This week, Mike and Brian are joined by Gabe Cheng, creator of the comics For Molly, Love at First Bite, and the LIVE on Kickstarter, Into The Wilderness, to discuss what comics got them hooked on the medium.

You can back Into The Wilderness on Kickstarter until March 28th!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:25:10 - Comic Picks
• 00:29:45 - Our Comic Book Origin Stories (ft. Gabe Cheng)
• 00:57:08 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Batman: Harley & Ivy
• Star Wars (2015) Vols. 3-10
• X-Factor #8
• Chaos Agent #1
• Radiant Black #2
• Ultramega #1

Links

• Gabe on Twitter - @gabechengcomics
• Back Into The Wilderness on Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gabechengcomics/into-the-wilderness-modern-fantasy-comic-with-talking-dogs
• Another Lousy Millennium Podcast - @almpod - almpod.com

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This episode was recorded on March 7th, 2021!

This week, Kara, Mike, and Nick do the impossible: Judge comic books by their covers. It's wild for an audio medium. Strap in. And get ready for some BRZRKR talk.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:27:35 - Comic Picks
• 00:36:04 - Judging Books By Their Covers
• 01:12:17 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks (in order)

• BRZRKR #1
• Star Wars Vol 12: Rebels and Rogues
• Scarlet Witch Vol 1: Witches’ Road
• SFSX Vol. 1
• Rogue Planet
• Thor & Loki: Double Trouble #1
• Children of the Atom #1

Comic Covers (in order)

• Selina’s Big Score
• Rest #1
• WWE #1
• Everything Vol 1
• Sword of the Atom #1
• Dead Drop #1
• Secret Weapons #3

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This episode was recorded on February 28th, 2021!

Mike, Nick, and Kait discuss our February 2021 Goodreads Book of the Month: Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics as voted by our Goodreads group members.

Check out the Goodreads thread!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:16:24 - Comic Picks
• 00:33:00 - Goodreads Book of the Month: Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics
• 01:00:25 - [Warning] The Original Edition
• 01:02:16 - [Warning End] Skip to Here
• 01:14:37 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Waves
• Firelight Isle Vol. 2
• The End of Summer
• Snapdragon
• Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy #6
• Haha #1
• Black Hammer: Visions #1
• Dead Dog's Bite #1
• Restaurant to Another World Vol. 4
• BRZRKR #1

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I Read Comic Books is the best comic book podcast you can listen to. Join Mike Rapin and two of our rotating panelists every week as they discuss comics they've read, comics they're excited for, and a comics specific topic.

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This episode was recorded on February 21st, 2021!

Mike and René are joined by special guest Simon Domoney-Lyttle to talk about comics that helped them understand comics better.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:24:35 - Comic Picks
• 00:32:55 - What Shaped Our Understanding of Comics?
• 01:08:13 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Immortal Hulk: Flatline
• Hollow Heart #1
• Magus of the Library Vol. 1
• Horimiya Vol. 1-14
• Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 7: The Book of Ezekiel
• Batman/Catwoman
• New Mutants #18
• Nine Dragons' Ball Parade Ch. 2
• X-Men #18

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This episode was recorded on February 14th, 2021!

This week, Paul, Nick, and Mike each pick a newish #1 issue and give it a hearty review: Of Thieves and Elves Vol. 1 and Fear Case #1. Of course, someone broke the rules.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:24:48 - Comic Picks
• 00:32:21 - Reviewing New #1s/Fear Case
• 00:45:29 - Of Thieves and Elves Vol 1
• 01:03:27 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red #7-14
• Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band
• Crimson Flower #1
• Savage #1
• That Texas Blood Volume One
• Haha #2
• Scene of the Crime
• Young Hellboy #1: The Hidden Land

Comics Discussed

• Of Thieves and Elves Vol. 1
• Fear Case #1

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This episode was recorded on February 7th, 2021!

Paul and Kara join Mike to discuss how music is portrayed in comics and how you get into the FEEL of music in comics.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:29:13 - Comic Picks
• 00:37:21 - Static Interpretations of a Fluid Medium (Music Comics)
• 00:51:21 - Three Tangents
• 00:55:47 - Music in Manga
• 01:07:17 - Josie and the Pussycats
• 01:16:31 - Can't forget Phonogram
• 01:18:45 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Abbott 1973 #1
• Seven Secrets #1-6
• Immortal Iron Fist (2006) vol 1
• Garfield Dishes Out
• Judge Dredd Complete Case Files 10
• DCeased Dead Planet #7
• Radiant Black #1
• DC Love is a Battlefield #1
• Home Sick Pilots #3

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This episode was recorded on January 30th, 2021!

Kate and Kara join Mike to discuss their, well, "unique" habits while reading comics but spin out into discussing how we handle comics, how IRCB came together, the comic book market and... well, a lot about comics.

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Timestamps

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:29:04 - Comic Picks
• 00:38:43 - Comic Habits
• 00:49:21 - Re-framing The Question
• 01:00:22 - We All Understand The Sanctity Of Comic Books
• 01:0835 - IRCB Backstory
• 01:20:07 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks:

• Lonely Receiver #1-5
• Kaiju No. 8 24
• Comics for a Strange World: A Book of Poorly Drawn Lines
• Kingdom Hearts Final Mix Vol 1 & 2
• Miriya and Marie by Maya
• Fear Case #1
• Luna #1
• Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #1
• Star Wars: The High Republic #2

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This episode was first aired on Patreon! Remember: You can find all of the odd month Goodreads Book of the Month episodes on our Patreon.

As chosen by the folks who completed our 2020 Goodreads Reading Challenge, Mike and Brian discuss Eleanor Davis' Why Art?

Goodreads Thread

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This episode was recorded on January 24th, 2021!

We did it. Year Six begins here. Mike, Kait, Brian, and Paul sat down to reflect on the last year of the show, hanging out with our fantastic community on Discord, our massive Goodreads group, and we drop some info on our BRAND NEW Patreon series: Giant Days of Our Lives. Plus, Brian decided to test Mike, Paul, and Kait with the hardest trivia game imaginable.

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:17:46 - Comic Picks
• 00:31:19 - Listener Mail
• 00:34:19 - The Annual!
• 01:07:55 - The IRCB Quiz!
• 01:26:45 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• I Breathed A Body #1
• Aster of Pan
• Giant Days Vol. 8
• The Eternals (2006)
• For Goodness Sake, vol’s 1 & 2
• New Mutants #15
• Star Wars: The High Republic #1
• Department of Truth #5
• Firefly New Sheriff in the Verse vol. 2
• Loot #1

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