I Read Comic Books

This episode was recorded on November 10th, 2019!

Kait and Nick join Mike to talk about how they read comics. Mike ranks the latest X-Men #1s, and Nick’s world is ending with comicbookdb.com closing down.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 – Start / Last Week in Comics
• 00:24:10 – Comic Picks
• 00:34:12 – How Do You Read Comics?
• 01:13:13 – Wrap / Credits
• 01:15:34 – Mike doesn’t believe in moon lasers

What We Read / Comic Picks

• Chew vol. 1-12
• Joker: Killer Smile #1
• Space Riders Vol. 2: Galaxy Of Brutality
• Friends with Boys
• Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight
• Abe Sapien: The Drowning and Other Stories
• Fallen Angels #1
• Black Stars Above #1
• Hope
• Firefly: The Sting
• Fallen World TPB

Links

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Kait – @KaitLPhere
• Nick – @dethstarplnz

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On Episode I of the I Read Star Wars Comic Books special, Brian and Kara discuss Obi-Wan and Anakin and how it explores the relationship between the two Jedi at a point when Anakin is thinking of rejecting the Jedi entirely.

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This episode was recorded on November 3rd, 2019!

What’s up with DC only really talking about Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman? Let’s talk about this super trinity! Brian gamely joins DC nerds Paul and Kara for a borderline theological discussion about three of the oldest and most well-known superheroes in the biz. Also, Kara tries to convince the guys that Minions comics are genuinely great. Plus, the Star Wars announcement you’ve all been waiting for!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:17:17 – Comic Picks
• 00:27:50 – The DC Trinity
• 01:01:23 – Wrap/Credits

What We Read / Comic Picks

• Spider-Man: Full Circle
• Fantastic Four: Grand Design #1
• TMNT Vol 1: Change is Constant
• Something is Killing the Children
• Undiscovered Country #1
• Minions #1 (This is not a joke)
• The Magicians #1

Links

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

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This episode was recorded on October 27th, 2019!

On this very important episode of the I Read Comic Books podcast, Brian, Kait, and Kara discuss They Called Us Enemy, our November Goodreads Book of the Month! Author George Takei (best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek: The Original Series) opens up about his childhood spent in the internment camps the United Stated government sent west coast Japanese Americans to following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Equal parts touching and horrifying, this graphic novel memoir is high on our recommendation list for absolutely everyone. Seriously, if you first heard the term “Japanese internment camp” right now, please read this graphic novel immediately.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:05:53 – Comic Picks
• 00:14:54 – IRCB Goodreads Book of the Month – They Called Us Enemy
• 00:48:36 – Wrap/Credits

What We Read / Comic Picks

• Mace Windu: Jedi of the Republic
• Star Wars: Obi-Wan and Anakin
• Sera and the Royal Stars #1
• Excalibur #1
• The Little Mermaid #1
• Giant Days: As Time Goes By
• Necromancers Map #3

Links

• Brian – @Brianhead
• Kara – @KaraSzam
• Kait – @KaitLphere

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This episode was recorded on October 20th, 2019!

Paul, Nick, and Rene discuss the importance of coloring and how the process of re-coloring/colorizing can affect a book or series.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:23:01 – Comic Picks
• 00:33:48 – Recoloring Comics
• 01:03:38 – Wrap/Credits

What We Read / Comic picks

• Judge Dredd: The Small House
• X-Men #1
• Copperhead Vol. 1-2
• Monster Vol. 4
• Fire Force Vol. 16
• Money Shot #1
• Invisible Kingdom Vol. 1

Links

• Paul – @OhHiPaulie
• Nick – @dethstarplnz
• Rene – @Rodrigur29

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This bonus interview was recorded on October 12th, 2019!

Dave Baker joins Mike and Nick for a bonus interview episode to talk about his Kickstarter with Alexis Ziritt: Night Hunters. Mike, Nick and Dave also dig in on the state of Cyberpunk, writing the best comic book for an artist, working with Kickstarter, and more!

Links

• Night Hunters on Kickstarter
• Dave Baker on Twitter
• Alexis Ziritt on Twitter

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This episode was recorded on October 12th, 2019!

Kara, Paul, and Mike have a fun little discussion about comic books letters pages, why they’re fun, why they’re not, and how they’ve changed over the decades in comics.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:20:31 – Comic Picks
• 00:27:44 – Letters Pages
• 00:55:43 – Wrap/Credits

What We Read / Comic Picks

• No One Left To Fight #1-3
• Strayed #2-3
• Supermutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki
• Zero Hour: The Crisis in Time
• Legion of Superheroes: Millenium #2 (of 2)
• X-Men #1
• REVENGER HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
• Superman Smashes the Klan #1

Links

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Kara – @KaraSzam
• Paul – @OhHiPaulie

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This episode was recorded on October 6th, 2019!

This week, Nick and Kate join Mike to discuss fantasy comics and, well, try to put a finger on how to define “fantasy” comic books.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:18:10 – Comic Picks
• 00:26:40 – Fantasy in Comics
• 01:03:50 – Wrap/Credits

What We Read / Comic Picks

• Little Bird #1-5
• Locke and Key Volume 1
• Head Lopper
• Pumpkinheads
• Outer Darkness #11
• The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television
• Journey to Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker — Allegiance #1

Comics Mentioned this episode

• The Wicked + The Divine
• Nimona
• Witches
• Pretty Deadly
• I Kill Giants
• Rat Queens
• Bone
• Heathen
• Skullkickers
• Rat Queens
• D&D Comics
• Pathfinder Comics
• Hex 11
• Head Lopper
• Locke and Key
• Hellboy
• Britannia
• King
• Little Nemo
• Moon Knight
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• The Sixth Gun
• Berserker Unbound
• Witchfinder
• Demon Knights
• Birthright
• Red Sonja

Links

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Nick – @dethstarplnz

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This episode was recorded on September 29th, 2019!

Tia and Kait join Mike to discuss re-reading comics, why we do it, why we don’t, and how, for some of us, it helps enrich our comic book reading experience.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:15:08 – Comic Picks
• 00:21:12 – Re-Reading Comics
• 00:50:35 – Wrap/Credits

What We Read / Comic Picks

• Shangri-La
• My Pretty Vampire, Katie Skelly
• Mary Shelley Monster Hunter #1 & #2
• House of X #6
• The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 6
• Are You Listening

Links

• Kait – @KaitLPhere
• Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX
• Mike – @mikerapin

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This week’s episode was recorded on September 22nd, 2019!

Mike is BACK this week with Kate and Kara in tow and they sat down to talk about the prevalence of schooling in comics, which comics are their favorites, along with… hot characters in comics?

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:21:41 – Comic Picks
• 00:32:36 – Back to School!
• 01:09:50 – Wrap/Credits
• 01:12:11 – Hawt, Continued

What We Read / Comic Picks

• West Coast Avengers #1-4
• Powers of X #4
• House of X #5
• Fence Vol. 3
• Mister Miracle
• The Plot #1
• The White Trees #2
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #47
• Star Wars Resistance: Kylo Ren #1
• Ether #1
• Relics of Youth #1

Links

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Kara – @karaszam

Comics Mentioned in this episode

• Giant Days
• Strawberry Madness
• Bleach
• Ouran Highschool Host Club
• New X-Men
• New X-Men: Academy X
• New X-Men: Hellions
• Spider-Man & The X-Men
• Wolverine & The X-Men
• All-New X-Men
• Astonishing X-Men
• Archie comics in general, minus Josie & The Pussycats?
• Sabrina The Teenage Witch manga
• SuperMutant Magic Academy
• Mis(h)adra
• I Kill Giants
• Vision
• Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler

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