I Read Comic Books

This episode was recorded on January 10th, 2020!

This week, Mike and Nick are joined by friend of the show and fellow podcaster, Danny Martinez, to discuss our comic collecting habits, how they've changed, and where we draw the line on digital vs physical vs subscription when choosing how to read comics.

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:30:43 - Comic Picks
• 00:40:25 - Comic Collection Preferences
• 01:26:02 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• The Eternals #1
• Future State: Wonder Woman #1
• Orphans #1-2
• BANG! #1-#3
• Batman Vol.3 Ghost Stories
• Haha #1
• That Texas Blood Volume 1
• Future State: Dark Detective #1

Links

• Next Issue Podcast
• Danny on Twitter
• Read That Texas Blood #1

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Mike and Nick discuss some video games: Kingdom Hearts, Bloodborne, Dark Souls, and Metal Gear Solid.

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This episode was recorded on January 3rd, 2020!

Mike is joined by Eric Rezsnyak and Kevin Dillon of Great Pop Culture Debate to talk about X of Swords and the future of the X-Men. FULL SPOILERS AHEAD!

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:27:50 - Comic Picks
• 00:38:30 - X of Swords and the Future of the X-Men
• 01:24:45 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks: 

• Chainsaw Man Chapters 56-97
• Decorum #1-6
• The Eternals (1986)
• Mutants Massacre
• Seven Secrets #1-5
• Messiah Complex
• Last Witch #1
• DC’s Future State
• X-Factor #6

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Brian and Mike discuss three holiday special one-shots: Lobo: Paramilitary Christmas Special #1, Power Man and Iron Fist (2016- 2017): Sweet Christmas Annual #1, and Merry X-Men Holiday Special (2018) #1. Happy belated holidays!

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This episode was recorded on December 20th, 2020!

Mike, Brian, and Nick discuss our Goodreads Book of the Month: Farmhand Vol. 1 by Rob Guillory, Taylor Wells, and Kody Chamberlain.

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:15:43 - IRCB Annual Announcement!
• 00:17:15 - Comic Picks
• 00:25:13 - Goodreads Book of the Month - Farmhand
• 00:53:23 - Wrap/Credits

Comics We Read / Comic Picks:

• Blue Flag Vol. 1-2
• We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #4
• Bloodborne Vol 1: The Death of Sleep
• RAI #10
• Sentient (2019) TKO
• The Department of Truth #4
• Angel and Spike vol. 1
• Ice Cream Man #22

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This episode was recorded on December 13th, 2020!

Mike, Kait, and Paul discuss the best comics we read in 2020. New comics, old comics, any comic!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:23:56 - Comic Picks
• 00:32:35 - Some of Our Most Enjoyed Books of 2020
• 01:22:45 - Wrap/Credits

Comics We Read / Comic Picks

• Clue
• Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics
• Blue in Green
• The Other History of the DC Universe #1
• To Your Eternity Vol. 1-2
• New Mutants #14
• The Immortal Hulk #41
• The Picture of Everything Else #1
• Gloomhaven: Fallen Lion #1

Comics Discussed

• Fangirl
• The Old Guard
• On a Sunbeam
• The Way of the Househusband
• Incredible Doom #1-6
• She Would Feel The Same
• Kent State
• Superman Smashes the Klan
• Pulp
• Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen
• Dracula, Motherfucker!
• Far Sector
• Hedra
• Planet Paradise
• Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns, and Moonage Daydreams

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This special episode of IRCB is brought to you by Erin who was kind enough to donate in support of the protests calling for racial justice.

Kait and Kara took two Amethyst comics and put them head to head to discuss:

• Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld: The Birthright (1983) #1
• Amethyst (2020) #1

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This episode was recorded on December 6th, 2020!

Kara, Nick, and Mike talk cliffhangers in comics, IP mining, comic scheduling and more on this week's episode of IRCB.

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:27:12 - Comic Picks
• 00:39:50 - Cliffhanger Comics
• 00:48:25 - The Big 2, Cliffhangers, and IP Mining
• 01:07:57 - Batman Fell In Love With a Ghost Lady
• 01:09:47 - Cliffhangers From Scheduling
• 01:20:56 - Wrap/Credits

Comics We Read / Comic Picks

• Far Sector #8-9
• Cosplayers
• The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill
• Alien: The Original Screenplay #1-5
• S.W.O.R.D. #1
• The Comic Book History of Animation #1
• Norse Mythology #3
• Red Sonja: The Price of Blood #1

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This episode was recorded some time in the recent past!

Mike and Brian, as two long-time players of Dungeons & Dragons, dig into two comic series based around the infamous Tabletop RPG: Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Vol. 1 and Dungeons & Dragons Vol. 1: Shadowplague. Some spoilers ahead.

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This special episode of IRCB is brought to you by Simon Domoney-Lyttle, who was kind enough to donate in support of the protests calling for racial justice.

Tia and Nick got together to discuss religion in comics, from WicDiv to Hellboy, why visual storytelling works so well for religious themes, Jack Kirby: actual god of comics, and their favorite religion-in-comics titles (spoiler alert, Nick couldn’t pick just one).

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