I Read Comic Books

This episode was recorded in the recent past! Mike, Kara, and Paul sit down with special guest, Elsa Charretier. The gang discusses Elsa's latest art book, her work on November, and how she broke into the industry. Timecodes 00:00:00 - Elsa Charretier's Artbook 00:06:45 - November and The Infinite Loop 00:12:55 - Style and Preference 00:20:53 - Background and Process 00:35:55 - Star Wars! 00:53:15...

This episode was recorded on May 24th, 2020! Nick and Kait join Mike to discuss the comics based on the TV series Firefly. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:23:27 - Comic Picks 00:34:16 - Firefly Comics 01:17:13 - Wrap/Credits Comics We Read / Comic Picks The Way of the Househusband Vol. 3 The Ludocrats #1 Drawing The Vote: An Illustrated Guide to Voting in America Berserker Unbo...

This episode was recorded on May 17th, 2020! Mike is joined by Kara and Paul this week to ask each other a question... Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:23:07 - What We've Been Digging Lately 00:39:30 - Three Questions 01:10:32 - Wrap/Credits What We Read Snotgirl Vol. 2: California Screaming Incredible Doom #1 Love and Rockets (vol 4) #8 Absolute Batman Year One The Infinite Loop...

This episode was recorded on May 10th, 2020! Paul and Tia join Mike to discuss the greater impact of comics on society and media. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:20:20 - What'd We're Digging Right Now 00:38:11 - How Do Comics Impact Society? 01:05:10 - Wrap/Credits What We Read Drops of God Vol. 4-5 The Flintstones Vol. 1 Ludocrats #1-2 Megg & Mogg on Instagram Superman: Up In...

This episode was recorded on May 3rd, 2020! This week, Nick, Mike, and Brian ask the question: Who would be the best/worst person to have in your quarantine house? Come hang out with us on Discord !! May 9th , 2pm EDT - Mini-book club meetup! We're discussing Drops of God Vol. 1 May 10th , 3:30pm EDT - Come hangout with us! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:25:57 - What We've Bee...

This episode was recorded on April 27th, 2020! Kara and Kait join Mike to talk about our Goodreads Book of the Month: Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile . Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/What We've Been Digging Lately 00:26:25 - IRCB Goodreads Book of the Month: Fables Vol. 1 00:55:08 - Wrap/Credits What We Read Locke & Key Vox Machina: Origins vol. 1 Snow, Glass, Apples The Wicked + The Divine  Music p...

This episode was recorded on April 19th, 2020! This week, Nick and Paul join Mike to talk about over-sized comics and how the heck you fit weird shaped comics on your shelf! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week In Comics 00:27:53 - What We've Been Digging Lately 00:37:06 - Large-format Comics 01:09:12 - Wrap/Credits What We Read The Green Lantern #1-7 The Stone King Astro City: Confession X-Ray...

This episode was recorded on April 11th, 2020! Mike and Kait are joined by comic creators Cuddles and Rage aka Liz and Jimmy Reed to discuss their food-horror anthology comic, Bites of Terror! Links CuddlesAndRage.com Buy Bites of Terror C&Rage on Twitter - @cuddlesandrage C&R on Letterboxd - @cuddlesandrage Films that inspired Bites of Terror Atomic Books Messed Up Puzzles American Movie Comic/Cr...

This episode was recorded in the recent past! Kara and Mike are joined by documentation and podcaster Anthony Desiato, director of the recently released My Comic Shop Country. Anthony shares his story about making the documentary and his thoughts on the comic market. Links Anthony on Twitter - @DesiWestside My Comic Shop Country Trailer Watch My Comic Shop Country NOW! Listen to My Comic Shop Hist...

This episode was recorded on March 29th, 2020! This week, Mike, Kait, and Paul are joined by Amie Wright , President of the ALA Graphic Novels & Comics Roundtable, to discuss the importance of comic books in libraries, how you can help your local library, comic book distribution for libraries, and more! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:17:43 - Comic Picks 00:25:34 - Interview wi...

This week's episode was recorded on March 22nd, 2020! This week, Kate and Nick join Mike to discuss comics we've put off for way too long and why we do that! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:23:32 - Comic Picks 00:30:35 - Comics We've Finally Gotten Around to Reading 01:08:01 - Wrap/Credits What We Read / Comic Picks Bang #2 Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Vol. 1 Dick Tracy Foreve...

This episode was recorded in the recent past! Mike and Nick are joined by comic creators Cooper Anderson and A.C. Ironside to discuss their comic Inner Workings , currently LIVE on Kickstarter. Links Inner Workings Kickstarter Cooper on Twitter - @cooperthewriter Cooper on Instagram - @cooper_the_writer  AC Ironside on Twitter - @a_ironside AC Ironside on Instagram - @Alexis.ironside ArrowKey Stud...

This episode was recorded on March 8th, 2020! Kara and Tia discuss reading comics in a language you don't know, open the show with a few reminders of how to be a good ally to women. Timestamps 00:00:00 - Start/International Women's Day! 00:05:38 - Comics In Secondary Languages 00:39:51 - Wrap/Credits Music provided by  Infinity Shred . Find them on  Bandcamp . Producer : Mike Rapin Editor : Zander...

This week’s episode was recorded on March 1st, 2020! Mike and René challenged Nick to try out the Shonen Jump app along by reading 3 chapters from 4 different manga series: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, One Piece, One Punch Man, and My Hero Academia. Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:22:24 – Comic Picks 00:29:32 – Nick Reads Manga 01:14:30 – Wrap/Credits What We Read / Comic Picks Bl...

This episode was recorded on February 23rd, 2020! This week, Brian and Kait join Mike to talk about our Goodreads Book of the Month – Sex Criminals Vol. 1: One Weird Trick. Timecodes: 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:15:03 – Comic Picks 00:21:20 – Goodreads Book of the Month – Sex Criminals Vol 1 00:56:47 – Wrap/Credits What We Read / Comic Picks The Girl From the Other Side Vol. 1 Alienate...

This episode was recorded on February 16th, 2020! Mike, Brian, and Paul are joined this week by Dominic Archer and Marc Casili, two of the creators on the A Boxer , currently on Kickstarter. Check out how Dominic and Marc met, life in the Brazilian comics scene, and more! Timecodes 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:17:28 – Comic Picks 00:29:26 – Interview with Dominic Archer & Marc Casilli 0...

This week’s episode was recorded on February 9th, 2020! Mike, Kait, and Nick dive into the realm of reading comics in forms beyond your standard comic book: audio editions, guided view, braille, and more! Timecodes: 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:19:55 – Comics Picks 00:26:53 – Comics for non-standard reading abilities (audio, large print, other?) 00:57:18 – Wrap Credits What We Read / Co...

This episode was recorded on February 2nd, 2020! Paul and Nick join Mike to talk about “Directors Cut” and annotated comics. Do we read them? Do we need them? What’s the pull to read these extra editions of comics? Timecodes 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:23:52 – Comic Picks 00:33:39 – Annotated and “Directors Cut” Comics 01:05:53 – Wrap/Credits 01:08:52 – Nick Says Sandman Is Overrated ;...

This episode was recorded on January 24th, 2020! Mike, Paul, Kait, and Brian sat down IN REAL LIFE to record, discussing the last year of IRCB, things we’ve loved, how we’ve grown as a show, and a few behind the scenes bits. Mike’s audio is a little weird because, well, he didn’t follow his own advice of eating his microphone. Thanks to Danny and Nick for hanging out on discord while we recorded t...

This episode was recorded on January 19, 2020! Warning: This is a long one. Like. Very long. A decade of movies based on comic books. Mike is joined by Brian and Rene for just, so so much. Enjoy. Don’t forget to take the IRCB Listener Survey before it closes on January 25th! ircbpodcast.com/survey Timecodes: 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:12:03 – Comic Picks 00:20:05 – A Decade of Comic B...

This episode was recorded on January 12th, 2019! While Mike was out in the ethers of space, Kara welcomed Kait and Kate onto the show to discuss media properties they would love to see become comics! Don’t forget to fill out the IRCB Listener Survey! https://ircbpodcast.com/survey Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:21:54 – Comic Picks 00:29:40 – Stories/Universes We’d Love to See i...

This episode was recorded on January 5th, 2020! Our first regular episode of the year! Tia and Nick join Mike to discuss how to pull out the deeper meaning in comics. Take the IRCB Listener Survey! https://ircbpodcast.com/survey Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:16:49 – Comic Picks 00:27:33 – Reading Comics More Deeply 00:56:19 – Wrap/Credits What We Read / Comic Picks I Can Sell...

This episode was recorded sometime in the recent past! Paul and Nick join Mike to discuss Derf Backderf’s OGN, My Friend Dahmer. This episode was a request by one of our 2018 Kickstarter backers ! Music provided by  Infinity Shred . Find them on  Bandcamp . Producer : Mike Rapin Editor : Zander Riggs Support us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Gia...

After 8 weeks of reading Star Wars comics, Brian and Kara have arrived at The Rise of Skywalker. FULL SPOILERS AHEAD! (We apologize for Kara’s audio quality, there was a technical hiccup on our end) Music provided by Kara Szamborski and  Infinity Shred . Executive Producer : Mike Rapin Producers: Brian Murray, Kara Szamborski Editor : Zander Riggs Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ircbpodcast Con...

The countdown to Rise of Skywalker continues with Kara and Brian’s discussion of the Age of Resistance in the latest I Read #StarWars Comic Books podcast! Music provided by Kara Szamborski and  Infinity Shred . Executive Producer : Mike Rapin Producers: Brian Murray, Kara Szamborski Editor : Zander Riggs Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ircbpodcast Contact us! Email: ircbpodcast@gmail.com Twitte...