This week’s episode was recorded on May 11th, 2019!

This week, Kate and Paul jumped on the show with Mike to talk about why we buy comics and don’t read them and how unshelving those comics is hard.

And don’t miss our latest Zine! Out today! – https://ircbpodcast.com/zine

Timecodes

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:15:35 – Comic Picks
• 00:28:22 – Reading the Backlog aka Unshelving the Shelved
• 01:05:58 – Wrap/Credits
• 01:08:37 – Big City Boy

What We Read / Comic Picks:

• Snap Flash Hustle #1-3
• Shattered Warrior by Sharon Shinn (Author), Molly Knox Ostertag (Illustrator)
• Berlin by Jason Lutes
• Superman vol. 1 The Unity Saga: Phantom Earth
• Action Comics vol. 1 Invisible Mafia
• Batman #71
• Gender Queer: A Memoir
• The Immortal Hulk #17
• The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America
• Sex Criminals V4: Fourgy
• Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

Relevant Links:

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Paul – @OhHiPaulie

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Producer: Mike Rapin
Editor: Zander Riggs

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This episode was recorded on May 5th, 2019!

This week’s episode is JAM PACKED with content. Brian and Kait join Mike to talk about Free Comic Book Day, as well as discuss two interviews we did at C2E2 with Lucy Knisley & Box Brown.

On top of that! We have some touching words from Paul and Kara to open the show, and a BRAND NEW cover for the podcast! Let us know what you think!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 – Messages from the crew
• 00:02:32 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:13:24 – Comic Picks
• 00:18:42 – C2E2 Interview with Lucy Knisley
• 00:37:47 – C2E2 Interview with Box Brown
• 00:54:56 – Free Comic Book Day 2019
• 01:33:18 – Wrap/Credits

What We Read / Comic Picks:

• PTSD by Guillaume Singelin
• Star Wars: Tie Fighter #1
• Buffy #2-#4
• Angel #0
• Excellence #1
• Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #32
• Firefly: The Unification War

Relevant Links:

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Kait – @KaitLPhere
• Brian – @Brianhead
• Box Brown on Twitter
• Box Brown’s Patreon
• Lucy Knisley
• Lucy Knisley on Instagram
• Kyle Rose’s The Working Stiff

Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

Producer: Mike Rapin
Editor: Zander Riggs

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This episode was recorded on April 28th, 2019!

This week, Nick and Kait join Mike to chat about our Goodreads Book of the Month: Animal Man Volume 1 by Grant Morrison, Chas Truog, Doug Hazlewood, and Tom Grummett.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:19:55 – Comic Picks
• 00:31:57 – Goodreads Book of the Month: Animal Man Vol 1
• 01:02:50 – Wrap/Credits

What We Read / Comic Picks:

• The Fearsome Dr. Fang
• The Immortal Hulk Volume 1
• Maker Comics: Bake Like a Pro!
• Black Badge #5-6
• Age of X-Man: Prisoner X #3
• Paper Girls #28
• Black Hammer ‘45 #3

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Nick – @dethstarplnz
• Kait – @KaitLPhere
• Goodreads Thread for Animal Man Volume 1

Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

Producer: Mike Rapin
Editor: Zander Riggs

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This episode was recorded on April 21st, 2019!

This week, Mike and Nick sat down for a discussion about a volume they both hadn’t read before this episode: Ice Cream Man Volume 1: Rainbow Sprinkles by W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo, and Chris O’Halloran.

Full Spoilers for issues #1-4 of Ice Cream Man!

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Nick – @dethstarplnz

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Producer: Mike Rapin
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This episode was recorded on April 14th, 2019!

This week, Mike is joined by Nick and René to talk to a very special guest, David Pepose, writer and creator of the series Spencer & Locke for Action Lab Comics!

Timecodes

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:18:59 – Comic Picks
• 00:28:56 – Interview with David Pepose, writer for Spencer and Locke
• 01:06:58 – Wrap/Credits

What We Read / Comic Picks:

• Murder Falcon #3-6
• The Vision
• Sweet Tooth Collection Volume 2
• Monster Volume 2
• Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku
• Marvel Team-Up
• Die
• Peter Cannon Thunderbolt
• Self-Made
• Batman
• Ice Cream Man #1
• Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories Vol 1
• Age of X-Man: Nextgen #3
• One Piece Chapter #939
• Gideon Falls #12
• Angel #0

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Nick – @dethstarplnz
• René – @rodrigur29
• David Pepose – @peposed
• Spencer & Locke – @SpencerAndLocke
• Spencer & Locke 2 #1 preview!
• Going to the Chapel – @GoToTheChapel

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Producer: Mike Rapin
Editor: Zander Riggs

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This episode was recorded sometime in the past!

This week’s episode is the first episode of the Book vs. Book series on our Patreon! For this episode, Brian and Paul picked two Girl Gang series: Heavy Vinyl and Assassinistas!

Book vs. Book runs once a month on the IRCB Patreon and you can get access to these episodes (and so much more!) starting at $1!

Relevant Links/Information

• Paul – @OhHiPaulie
• Brian – @Brianhead
• Brian’s Pick: Heavy Vinyl
• Paul’s Pick: Assassinistas

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Producer: Mike Rapin
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his episode was recorded on March 31st, 2019!

While Mike was off on a secret mission, Paul held the reins of this episode with Brian and Kara joining him for a wonderful conversation about comic book collectibles.

Timecodes

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:15:08 – Comic Picks
• 00:29:14 – Comic Book Collectibles
• 01:01:25 – Wrap/Credits

What We Read / Comic Picks:

• Dial H For Hero #1
• GLOW #1
• Die #3-4
• Buffy #3
• Sheets by Brenda Thummler
• Immortal Hulk #16
• Marvel Team-Up #1
• Teen Titans TBP Full Throttle

Relevant Links/Information

• Paul – @OhHiPaulie
• Brian – @Brianhead
• Kara – @KaraSzam

Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

Producer: Mike Rapin
Editor: Zander Riggs

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This week’s episode was recorded on March 23rd and March 24th, 2019!

This week, the ENTIRE IRCB crew hung out at C2E2 in Chicago, IL. Mike jumped on the microphone with Brian and Nick on Saturday to discuss the con so far, and on Sunday night with Tia, Paul, and Kara to reflect on C2E2 in general. No picks or comics read this week folks!

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Brian – @Brianhead
• Nick – @dethstarplnz
• Paul – @OhHiPaulie
• Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX
• Kara – @KaraSzam

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Producer: Mike Rapin
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Paul and René join Mike to discuss the VASTNESS of space, the comic stories we tell in space, and why we love fiction that can only take place in the infinite void of outer space.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:16:31 – Comic Picks
• 00:27:43 – Space Comics
• 01:05:29 – Wrap/Credits

What We Read / Comic Picks:

• Hog Butcher
• Age of X-Man: Prisoner X #1
• Justice League #19
• Paper Girls #26
• Kekkaishi Volume #23
• Shaman King Volume #11
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Volumes #1-6
• Farmhand #6
• Criminal #3
• Hell Warden Higuma Chapter #12

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Paul – @OhHiPaulie
• René – @Rodrigur29
• Glasgow University Comic Reading Group – Ep#31 – Green Lanters’ Foreign Policy with Dr Ed Salo

Our massive list of Space Comics

• Paul
  • Kirby’s Cosmic Ideas:
    • New Gods, Galactus, Eternals, etc.
    • 2001 A Space Odyssey
  • Jim Starlin’s Warlock
  • Southern Cross by Becky Cloonan and Andy Belanger
  • The Green Lantern
  • Omega Men by Tom King & Barnaby Bagenda
• René
  • The Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
  • Green Lantern
  • Ion: Guardian of the Universe
  • Guardians of the Universe?
  • Green Lantern Corps.
    • Sinestro Corps. War
  • Ran/Thanagar War
  • Crisis on Infinite Earths
  • Infinite Crisis
  • Final Crisis (like kinda but not really)
  • The Legion of Super-Heroes
  • Captain Marvel
  • S.W.O.R.D.
  • Superman (sometimes)
  • Supergirl
  • Power Girl?
  • élDLIVE
    • Writer of Reborn (Katekyo Hitman Reborn)
  • Knights of the Zodiac?
  • Terra Formars
  • Knights of Sidonia
  • Planetes
  • Edens Zero
    • Fairy Tale writer
  • Guardians of the Galaxy
  • Fantastic Four
  • Silver Surfer
  • Adam Warlock
  • Cosmic Ghost Rider
  • Lobo
  • Invincible
  • Tech Jacket
  • Star Wars
  • Doctor Who
  • Star Trek
  • Star Wars
  • Dragonball Z
    • Namek Saga, Ginyu Saga, Freiza Saga, Buu Saga (sort of)
  • Dragonball Super
  • Howard the Duck (at one point)
  • Kinnikuman (Kinda)
  • Ultimate Muscle (Kinda)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Series?
  • Space Dandy?
  • Paper Girls?

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Producer: Mike Rapin
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This week’s episode was recorded on March 3rd, 2019!

This week on IRCB, Mike, Nick, and Kara are joined by friend of the show, Scott McGovern. Scott has 20+ years of history working in the industry and is a font of knowledge when it comes to comic book distribution and the meta-level of working at a comic book shop.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:18:01 – Comic Picks
• 00:29:08 – Interview with Scott McGovern
• 01:09:09 – Wrap/credits
• 01:12:44 – IRCB plans for c2e2 and Midwest Fashion

What We Read / Comic Picks:

• One Dirty Tree
• Umbrella Academy Volumes 1-2
• Doom Patrol (1986) Volume 2
• Doom Patrol Volume 2
• The life-changing manga of tidying up
• Age Of X-Man: Apocalypse and The X-Tracts #1
• William Gibson’s Alien 3 #5
• Vampironica Volume 1
• Transformers #1

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Nick – @dethstarplnz
• Kara – @KaraSzam
• Scott
  • Instagram – @CocktailsAndInk
  • Twitter – @ScottKMcGovern
• Retailer Brian Hibbs has a 10-point plan for the comics industry

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Producer: Mike Rapin
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