This bonus episode was recorded at Emerald City Comic Con 2018!

At ECCC 2018, Mike had the pleasure of speaking with two incredible comic creators: Buster Moody and Caleb Goellner. Buster and Caleb are collaborators on an amazing series, Task Force Rad Squad, and have worked on a ton of other books. Check out this interview!

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Caleb Goellner – @calebandrew
• Buster Moody – @bustermoody

This episode features music by Infinity Shred.

This episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs.

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This episode was recorded on March 11th, 2018.

Mike, Brian, and Kait sit down to discuss comics translated into English. From France, Belgium, Japan, and more! And in this episode, a two interviews from Emerald City Comic Con 2018 with Michael Garland and Farel Dalrymple!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:09:51 – Comic Picks
• 00:16:17 – Interview with Michael Garland
• 00:21:05 – Interview with Farel Dalrymple
• 00:25:10 – Translated/Not English Comics
• 01:07:26 – Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Again!! Volume 1
• Iceman #11
• Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows #1
• Abbott #2
• Planetary Vol 1-3
• The Lost Property
• The Arrival
• Buffy Season 11, Giles #1
• Generation X #1-#3
• Invincible #103-#138
• Husk Vol. 1
• My Hero Academia Vol. 1
• My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
• Wildstorm: Michael Cray #6
• Star Wars: Thrawn #2
• Vampironica #1
• Bakuman
• District 14
• Bramble
• Lulu Anew
• The World of Edena
• Once Our Land
• Amma
• Code XIII
• The Art of Flying
• Exception of Once Our Land

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Kait – @KaitLphere
• Brian – @Brianhead
• Michael Garland – @MichaelGarland
• Farel Dalrymple – @fareldalrymple

Our music is provided by Infinity Shred. You can find them on Bandcamp.

This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs.

Have a question? Want us to talk about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group andget a hold of us in the comments or here: [email protected] – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks.

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Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

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This episode was recorded on March 4th, 2018.

Nick, René, and Kate get to run the show this week while some of the IRCB crew (Mike included) are out at ECCC! This week’s show is all about comic books that are your comfort food and why they’re nice.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:24:43 – Comic Picks
• 00:35:16 – Comfort Comics
• ??:??:?? – Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Rogue One: Comic Adaptation
• Dark Knights: METAL #4
• Doomsday Clock #2
• Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom
• Image Expo Sampler
• Echolands
• Star Wars vol 5: Yoda’s Secret War
• Star Wars Annual #2
• Sleepless #1
• Imaginary Fiends #1
• Hikaru no Go Volume 8-9
• Toriko Volume 33-35
• Berserk Chapter 354
• Bloodshot Salvation #7
• Gideon Falls #1
• The Promised Neverland Chapter 77

Relevant Links/Information

• Kate – @KateSkocelas
• Nick – @dethstarplnz
• Rene – @Rodrigur29

Our music is provided by Infinity Shred. You can find them on Bandcamp.

This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs.

Have a question? Want us to talk about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group andget a hold of us in the comments or here: [email protected] – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks.

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Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL

IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose

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This episode was recorded on February 25th, 2018.

This week, Paul, Kara, and Brian discuss our Goodreads Pick of the Month: Paper Girls Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughn, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson. A solid discussion on a very solid book!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:11:01 – Comic Picks
• 00:20:09 – Goodreads Book of the Month – Paper Girls Vol. 1
• 00:52:23 – Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Maxwell’s Demons #2
• Runaways #6
• Vengence, Nevada #1
• I Am Not Okay With This
• Spy Seal: The Corten-Steel Phoenix
• Redlands #6
• Deadman vol 1
• Buffy Season 11: Giles #1
• Doom Patrol/JLA Special #1
• Mera Queen of Atlantis #1

Relevant Links/Information

• Kara – @KaraSzam
• Brian – @brianhead
• Paul – @OhHiPaulie
• Goodreads Thread for Paper Girls Volume 1

Our music is provided by Infinity Shred. You can find them on Bandcamp.

This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs.

Have a question? Want us to talk about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group andget a hold of us in the comments or here: [email protected] – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks.

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IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL

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This episode was recorded this past week!

This is the first in a new regular series hosted by Tia Vasiliou, in which she chats with some of her favorite people in comics about everything and nothing (and maybe also comics). In our first episode, she talks with Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Star Wars, and more) about crying, RPGs, and maybe also comics, like 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank and Image Expo reactions.

This Is Not An Interview will alternate with our monthly Bonus Minisode and will appear in your regular feed! Stay subscribed!

Links

• Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX
• Kieron – @kierongillen
• 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
• 24 Panels – An anthology comic to aid PTSD needs of survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire
• Tales from the Loop RPG

This week’s music was by Infinity Shred.

This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs.

Have a question? Want us to talk about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group andget a hold of us in the comments or here: [email protected] – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks.

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This episode was recorded on February 18th, 2018.

This week’s episode features two very special guests: Vita Ayala and Emily Pearson creators of a fantastic new series, The Wilds from Black Mask — releasing on February 28th, 2018. Brian and Kait also join for this episode to discuss The Wilds, how Vita and Emily got into comics, and so much more!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:11:00 – Comic Picks
• 00:16:45 – The Wilds with Vita Ayala and Emily Pearson
• 00:50:57 – Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Invincible #144
• Sleepless #3
• X-Men Red #1
• Extra!
• Dream Thief vol. 1
• Ice Cream Man #1
• Thrawn #1
• Godshaper
• Cold War # 1
• Black [AF]: America’s Sweetheart
• Eternal
• Low Volume 4
• Long Lost #1-3
• Fence #4
• Backstagers Valentine’s Day Special
• Ice Cream Man #2
• Redlands #6
• Come Into Me #1

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Brian – @brianhead
• Kait – @KaitLPhere
• Vita – @definitelyvita
• Emily – @emishlyart

Our music is provided by Infinity Shred. You can find them on Bandcamp.

This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs.

Have a question? Want us to talk about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group andget a hold of us in the comments or here: [email protected] – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks.

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Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL

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This episode was recorded on February 11th, 2018.

Our show this week is our first ever IRCB Q&A episode! With questions from listeners all over the globe! Tia and Brian join Mike to answer questions and cover the usual: comics and comics and comics. Enjoy!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:15:11 – Comic Picks
• 00:21:57 – IRCB Q&A
• 00:55:03 – Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Sex Criminals #21
• Dept H. #13-22
• KaijuMAX Vol 1
• Twisted Romance #1
• The Wicked + The Divine: 1923
• Giant Days #35
• She-Hulk 162
• Invincible #1-70
• Invincible #144
• Black Monday Murders #8
• Star Wars: Thrawn #1

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX
• Brian – @brianhead
• #IRCBqa

Our music is provided by Infinity Shred. You can find them on Bandcamp.

This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs.

Have a question? Want us to talk about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group andget a hold of us in the comments or here: [email protected] – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks.

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Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL

IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose

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This episode was recorded on February 4th, 2018.

This week, our show is extra long. About as long as last week’s. We were a bit happy-go-lucky because our topic this week was so magical. Kara and Nick join Mike to talk about the coolest sewer-dwelling, pizza-eating, kung-fu-fighting turtles around: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:28:16 – Comic Picks
• 00:37:40 – The Annual #3
• 01:22:33 – The Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Legion #1
• Dept H #1-12
• Bedlam Volume 2
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume 1 (2012)
• TMNT Classics vol. 1 & 2
• Bloodshot Salvation #5
• The Wild Storm #8
• Secret Weapons #0
• The Kamandi Adventure #11
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Black and White Adventures Vol 1
• Rogue & Gambit #2
• Clue TPB
• Armstrong and the Vault of Spirits #1

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Kara- @KaraSzam – Kara on Medium
• Nick – @dethstarplnz
• Teetles
• Legion #1 Variant

Our music is provided by Infinity Shred. You can find them on Bandcamp.

This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs.

Have a question? Want us to talk about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group andget a hold of us in the comments or here: [email protected] – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks.

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Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL

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This episode was recorded on January 28th, 2018.

This episode is the 3rd ever Annual Episode of the I Read Comic Books podcast! This week, Mike is joined by Kate, Nick, Paul, and Tia to talk about the last year in our show and have a damn good time doing so. Enjoy!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:28:16 – Comic Picks
• 00:37:40 – The Annual #3
• 01:22:33 – The Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
• Action Comics #775
• Doomsday Clock #3
• Abbott #1
• WWE Royal Rumble Special
• The Best We Could Do
• Mis(h)adra
• The Girl From the Other Side Vol 2
• Quantum and Woody #1
• Dying and the Dead #4
• Bloodshot Salvation #4
• Motherlands #1
• JLA/Doom Patrol Special #1
• Underwinter: Field of Feathers #4
• Godshaper (TPB)
• Quantum and Woody #2

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Paul – @OhHiPaulie – @SpikePilePod
• Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX
• Kate – @KateSkocelas
• Nick – @dethstarplnz

Our music is provided by Infinity Shred. You can find them on Bandcamp.

This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs.

Have a question? Want us to talk about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group andget a hold of us in the comments or here: [email protected] – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks.

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Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL

IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose

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This week’s episode was recorded sometime in the past…!

Nick and Paul dive into the legendary series by Jack Kirby: OMAC. In their discussion, they compare the original series with the New 52 launched OMAC title.

Relevant Links/Information

• Nick – @dethstarplnz
• Paul – @OhHiPaulie – @SpikePilePod
• OMAC (1974-1975)
• OMAC (2011-2012)

This week’s music was by Infinity Shred.

This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs.

Have a question? Want us to talk about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group andget a hold of us in the comments or here: [email protected] – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks.

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Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL

IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose

Support us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast

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