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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...

Mike, Paul, and Nick were LIVE on Twitch to talk comics, Nick makes a terrible Breaking Bad reference, and the gang tries to explain just what IS Oni Press? Get your late pledge for an IRCB Zine: ircb.fyi/zine Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:02:21 - Fantastic Four Update! 00:10:16 - Those Not Afraid #1-3 00:26:35 - The Prince In The Basement 00:35:12 - Discord Picks 00:35:52 -...

"Pulverizing" Paul Jaissle, "Dangerous" Danny Martinez, and "The Zach Attack" Zach McCrary discuss the meeting of two great mediums: professional wrestling and comic books! Follow Zach's podcast, The Comics That We Love: https://kite.link/the-comics-that-we-love Follow Danny''s YouTube channel, Next Issue Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@nextissuepodcast Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in...

Mike, Kara, and Paloma talk comics! Sonic 3! Horror Comics! Marvel Snap! Step It Up! This episode is packed! Correction : Mike credited Javier Rodriguez as the artist on She-Hulk -- he was wrong! And he miscredited Gabriel Hernandez Walta on Phantom Road. YEESH! Get your late-pledge for Totally Not A Cult at https://ircb.fyi/zine Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:03:41 - Through...

This episode originally aired on the IRCB Patreon: https://patreon.com/ircbpodcast The first episode of our new series about the covers  of the series The Wicked + The Divine. Kara and Tia dive deep on a few covers of issue #1 of WicDiv to kick off the series! Jamie/Matt cover : https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/wicdiv/images/6/65/Issue1cover_Laura.jpg Headshots in millions of colors! : https://st...

Mike and Danny talk with long time podcast regular Brian! Who is Brian? What kind of TTRPGs does he like? And Brian fan casts Danny and Mike as Pokemon Gym Leaders?! Get your late pledge for the IRCB Zine, Totally Not A Cult: https://ircb.fyi/zine The Adarvaan #1 Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdheriford/the-adarvaan-issue-1-heriford-wells-maiolo-wands The Song Survives Kickstar...

Mike, Paul, and Nick sat down to discuss Captain America's Madbomb Saga from 1976 written and drawn by Jack Kirby, a strangely prescient comic... Captain America: Madbomb Saga covers Captain America #193-200. Check out this article from Marvel about this incredible run: https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/marvel-flashback-captain-america-s-madbomb-saga Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in...

Mike, Kara, and Paul discuss comics in our Goodreads Theme of the Month: "WE KNOW MEN MAKE COMICS: Comics made by women & non-binary creators!" Check out our Goodreads Thread for this month's reading theme: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/23064657-march-2025-botm-comics-by-women-non-binary-creative-teams A Magical Girl Retires: https://www.harperlibrarybookclub.com/9780063373266/a-magical-gir...

This episode of IRCB originally aired on our Patreon in December 2024. You can find HUNDREDS of other exclusive podcast episodes at https://patreon.com/ircbpodcast Mike, Kara, and Danny all saw Kraven the Hunter (2024) . Mike has a meltdown. Kara tries to understand. Danny keeps the peace. Full spoilers ahead. Music provided by Infinity Shred . Find them on Bandcamp . IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL IRC...

Mike, Nick, and Danny were LIVE on Twitch! Mike shows off his new tattoo, we threaten to change the podcast, and Nick accuses Mike of being a Star Trek superfan. Note : There were some MINOR audio glitches with Nick's audio this week. Apologies! Check out Zona del Male: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dgw-zonadelmale1/zona-del-male-a-folk-horror-anthology THE IRCB ZINE "TOTALLY NOT A CULT" IS...

Mike and Zach are joined by special guest Nick Goode to talk comics and Nick's Kickstarter: Sussex. Plus: THE IRCB KICKSTARTER IS LIVE!!! Check out Sussex on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nickgoode/sussex-chapters-one-and-two Follow Nick online: https://www.instagram.com/goodie182/ https://web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/goodie182.bsky.social THE IRCB KICKSTARTER IS LIVE: https://ircb...

Kait, Paloma, and Kate dig into our Goodreads Theme of the Month, "OMG, You Haven't Read That Yet?!", and discuss a few comics they can't believe they haven't read yet! Join the Goodreads discussion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/23025725-february-2025-botm-omg-you-haven-t-read-that-yet Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:00:50 - V for Vendetta 00:09:59 - Batman Year One 00:...

Mike and Kait chat comics with special guest Ben Kahn and their latest comic, Mr. Muffins: Defender of the Stars! THE IRCB ZINE GOES LIVE ON MARCH 3rd!! https://ircb.fyi/zine Follow Ben Kahn online: https://www.benkahncomics.com/ Progressively Horrific Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/progressively-horrified/id1537930514 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:01:30 - Jo...