do not control. I am Mother and the universe is mine.” The cover may say “Ascender” but these collections might as well just be Descender Volumes 7 and 8, and Mike and Alex are here to break it all down, starting with Ascender Volumes 1
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“But do you know the irony of that, Doctor? Robots never lied before you created the Tim series… before you gave robotkind the upgrades that made us more human and more like you.” In this finale that’s not really a finale, Mike and Alex are here to discuss the last chapters of Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s Descender
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“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
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“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
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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
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