This episode was recorded on November 7th, 2021!

Paul and Kara take Mike down the rabbit hole of the biggest event in DC history: Final Crisis. The comic that put Kara off comics and brought Paul back into the comics fold. Hold on to your time-traveling bullets, this is our longest episode to date.

PLUS: We have a wonderful interview with Cavan Scott about his series Shadow Service at Vault Comics!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:23:17 - Top of The Pile
• 00:32:00 - Interview with Cavan Scott
• 001:02:58 - The Most Final of Crises
• 01:53:23 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Top of Our Pile:

• The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist
• Leonard Cohen: On a Wire
• Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee
• The Human Target #1
• Time Before Time #6
• What's the Furthest Place from Here #1
• Spinning by Tillie Walden
• Venom #1

Links

• Cavan Scott on Twitter: @CavanScott
• https://cavanscott.com/
• Check out Shadow Service at Vault Comics: https://www.vaultcomics.com/titles/shadow-service/

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This episode was recorded on October 31st, 2021!

Brian, Kait, and Kate discuss our November Goodreads Book of the Month: The Sixth Gun Vol. 1: Cold Dead Fingers by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt.

Don't forget to 

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:12:11 - Top of the Pile
• 00:20:16 - How We're Getting Comics, an update
• 00:24:12 - Goodreads Book of the Month - The 6th Gun Vol. 1: Cold Dead Fingers
• 00:50:05 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read

• Batman Li’l Gotham: Halloween & Thanksgiving
• Sheets vol 1
• Bone Parish vol. 1
• We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #8-9
• Witches of Brooklyn
• Proctor Valley Road
• Passport
• Hellboy: The Bones of Giants #1

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This week, Kara and Kait try to educate Mike about tea in order to try to pair tea flavors with comics they've read. 

Plus, we have an interview with Steve Prince, writer of MONSTER MATADOR: AFRIPOCALYPSE now on Kickstarter!

Check out MONSTER MATADOR: AFRIPOCALYPSE on Kickstarter!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:20:12 - Top of the Pile
• 00:32:03 - Interview with Steve Prince
• 00:53:40 - The IRCB Tea
• 01:25:05 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Top of Our Pile:

• DIE Vol. 1-3
• Once and Future Vol. 1-3
• The Complete Charlie Brown: Waiting for the Great Pumpkin
• Black Magick vol 2 & 3
• Stillwater Vol. 1
• Tokyo on Foot by Florent Chavouet
• Lore Olympus Vol. 1
• Inferno #2

Links

• Steve Prince - @thesteveprince
• https://www.monstermatador.com/

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This episode was recorded on October 17th, 2021!

Mike, Brian, and Paul follow up on an episode of IRCB Movie Club to chat about Spider-Man 2 (2004), directed by Sam Raimi, starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Rosemary Harris, and Alfred Molina. Is this the best super hero movie to date?

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/ Last Week in Comics
• 00:23:00 - Top of the Pile
• 00:31:15 - Spiderman 2 (Listen to the IRCB Movie Club!)
• 01:08:17 - Con-stan-teen? or Con-stan-tyne?/Credits

Comics Read / Top of Our Pile:

• Hawkeye Vol. 1: My Life As A Weapon
• Tono Monogatari
• Newburn #1-2
• No One Left To Fight 2 #1
• Wasted Space
• Immortal Hulk #50
• How Do We Relationship? Vol. 4
• Destroy All Monsters
• The Death of Doctor Strange #2

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This episode was recorded on October 10th, 2021!

Mike, Kait, and Kate discuss their favorite witch comics to get in the mood for the season of Halloween! What are some of your favorites?

Plus! We have a HUGE interview with Phillip Maira for his latest Kickstarter anthology: Crackle Vol. 3!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:16:30 - Top of The Pile
• 00:24:29 - Crackle: An Interview with Phillip Maira
• 01:00:35 - Which Witch is Which: The Witch Episode!
• 01:31:54 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Top of Our Pile:

• The Hidden Witch
• Witchy, Vol. 1
• Soul Plumber #1
• DIE #1-20
• Over the Garden Wall
• Specter Inspectors
• Night Hunters

Comics Discussed:

• Toil & Trouble
• A Witch's Printing Office
• Witch Hat Atelier
• Snapdragon
• Mooncakes
• Flying Witch
• Ran and the Gray World

Links:

• Crackle Kickstarter - cracklecomics.com
• Follow Phil on Twitter:  @phillipmaira
• Follow Phil on Instagram: @phillipmaira
• phillipmaira.com

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This episode was recorded on October 3rd, 2021!

For our 300th episode, Mike, Paul, and Nick sat down to talk about, well, comic books. IRCB interviews IRCB this week and with our biggest Discord crowd yet, Mike dug into the future of IRCB!

This was a HUGE episode.

PLUS we announced some changes to our Patreon benefits including our 12-spot limited IRCB INNER CIRCLE where you can design an episode of IRCB!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:27:58 - Top of the Pile
• 00:40:44 - IRCB Interviews IRCB!
• 01:13:44 - IRCB Updates, Behind the Curtain, and a Little Self-Reflection
• 01:29:06 - A Little Patreon Update/Pitch (It's cool stuff, I promise)
• 01:37:36 - A Message from Danny! (Send us voicemails!)
• 01:44:14 - Wrap/Credits
• 01:46:53 - "Only 90's Kids Remember"

Comics Read / Top of My Pile

• La Mano del Destino
• Reckless
• Yojimbot #1-2
• The Tea Dragon Society
• Witch Hat Atelier Vol. 8
• Inferno #1
• Defenders #3
• Reckless: Friend of the Devil
• Soul Plumber #1

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This week's episode was recorded on September 26th, 2021!

Mike, Kara, and René picked a wild manga to read, Disney Manga: Stitch and the Samurai, they discuss, and the Muppets show up?? Plus, we have an interview with François Vigneault & Michael Tanner about their new collection, Orcs In Space, out on October 5th from Oni Press!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:16:10 - Top of The Pile
• 00:26:21 - Orcs in Space! An Interview with Francois Vigneault and Michael Tanner
• 00:54:21 - Disney Manga: Stitch and the Samurai by Hiroto Wada
• 01:26:28 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / What's on the Top Of Your Pile?

• Batman The Animated Series Continues Vol. 2
• Mao Vol. 1
• Can’t You Just Die, My Darling? Vol. 6-7
• Golesseum Vol. 1-3
• Roughneck
• PPPPPP Chapter 2
• Black Widow Vol. 1
• Inferno #1

Links / Interview Notes

• @francoisvigneault
• bymichaeltanner.com
• @mikeisernie
• Comics Mentioned:
  • The Surgeon
  • Orcs
  • Ping Pong
  • City of Belgium
  • Isle of Elsi

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This episode was recorded on September 19th, 2021!

Mike, Nick, and Brian dig into the Aliens franchise and discuss the comic series Aliens: Dead Orbit, Alien (2021) #1-6, and Aliens: Aftermath. Full spoilers ahead! PLUS: An interview with Lesly Julien and Brian Flint, writer and artist for the Kickstarter Savage Wizard!

Check out SAVAGE WIZARD on Kickstarter! The Kickstarter ends on October 15th, 2021!

• Follow Lesly
  • Twitter: @Leswrite
  • Insta: @les_write
• Follow Brian:
  • Insta: @kuruflint

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:25:47 - Top of The Pile
• 00:35:05 - Savage Wizard, Interview with Lesly Julien and Brian Flint
• 00:50:54 - Android Milk-- I mean... "Aliens Talk"
• 01:35:35 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Top of My Pile

• Fishflies 1-1 and 1-2
• Mazebook #1
• Black Widow: The Ties That Bind
• Eternals: Thanos Rises #1
• Sensor
• Bubble
• Alien #7
• X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation #1

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This episode was recorded on September 12th, 2021!

This week, Mike, Kara, and Kate discuss why modern day middle-grade comic books (like Snapdragon, Spinning, Smile, Guts, etc.) are incredibly wonderful in helping kids understand themselves.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:27:27 - Comic Picks
• 00:39:47 - Would This Have Made Me Gayer Sooner?
• 01:14:58 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks / Reading Next:

• Sweet Tooth Vol 2-3
• Kristy’s Great Idea
• Star Wars: The High Republic: The Edge of Balance
• The Unbelievable Unteens #2
• The Lie and How We Told It
• Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat, Bang, Kill Tour #1
• The Wicked + The Divine Book 3
• The Magic Fish
• Primordial #1

Comics Discussed:

• Snapdragon
• Sailor Moon
• New Kid
• Stargazing
• Lost Girls (not middle grade!!!)
• Smile
• Guts

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This episode was recorded in the recent past!

Mike and Nick follow down the path of the world of Ice Cream Man. Full Spoilers.

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