I Read Comic Books

This week, Mike and Paul are joined by Ed Brubaker to talk about Ed's new book, Where The Body Was from Image Comics, PLUS: comics they've been reading, switching between writing for TV, comic book adaptations, and more! You can pick up Where The Body Was at your local comic shop or wherever you buy books . Follow Ed's newsletter: https://eepurl.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=12703963b24c2d94a36...

Mike sat down with Alex of the Opinions May Vary podcast to talk about Alex's new audio drama series: The StarWell Foundation! Timestamps 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week In Comics 00:02:06 - Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Donner Dinner Party 00:06:23 - Oldboy Vol. 1 00:10:13 - Astronaut Down by James Patrick and Rubine 00:16:30 - Operation Sunshine #1 00:21:50 - Superior Spider-Man 00:25:32 - Of Thun...

Mike and Kait are joined by special guest Bijhan Agha to talk comics and Bijhan's upcoming projects. Check out all of Bijhan's work: https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Blood-Golem-Time-Wars/dp/B0CHL3RVY7 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jamsheedstudios/time-wars-stellar-assault https://www.patreon.com/Jamsheedstudios Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics 00:01:58 - Kaya Vol. 2 00:07:45...

Mike is joined this week by Kara and Paloma as they help him discover his inner Sailor Moon. Note : Mike's audio sounds a bit odd this week due to a technical oddity. Sorry folks! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:00:49 - Unlikely Story of Felix and Macabber 00:04:16 - HoX/PoX 00:11:56 - Sacrificers #3-4 00:17:19 - Transformers #2 00:21:23 - Booster Gold: Blue & Gold (2009) 00:25...

This week, it's Mike, Nick and Brian talking comics and making bad Star Trek jokes. We're very sorry. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics 00:01:40 - How to Grill Our Love Vol 1 00:11:33 - Swamp Thing: Green Hell 00:18:12 - Karmen 00:25:52 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #1 (2022-2023) 00:33:40 - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Illyrian Enigma 00:39:09...

Mike, Zach, and Nick give one final hurrah to Halloween with a discussion of some of their favorite, actually scary comic books. Check out 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 00:01:02 - Autumnal 00:05:25 - Giant Robot Hellboy #1 (of 3) 00:15:58 - Koguchi Magazine #1 00:22:21 - The Bone Orchard Mythos:...

Recorded LIVE on Twitch! Mike, Danny, and Kara discuss Booster Gold Vol. 1: 52 Pickup! A commissioned on Patreon by our good pal Keith! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics 00:01:04 - Everyone read Universal Monsters: Dracula #1 00:13:06 - Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees #1 00:16:03 - Sports is Hell 00:21:08 - Vampirella vs Dracula 00:28:01 - Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan...

Kait and Brian visit Mike for his birthday and they ended up recording a podcast talking about comic books. Wow!! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics 00:01:38 - The Witch of Thistle Castle 00:06:17 - Bloodline: Daughter of Blade Vol. 1 00:09:05 - Uncanny Spider-Man #1 00:13:58 - Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan Vol. 2 00:18:04 - Earthdivers Vol. 1: Kill Columbus 00:23:12 - Chai...

Danny, Tia, and Kate take over the show this week to read and discuss Gambit comics, per Mike's request. And Tia's cat Holiday makes a background appearance. Comics read and discussed this episode: GAMBIT (1993) #1-4 Rogue and Gambit (2018) Gambit 2012 - (#1-7) X-Men Origins: Gambit (2009) Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 #266 Check out Danny's podcast, Next Issue Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@nextissuepod...

The second in our 2-part series about Transformers! Mike, Kara, and Kate talk about Transformers comics, the problems with digital comic licensing, and more! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics 00:01:38 - Legos and spooky season 00:06:53 - The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor 00:09:33 - Immortal Thor #1 00:15:10 - Kanan: The Last Padawan 00:23:33 - Ultimate Invasion #4 00:32:20 - Disco...

Mike, Brian, and Danny are joined by Kev of the Austin Danger Podcast to talk about the live-action Transformers movie universe as part 1 of 2 of our Transformers journey to celebrate the new Transformers #1! Follow Kev online: https://solo.to/austindangerpod https://letterboxd.com/kev/ Check out Danny on Next Issue Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@nextissuepodcast Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start /...

Mike, Paul, and Nick are joined by Brandon Ingram to talk comics and Brandon's latest Kickstarter: The Gallows Man: Tales From Town's City! Check out the The Gallows Man: Tales From Town's City Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dismaycomics/tales-from-towns-city-1-golden-age-superhero-dark-comedy Follow Brandon: https://www.tiktok.com/@dismaycomics https://www.instagram.com/dismayc...

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....