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If you could be told with exact certainty when you were going to die, would you want to know? Would you find that knowledge be freeing or burdensome?

Mike and Alex go deep on that very topic and more as they cover Paper Girls Volume 2 (issues 6-10). They touch on how prescient it was in 2015 to refer to 2016 as the begin of The Problems and how weird it would be to meet an younger version of yourself. Or an older one, for that matter. Not that 40 is old or anything because it definitely isn't. Nope. Not old at all.

As always, this episode will cover this trade collection and what's come before but won't be spoiling anything beyond issue 10.

*We had some audio issues early on, but this episode has been cleaned up so enjoy this freshly minted remastered edition of our early thoughts!

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Welcome to scenic Stony Stream, Ohio! Okay fine, it's just suburban Cleveland. In 1988.
 
In this episode, co-hosts Mike and Alex kick off the first season of Storied Arcs by breaking down Paper Girls Volume 1 (issues 1-5). They discuss the storytelling choices made by the creative team that are specific to sequential art, the use (or potential overuse) of nostalgia when dealing with period setting, and Alex gives his three immutable theories for time travel in fiction (as opposed to, you know, time travel in real life).

As will be the case going forward, this episode assumes you've read through issue 5 aka first trade collection but won't spoil anything beyond that.

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Join co-hosts Mike and Alex as they provide a spoiler-free preview of what's to come in the ensuing trade-by-trade analysis of Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang from Image Comics. They'll introduce the creative team, key information, and most importantly, why they love this book and decided to start their podcast off with it.

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Welcome to Storied Arcs! The podcast for deep dives into indie comics.  In each episode, we will discuss one story arc, typically in the form of a trade paperback, for a completed comic series.  In general, we will be avoiding ongoing or continuing series so that we can discuss a work in its entirety.  We’ll also be avoiding the “big two” (Marvel and DC.)  While we love those comics, there are plenty of podcasts covering characters like Batman, Superman, Spiderman, and so on.  Instead, we’re excited to explore some of the great creator-owned stories.  We’ll deep dive into the story while evaluating the prose, art, and all the easter eggs we can find.

In this trailer, we'll introduce ourselves and what we're here to do. 

A Deep Dive Into Comics, One Story Arc at a Time

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