I Read Comic Books

This episode was recorded on June 3rd, 2018!

Paul, Kate, and Kait tackle a MAJOR question: What stories work better in single issues and what stories work better in collections? Why do we pick the ways to read our books? And what creators work better for each type?

Also, DO NOT MISS: The first issue of the IRCB Zine! Check it out at https://ircbpodcast.com/zine!!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:11:34 – Comic Picks
• 00:20:52 – Single issues vs Collections
• 00:45:10 – Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Doomsday Clock #5
• Dry Country #3
• Coda #1
• My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness
• Man of Steel #2
• Giant Days #39
• Justice League #1

Relevant Links/Information

• Paul – @OhHiPaulie
• Kate – @KateSkocelas
• Kait – @KaitLPhere

Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

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

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This episode was recorded on May 27th, 2018!

Our show this week features a very special guest: Ben Saunders, professor at University of Oregon and curator of the Seattle Museum of Pop Culture’s HUGE Marvel exhibit (available until January 2019). Tia, Paul, and Mike have a wonderful chat with Ben and get an academic answer on the GREAT TAPE DEBATE.

Also, DO NOT MISS: The first issue of the IRCB Zine! Check it out at https://ircbpodcast.com/zine!!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:12:55 – Comic Picks
• 00:20:20 – Interview with MoPop Curator Ben Saunders
• 01:02:05 – Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Extremity #1-12
• Love & Rockets #5
• Justice League: No Justice #2 & 3
• Doctor Aphra #20
• The Wilds #3
• Aquaman/Jabberjaw Special #1
• Vagrant Queen #1

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX
• Paul – @OhHiPaulie
• Ben Saunders – University of Oregon
• Ben’s book: Do The Gods Wear Capes?
• Exhibit page at MoPOP
• Exhibit Coverage at Geekwire
• Exhibit Coverage at Forbes
• Matters of Gravity by Scott Bukatman

Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

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

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This episode was recorded in May 2018.

It’s episode three! Tia talks to Christopher Sebela about the dogs of Portland (and also a few cats), making Mom proud, crowdfunding death, using your powers for good, well-written characters, the problems of being corporeal, favorite horror movies, talking to weirdos, comics, and more!

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Links

• Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX
• Christopher – @xtop
• Shanghai Red
• christophersebela.com

This week’s music was by Infinity Shred.

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

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This episode was recorded on May 20th, 2018!

While Mike was away in the desert of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nick, René and Kara dive into one of the monoliths of comic books: Spider-Man. Why love him? What’s to like? What even IS Spider-Man? Also… Spider-Man fan fiction?? (post-credits)

Also, DO NOT MISS: The first issue of the IRCB Zine! Check it out at https://ircbpodcast.gumroad.com/!!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:15:17 – Comic Picks
• 00:29:36 – My Boy Spider-Man, The Precious Angel Baby
• 01:11:43 – Wrap/Credits
• 01:13:50 – A Very Special Spider-Man Fanfic

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Giant Days Vol 1-4
• Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows #2
• Quantum and Woody #5
• Tokyo Ghoul:re Chapter 172
• Kekkaishi Volumes 33-35
• LUMBERJANES #50
• The Terrifics #4
• Haikyu!! Chapter 303

Relevant Links/Information

• Nick – @dethstarplnz
• Kara – @KaraSzam
• René – @Rodrigur29

Music provided by Infinity Shred. 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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This episode was recorded on May 13th, 2018!

Paul and Nick join Mike for the second Q&A episode where they answer as many questions as possible–time permitting! We also find out this week that Nick is very serious about his tape choices. (And don’t miss the Justice League movie chat post-credits this week)

ALSO THIS WEEK: The first issue of the IRCB Zine! Check it out at https://ircbpodcast.com/zine!!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:22:30 – Comic Picks
• 00:33:56 – IRCB Q&A
• 01:06:41 – Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• The Wild Storm: Michael Cray #7
• The Sixth Gun, Vols 2 and 3
• TMNT Volume 11: Attack on Technodrome
• Shadow Roads FCBD issue
• Superman: The Man of Steel volumes 1 & 2
• Barrier #1 & 2
• Batman #47
• Gideon Falls #3
• All The Answers

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Nick – @dethstarplnz
• Paul – @OhHiPaulie

Music provided by Infinity Shred. 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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This episode was recorded on May 6th, 2018 and sometime in the past!

Our show this week is an odd one as we had a strange technical glitch half-way through. For the first half, Brian and Kate join Mike to talk about their comic picks and books they’ve been reading. For the second half of the show, Tia and René have an in-depth discussion about the villians of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s an odd format, but it’s exciting!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:11:12 – Comic Picks
• 00:17:46 – MCU Villains
• 00:59:02 – Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• All-New Wolverine #34
• Kill or Be Killed #18
• Astonishing X-Men #10
• Snotgirl Volume 1
• Haikyu!! Volume 4
• Come Into Me #2
• LunarBaboon
• Elf & Warrior
• Aliens Dust to Dust #1
• Avengers #1
• Star Wars: Kanan vol. 2
• East of West Vol. 5
• Exiles #1
• Eternity Girl #3
• Hawkeye: Kate Bishop Volume 3 – Family Reunion
• Runaways #9

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Kate – @KateSkocelas
• Brian – @Brianhead
• Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX
• Rene – @Rodrigur29

Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

This week’s episode was produced and executive 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 April 29th, 2018.

Mike is joined this week by Kara and Kait to discuss the Goodreads Book of the Month, Pretty Deadly Volume 1: The Shrike, as voted on by the wonderful IRCB Goodreads members! And make sure to stick around for a very strange conversation about YA-oriented comic book-based romance novels…

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:13:36 – Comic Picks
• Goodreads Book of the Month – Pretty Deadly Volume 1: The Shrike
• Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Monster Volume 3
• Giant Days Volume 7
• Maxwell’s Demons #2
• Saga #49
• Pink
• Venomized #1
• Runaways #7-8
• The Heart of Thomas
• All You Need Is Kill
• Rogue & Gambit #5
• Coda #1
• Red Sonja Tarzan #1
• Star Wars Tag & Bink

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Kara – @KaraSzam
• Kait – @KaitLphere
• Goodreads Discussion for Pretty Deadly Volume 1: The Shrike
• Rogue Touch on Amazon

Music provided by Infinity Shred. 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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This episode was recorded on April 15, 2018.

In the second episode of This Is Not An Interview, Tia talks to Magdalene Visaggio about Eternity Girl, death, being a history nerd, SMASHMOUTH BECAUSE HEY NOW YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR, why we love Shade the Changing Girl, characters behaving badly, and other random things!  

This Is Not An Interview is now a monthly bonus minisode and will appear in your regular feed! Stay subscribed!

Links

• Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX
• Mags – @MagsVisaggs
• Eternity Girl
• Shade the Changing Girl
• Kim & Kim
• Pre-order Vagrant Queen

This week’s music was by Infinity Shred.

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

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This episode was recorded on April 22nd, 2018.

Mike, Nick, and Tia are joined this week by the incredible Ryan Browne (Curse Words, Manhattan Projects, Bedlam) to chat about comics, the comic creation process, God Hates Astronauts, and Ryan’s latest Kickstarter: GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS presents 3-D COWBOY’S 2-D SPECTACULAR!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:19:33 – Comic Picks
• 00:25:49 – An Interview with Ryan Browne
• 00:57:16 – Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Monster Vol 2
• Sleepless #5
• X-Men Red #2-3
• Fence #5
• Transformers: More than meets the eye Volume 5
• Assassinistas #4
• Star Wars Adventures Annual #1
• Curse Words #13
• Skyward
• X-O #13
• Eternity #3-4
• Bloodshot Salvation #7
• Ninja-K #4
• Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows #1
• Deathbed #2
• Batman #39
• Future Quest Presents #6
• Bloodshot Salvation #8
• All-New Wolverine #34
• Doctor Aphra #19
• Aliens: Dust to Dust #1

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Tia – @PortratOfMmeX
• Nick – @dethstarplnz
• Ryan Browne – @RyanBrowneArt – @RyanBrowneArt on Instagram
• GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS presents 3-D COWBOY’S 2-D SPECTACULAR! on Kickstarter
• Curse Words
• God Hates Astronauts

Music provided by Infinity Shred. 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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This episode was recorded on April 15th, 2018.

Kait and Rene join Mike to discuss the always-growing, always weird, world of comics that are used to expand on a TV or Movie universe. What works about these stories? What doesn’t? Do we even need them? And Mike and Rene almost get into an audio fist-fight about the UK E4 series Skins.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:13:37 – Comic Picks
• 00:22:38 – Expanding TV Universes With Comics
• 00:57:05 – Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Pretty Deadly Volume 1
• Exiles #1
• Domino #1
• Kekkaishi Volume 30
• Platinum End Volumes 3 & 4
• Spider-Girl #3-#5
• Spider-Man 2099 #1-#3
• Hotel Africa Vol. 1
• Giant Days #37
• Isola #1
• Thrawn #2
• Tokyo Ghoul tome 1
• Fence #5
• Action Comics #1000
• Musketeers #3

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Kait – @KaitLPhere
• Rene – @Rodrigur29

Music provided by Infinity Shred. 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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