I Read Comic Books

This episode was recorded on May 15th, 2022!

Mike and Kait are joined by comic creator Curtis Clow to talk the comics they've been reading plus they dig in on Curtis' latest Kickstarter for his series Slightly Exaggerated!

Links

• Curtis on Twitter/Instagram - @curtisclow
• Back Slightly Exaggerated #1-4 on Kickstarter now!
• Tell your LCS to order a copy of Beastlands: Keeper of the Kingdom

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:20:58 - Top of the Pile
• 00:31:14 - Kickstarter Comics with Curtis Clow
• 00:52:13 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Top of Our Pile

• Graceling
• Step by Bloody Step #1-3
• The me you love in the Dark
• Cheer Up: Love and PomPoms
• Eight Billion Genies #1
• We Only Find Them When They're Dead Vol. 1
• New Masters #1-4
• I Hate This Place #1

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This episode was recorded on May 8th, 2022!

Mike and Brian are joined by special guests Brenda and Austin from the Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries podcast to chat comics and a bit about their super fun, deep dive podcast.

Check out Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries on your favorite podcast player or on Twitter - @NerdMysteries

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:38:56 - Top of the Pile
• 01:06:18 - Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries
• 01:17:14 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Top of Our Pile

• Darth Vader vol. 1: Dark Heart of the Sith
• Spy x Family
• Static Shock Season 1
• Sabretooth #3
• Newburn #6
• Paper Girls
• Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
• The Case Files of Jeweler Richard
• My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders
• I Am A Cat Barista Vol. 2
• Seaside Stranger
• Archie Meets Riverdale #1
• Final Crisis
• Dandadan Chapters 22-current
• Cheer Up, Love and Pom Poms

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This episode was recorded on May 1st, 2022!

Paul, Kara, and Nick were brought together for a commissioned episode of IRCB courtesy of our Patron, Cinco, all about comics by musicians, about music, and/or with music playlists!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:30:29 - Top of The Pile
• 00:40:05 - Comics and Music
• 01:14:29 - Music of IRCB
• 01:23:24 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Top of My Pile

• Alien #11 
• Kaiju No. 8 Volumes 1 & 2
• Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle
• Santos Sisters #1
• HULK Grand Design: Madness
• Alice Ever After #1
• A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #7
• Joyama Volume 1
• Catwoman: Lonely City #3

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This episode was recorded on April 24th, 2022!

This week, Kait, Tia, and Kate discuss comics and, specifically, comics from our April 2022 Goodreads Book of the Month theme: Anthologies.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 - Start / Comics Read
• 00:22:08 - Top of Our Pile
• 00:30:53 - Goodreads Book of the Month - April 2022: Anthologies
• 01:53:41 - Credits

Comics Read / Top of Our Pile

• The Baby-Sitters Club #10: Kristy and the Snobs
• The Content of Our Caricature: African American Comic Art and Political Belonging by Rebecca Wanzo
• Heartstopper vol 4!
• Beyond the Clouds vol. 2
• Blood Stained Teeth #1
• Squad
• History comics: The National Parks
• Sailor Moon Eternal vol. 3 & 4

Comics Discussed

• The Old Guard: Tales Through Time
• Trickster
• Pros and (Comic) Cons
• Image! #1
• “Killing and Dying” by Adrian Tomine
• The Neil Gaiman Library Vol 1
• DC Comics: Zero Year
• Broken Frontier: Anthology
• Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection, Volume 1
• The Silver Coin
• Hellboy Vol 3 The Chained Coffin and Others
• Femme Magnifique
• WicDiv funnies

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This episode was recorded on April 17th, 2022!

Mike, Brian, and Nick talk the comics they've been reading their Top of My Pile picks, Pokémon, and the outfits of the upcoming Hellfire Gala. 

Check out A Better Batmobile on Patreon, Paul's brand new series following Grant Morrison's run on Batman!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:30:46 - Top of the Pile
• 00:56:24 - The Hellfire Gala
• 01:05:03 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Top of My Pile Picks:

• The Rocketeer: The Great Race #1
• Radio Spaceman #2
• X-Force Annual #1 (2022)
• Made In Korea #1-6
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer vol. 3 and 4
• Goodbye, Eri
• Spider-Gwen: Gwenverse #1
• Ice Cream Man #29
• God Hates Astronauts: The Omni-Mega-Bus!!!
• Blade of the Immortal Vols 4 & 5

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This episode was recorded on April 10th, 2022!

This week, Kara, Kait, and Paul dig into some comics they've read, comics they're reading next, and Kara takes us through her journey into the light novel, manhua, and anime adaptation of Heaven Official’s Blessing vol 1.

Our next hangout is on April 16th at 8pm EST!

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:33:46 - Top of the Pile
• 00:45:40 - What We're Reading
• 00:59:10 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Top of Our Pile

• Heartstopper vol 1-3
• Kingsman: The Secret Service
• JLA/Avengers
• Batman #121
• Hakim's Odyssey
• Happy Cafe vol. 4-8
• Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
• Moon Knight by Jeff Lemire
• The Ghost In You

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This episode was recorded on April 3rd, 2022!

Paul, Nick, and Mike have been commissioned by Patron Danny to discuss our comic book grievances and how we can fix them! 

Join the IRCB Patreon at the $10 tier to commission an episode of IRCB!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:33:04 - Top of the Pile
• 00:42:55 - An Airing of Grievances
• 01:20:46 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks:

• World’s Finest #89
• Step By Bloody Step #1
• Maggie the Mechanic
• A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #6
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Annual (2022) #1
• Immortal X-Men #1
• The Rocketeer: The Great Race #1
• Black Widow #15
• X-Men: Red #1

Links

• IDW to Lose ‘G.I. Joe,’ ‘Transformers’ License at End of 2022

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This episode was recorded on March 27th, 2022!

Nick and René join Mike this week to dig into some not yet (or recently) released comics to give their thoughts! Let us know what you thought of this episode and if we should do more of these episodes in the future.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:23:18 - Top of the Pile
• 00:34:47 - Advanced Reviews!
• 01:05:44 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Top of Our Pile

• We Have Demons #2
• One Punch Man Chapter 158
• What's the Furthest Place From Here #4 and #5
• Drifting Dragons Vols 1 and 2
• Help Us Great Warrior
• Burn The Witch Vol. 1
• Show-ha Shoten! Chapter 7
• A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #6
• Immortal X-Men #1

Comics Discussed

• A Town Called Terror #1  - out April 13, 2022
• Orcs in Space Vol 1-2 - Vol 2 out April 26, 2022
• Armorclads #1 - out March 23, 2022
• Ghost Cage #1 - out March 23, 2022
• Blood Stained Teeth #1 - out April 27, 2022

Links

• Check out our interview with François Vigneault & Michael Tanner creators of Orcs In Space

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This episode was recorded on March 20th, 2022!

This week, Mike, Kara, and Brian chat comics they've been reading, what's on the top of their pile, Lord of the Rings, and the Flash's rogues gallery.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:35:42 - Top of the Pile
• 00:59:50 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Top of Our Pile

• Star Wars The High Republic Vol 1
• The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
• The Eternals: The Heretic #1
• Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
• My Hero Academia
• No Love Lost (alpha)
• Eight Lane Runaways
• Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation - Mo Dao Zu Shi
• Heaven’s Official Blessings - Tian Guan Ci Fu
• Immortal Hulk vol. 9 - 11
• Rogues #1

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This episode was recorded on March 13th, 2022!

Tia, Paul and Mike reflect on the 30th Anniversary of Image Comics, some history of the publisher, Image's impact on comics, and each host's journey with the comics Image has published over the years.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:17:41 - Top of the Pile
• 00:29:31 - Talkin' About Image, the 30th Anniversary!
• 01:05:22 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Captain Carter #1
• FIRE!! The Zora Neale Hurston Story
• Batman: Dark Knight Dark City
• New Masters #2
• The Content of Our Caricature by Dr Rebecca Wanzo
• Little Monsters by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen
• Love and Rockets #11
• Burn The Witch Vol. 1

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