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Mike, Zach, and Brian discuss how they would turn some of their favorite properties into comics using the "IDW Treatment." Check out the new IRCB Website: https://www.ircbpodcast.com Listen to Zach's podcast, The Comics That We Love: https://kite.link/the-comics-that-we-love Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics 00:02:04 - Uzumaki 00:06:00 - Matchmaker 00:09:24 - Kill Your Darlings #1...

Mike sat down with Oscar Osorio to talk comics and Oscar's experience with breaking into comics, using Zoop as a crowdfunding space, and how the comics community helped him get his start as a comic book writer. Follow Oscar: https://oscarwins.substack.com/ https://twitter.com/Oscarom29 Timestamps 00:00:00 - Start / Start / What Have You Been Reading? 00:01:18 - How To Talk To Girls At Parties 00:0...

Mike, Nick, and Paloma dig on a commissioned episode asking the questions: Is there a formula to a successful comic book? Why do comics lend to constant retellings? Thank you to a good fan of the podcast for commissioning this episode on our Patreon !  Check out the IRCB Secret Feed on Spotify to see what you might be missing out on! Mike and Zach will be at ZOLOCON on September 2nd! https://zoloc...

Danny hosts this week and is joined by Paloma and Kait! The gang discusses comics they've been reading and comics on the top of their pile but the main discussion focuses on some of the mainstream digital manga apps: K Manga, Shonen Jump, Viz, and more. Don't forget to checkout Danny's YouTube channel / podcast: Next Issue Podcast ! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:00:51 - Fangi...

Mike is BACK and Tia and Zach join him to talk comics, cute Xenomorphs, flyover states, and cryptids.  Check out Zach's podcast: The Comics That We Love ! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics 00:02:15 - Mother Nature 00:12:38 - Hearts of Steel Book 1: Debris, Cyrano and Me 00:19:52 - Tekkonkinkreet 00:25:17 - Deep Cuts #1-3 00:30:23 - The Enfield Gang Massacre #1 00:33:15 - Purr Evil...

Paul takes the lead this week with Kait and Kate in tow to talk about non-fiction comics! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics 00:00:45 - Batman Vol 1: Their Dark Designs 00:04:25 - The Arrival 00:09:38 - Best of 2000 AD Vol 3 00:15:21 - Attack on Titan 00:20:29 - Xino #2 00:23:03 - Top of Our Pile 00:23:03 - Mother Nature 00:24:58 - Parachute Kids 00:26:44 - Discord Picks 00:27:17 -...

Kara steps in to run IRCB this week and has wrangled Nick and Brian to talk a comic favorite of hers: The Adventures of Tintin! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics 00:01:03 - Starfinder: Angels of the Drift #1 00:06:51 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin - Lost Years #1 00:15:43 - Mimosa 00:23:49 - Swan Songs #1 00:28:03 - Discord Picks 00:28:41 - Spider-Punk: Battle of t...

Originally posted on Patreon, March 31, 2020!  Paul is joined by Mike and Brian for the second episode of IRCB Movie Club to discuss the film Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010, dir. Edgar Wright) and the comic series it is based on, Scott Pilgrim by Brian Lee O'Malley. Music provided by Infinity Shred . Find them on Bandcamp . IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL Producer : Mike Rapin Editor : Zander Riggs S...

Kara and Kait revisit an old classic IRCB format: Book vs Book. This time they read Junkwraith and Kaya Vol. 1 ! Spoilers ahead!! Music provided by Infinity Shred . Find them on Bandcamp . IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL Producer : Mike Rapin Prooflistener : Nick White Editor : Zander Riggs Support us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our L...

Mike and Nick are back with everyone's favorite deep-dive series: Ice Cream Man. This time, it's Volume 8: Subjects & Objects.  Ice Cream Man written by W. Maxwell Prince, pencils & inks by Martin Morazzo, colors by Chris O'Halloran, letters by Good Ole Neon. Music provided by Infinity Shred . Find them on Bandcamp . IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL Producer : Mike Rapin Prooflistener : Nick White Editor...

Join Mike and Danny every week as they comb over each episode of the Netflix series and discuss. This episode discusses Episode 16 of the Netflix series Sweet Tooth, "The Ballad of the Last Men." It's the end of season 2, there's betrayals, deaths, and it's the last stand for Gus, Jepp, Aimee, Bear, and the kids!  Send in your voicemails and/or thoughts about Sweet Tooth to ircbpodcast@gmail.com!...

Mike is joined by Bijhan Agha to talk comics they've been reading and Bijhan's latest Kickstarter for "Time Wars: the Adventures of Kobra Olympus!" Support the Kobra Olympus Kickstarter! Timestamps: 00:00 - Start / Intros 01:54 - Wonder Woman by Charles Mouton 09:49: Delphine 14:04 - Time Wars: the Adventures of Kobra Olympus 30:14 - Wrap / Credits Follow the creative team online: @swaptrap   @jam...

Join Mike and Danny every week as they comb over each episode of the Netflix series and discuss. This episode discusses Episode 15 of the Netflix series Sweet Tooth, “I’ll Find You.” So much LORE and joy and sadness and so much of everything Mike and Danny were hoping for this season. Is it too little too late, though? Send in your voicemails and/or thoughts about Sweet Tooth to ircbpodcast@gmail....

Mike, Kara, and IRCB regular Zach McCrary discuss their comic book guilty pleasures, what that even means, and how the Volturi are in Spider-Verse? Check out Zach's other ventures: The Comics That We Love - Instagram Comics and Beer - Instagram TFD Nerdcast Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics 00:01:58 - Dead Romans #1-4 00:06:08 - Spider-Punk: Battle of the Banned 00:15:52 - In Hell...

Join Mike and Danny every week as they comb over each episode of the Netflix series and discuss. This episode discusses Episode 14 of the Netflix series Sweet Tooth, "How It Started, How It’s Going." The real fight begins, Bear betrays and refriends, Aimee goes into BADASS mode, Singh picks science, Abbot gets bullied by kids on a bus, and more. Send in your voicemails or emails to ircbpodcast@gma...

Mike, Kara, and Danny are joined by special guest and comic creator Kevvo to talk comics and Kevvo's latest Kickstarter, Z Class: Trix ! Check out the Kickstarter for Z Class: Trix here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kevvokreates/z-class-trix?ref=atklmo Follow Kevvo online:  https://patreon.com/zclasscomics https://twitter.com/zclasscomics https://instagram.com/zclasscomics Timestamps: 00:0...

Paul, Brian, and Paloma talk comics and comic book adaptations of blockbuster movies. NEXT WEEK! IRCB Live on Twitch @ 8pm EST - https://twitch.tv/ircbpodcast Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics 00:00:49 - Star Wars - Doctor Aphra Vol 1: Aphra 00:03:39 - I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend Into A Girl Vol. 1 00:06:31 - Santos Sisters #4 00:09:17 - Batman Vs Robin #2 00:11:12 - Unst...

Paul, Kait, and Kate talk comics and, specifically, a bit about Nice House On The Lake. Minor spoilers ahead! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics 00:01:13 - My Brother's Husband Vol. 1 and 2 00:06:06 - Strange Adventures 00:09:41 - Ephemera 00:13:54 - How to Understand Israel in 30 Days or Less 00:17:29 - Lo and Behold 00:21:07 - Love and Rockets #13 00:26:04 - Top of Our Pile 00:26...

Mike and Danny chat comics and anthology editing with Logan Rodgers & Jason Holtzman, two of the editors of Scott Snyder presents: Tales from the Cloakroom Volume 2! Links Back the Kickstarter! Check out the 3-story preview of Tales from the Cloakroom Volume 2 Tales From The Cloakroom Vol. 2 Linktree @Jasonholtzman4 @lwriterrodgers Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:34 - Dragonball Super Chapters...

Join Mike and Danny every week as they comb over each episode of the Netflix series and discuss. This episode discusses Episode 13 of the Netflix series Sweet Tooth, “What It Takes.” THE PLANES ARE HERE! The kids are escaping! What's the actual deal with Bear? And Jepp's tragic past is revealed. Send in your voicemails or emails to ircbpodcast@gmail.com! Music: “Beautiful C.S.” by Robert Farmer Ar...

Mike challenged Kait and Nick to give him some of their strangest manga to read and they didn't disappoint. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics 00:00:34 - Nick’s F1 Podcast 00:03:38 - Mrs. Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea #1 00:09:59 - Attack on Titan Vol. 1-7 00:15:57 - Alien (2021-2022) #7-12 00:21:02 - Faster 00:28:12 - Goodbye, Eri 00:32:53 - Aliens Annual #1 00:36:42 - Top...

Join Mike and Danny every week as they comb over each episode of the Netflix series and discuss. This episode discusses Episode 12 of the Netflix series Sweet Tooth, “Bad Man.” It's the halfway point of the season: Everything's coming together... even if Mike isn't really INTO half of the episode. Send in your voicemails or emails to ircbpodcast@gmail.com! Music: “Beautiful C.S.” by Robert Farmer...

Mike, Paul, and Tia are joined by Amie Wright, chairperson on the Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table committee within the American Library Association to talk comic book challenges and bans in the United States! Links: GNRCT Webinar with Trung Le Nguyen GNRCT Webinar Archive Preparing For and Addressing Challenges to Comics in the Library Committee Trade Secrets: Addressing Challenges to Comics...

Join Mike and Danny every week as they comb over each episode of the Netflix series and discuss. This episode discusses Episode 11 of the Netflix series Sweet Tooth, “Chicken or Egg.” Danny and Mike both agree that this episode should have been about only one story. But we gotta move the plot forward elsewhere, right? Send in your voicemails or emails to ircbpodcast@gmail.com! Music: “Beautiful C....

Mike, Kait, and Paul were live on TWITCH this week! Not only did they talk comics but they went through their FCBD hauls! Make sure to follow us on Twitch to get notified when we're live next! https://twitch.tv/ircbpodcast Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics 00:01:14 - A Ballad for Sophie 00:07:13 - Batman #135 (#900) 00:13:53 - Peacemaker Tries Hard #1 00:16:52 - X-Men: Before the...