I Read Comic Books

This episode was recorded on December 15th, 2019!

René and Nick swap with Mike their lists of the best comics they read in 2019, new or old, big or small!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:25:53 – Comic Picks
• 00:29:54 – Our Favorite Comics of 2019!
• 01:10:53 – Wrap/Credits
• 01:14:05 – Channeling Werner

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• I Moved to LA to Work in Animation
• Strange Skies Over East Berlin #1-3
• Act-Age Volume 1-2
• New Mutants #1
• Valerian: The Complete Collection Volume 1
• X Omnibus Volume 1
• Wonder Woman: Dead Earth #1
• Haikyu!! Chapter 377
• Ice Cream Man Volume 4: Tiny Lives

Comics We Loved in 2019

• BPRD
• Gideon Falls
• Ice Cream Man
• Lazarus
• The Weatherman
• Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
• O Human Star Vol. 1-2
• Witch Hat Atelier
• Haikyu!!
• One Piece
• Hell Warden Higuma
• The Last Sayuki
• Ne0;lation
• Spy x Family

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If you’ve watched Star Wars Rebels, you know all about not-Jedi Kanan Jarrus–but how did he get that way? In Kanan, his origins are revealed. Brian and Kara discuss our favorite space fam and best boi Kanan in the context of this entertaining comic series.

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This week’s episode was recorded on December 8th, 2019!

Kara, Kait, and Paul chat about what comics you should be gifting your family, friends, enemies, and beyond!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:15:35 – Comic Picks
• 00:23:17 – Comics Gift Giving Guide
• 01:01:19 – Wrap/Credits

What We Read / Comic Picks

• The Hard Tomorrow
• Batman Creature of the Night #4
• Motor Crush #1
• I Am a Hero omnibus
• Far Sector #2
• Doctor Aphra #40
• Firefly: Unification War vol. 2

Shopping Picks

• TPB for the lapsed DC reader: Mister Miracle or maybe The New Frontier?
• TPB for the lapsed Marvel reader: The Immortal Hulk, HoX/PoX, Hulk: Gray
• For the artsy friend: My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris or something by Lisa Hanawalt: My Dirty Dumb Eyes or Hot Dog Taste Test
• For your mom: Relish by Lucy Knisely (Paul), I WISH PETITE MAMETTE WAS IN ENGLISH, probably Lulu Anew
• For your dad: Berlin by Jason Lutes (Paul), The Great War by Joe Sacco (Kara)
• For your young relative:
  • Elementary reader level: Raina Telgemeier’s works, Owly, Amulet
  • Middle school reader level: Nimona, the Adventures of Superhero Girl
  • High school reader level: Nimona, Young Avengers (Gillen/McKelvie)
  • College kid: anything by Neil Gaiman, really. Giant Days.
  • For the young adult reader: Adaptations! Artemis Fowl, Speak
• For your Star Wars friend: The Last Jedi adaptation or maybe Outer Darkness?
• For the person you wish would read comics: Runaways, I Kill Giants, Paper Girls
• For the person who reads historical biographies: March
• For the person who thinks Silicon Valley is evil: Memetic
• For the person who can’t turn off C-SPAN: Prez, Rolling Blackouts by Sarah Glidden
• For the queer kids: Jem and the Holograms, Prince and the Dressmaker
• For the classicist: Peanuts 1950s/1960s; Calvin and Hobbes.
• For the gamer: Tetris: The Games People Play
• For your grandma or your grandma-like friend: Lulu Anew, Bingo Love (LGBT too)
• For your horror-lover friend: Wytches
• For your western-loving friend/grandpa/dad: Copperhead
• For your English professor: Shakespeare adaptations, Toil and Trouble

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The original Star Wars trilogy has plot holes, and the Age of Rebellion comics fill a bunch of them. Brian and Kara discuss Age of Rebellion Heroes and Villains and highlight the Lando miniseries!

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This episode was recorded some time in the past!

Kait and Kate sat down to talk about, you may have guessed it, a young adult OGN: Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks.

Full Spoilers for Pumpkinheads!

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On Episode IV of the I Read Star Wars Comic Books special, Kara and Brian discuss three Star Wars movie adaptations, and what the comic book versions add to the stories we already know and love. 

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This episode was recorded on November 24th, 2019!

Mike is joined by Nick and Tia this week to ask the question: what was the first comic you read by your favorite creative team (or creator)?

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:20:03 – Comic Picks
• 00:27:49 – First Comics By Favorite Creative Teams
• 01:01:28 – Wrap/Credits

What We Read / Comic Picks / Comics Mentioned

• Rai #1
• The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir
• Heartbeat by Maria Llovett
• The Ballad of Halo Jones Volume 1
• Motor Crush Vol 1
• John Constantine: Hellblazer #1
• Curse Words #25
• Witchfinder Omnibus Volume 1
• Sleeper
• Incognito
• Criminal
• Journey Into Mystery
• Phonogram
• The Wicked + The Divine
• Animal Man (New 52)
• Green Arrow Vol. 4 (New 52)
• Dept. H
• Mind MGMT

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On Episode III of the I Read Star Wars Comic Books special, Brian and Kara dive deep on the waning days of the Old Republic and have way too many nice things to say about trash boi Darth Maul.

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This episode was recorded on November 17th, 2019!

Kait and Paul join Mike to dig in on the topic of #0s and prologue comics, the canon-rewriting behind them, and some minor history behind them.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:19:35 – Comic Picks
• 00:26:35 – Zero Issues
• 00:51:35 – Wrap/Credits
• 00:53:45 – Extremely Light Mando Spoilers

What We Read / Comic Picks

• Meal
• Ascender Vol. 1
• Ghosted in L.A.
• Invisible Kingdom
• November vol. 1
• COPRA (vol 2) 1 & 2
• Rai #1
• Grass Kings vol. 2
• Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #5

Links

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Kait – @KaitLPhere
• Paul – @OhHiPaulie
• “Marvels” Podcast – marvelspodcast.com
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On Episode II of the I Read Star Wars Comic Books special, Brian and Kara make Alphabet Squadron and TIE Fighter better.

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