I Read Comic Books

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 - Earthdivers #1
• 00:27:43 - Fall Vibes Comics Recommendations
• 00:28:44 - Garlic and the Vampire
• 00:31:58 - Witch For Hire
• 00:35:42 - An Unkindness Of Ravens
• 00:41:09 - Mooncakes
• 00:45:06 - Courtney Crumrin: The Night Things
• 00:48:42 - Batman Halloween Comic Fest Special Edition 2017 #1 (aka Prelude to Night of the Monster Men) and "Batman: Madness: Legends of the Dark Knight: A Tale of Halloween in Gotham City"
• 00:53:49 - Over the Garden Wall
• 00:58:12 - The Haunted Bookstore – Gateway to a Parallel Universe Vol. 1
• 01:02:44 - Waiting For The Great Pumpkin (The Complete Peanuts)
• 01:06:28 - Wrap/Credits

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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 - Uncle Scrooge: The Golden Nugget Boat
• 00:31:38 - The Chilling Adventures of Salem
• 00:37:31 - Old Dog #1
• 00:39:24 - Sexy Bad Boys And Why We Love Them
• 01:05:39 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read

• Chilling Adventures Presents Weirder Mysteries
• Minions: Mini Boss
• Vanish #1
• Time Before Time #16

Top of Our Pile

• Uncle Scrooge: The Golden Nugget Boat by Carl Barks
• Chilling Adventures of Salem
• Old Dog #1

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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.

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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
• 00:19:08 - Love Everlasting #1-2
• 00:23:38 - Alien #1 aka "A" (But Nick's just going to call it "Alien 2022")
• 00:32:09 - Akira Vol. 1-2
• 00:37:20 - Clyde Fans
• 00:42:36 - Predator #1
• 00:47:37 - X-Men #14
• 00:50:50 - Top of Our Pile / The Biggest Volume Ever (One Piece)
• 00:57:07 - Ice Cream Man #32
• 01:01:05 - Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
• 01:03:57 - Vanish #1
• 01:10:12 - Wrap/Credits

Top of Our Pile

• Batman #127
• The Bone Orchard Mythos: The Passageway OGN
• Ten Thousand Black Feathers #1
• Fire Punch Vol. 1-8
• Love Everlasting #1 & 2
• Alien #1 (2022)
• Akira Vol. 1-2
• Clyde Fans
• Predator #2
• X-Men #14

Comic Picks

• Ice Cream Man #32
• Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
• Vanish #1

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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-Apocolyptic Tale, vol. 1
• No Longer Human

Top of Our Pile

• Sailor Twain: The Mermaid of the Hudson
• Castle Full of Blackbirds #1
• Do A Powerbomb #4
• Love and War

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This episode was recorded in the past!

Kara brings René along to talk about the prevalence of baseball in comic books and manga!

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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.

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Timestamps

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:22:22 - Top of the Pile
• 00:32:20 - Banned Books
• 00:56:01 - Maus by Art Spiegleman
• 01:22:53 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read

• Greatly They Dared
• Jack Kirby’s Silver Star
• AXE: Death to the Mutants #1
• Magus of the Library vol. 1
• 20th Century Men #1
• Public Domain #3

Top of Our Pile

• Blankets
• Ant-Man #2
• Fire Punch Vol. 1

Banned Books we discussed

• Ice Haven by Daniel Clowes
• Gender Queer Maia Kobabe
• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
• Maus by Art Spiegelman

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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 GIRLS #2
• Aquaman: Andromeda #2
• New Mutants #28
• Sakamoto Days
• Way of the Househusband Vol. 8

Comic Picks:

• Minor Threats #1
• Dai Dark
• Tales of The Human Target #1

Comics Discussed:

• Wayne Family adventures on WEBTOON
• Detective Comics by James Tynion IV
• Nightwing by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo
• Batgirls by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Jorge Corona

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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 Samurai Vol. 1
• 007 (2022) #1
• Hellboy and the BPRD 1957: Falling Sky
• How Do We Relationship? Vol. 4-6
• Keeping Two

Top of Our Pile:

• DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #1
• Below Ambition by Simon Hanselmann
• Barbaric: Axe to Grind #1

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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?

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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 on the Lake Vol 1
• DC League of Super-Pets: The Great Mxy-Up
• Moon Knight Vol 2: Too Tough to Die
• Batman: One Dark Knight

Top of Our Pile

• AXE Judgement Day #2
• The Sandman, Vol 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
• Daily Report About My Witch Senpai, Vol 1

Topic Comics

• Fables Vol 1
• Beastars Vol 1
• Mouse Guard
• TMNT/Usagi Yojimbo
• Iron, or The War After
• Phoebe and Her Unicorn
• Wild's End
• Autumnlands: Tooth and Claw
• Donald Duck
• Captain Carrot and the Final Ark

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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. 

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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 B.P.R.D: Time is a River
• Alien Annual #1
• Dragon Hoops
• Manga Classics: Count of Monte Cristo
• Public Domain #1-2
• The Con Artist
• Crazy Food Truck Vol 1
• X-Force (1992-2002) Vol. 1 aka the prequel to X-Statix
• Saga #60

Top of Our Pile

• Survival Street #1
• Darryl Openworld
• Lore Olympus vol. 2
• Aquaman: Andromeda #2

Links

• https://blambot.com/pages/successful-logo-design
• http://glench.com/tmnt/
• https://kleinletters.com/Blog/logo-links/
• https://twitter.com/coolcomicart/status/950785259003457536?lang=en

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