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Mike, Nick, and Paul were live on Twitch talking comics. If you missed it, there was some wild talk Exquisite Corpses, Star Trek, and Neon Ichiban! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:01:55 - The Last Starship #1 00:16:28 - Batman: Mitefall 00:26:15 - Good Devils: Don't Play Fair With Evil 00:33:25 - Discord Picks 00:34:34 - DC K.O. #1 00:38:52 - Spectators 00:42:29 - High Strangen...

Mike, Paul, and René discuss Abrams ComicArts' Dante's Inferno adapted and illustrated by Paul & Gaëtan Brizzi. Just how many places in hell are dedicated to fraudsters?? Dante's Inferno at Abrams: https://store.abramsbooks.com/products/dantes-inferno-a-graphic-novel-adaptation Music provided by Infinity Shred . Find them on Bandcamp . IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose Producer : Mi...

Mike, Kait, and Danny discussed comics that met our Goodreads Theme of the Month: Magical Creatures! This month also happens to be the birth-month of our wonderful Goodreads moderator, Erin! Happy birth-month Erin!! Checkout our Goodreads Theme of the Month discussion thread here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/23214808-september-2025-botm-magical-creatures Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last...

Mike and Paul sat down with our longest running panelist, Nick White, to talk comics and figure out just what goes on inside his head for the penultimate Panelist episode of IRCB! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:01:11 - News From The Fallout #1-3 00:19:09 - Space Opera XANADAX Across the Unknown Dimensions of the Galaxy 00:27:01 - You’ll Do Bad Things #1-6 00:35:37 - Discord Pi...

Mike, Nick, and Zach chat about comics they've been reading, the importance of libraries, and MIke's realization that he's already read a comic... Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:00:54 - Superman: Lost 00:09:19 - Shadow of the Golden Crane #1-4 00:21:55 - Kill Them All 00:29:18 - Discord Picks 00:29:47 - Beautiful Darkness 00:34:54 - Aeon 6 / Werewolf Jones & Sons 00:37:43 - Th...

Mike, Kait, and Zach sat down to discuss Fantastic Four 1 (2022) Vol. 1 by Ryan North, Iban Coello, Ivan Fiorelli, Jesus Aburtov and VC’s Joe Caramagna! Music provided by Infinity Shred . Find them on Bandcamp . IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose Producer : Mike Rapin Editor : Zander Riggs   Music provided by Infinity Shred . Find them on Bandcamp . IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL IRCB Log...

Mike and Brian discuss books from our Goodreads Theme of the Month: The Dark Ages (Comics from 2000-2010). Check out the Goodreads Thread for August!: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/23190808-august-2025-botm-the-dark-ages-comics-from-2000-2010 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:02:19 - Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1: Power and Responsibility 00:12:44 - Ultimatum (2009) 00:23:32...

Mike and Danny are joined by comic creator, and TOTALLY NOT A CULT contributor, Jesse Lonergan to talk comics and Jesse's new comic, DROME which is out THIS WEEK! Follow Jesse online: https://bsky.app/profile/jesselonergan.bsky.social https://www.instagram.com/jesse.lonergan BUY DROME HERE: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250386939/drome/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:01:4...

We return. Kara and Tia discuss the covers for the issues of #18-22. [REDACTED] is back??! Issue 18: Jamie/Matt: Persephone Jamie/Matt Variant: Persephone Headshot ECCC Variant: Persephone in Green Issue 19: Jamie/Matt: Dionysus, God of the Dance Floor Kris Anka Variant: Baal Pin-up Issue 20: Jamie/Matt: Norns Jenny Frison Variant: Persephone Aflame Issue 21: Jamie/Matt: Valkyries David Aja Varian...

Mike and Brian are joined by comic creator and tattoo artist, Claire Connelly, to talk comics, monsters, and putting ink on people's bodies. Find Claire online: https://www.claireconnellycomics.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ckconnellydraws/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:04:36 - ULTRAMEGA 00:07:54 - Dungeon Crawler Carl 1-10 00:12:54 - Second Shift 00:17:42 - Discord Picks 00...

Danny, Kate, and Zach dig in on our Goodreads Theme of the Month, Disability Pride, with comics that meet the theme: Age of X, The Sentry (2024), Navigating With You. Check out our Goodreads Theme of the Month thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/23166832-july-2025-botm-disability-pride Follow Danny on Next Issue: https://www.youtube.com/@NextIssuePodcast Follow Zach on The Comics That We...

In light of the new Fantastic Four movie dropping this month, we thought to drop a journey through the first 102 issues of the original 1961 run of Fantastic Four by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby as experienced by Paul Jaissle over the last few months of IRCB. Enjoy!  Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:04 - Paul's FF Journey Begins (Fantastic Four (1961) #1-7) 00:09:34 - Fantastic Four (1961) #8-40 00:17...

We return. This time, Kara and Tia are digging into issues #12-17. Is this arc all about body shots...? Issue 12: Jamie/Matt: Inanna Body shot Kate Brown Variant: Inanna Pieta Issue 13: Jamie/Matt: Tara Body shot Tula Lotay Variant Tara Eye Contact Issue 14: Jamie/Matt: Woden Body shot Grimes Variant: Whatever this is Issue 15: Jamie/Matt: Amaterasu Body shot Stephanie Hans Variant: Amaterasu gig...

Mike and Danny are joined by Fred C. Stresing to talk about comics, HeroClix, 2000s comic books, Rick & Morty, and more! JULY 2025 SCHEDULE UPDATE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/132396622 Note : We had some serious technical issues this week with our recording software which caused our audio to sound a bit worse than usual. Sorry! Check out Fred's work! Dough Boys Chew America - https://beourkids...

Mike and Nick are back to talk about Ice Cream Man Vol. 10. (#37-40). Is this the best volume yet? PLUS: There's another secret IRCB in this volume! Did you find it?? Ice Cream Man Vol. 10 by W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo, Chris O’Halloran, and Good Ole Neon. Timestamps 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:07 - Ice Cream Man #37 00:20:46 - Ice Cream Man #38 00:35:50 - Ice Cream Man #39 00:49:36 - Ice Cream...

Mike and Kara are joined by our pal Matt Burbridge to talk comics and how Matt started in comics. Follow Matty online: https://instagram.com/mattybcomix https://www.facebook.com/MattyB.Comix/ https://www.threads.com/@mattybcomix Check out these Kickstarters: Scott Snyder Presents: The CloakRoom 1-4 - 450 pages! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thornycomics/scott-snyder-presents-the-cloakroom-1...

Kara and Tia are back to talk about the covers of The Wicked + The Divine #6-11! Issue 6: Jamie/Matt: Inanna Headshot David Lafuente Variant: Inanna to the Rescue Issue 7: Jamie/Matt: Woden Headshot Christian Ward Variant Trippy Woden Issue 8: Jamie/Matt: Dionysus Headshot Brandon Graham Variant: Laura and Sakhmet Dancing Issue 9: Jamie/Matt: Ananke Headshot Jamie/Matt: ECCC Variant Ananke Headsho...

Kait, Kate, and Nick discuss comics nominated for the 2025 Eisner awards: Ash’s Cabin, Bog Myrtle, and Tokyo These Days! Check out our Goodreads Theme of the Month thread about the Eisner Nominations: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/23144599-june-2025-botm-2025-eisner-nominees Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:00:44 - Ash’s Cabin 00:07:37 - Tokyo These Days vols. 1–3 00:20:4...

Danny and Mike chat with our good pal Paul for his panelist episode! Who is Paul when he's not reading Batman comics? A record slinger? A lifetime comic reader? A VEGAN?! Check out Danny's channel, Next Issue Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/nextissuepodcast Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:01:45 - Kill Train #1-5 - Mad Cave 00:09:16  - FF UPDATE! 00:14:36 - Detective Comics 2...

Mike, Brian, and Paloma read some comics that met our Goodreads Theme of the Month: Writers and Artists of Color! Check out what else folks were reading on our Goodreads thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/23120093-may-2025-botm-writers-and-artists-of-color Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:00:53 - Bitter Root Vol 1/2 00:13:26 - The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoi...

Kait and Mike sat down with Meredith McClaren (Black Cloak, Crumble) to talk comics they've been reading and some of Meredith's latest and upcoming comic books! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:56 - Absolute Batman 00:06:47 - Fox Maidens 00:12:09 - Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma #1 00:19:06 - Discord Picks 00:20:19 - She Likes to Cook, She Likes to Eat 00:25:00 - The Hills of Estella Roja 00:28...

Kara and Tia are back to discuss the covers of issues #2-5 of The Wicked + The Divine! Issue 2: Jamie/Matt: Amaterasu head shot SDCC cover: Amaterasu head shot in ben-gay dots 2nd printing: Amaterasu head shot in B&W with makeup in color Zdarsky variant: Trolling KG and Jamie? Jamie variant: Luci as David Bowie’s mugshot Issue 3: Jamie/Matt: The Morrigan head shot (lol) Stephanie Hans variant: Ama...

Mike and Brian are joined by comic creator Cavan Scott to talk comics he's been reading and his new book, Gwenpool #1 over at Marvel! More about Cavan: https://www.cavletter.com/ https://www.cavletter.com/gwen-stacy-returns-meet-the-all-new-all-deadly-gwenpool/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:01:46 - Cavan Scott digs into Super Hero Comics and Golden Rage 00:08:54 - Ultimate Bl...

This week it's Mike, Nick, and Paul talking comics, cryptids, Fantastic Four and more! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:02:20 - Fantastic Four Update! 00:09:55 - The Seasons #1 00:22:27 - Blood & Thunder #1 00:32:37 - Discord Picks 00:33:22 - Let This One Be a Devil #3 00:46:41 - Black Canary: The Best of the Best #6 00:51:36 - Captain Planet #1 00:00:00 - Wrap/Credits Music pro...

Nick, Kait, and Mike read comics that fit our Goodreads Theme of the Month - Around the World: Comics published outside of the US! Check out what other folks were reading on our Goodreads Group: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/23095838-april-2025-botm-around-the-world-non-us-comics Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:02:38 - Golden Gold 00:17:55 - Trese Vol. 1-3 00:24:41 - Tod...