I Read Comic Books

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.

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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

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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.

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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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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.

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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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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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This episode was recorded on January 21st, 2018.

Our show this week is all about the hero known as Superman–why he’s important to comics and what he means as an icon and a character. Paul and René join Mike to discuss.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:24:25 – Comic Picks
• 00:31:39 – The Bird, The Plane, The Superman
• 01:13:16 – Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Generation X #86
• Fence #3
• Assassinistas #1
• Fantastic Four: Books of Doom
• Future Quest Presents Birdman #6
• Justice League # 36 & 37
• Mister Miracle #6
• Assassinistas #2
• Superman #39
• Nam Wolf # 1
• Generation X # 1 (1994)
• D. Gray Man #227
• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 8: Jojolion #72
• Sex Criminals #21
• Abbott #1
• X-Men: Legion – The Shadow King Rising Trade Paperback

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Paul – @OhHiPaulie – @SpikePilePod
• René – @Rodrigur29
• I Kill Giants BotM discussion thread
• Recommended Reading:
• Rene
  • Superman Earth One by J. Michael Straczynski
  • New Krypton by Geoff Johns, James Robinson, and Sterling Gates
  • War of the Supermen by James Robinson and Sterling Gates (You’re that alien)
  • “Grounded” Arc (Superman #700 – #714, Pre-New 52) by J. Michael Straczynski
  • What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way? By Joe Kelly, Doug Mahnke, and Lee Bermejo (Action Comics #775)
  • Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime Special #1 by Geoff Johns (Flawed Superman)
  • Infinite Crisis by Geoff Johns (The Symbol)
  • “For Tomorrow” storyline by Brian Azzarello and Jim Lee (conversation with Father Leone)
  • American Alien by Max Landis
• Paul
  • Superman: Secret Identity by Kurt Busiek & Stuart Immonen
  • Superman: Birthright by Mark Waid & Leinil Yu
  • “The Jungle Line” by Alan Moore & Rick Veitch (DC Comics Presents #85)
  • Alan Moore’s Superman stories are all great: “For the Man Who Has Everything” (Superman Annual #11) & “Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?”
  • “The Curse of Superman” by Grant Morrison & Gene Ha (Action Comics vol. 2 #9)
  • All-Star Superman
  • “Must There Be a Superman?” by Elliot S. Maggin & Curt Swan (Superman #247)
    • Miracle Monday by Elliot S. Maggin
  • “Savior” by Rob Williams & Chris Weston (Adventures of Superman #12)

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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This episode was recorded on January 14th, 2018.

Kate and Brian join Mike to talk about retcons in comics. Mike goes on and on and on and on about X-Men comics.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:20:20 – The Culling
• 00:27:09 – Comic Picks
• 00:33:49 – Retcons
• 00:59:29 – Wrap/Credits
• 01:03:39 – Brian’s Ski Resort in Utah

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Grass Kings #1-6
• Runaways #5
• Sleepless #2
• Redlands #1-4
• Star Wars vol. 2
• Batwoman #3-6
• Black Hammer Volume 1
• Star Wars: Legacy Vol 1
• I Kill Giants
• Kill or Be Killed #15
• Ice Cream Man #1
• Batwoman #11

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Brian – @Brianhead
• Kate – @KateSkocelas
• I Kill Giants BotM discussion thread

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 January 7th, 2018.

Tia and Kara join Mike for the first full episode of the year! How can we fix comics? How can we make comics better for everyone and, maybe most importantly, how can we make sure folks who make this awesome stuff get paid?

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:36:32 – Comic Picks
• 00:39:09 – Fixing Comics: How to Fix the Industry That Churns Out Moneymaking IPs Yet Still Struggles To Pay Creators
• 01:17:37 – Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN #1-2
• Rogue & Gambit #1
• Blocked
• Sherlock Frankenstein & The Legion of Evil #3
• My Hero Academia Volume 9: My Hero
• TMNT Tales
• Star Wars Tales vol 1
• Sleepless #1
• Dark Fang #2
• The Complete Elfquest Vol 1
• Descender Vol. 5: Rise Of The Robots TP
• Hellboy/BPRD 1954 trade
• Sleepless #2

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX
• Kara – @KaraSzam – Kara on Medium
• Tia on the Elfquest podcast at SDCC
• I Kill Giants BotM discussion thread

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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