I Read Comic Books

This episode was recorded on September 15th, 2018! This week’s episode is something more free-form than our regular show. Mike, Brian, and Paul hung out at the IRCB Getaway this weekend and had a discussion about what keeps them reading comic books. PLUS:  Zine #2 is OUT! Read the digital copy now! Or buy a physical copy of the zine in our store! store.ircbpodcast.com Relevant Links/Information Mi...

This episode was recorded September 9th, 2018. Brian and René dive into a “Like This? Try this!” episode where they discuss what comics to read after you’ve seen specific movies (and TV). Minor spoilers for the Netflix series’ Jessica Jones, Daredevil, and Iron Fist. Relevant Links/Information Brian – @Brianhead René – @Rodrigur29 Music provided by  Infinity Shred . Find them on  Bandcamp . This w...

This episode was recorded some time in the past! Kara and Brian came to Mike and said they were inspired to discuss the very well done, Kanan: The Last Padawan volume 1 by Greg Weisman and Pepe Larraz for an episode of the show. Mike was extremely excited and the three of them recorded this episode. Expect spoilers for… a lot of Star Wars comics and movies and TV shows.  Relevant Links/Information...

This episode was recorded on August 25th, 2018! This week, Mike, Kara, and Nick tackle the Goodreads Book of the Month (as voted on by you wonderful Goodreaders out there!): Animosity Volume 1 by Marguerite Bennett, Rafael de LaTorre, Rob Schwager, Juan Doe, and Marshall Dillon. PLUS:  Zine #2 is OUT! Read the digital copy now! Or buy a physical copy of the zine in our store! store.ircbpodcast.com...

This episode was recorded on August 19th, 2018! This week, Mike, Kara, and Paul imagine what comic books we would send back in time to our summer camp-dwelling selves from today and in the past. PLUS:  Zine #2 is OUT! Read the digital copy now! Or buy a physical copy of the zine in our store! store.ircbpodcast.com Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:20:59 – Comic Picks 00:27:56 – Su...

This episode was recorded on August 12th, 2018! This week, Mike, Brian and Nick get into some of the fantastic questions asked by the fans of IRCB.  PLUS:  Zine #2 is released today! Make sure you check this one out for an interview with Vita Ayala ( The Wilds ,  Submerged ,  Supergirl )! Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:31:16 – Comic Picks 00:31:16 – Q&A with Mike, Nick, and Bri...

This episode was recorded on August 5th, 2018! Mike, Kait, and Paul sat down this week to dive into extreme changes in comic book characters and story lines. Does this work? Does it not? And what’s the deal with Season 8 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer turning Spike into… a good guy? Don’t forget to send in a question of three to us for our next Q&A episode NEXT WEEK ! Get your question in before we r...

This episode was recorded on July 29th, 2018! WE ARE BACK! After 4 long weeks off, Mike, Tia, and Brian are back for the regular show to talk about what they’ve been up to for the last month plus the show’s main topic: Depression and Mental Illness in Comics–how it’s portrayed, when it’s done well, when it’s done poorly, and everything in between. Don’t forget to send in a question of three to us...

This episode was recorded some time in the past! At one point, Kara had asked Paul, “What the  deal was with Grant Morrison?” And so, Paul, he strapped himself into a rocket ship aimed towards the center of the multiverse to search out that information. When he returned, he met his past self in their past lives. He saw beyond time and before everything. Kara was always a constant. She was not swep...

This episode was recorded some time in the past! Tia and Kate sat down to have a full blown discussion about cover art, how it draws you in, and being surprised and being burned by books based on their cover art. Relevant Links/Information Kate – @KateSkocelas Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX Our music is provided by  Infinity Shred . You can find them on  Bandcamp . This week’s episode was produced by Mike...

This episode was recorded some time in the past! Mike and Nick sat down to talk about the first arc of Grass Kings by Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins. Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Nick – @dethstarplnz Our music is provided by  Infinity Shred . You can find them on  Bandcamp . This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs. Have a question? Want us to talk ab...

This episode was recorded in June 2018. This Is Not An Interview, episode four! Tia talks to Alex de Campi about her upcoming graphic novel Bad Girls, set on the eve of the Cuban Revolution, plus lots of very good advice about being a writer, writing about trauma, bro friends, hitting the gym, globetrotting, living in New York, and more! Full spoilers for Deadpool 2 and Avengers: Infinity War! Thi...

This episode was recorded some time in the past! Kara and René sat down to talk about THE STAR WARS adapted by Jonathan Rinzler and Mike Mayhew in our first ever Star Wars special! Relevant Links/Information Kara – @KaraSzam Rene – @Rodrigur29 Our music is provided by  Infinity Shred . You can find them on  Bandcamp . This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs. Have...

This episode was recorded on June 24th, 2018! This week, Nick and Kate join Mike to talk about out Goodreads voted Book of the Month, Nimona by Noelle Stevenson. Find out what we liked, disliked, and loved in this book! Just a reminder : We are off for the next 4 weeks, so get excited for some very special and amazing Minisodes! We’ll catch you all on August 1st! Also, DO NOT MISS: The first issue...

This episode was recorded on June 17th, 2018! This week, Mike is joined by Nick and Brian to discuss a “different” kind of comic: Webcomics & Webtoons. What works in this medium? What doesn’t? And for this episode, Nick dove in as a non-reader tried a whole lot of webcomics and has some thoughts on them, to say the least. Also, DO NOT MISS: The first issue of the IRCB Zine! Check it out at https:/...

This episode was recorded on June 10th, 2018! This week, Mike is joined by Nick and Tia to talk comic picks and comic reads. After the break, Mike and Tia have a fantastic chat about the comic industry, the change in comics for women over the years and SO much more with Hope Nicholson (a Kickstarter commissioned episode). Hope is the author of The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen , editor of T...

This episode was recorded on June 3rd, 2018! Paul, Kate, and Kait tackle a MAJOR question: What stories work better in single issues and what stories work better in collections? Why do we pick the ways to read our books? And what creators work better for each type? Also, DO NOT MISS: The first issue of the IRCB Zine! Check it out at https://ircbpodcast.com/zine !! Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last...

This episode was recorded on May 27th, 2018! Our show this week features a very special guest: Ben Saunders, professor at University of Oregon and curator of the Seattle Museum of Pop Culture’s HUGE Marvel exhibit (available until January 2019). Tia, Paul, and Mike have a wonderful chat with Ben and get an academic answer on the GREAT TAPE DEBATE. Also, DO NOT MISS: The first issue of the IRCB Zin...

This episode was recorded in May 2018. It’s episode three! Tia talks to Christopher Sebela about the dogs of Portland (and also a few cats), making Mom proud, crowdfunding death, using your powers for good, well-written characters, the problems of being corporeal, favorite horror movies, talking to weirdos, comics, and more! This Is Not An Interview is now a monthly bonus minisode series and will...

This episode was recorded on May 20th, 2018! While Mike was away in the desert of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nick, René and Kara dive into one of the monoliths of comic books: Spider-Man. Why love him? What’s to like? What even IS Spider-Man? Also… Spider-Man fan fiction?? (post-credits) Also, DO NOT MISS: The first issue of the IRCB Zine! Check it out at https://ircbpodcast.gumroad.com/ !! Timestam...

This episode was recorded on May 13th, 2018! Paul and Nick join Mike for the second Q&A episode where they answer as many questions as possible–time permitting! We also find out this week that Nick is very serious about his tape choices. (And don’t miss the Justice League movie chat post-credits this week) ALSO THIS WEEK: The first issue of the IRCB Zine! Check it out at https://ircbpodcast.com/zi...

This episode was recorded on May 6th, 2018 and sometime in the past! Our show this week is an odd one as we had a strange technical glitch half-way through. For the first half, Brian and Kate join Mike to talk about their comic picks and books they’ve been reading. For the second half of the show, Tia and René have an in-depth discussion about the villians of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s an...

This episode was recorded on April 29th, 2018. Mike is joined this week by Kara and Kait to discuss the Goodreads Book of the Month, Pretty Deadly Volume 1: The Shrike, as voted on by the wonderful IRCB Goodreads members! And make sure to stick around for a very strange conversation about YA-oriented comic book-based romance novels… Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:13:36 – Comic...

This episode was recorded on April 15, 2018. In the second episode of This Is Not An Interview, Tia talks to Magdalene Visaggio about Eternity Girl, death, being a history nerd, SMASHMOUTH BECAUSE HEY NOW YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR, why we love Shade the Changing Girl, characters behaving badly, and other random things!   This Is Not An Interview is now a monthly bonus minisode and will appear in your reg...

This episode was recorded on April 22nd, 2018. Mike, Nick, and Tia are joined this week by the incredible Ryan Browne ( Curse Words , Manhattan Projects , Bedlam ) to chat about comics, the comic creation process, God Hates Astronauts, and Ryan’s latest Kickstarter:  GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS presents 3-D COWBOY’S 2-D SPECTACULAR! Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:19:33 – Comic Picks 0...