I Read Comic Books

This episode was recorded some time in the past!

Paul and Rene deliver our first minisode of 2018! This is all about comic books and wrestling!

Relevant Links/Information

• Rene – @Rodrigur29
• Paul – @OhHiPaulie – @SpikePilePod

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 some time in the past!

Our show this week is a discussion about the pros and cons of miniseries. Why do we like them? Why do we not? This is Kait’s first official episode (despite last week’s episode) and she joins Tia and Mike to discuss this very interesting topic.

Comics Discussed

• The Vision
• Locke & Key
• SLAM!
• Dream Thief
• Toil and Trouble
• Tyson Hess’s Diesel
• Once Our Land
• Hi-Fi Fight Club
• The Backstagers
• The Hunt
• New Romancer

Relevant Links/Information

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

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 December 17th, 2017.

This week’s episode is the last FULL episode of the year, and what an episode it is! This week it’s a Goodread’s Pick of the Month from the IRCB crew and we read Snow Blind by Ollie Masters, Tyler Jenkins, and Colin Bell. Also this week, our newest regular guest: Kait Lamphere! Kate and Mike welcome Kait to the group and a lively discussion is had.

The next two weeks will be minisodes (Kait’s TRUE introduction) and we’ll be back to our regular schedule on January 10th. Until then, enjoy some fantastic minisodes the next two weeks!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:18:05 – Comic Picks
• 00:26:03 – Goodreads Pick of the Month – Snow Blind
• 00:52:24 – Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Runaways #4
• The Wicked + The Divine Christmas Special
• Aliens: Dead Orbit #4
• Jean Grey #10
• Giant Days #33
• Heavy Vinyl #4
• Lighter Than My Shadow
• Maxwell’s Demons #2
• Misfit City #8
• Black Hammer Vol 2 “The Event”

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Kait – @KaitLPhere
• Kate – @KateSkocelas
• Snow Blind
• Goodreads Discission for Snow Blind

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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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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This episode was recorded on December 10th, 2017.

Paul and Nick join Mike this week to discuss movie adaptations of non-super hero comics. When do these adaptations work? When do they not work? And post-credits this week, there’s a whole discussion just about the recent Batman arc: “The War of Jokes and Riddles.”

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:28:18 – Comic Picks
• 00:35:55 – Movies that Started Out as Comics
• 01:11:07 – Wrap/Credits
• 01:14:10 – Avoiding Star Wars Spoilers/The War of Jokes and Riddles

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Apartment Hunting
• Delicious In Dungeon Volume 3
• As the Crow Flies
• Black Bolt #8
• Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 1
• Super Sons #8
• X-O #8
• Skin & Earth #4
• Poe Dameron Vol 1
• Batman: Creature of the Night #1
• Detective Comics #500
• Batman Annual #2
• Justice League #34
• Doom Patrol #19-30
• Animosity #11
• Grass Kings #10
• Mister Miracle #5

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Nick – @dethstarplnz
• Paul – @ohhipaulie – @spikepilepod

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.

Hey #PodernFamily listeners! Thanks for dropping by!

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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This episode was recorded on December 3rd, 2017.

This week, Tia and Brian join Mike to discuss holiday gift giving for your comic-inclined and not-so-comic-inclined friends. It’s a hoot and a holler and full of some questionable choices made by a much younger Mike.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:23:15 – Comic Picks
• 00:27:55 – Comic Christmas Shopping
• 00:59:56 – Wrap/Credits + Real Talk

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Rebels #1-10
• All-New Wolverine #27
• Black Magick #9
• Labyrinth 2017 Special
• Heartthrob Season 2 #5
• The Ghost Butterfly
• The Manhattan Projects Vol. 1
• Giant Days 2017 Holiday Special #1
• Runaways #3
• She-Hulk #159
• Astonishing X-Men #6
• Mirror #9
• Giant Days #33

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Brian – @Brianhead
• Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX
• Tia’s review of Labyrinth Special #1 at The Mary Sue

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

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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This episode was recorded on November 26th, 2017.

Our show this week is a Goodreads Pick of the Month special! Part of our monthly series, Paul, Kate, and Kara read Hilda and the Troll by Luke Pearson. Check out their discussion of the comic as well as everyone’s picks of the week and

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:29:21 – Comic Picks
• 00:37:03 – Goodreads Book of the Month: Hilda and the Troll
• 01:00:40 – Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Archie Vol. 1
• X-Men Blue #4-6
• The Girl From the Other Side chapter 1
• Pitch Black
• Doomsday Clock #1
• Doom Patrol #9
• Mister Miracle #4
• Batman: The Merciless
• Reggie and Me
• The Secret History of Wonder Woman
• Black Magic #9
• Batman: Creature of the Night #1
• Labyrinth Special #1

Relevant Links/Information

• Paul – @OhHiPaulie – @SpikePilePod
• Kate – @KateSkocelas
• Kara – @KaraSzam – @Kara.Szam on Medium
• Here Comes Hilda – The New Yorker
• One of Luke Pearson’s original Icelandic songs

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

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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his episode was recorded on November 19th, 2017.

Paul and Nick join Mike to discuss our obsession with dystopias–but more specifically dystopian comics. There’s some researched info, some philosophical thoughts, and a whole lot of questions about Doomsday Clock (from Mike).

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:21:20 – Comic Picks
• 00:35:14 – Dystopian Comics
• 01:08:42 – Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• The Wicked + The Divine #33
• Ringside #13
• Invincible #142
• Generation Gone #2
• Saga #47-48
• Rebels: These Free and Independent States #7
• Dark Knights: Metal #3
• Future Quest Presents #2
• Batman: Year One OGN
• Captain America #695
• Batman: Dawnbreaker
• Batman: The Drowned
• Batman and the Outsiders vol 1
• Rat Queens #6
• Doomsday Clock #1
• Doom Patrol #9

Relevant Links/Information

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

(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.

Hey #PodernFamily listeners! Thanks for dropping by!

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

Buy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1

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This episode was recorded on November 12th, 2017.

This week, Nick and Kate join Mike to discuss comics of the Star Wars variety–what’s good, what was good in the old Star Wars comics, and how this all factors into the Star Wars movie-verse.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:27:09 – Comic Picks
• 00:37:41 – Star Wars Comics
• 01:13:18 – Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Runaways #3
• Royal City #7
• Journey Into Mystery Volume 1: Fear Itself
• The Dying and the Dead #1-6
• Star Wars Volume 3, Rebel Jail
• Briggs Land: Lone Wolves #4
• Batman #30
• X-O #7
• Imperial Machine – Star Wars: Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith #1
• The Ancient Magus Bride Vol 2
• Angela: Asgard’s Assassin, Volume 1: Priceless
• Fence #1
• Bloodshot Salvation #3
• Star Wars: Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Captain Phasma TPB

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Nick – @dethstarplnz
• Kate- @KateSkocelas

(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.

Hey #PodernFamily listeners! Thanks for dropping by!

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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This episode was recorded on November 5th, 2017.

This week we have another amazing interview. Deniz Camp, comic writer, chicken-raiser, and fantastic person joins Mike, Paul, and Brian to talk about the life of a comic creator and what it means to try to write something meaningful, different, and surprising.

Our Kickstarter is fully funded! Now, we’re on to stretch goals! Check out the whole Kickstarter campaign now! – http://ircbpodcast.com/ks2017

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:29:45 – Comic Picks
• 00:39:02 – Chatting with Deniz Camp
• 01:17:30 – Wrap/Credits

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Iceman #7
• Barbarous
• Giant Days #37
• Hi-Fi Fight Club #3
• Paper Girls #17
• Black Bolt #7
• Superman #34 (or 800?)
• Mother Panic #12
• Elektra Assassin
• Mister Miracle
• The Wild Storm
• SLAM!: The Next Jam #3
• Runaways #3
• Redlands #4
• The Unlikely Story of Felix and Macabber

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• Brian- @brianhead
• Paul – @OhHiPaulie – @SpikePilePod
• Deniz Camp – @MDesaad
• DenizCamp.com
• Review of “Time is of the Essence” by Deniz Camp, Roman Brun and Julien Brun
• PanelxPanel.com
• Ghost City Comics
• Maxwell’s Demons out November 22nd!

(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.

Hey #PodernFamily listeners! Thanks for dropping by!

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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This episode was recorded on October 29th, 2017.

This week’s episode a Goodreads Pick of the Month, and this week our show is all about Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale, and Gregory Wright. Mike is joined by Rene and Nick to discuss comics and the PotM book!

Our Kickstarter is fully funded! Now, we’re on to stretch goals! Check out the whole Kickstarter campaign now! – http://ircbpodcast.com/ks2017

Timestamps

(none)

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

• Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1
• Sacrifice
• Punisher #17
• BUZZ!
• Batman/Aliens
• Mister Miracle #2
• Green Arrow #29
• Bloodshot Salvation #2
• Bedlam Volume 1
• One Piece Chapter 883
• Robot x Laserbeam Chapter 31
• Iceman #7
• Aliens: Dead Orbit #4
• My Hero Academia Chapter 159

Relevant Links/Information

• Mike – @mikerapin
• 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.

Hey #PodernFamily listeners! Thanks for dropping by!

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

Buy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1

Email: [email protected]
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