I Read Comic Books

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 Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:23:33 – Comic Picks 00:37:46 – Goodreads Book of the Month – Animosity Vol. 1 01:13:55 – Wrap/Credits Comic Reads/Picks for this week Last of the Dragons TMNT Micro-Series Volume 1 The Quantum Age #1 X-Men: Grand Design – Second Genesis #2 Beyonders #1 Harbinger Wars II #4 Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Kara – @KaraSzam Nick – @dethstarplnz IRCB Patreon – http://ircbpodcast.com/patreon Goodreads Thread for BotM discussion

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 – Summer Camp Comic Book Picks 00:59:26 – Wrap/Credits Comic Reads/Picks for this week Mr. & Mrs. X #1 Extermination #1 Justice League #6 American Splendor: Unsung Hero JLA Avengers (2003) Royal City #14 Shanghai Red #3 Giant Days Vol 8 Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Kara – @KaraSzam Paul – @OhHiPaulie Summer Camp comics: Astonishing X-Men volume 1 SuperMutant Magic Academy Reign of the Supermen Proxima Centauri Lumberjanes Amulet B&V Vixens & Archie Horror

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 Brian 01:05:01 – Wrap/Credits Comic Reads/Picks for this week The Wild Storm: Michael Cray #10 Transformers: Dark Cybertron Volume 2 Infinity Wars #1 James Bond: Black Box #1-6 Aliens: Dust to Dust #2 The Weatherman #3 Crowded #1 Gideon Falls #6 Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Brian – @Brianhead Nick – @dethstarplnz

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 record on August 12th to have it read and answered on the show! Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:21:04 – Comic Picks 00:29:38 – Extreme Changes in Character 01:07:09 – Wrap/Credits Comic Reads/Picks for this week X-Men: Grand Design New Genesis #1 The Seeds #1 Action Comics #1001 Mister Miracle #10 Immortal Hulk #4 The Girl from the Other Side, vol 1 Abbott #1-5 Domino #5 Catwoman #2 Black Badge #1 Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Paul – @OhHiPaulie Kait – @KaitLPhere Comics talked about this week: Immortal Hulk Buffy Season 8 Four Eyes Swamp Thing Daredevil Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sh

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 for our next Q&A episode on August 15th! Get your question in before we record on August 12th to have it read and answered on the show! Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:18:02 – Comic Picks 00:25:06 – Depression and Mental Illness in Comics 00:59:46 – Wrap/Credits Comic Reads/Picks for this week Pluto Volume 6-8 by Naoki Urasawa Farmhand #1 The Agency by Katie Skelly Submerged #1 Mister Miracle #10 Star Wars #52 Infinity Wars #1 Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX Brian – @Brianhead Eternity Girl by Maggs Vissagio and Sonny Liew The Flash & Trickster clip My Lesbian Exp

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 swept away by the multiverse for she had to know the answers: WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH GRANT MORRISON? What transpired when the two finally met on the other side of forever is what was recorded for this minisode. Enjoy. Relevant Links/Information Kara – @KaraSzam Paul – @OhHiPaulie 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 about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group and get a hold of us in the comments or here: ircb@destroythecyb.org –

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 Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs. Have a question? Want us to talk about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group and get a hold of us in the comments or here: ircb@destroythecyb.org – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks. Hey #PodernFamily listeners! Thanks for dropping by! TuneIn | Player.fm | Overcast

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 about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group and get a hold of us in the comments or here: ircb@destroythecyb.org – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks. Hey #PodernFamily listeners! Thanks for dropping by! TuneIn | Player.fm | Overcast

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! This Is Not An Interview is now a monthly bonus minisode series and will appear in your regular feed! Stay subscribed! Links Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX Alex – @alexdecampi Bad Girls Hell’s Kitchen Movie Club Ghost In The Shell This week’s music was by Infinity Shred. This episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs. Have a question? Want us to talk about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group and get a hold of us in the comments or here: ircb@destroythecyb.org – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks. Hey #PodernFamily listeners! Thanks for dropping by! TuneIn 

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 a question? Want us to talk about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group and get a hold of us in the comments or here: ircb@destroythecyb.org – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks. Hey #PodernFamily listeners! Thanks for dropping by! TuneIn | Player.fm | Overcast

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 of the IRCB Zine! Check it out at http://ircbpodcast.com/zine!! Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:17:17 – Comic Picks 00:26:04 – Goodreads Book of the Month – Nimona 01:00:13 – Wrap/Credits Comic Reads/Picks for this week X-Men Gold #30 The Wild Storm #12-13 X-Men Grand Design The Terrifics #3-4 Lazarus vol 4 Poison Kill or Be Killed #20 Modern Fantasy #1 Quantum and Woody #7 Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Nick – @dethstarplnz Kate – @KateSkocelas Goodreads Book of the Month Thread Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp. This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin an

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 http://ircbpodcast.com/zine!! Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:14:07 – Comic Picks 00:23:16 – Webcomics 01:03:45 – Wrap/Credits Comic Reads/Picks for this week Domino #3 The Magic Order #1 The Weather Man #1 Grass Kings #15 Shazam TPB X-Men: Gold #30 Shanghai Red #1 Shadowman #4 Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Nick – @dethstarplnz Brian – @Brianhead Line WEBTOON Penny Arcade Questionable Content JL8 XKCD Check, Please! Not Drunk Enough Let’s Play! My Giant Nerd Boyfriend Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp. This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander

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 The Secret Loves of Geek Girls and The Secret Loves of Geeks, and Publisher at Bedside Press. Also, DO NOT MISS: The first issue of the IRCB Zine! Check it out at http://ircbpodcast.com/zine!! Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:21:49 – Comic picks 00:29:32 – Interview with Hope Nicholson 01:17:39 – Wrap/Credits Comic Reads/Picks for this week Star Wars Vol 1-3 Darth Vader Vol 1-2 Vader Down Dazzler X-Song #1 Harbinger Wars 2 #1 Planetary Vol 1 By Night #1 Monstress #17 Orphans Vol 1 Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Nick – @dethstarplnz Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX Hope Nicholson – @HopeLNicholson B

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 http://ircbpodcast.com/zine!! Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:11:34 – Comic Picks 00:20:52 – Single issues vs Collections 00:45:10 – Wrap/Credits Comic Reads/Picks for this week Doomsday Clock #5 Dry Country #3 Coda #1 My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness Man of Steel #2 Giant Days #39 Justice League #1 Relevant Links/Information Paul – @OhHiPaulie Kate – @KateSkocelas Kait – @KaitLPhere Music provided by Infinity Shred. 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 about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group and get a hold

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.Continue readingEpisode 162 | Ben Saunders and Seattle’s MoPOP Marvel Exhibit

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 appear in your regular feed! Stay subscribed! Links Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX Christopher – @xtop Shanghai Red christophersebela.com This week’s music was by Infinity Shred. This episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs. Have a question? Want us to talk about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group and get a hold of us in the comments or here: ircb@destroythecyb.org – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks. Hey #PodernFamily listeners! Thanks for dropping by! TuneIn | Player.fm | Overcast

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?Continue readingEpisode 161 | My Boy Spider-Man, The Precious Angel Baby

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 http://ircbpodcast.com/zine!! Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:22:30 – Comic Picks 00:33:56 – IRCB Q&A 01:06:41 – Wrap/Credits Comic Reads/Picks for this week The Wild Storm: Michael Cray #7 The Sixth Gun, Vols 2 and 3 TMNT Volume 11: Attack on Technodrome Shadow Roads FCBD issue Superman: The Man of Steel volumes 1 & 2 Barrier #1 & 2 Batman #47 Gideon Falls #3 All The Answers Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Nick – @dethstarplnz Paul – @OhHiPaulie Music provided by Infinity Shred. 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 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 odd format, but it’s exciting! Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:11:12 – Comic Picks 00:17:46 – MCU Villains 00:59:02 – Credits Comic Reads/Picks for this week All-New Wolverine #34 Kill or Be Killed #18 Astonishing X-Men #10 Snotgirl Volume 1 Haikyu!! Volume 4 Come Into Me #2 LunarBaboon Elf & Warrior Aliens Dust to Dust #1 Avengers #1 Star Wars: Kanan vol. 2 East of West Vol. 5 Exiles #1 Eternity Girl #3 Hawkeye: Kate Bishop Volume 3 – Family Reunion Runaways #9 Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Kate – @KateSkocelas Brian – @Brianhead Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX Rene – @Rodrigur29 Music provi

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 Picks Goodreads Book of the Month – Pretty Deadly Volume 1: The Shrike Wrap/Credits Comic Reads/Picks for this week Monster Volume 3 Giant Days Volume 7 Maxwell’s Demons #2 Saga #49 Pink Venomized #1 Runaways #7-8 The Heart of Thomas All You Need Is Kill Rogue & Gambit #5 Coda #1 Red Sonja Tarzan #1 Star Wars Tag & Bink Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Kara – @KaraSzam Kait – @KaitLphere Goodreads Discussion for Pretty Deadly Volume 1: The Shrike Rogue Touch on Amazon Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp. This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs. Have a