I Read Comic Books

Mike, Brian, and Nick discuss their picks for the 2022 IRCB Goodreads Challenge: Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow, The Way of the Househusband Vol. 1, and Aster of Pan. Check out the 2022 IRCB Goodreads Reading Challenge. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:01:23 - West Michigan Weather Watch 00:02:09 - Star Wars: Hidden Empire #1 00:06:59 - Deadpool: Samurai Vol 2 00:12:06 - Hellraiser...

Mike, Kara, and Paul come together to discuss big, bombastic, stupid comics that are dumb and fun. Also: Mike goes on a(nother) Hellraiser rant, Paul discussed bad(?) Batman comics, and Kara goes deep into skin care courtesy of a how-to manga. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:03:17 - Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands 00:07:17 - Makeup is Not (Just) Magic: A Manga Guide to Cosmet...

Mike, Paloma, and Nick talk about the life of a Wednesday Warrior and the vibes of working at a comic shop (from Paloma's perspective) on the ever-wonderful New Comic Book Day. Check out Saga of Saga: Volume 10, the latest episode of our in depth Saga-discussion series, only on Patreon! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:00:46 - Hellboy in Love #1 00:06:43 - Dark Ride #1 00:09:59...

Mike, Danny, and Kait chat about Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen as part of October's Goodreads Book of the Month theme: Spooky Not Scary Comics! Check out the Goodreads Book of the Month thread! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:02:28 - The Riddler: Year One 00:06:17 - Seen - True Stories of Marginalized Trailblazers: Edmonia Lewis 00:12:08 - Legion of X #6 00:17:36 - A.X.E. Judg...

Mike, Brian, and René are joined by special guest, Brandon Ingram of Dismay Comics! His Kickstarter for Dismay Avenue #1-2 is live now! Support Dismay Avenue #1-2 on Kickstarter Follow Dismay Comics: tiktok.com/@dismaycomics instagram.com/dismaycomics facebook.com/dismaycomics Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:02:52 - Introducing Brandon Ingram! 00:04:15 - One Piece: All of it --...

Mike, Danny, and Nick discuss three recent #1s and give their review: Kaya #1, Briar #1, and 007 #1. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:02:52 - Orphan and the Five Beasts 00:08:45 - Two Moons #1-5 00:13:06 - Mike rants about the worst movie he's ever seen 00:15:15 - X-Men #15 00:19:09 - Batman Incorporated #1 00:24:43 - Lost Lad London Vol. 1 00:31:29 - Akira Vol. 3 00:35:51 - Top...

Mike, Paul, and Brian chat comics they've been reading, what's on the Top of Their Pile, and ALL of She-Hulk (so far). Spoilers ahead! Vote on the next IRCB Movie Club movie here! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:01:19 - Alien Vol 2 00:06:13 - The Best of 2000 AD Vol 1 00:16:44 - Human Target #7 00:21:54 - DC vs Vampires Vol 1 00:26:31 - Santos Sisters #2 00:27:50 - Ant Man #3-4...

Kait, Kate, and Mike chat comics they've been reading and hand out some recommendations for comics to read that have Fall Vibes . Timestamps 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:03:16 - The Golden Hour 00:06:23 - Witches of Brooklyn: What The Hex 00:10:43 - Stages of Rot 00:17:17 - Top of Our Pile 00:17:31 - Lucy 00:21:50 - Beetle and the Hollowbones 00:24:16 - Discord Live Picks 00:25:23 - Ear...

Kara, Tia, and Mike discuss the comics they've read and what exactly makes a sexy bad boi, their appeal, agency of the reader and the problem with beefcake comic art. Timestamps 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:04:36 - Chilling Adventures Presents... Weirder Mysteries 00:09:57 - Minions: Mini Boss 00:17:31 - Mike on Vanish 00:22:50 - Time Before Time #16 00:26:14 - Top of Our Pile 00:26:28...

Mike, Nick, and Paul talk comics they've read and the Top of Their Pile, the ONE PIECE, and the most hyped comic coming out this week: Vanish #1. Check out the latest shirt in our shop: https://shop.ircbpodcast.com/ Check out THE ONE PIECE Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:02:03 - Batman #127 00:06:54 - Bone Orchard: Ten Thousand Black Feathers #1 00:14:37 - Fire Punch Vol. 1-8 0...

This episode was recorded on September 11th, 2022! Paul, Tia, and Kait revisit a topic of recent past: comic book grievances.  Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:21:55 - Top of the Pile 00:28:44 - Revisiting Our Comic Book Grievances 01:03:10 - Wrap/Credits Comics Read Wake: The History of Women-Led Slave Revolts Golden Rage #1-2 Detective Comics #1063 Giant Spider & Me: A Post-Ap...

This episode was recorded in the past! Kara brings René along to talk about the prevalence of baseball in comic books and manga! Music provided by Infinity Shred . Find them on Bandcamp . IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL Producer : Mike Rapin 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 Lives, A Better Batmobile, an...

This episode was recorded on August 28th, 2022! Mike, Kait, and Paul discuss the books they read for our Goodreads Book of the Month theme: Banned Books -- comics challenged or removed from libraries and other places. Check out our Goodreads Thread to see what everyone else read for this month. Get the alleged Star Wars Episode 3 video mash on our Patreon: patreon.com/ircbpodcast Check out Greatly...

This episode was recorded on August 21st, 2022! Mike, Danny, and IRCB's newest member, Paloma, sat down to talk about their favorite members of the Bat-family. Which member of Batman's ever-growing family is your favorite? Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start / What We Read 00:21:11 - Top of Our Pile 00:29:28 - The Bat-fam 00:57:38 - Wrap/Credits Top of Our Pile: Batman One Bad Day - Riddler #1 FLAVOR GIR...

This episode was recorded on August 14th, 2022! Mike, Tia, and Brian talk comics they read and what's on the top of their pile, but also: issues with manga art, why Vault Comics still work as a publisher, and... buttholes? Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:38:41 - Top of the Pile 00:53:40 - Wrap/Credits Comics Read: The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel (Book 1) Deadpool Samu...

This episode was recorded on August 7th, 2022! Kara, Kate, and Danny discuss anthropomorphic animals in comics! Why are there so many rabbits? Also: what was YOUR Horse Girl Experience? Listen to A Better Batmobile on Patreon! Timestamps 00:00:00 - Start Last Week in Comics 00:16:35 - Top of Our Pile 00:26:00 - Anthropomorphic Animals, also Unicorns 01:07:10 - Wrap/Credits Comics Read Nice House o...

This episode was recorded on July 31, 2022! Mike, Kait, and Nick discuss color in manga chapters, the mysteries of translated French comics, and what makes a good comic book logo.  Listen to A Better Batmobile on Patreon! Timestamps 00:00:00 - Start Last Week in Comics 00:30:12 - Top of the Pile 00:41:59 - Comic Book Logos 01:25:50 - Wrap/Credits Comics Read Nights with a Cat Vol 1 Hellboy and the...

This is the first episode of our Patreon-only series: A Better Batmobile! Join the IRCB Patreon to get access to the rest of this series and many others at patreon.com/ircbpodcast . From Patreon: It's here! The first episode of A Better Batmobile with Paul and his first guest: Mike! FULL SPOILERS for Batman Arkham Asylum and Batman: Gothic . Want a shirt? Grab one now on our shop! Check out Paul's...

This is the first episode of our Patreon-only series: Giant Days of Our Lives! Join the IRCB Patreon to get access to the rest of this series and many others at patreon.com/ircbpodcast . From Patreon: The latest and greatest PATREON EXCLUSIVE read along series!  Join us as we read through the wonderful series Giant Days from BOOM! Studios. Each episode, Brian, Kara, and Kait will be diving into an...

This is the first episode of our Patreon-only series: Mike and Paul Read Doom Patrol! Join the IRCB Patreon to get access to the rest of this series and many others at patreon.com/ircbpodcast . From Patreon: This is the first of a mini-series all about Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol. Mike and Paul sat down to discuss Volume 1 of the series, the intricacies of Morrison's writing, and the insanity tha...

This is the first episode of the IRCB Patreon series, IRCB Movie Club! Join the IRCB Patreon to get access to the rest of this series and many others at patreon.com/ircbpodcast . From Patreon: On this first episode of a new quarterly series, Paul, Mike, and Brian discuss Daniel Clowes' Ghost World and the film adaptation of the same name, directed by Terry Zwigoff. --- Music provided by Infinity S...

This episode was recorded on June 26th, 2022! Mike, Paul, and Kate discuss some of their favorite comics from 2021, the theme of this month's Goodreads Book of the Month. Check out the rest of the comics folks picked on the IRCB Goodreads Group !  Abortion is a basic healthcare need for millions of people who can become pregnant. Find out how you can support those in need at choice.crd.co Timestam...

This episode was recorded on June 19th, 2022! Mike, Kara, and René are joined by Aubrey Lyn Jeppson ( @TamingTheMuse ) and C.K. Lawson ( @chrisdoescomics ), editors of the Kickstarter anthology "Scott Snyder Presents Tales From the Cloakroom" ( @CloakRoomComics ), to chat comic they're reading and going from comic book classroom to making a comic book anthology! Check out Scott Snyder Presents Tal...

This episode was recorded on June 12, 2022! Mike, Nick, and Paul send off the final(?) episode of IRCB with a discussion about comic book endings. SPOILERS AHEAD. Make sure to check out A Better Batmobile on our Patreon ! New episodes every other Saturday. Timestamps 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:35:44 - Top of Our Pile 00:47:08 - Our Favorite Comic Book Endings 01:11:48 - Self-contained...

This episode was recorded on June 5th, 2022! Mike, Brian, and Kate dig in on the chaos-magic-wielding, reality warping, witchcraft-saving character known as Scarlet Witch. Timestamps 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:17:53 - Top of the Pile 00:25:13 - Scarlet Witch: A History 00:57:33 - Wrap/Credits Comics Read / Top of Our Pile Saga #1 Blood Stained Teeth #1-2 Archie Meets Riverdale #1 One...