Storied Arcs

Send us Fan Mail This week on Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex get you prepped for their next deep dive comic, Shutter by writer Joe Keatinge and artist Leila del Duca from Image Comics. First, the guys run down the creative team behind the book, including colorist Owen Gieni (who they previously covered in Manifest Destiny) and letterers Ed Brisson and John Workman. Then they give a spoiler-free intro...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Mike and Alex are honored to be joined by writer Zack Kaplan for an exclusive sit-down to talk all things comics! They start by diving deep into Zack's writing process and what goes into planning his comics work given that his books tend to be contained mini-series. Then, the guys jump into Mindset and Masterminds, the two books of Zack's they've covered...

Send us Fan Mail "You were so excited to get ahead... you didn't even look where we were going." On this week's one-shot episode of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex try and level up as they dive into the world of Masterminds (issues #1-5) by Zack Kaplan and Stephen Thompson from Image Comics. The guys break down the various themes and ideas they picked up throughout the book, from t...

Send us Fan Mail In this one-shot season of Stories Arcs, Mike and Alex are jumping briefly back into the world of tech and gaming to discuss Masterminds by Zack Kaplan and Stephen Thompson from Dark Horse Comics. The guys covered writer Zack Kaplan as part of Social Media Summer in 2025 with Mindset , the book he did with John Pearson, and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou with just about every book...

Send us Fan Mail "The Red Rogue was never real... but I am." Mike and Alex wrap up Fandom Culture Month with the most extreme of the titles they've chosen, Rogues' Gallery by Hannah Rose May, Declan Shalvey, and Justin Mason. The guys talk about the bold swing it takes for a first time comic writer to tackle this specific topic right out the gate, and how the expediency of the...

Send us Fan Mail "I pretend to be your friend... just like I pretend to be a robot assassin or any other role. And in return, you pretend I'm a better person then I am." For this week's entry in Fandom Month, Mike and Alex are digging into Parasocial by Alex de Campi and Erica Henderson from Image Comics. The guys start with the Misery of it all, acknowledging what the book ack...

Send us Fan Mail "What we do is all that's important. In the end, any life, any culture, any convention-- it's just people." On this episode of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex take a trip through the history of comic conventions as they crack open Con & On by Paul Cornell and Marika Cresta from Ahoy Comics. The guys dive right into the book's depiction of cons past and bre...

Send us Fan Mail "I love the smell of Con in the morning. It smells like... better than it will in the afternoon." Welcome to Fandom Month! To kick things off, Mike and Alex are diving into The Long Con by Dylan Meconis, Ben Coleman, and EA Denich from Oni Press. The guys can't help but bring their own convention experiences to the table while discussing this book, and they found a...

Send us Fan Mail On this season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex are diving back into a theme month, this time covering a topic that hits fairly close to home: Fandom. Conventions, meet ups, interactions with creators and celebrities- comics love taking meta looks in the mirror, and nowhere is that more prevalent than when there's a comic about fans, creatives, fandom, and conventions. For this...

Send us Fan Mail "It's space. There are, like, a billion ways for the universe to screw us." On this week's Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex reach the actual end of Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra's The Manhattan Projects with Volume 6: The Sun Beyond the Stars (issues #1-4 of The Manhattan Projects: The Sun Beyond the Stars). The guys dig into how they should view this final...

Send us Fan Mail "Does abandoning society- humanity - for science make you a sociopath? Was I better than the other because I could still ask such a question? Should I even ask such a question ?" This week on Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex come to the end (question mark?) of Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra's The Manhattan Projects that isn't actually the end, with Volume 5: The...

Send us Fan Mail "But I think it's time for something new- truly radical thoughts. To ze underbelly of what we call science- into ze abyss and out towards ze unknown." Mike and Alex are back to dive deep into The Manhattan Projects Volume 4: The Four Disciplines (issues #16-20) by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra. The guys discuss how this volume feels like the closing of the first...

Send us Fan Mail "It seems, in winning, that we have become afflicted with ze malady called responsibility." This week on Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex continue their exploration into The Manhattan Projects by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra with Volume 3: Building (issues #11-15). The guys discuss the escalation in the absurdity of the book (compliment) and how Hickman and Pitarra are m...

Send us Fan Mail "Wait... so we now have unlimited funding to try and discover how to do things we've already discovered how to do." This week on Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex continue their trip through the alternate history of Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra's The Manhattan Projects with Volume 2: They Rule (issues #6-10) from Image Comics. The guys examine the anthology-like...

Send us Fan Mail "Most people cannot tell ze difference between a genius and just ze highly intelligent." Kicking off this new season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex crack open Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra's The Manhattan Projects from Image Comics with Volume 1: Science Bad (issues #1-5). The guys start with a broad look at how wild this comic is right out the gate, from Hickma...

Send us Fan Mail On this season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex are exploring the limits of science and morality as they get ready to cover The Manhattan Projects by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra from Image Comics. The guys previously covered writer Jonathan Hickman with his book The Nightly News and letterer Rus Wooten when they discussed Extremity , so in this episode, they take a look at art...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Mike and Alex are stoked to be joined by the writer and co-creator of Skyward and Shadecraft, Joe Henderson! They start with Joe's comic book origin story (shout out, Darkhawk) and chat about how he went from film and television writing to dipping his toes into comic writing. Joe talks about his collaboration with artist Lee Garbett on Skyward and Shadecraft (and T...

Send us Fan Mail "So you're saying, to use it, I need to control my negative emotions? You know I'm a teenager, right?" This week on Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex make a quick U-turn and return to the creative team of Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett to discuss their follow up book to Skyward, Shadecraft (issues #1-5) from Image Comics. The guys parse through their thoughts on this...

Send us Fan Mail On this season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex are calling audible and running it back with a book from a creative team they just recently covered- Shadecraft by Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett from Image Comics. Why the turnaround? Truth be told, when they covered this team's previous book, Skyward, they considered tacking Shadecraft onto the end, but ultimately decided against...

Send us Fan Mail "Three kids out to change the world with three chords and the truth. That's all it was ever about really, wasn't it" This week on Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex dive into the finale of Home Sick Pilots by Dan Watters and Caspar Wijngaard with Volume 3: Three Chords and the End of the World (issues #11-15). The guys start at the end and discuss the twist/reveal of...

Send us Fan Mail "But there's a bunch of us, we sing about these things. We scream about them. We go on marches and all that stuff. And because we care, does that mean that it's our responsibility?" This week on Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex continue their journey back into the 90s with Home Sick Pilots Volume 2: I Wanna Be A Walking Weapon (issues #6-10) by Dan Watters and Caspa...

Send us Fan Mail "There are corridors between us. All of us. All those things we leave unsaid. All those things that we assume of each other- about each other. Sometimes it feels like all the tragedies of being human exist in those lonely spaces." Welcome to another season of Storied Arcs! This time out, Mike and Alex journey back to the mid-90s for Dan Watters and Casper Wijngaard'...

Send us Fan Mail On this season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex travel back into the 90s to discuss Home Sick Pilots by Dan Watters and Caspar Wijngaard from Image Comics! The guys start with a quick rundown of the creative team, including letterer Aditya Bidikar, before giving a quick synopsis of the book and what they are looking for in the story. Power Rangers meets The Shining? Sure, why not. W...

Send us Fan Mail "There is no fixing the world, Lucas. It was broken then, and it's broken now. You just have to make the best of it." This week on Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex wrap up their discussion of Skyward by Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett with Volume 3: Fix the World (issues #11-15). The guys start with their thoughts on the letters both Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett included...

Send us Fan Mail "Then, I went to the streets. Saw how the rich live. What it must feel like to be... safe. I don't think I ever realized that was an option. Feeling 'safe'." Mike and Alex are back this week to continue their journey through Image Comics' Skyward from Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett with Volume 3: Here There Be Dragonflies (issues #6-10). The guys discu...