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I Read Comic Books episodes

October 21You Really Gotta Hit The “T” in Peanuts
Paul, Brian, and Nick talk about 2 Spooky stories for the season and 1 not so Spooky story but its ok, Paul is catching up on floppies. Also a discussion of the upcoming titles and making sure Letterers are credited on the main page.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
00:01:32 - Alien vs. X-Men #1
00:10:32 - Star Trek: Holo-ween II #1
00:22:01 - Batwoman #4-6
00:29:55 - Cruel Kingdom 2
00:47:35 - Discord Picks
00:48:12 - I Can't Stop Thinking About Horses and Sex
00:50:56 - Dungeon Crawler Carl Vol. 2
00:56:54 - Wrap
Panel: Paul Jaissle, Nick White, Brian Murray
Producer: Mike Rapin
Post Production & Social Media: Mike Rapin, Daniel Martinez
Prooflistener: Daniel Martinez
Editor: Zander Riggs
Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.
IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL
IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose
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, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast
Buy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @ircbpodcast
Instagram: @ircbpodcast
Discord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9s
Reddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.com
IRCB Goodreads
Merch: ircbpodcast.com/shop
1 hr
October 14They Keep Putting Politics In My Comics!
Mike, Zach, and Danny talk about the haunting beauty of little vampires, the nightmare blunt rotation of Batman, Green Arrow, and The Question, and how skateboarding is rad actually. Looking ahead, we have The Mess and Momo, which seem pretty heavy, and Wolverine meets Miami Vice, which seems… sexy?
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
00:01:09 - The Cutting Garden
00:11:19 - Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1
00:13:48 - Batman / Green Arrow / The Question: Arcadia
00:21:09 - Skate Ali #1-4
00:29:55 - Discord Picks
00:30:18 - The Mess
00:33:40 - Momo
00:38:54 - Wolverine: Paradise #1
00:45:09 - Wrap
Panel: Mike Rapin, Zach McCrary, Daniel Martinez
Producer: Mike Rapin
Post Production & Social Media: Daniel Martinez
Prooflistener: Nick White
Editor: Zander Riggs
Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.
IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL
IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose
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, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast
Buy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @ircbpodcast
Instagram: @ircbpodcast
Discord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9s
Reddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.com
IRCB Goodreads
Merch: ircbpodcast.com/shop
47 min
October 07I Want The Pumpkins, Ghosts, And Warm Colors
Kait, Kate, and Paloma get together to discuss Fall reads, cozy reads, and the difficulty of finding “non-horror” fall books that aren’t for YA readers.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
00:00:40 - Soulmates
00:09:04 - Detective Beans: Adventures in Cat Town
00:20:08 - Over My Dead Body/Speak of the Devil
00:29:36 - Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales from Lands Unknown
00:35:55 - Wrap
Panel: Kait Lamphere, Kate Skocelas, Paloma Deerfield
Producer: Mike Rapin
Post Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel Martinez
Prooflistener: Nick White
Editor: Zander Riggs
Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.
IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL
IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose
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, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast
Buy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @ircbpodcast
Instagram: @ircbpodcast
Discord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9s
Reddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.com
IRCB Goodreads
Merch: ircbpodcast.com/shop
39 min
September 30Content Warning: American History
Danny, Paul, and Nick talk non-fiction comics, emphasizes the importance of letterers, and touch on The Rocketeer’s core character aspect: getting cucked.
This episode's theme came from our Reading Challenge! Join here:
StoryGraph: https://ircb.fyi/rc26
Goodreads: https://ircb.fyi/grc26
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
00:01:32 - You And A Bike And A Road
00:10:35 - Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States: A Graphic Interpretation
00:26:02 - Memories of Giselle
00:34:37 - Discord Picks
00:35:36 - Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham
00:39:43 - Is Ted Okay?
00:43:18 - The Rocketeer: Infiltrator #1
00:52:29 - Wrap
Panel: Danny Martinez, Nick White, Paul Jaissle
Producer: Mike Rapin
Post Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel Martinez
Prooflistener: Brian Murray
Editor: Zander Riggs
Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.
IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL
IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose
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, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast
Buy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @ircbpodcast
Instagram: @ircbpodcast
Discord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9s
Reddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.com
IRCB Goodreads
Merch: ircbpodcast.com/shop
55 min
September 23Paying My Friends to Hang Out With Me (ft. CK Carpenter)
Mike, Kait and guest CK Carpenter catch up and bring some of their Kickstarter books from their giant “To Read Piles” to discuss. Then dive a little deeper into the KS platform and talk about more comics they may never get a chance to read!
Kickstarters mentioned on this episode:
My Neighbor Necromancer - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dillgilbertson/my-neighbor-necromancer-1-4
Islands in the Sky: A People’s History of Hurricane Helene - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/appalachiacomics/appalachia-comics-project
Wickerson: Tales from the Grove - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dereklaufman/wickerson-tales-from-the-grove
Daystar - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/secondatbest/daystar-and-trial-error
MALAYA: Filipino Anticolonial Dark Fantasy - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/santelmo/malaya-filipino-anticolonial-dark-fantasy-issue-1-43pgs
The Arc Fall by Owen D. Pomeroy - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/averyhillpublishing/the-arc-fall-by-owen-d-pomery
Louise Sprouse Stole My Heart - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thekylestarks/louise-sprouse-stole-my-heart
Malloch the Damned - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deathline/malloch3
Pigeon Peep’s Little Crew & Friends: The Fledgling Flight - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1023382472/pigeon-peeps-little-crew-and-friends-be-part-of-the-comic
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
00:01:54 - My Neighbor Necromancer #1-3
00:09:01 - Islands in the Sky: A People’s History of Hurricane Helene
00:19:23 - Wickerson: Tales from the Grove
00:24:54 - Discord Picks
00:25:14 - Inglorious X-Force #2-10
00:29:43 - Daystar
00:33:51 - MALAYA: Filipino Anticolonial Dark Fantasy #1
00:37:21 - Kickstarter comics and ads
00:48:55 - Kickstarter comics we’re psyched for
01:01:27 - Wrap
Panel: Mike Rapin, Kaitlamphere
Guest: CK Carpenter
Producer: Mike Rapin
Post Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel Martinez
Prooflistener: Daniel Martinez
Editor: Zander Riggs
Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.
IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL
IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose
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, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast
Buy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @ircbpodcast
Instagram: @ircbpodcast
Discord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9s
Reddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.com
IRCB Goodreads
Merch: ircbpodcast.com/shop
1 hr 4 min
September 16I’m Really Angry About Comic Books
Mike, Paul, and Kait get together to discuss works like Ryan North’s Fantastic Four run and 2000AD’s massive upcoming anniversary issue. We also hear about Mike’s trip to the Jersey Shore and Paul’s new apartment.
Check out Friend of the Show(™) Kyle Starks' new Kickstarter: Louise Sprouse Stole My Heart
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thekylestarks/louise-sprouse-stole-my-heart
Oni Press' landing page for The Forever Home - https://www.onipress.com/forever-home
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
00:02:52 - Feral Vol 1-4
00:11:29 - Fantastic Four (2025) #6-15
00:21:24 - The Forever Home #1
00:31:17 - Discord Picks
00:31:52 - Somali and the Forest Spirit Vol 2
00:37:21 - Lovers of the Empire Vol 1
00:42:38 - 2000 AD prog 2500
00:46:59 - Wrap
Panel: Mike Rapin, Kait Lamphere, Paul Jaissle
Producer: Mike Rapin
Post Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel Martinez
Prooflistener: Nick White
Editor: Zander Riggs
Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.
IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL
IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose
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, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast
Buy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @ircbpodcast
Instagram: @ircbpodcast
Discord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9s
Reddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.com
IRCB Goodreads
Merch: ircbpodcast.com/shop
49 min
September 09Too Many Things To Hit With A Magical Warhammer
Zach helms the episode this week with René and Paul on the panel to discuss comics about the felling of giants--physical or metaphorical.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics

00:01:51 - Fullmetal Alchemist / D. Gray-Man / Berserk

00:09:43 - Dark Night: A True Batman Story

00:17:21 - Mosely

00:23:33 - Kingdom (2006 - present)

00:27:01 - John Carpenter’s Cathedral

00:33:14 - White Sky (Image 2026) Issue #1-5

00:36:36 - Wrap
Panel: Zach McCreary, Paul Jaissle, René Rodriguez
Producer: Mike Rapin
Post Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel Martinez
Prooflistener: Brian Murray
Editor: Zander Riggs
Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.
IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL
IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose
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, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast
Buy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @ircbpodcast
Instagram: @ircbpodcast
Discord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9s
Reddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.com
IRCB Goodreads
Merch: ircbpodcast.com/shop
40 min
September 02Character Development and Eviscerations Go Hand In Hand
Paul, Brian, and Nick gaze into the cosmic horror that is... comic books.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics

00:01:03 - Event Horizon: Dark Descent

00:08:47 - Destination Kill #1-4

00:21:21 - Orion

00:32:05 - Code of Honor and Other Stories

00:39:50 - Star Trek: Redshirts Vol. 1

00:46:36 - Discord Picks

00:47:02 - Assorted Crisis Events Vol. 2

00:50:44 - Wrap
Panel: Paul Jaissle, Nick White, Brian Murray
Producer: Mike Rapin
Post Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel Martinez
Prooflistener: Kait Lamphere
Editor: Zander Riggs
Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.
IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL
IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose
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, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast
Buy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @ircbpodcast
Instagram: @ircbpodcast
Discord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9s
Reddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.com
IRCB Goodreads
Merch: ircbpodcast.com/shop
52 min
August 26The Coney Dog Debacle
On this Goodreads Theme episode, Kara and Nick go back home again to talk about comics set near their home towns. From the X-Mansion in Westchester, NY to a gritty supernatural mystery in Detroit, they explore how these comics explore the cultural, and even culinary, aspects of the locations.
Join the IRCB Reading Challenge!
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/92bfe182-4dc9-47ae-ad55-0ecf18ccdba2

https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/25314-ircb-s-2026-reading-challenge
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Start

00:00:43 - Abbott (2018)

00:24:59 - Wolverine and the X-Men Vol 1

00:44:05 - Discord Picks

00:46:56 - Giant Robot Hellboy Returns #2

00:52:10 - Wolverine and the X-Men Vol 2.

00:54:14 - Wrap
Panel: Kara Szamborski, Nick White
Producer: Mike Rapin
Post Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel Martinez
Prooflistener: Paul Jaissle
Editor: Zander Riggs
Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.
IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL
IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose
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, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast
Buy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @ircbpodcast
Instagram: @ircbpodcast
Discord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9s
Reddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.com
IRCB Goodreads
Merch: ircbpodcast.com/shop
57 min
August 19Scolding Kids Over The Phone (ft. Adam Tierney)
Mike, Zach, and Kait are joined by guest Adam Tierney to talk about the comics they’ve read, Adam's history in with comics, and his most recent comic OGN, 13 Demons Dead.
Follow Adam Online:
https://www.instagram.com/adamwritestuff

https://wayforward.com/
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics

00:00:46 - Godzilla Monsterpiece Theater: Roar of the Worlds

00:12:28 - The Smart Division #1

00:19:23 - House of Lowther Vol. 3

00:24:23 - Crowbound #1

00:28:24 - Discord Picks

00:28:53 - Whatever Happened to the Crimson Justice? #1-5

00:31:57 - Grendel: Devil’s Crucible - Sedition #1

00:38:31 - Space Riders Vol. 3

00:42:10 - Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales

00:45:08 - 13 Demons Dead ft. Adam Tierney

01:07:32 - Wrap
Panel: Mike Rapin, Kait Lamphere, Zach McCrary
Guest: Adam Tierney
Producer: Mike Rapin
Post Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel Martinez
Prooflistener: Brian Murray
Editor: Zander Riggs
Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.
IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL
IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose
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, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast
Buy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @ircbpodcast
Instagram: @ircbpodcast
Discord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9s
Reddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.com
IRCB Goodreads
Merch: ircbpodcast.com/shop
1 hr 11 min

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A podcast for comic book fans, hosted by Mike Rapin. IRCB features a rotating, 2-person panel of diverse comic book experts discussing what they’re reading with a comic book specific topic every week.…