I Read Comic Books

This episode was recorded on October 11th, 2020!

Kara and Brian join Mike to talk zombie comics, why we read them (is it politically motivated??), and some of the weirder zombie comics out there.

Timecodes:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:13:53 - Comic Picks
• 00:24:23 - Zombies in Comics
• 01:01:41 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Pipette & Dudley - Charming Dog Adventure
• Black Magick vols 1-2
• Animorphs vol. 1
• Dracula, Motherf**ker
• DC: The Doomed and the Damned #1
• Wonder Woman #764
• Life is Strange: Partners in Time #1

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This episode was recorded on October 4th, 2020!

Kait and René join Mike to chat about comics that would make terrible movies, but more importantly, why those comics would make terrible movies.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:14:53 - Comic Picks
• 00:23:53 - Comics That Would Make Terrible Movies
• 01:02:16 - Wrap/Credits

Comic Picks

• X-Factor #4
• Immortal Hulk #36-37
• Blue Exorcist Ch. # 125
• World Trigger Ch. # 202
• Spy x Family Ch. 34
• Ghosted in L.A. #5-#10
• The Old Guard, vol. 1: Opening Fire
• Far Sector #8
• Our Blood Oath Chapter 4
• Castle in the Stars, vol. 4: A Frenchman on Mars
• The Dragon Prince, vol. 1: Through the Moon

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

Tia sat down with Stephanie Hans to discuss her book DIE, how to be a great cover artist, and fashion in comics.  

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This week, Mike and Nick are joined by podcasters Alex and Jayare from the Opinions May Vary podcast! They talk comics, conventions, interviewing, podcasting for years, and more. Mike apologizes for his awful audio quality--something about knobs and computer updates.

Timecodes:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:28:07 - Comic Picks
• 00:40:03 - Alex and Jayare of the Opinions May Vary Podcast
• 01:23:33 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Dead End Job For Ghosts
• High Level #1
• Archer & Armstrong #0-1 (1992)
• King of Nowhere
• Grendel
• Adventureman #1
• Wonder Woman Dead Earth
• Big Girls
• The Department of Truth #1
• Quantum & Woody: Earth’s Last Choice
• Juggernaut #2
• Chu #3

Links

• OMVPodcast.com
• Twitter: @OMVPodcast
• Instagram: @opinionsmayvary
• OMVPodcast.bigcartel.com

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This episode was recorded on September 20th, 2020!

This week, Mike is joined by two special guests, Eric Rezsnyak and Kevin Dillon, two long-time X-Men readers, to discuss House of X, Powers of X, Dawn of X, and all things X-Men!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:17:17 - Comic Picks
• 00:26:22 - HoXPoX Bagosh
• 01:18:12 - Wrap/Credits

What We Read / Comic Picks

• Usagi Yojimbo Book 1 - Ronin
• Excalibur #1
• X-Men #12
• Giant Size X-Men: Storm
• Hellions #4
• Skulldigger + Skeleton Boy #4
• Black Magick #14
• Juggernaut #1
• X-Factor #4

Links

• Kevin on Twitter
• Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast

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This episode was recorded on September 13th, 2020!

This week, Paul and Tia join Mike to discuss what kind of job in comics they think they'd have if they made comics. Mike meanders and just rolls with it.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:18:57 - Comic Picks
• 00:26:57 - If We We're In Comics, What Would We Do?
• 00:50:01 - Wrap/Credits
• 00:52:16 - Swords?

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• The Black Mage
• We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1
• Giga #1
• Bill and Ted are Doomed #1
• X-Men #12
• Stillwater #1
• Detective Comics #1027

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

Tia sat down with Ted Brandt and Ro Stein to discuss their book Crowded, quarantine baking, and how they got into comics.

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This episode was recorded in the recent past!

Paul and Mike are joined by Dr. Travis Smith, Professor of Political Theory at Concordia in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and author of the book Superhero Ethics: 10 Comic Book Heroes; 10 Ways to Save the World; Which One Do We Need Most Now? Dig in on what comics Travis has been reading and how this book came to be, and the choices he made when putting the book together.

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This week, Mike is joined by Kara and Brian to discuss the crossover collection Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy Vol 1. by Chynna Clugston Flores, Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, Whitney Cogar, and Warren Montgomery. Make sure to join our Goodreads group so you too can nominate and vote on which comics we'll read next month!

Note: Mike said our GR group is almost to 700 members, he is wrong, we have passed 700 members and are ON THE WAY TO 800!!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:20:08 - Comic Picks
• 00:29:50 - Goodreads Book of the Month: Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy Vol 1.
• 01:04:11 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Seven Little Sons of the Dragon
• Asterix in Switzerland
• Mooncakes
• Inkblot #1
• My Little Pony / Transformers #1
• We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1

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This episode was recorded on August 23rd, 2020!

Mike doesn't know the number of episodes this show has and Nick and Kate try to keep him sane this week. But when we're not learning to count, the gang dives into an old topic (from episode 170!): Comics you would give to yourself at camp.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:24:52 - Comic Picks
• 00:32:12 - Comics Care Package
• 01:06:15 - Wrap/Credits
• 01:08:41 - Mom's Spaghetti

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Love on the Other Side
• Undone By Blood #4-5
• Nimona (the audio drama)
• Fallen World #1
• Hellions #3
• Black Magick #13
• Kodi Vol. 1

Comics Mentioned

• The Prince & The Dressmaker
• Lumberjanes
• Nimona
• This One Summer
• Spinning
• On A Sunbeam
• Check, Please Vol 1
• The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins
• One Punch Man Vol. 1
• Flash Gordon
• Future Quest
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• RAI
• Atomic Robo

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