This week’s episode was recorded on July 24th, 2016.

Our episode this week is all about how we deal with creators who move back and forth between the Big 2 and independent books and how their work is affected. It’s a strange issue, to say the least, but we definitely covered it!

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

* Dept. H #3

* 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank #2

* Uncanny X-Men #9

* Black Hammer #1

* Snotgirl #1

* Hex 11 #1 Lisa K Weber & Kelly Sue Milano

* Scott Pilgrim

* Optic Nerve #1-11

* Batman #3

* She-Wolf #1-2

* KFC Presents: The Colonel Corps

* Faith #1

* Ninjak #17

* Ninjak Masters Collection Vol 1

* Prometheus Life and Death #2

* Alien vs Predator, vol 1

* Flash #3

* Future Quest #3

* Alien Defiance #3

Relevant Links/Information

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Nick – @dethstarplnz

* Paul – @OhHiPaulie

* Infinity Shred performance at Union Pool August 17th

* American Vampire by Scott Snyder

* Nameless by Grant Morrison

* Happy by Grant Morrison

* The Wake by Scott Snyder

* Animal Man by Jeff Lemire

* Suicide Squad Ales Kot

* Black Science by Rick Remender

* Deadly Class by Rick Remender

* Southern Bastards by Jason Aaron

* The Fade Out by Brubaker/Phillips

Timestamps:

* Start/Last Week In Comics – 00:00:00

* Comic Picks – 00:26:21

* Creators, In and Away from the Big Two – 00:34:43

* Credits – 01:04:47

This week’s music was by .phase and Infinity Shred.

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

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This week’s episode was recorded on June 12th, 2016.

We are BACK! After 4 weeks off (with minisodes!) I Read Comic Books is back

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

* Dr. Fate 10-13

* Outcast Vol 3

* Star Trek Vol 1 (2012-)

* Martian Manhunter Vol 1

* Batman Rebirth #1 and Green Arrow Rebirth #1

* The Shadow Vol 1

* The Flash #1-2

* Deadpool v Gambit #1-2

* Han Solo #1-2

* Batman #1-2

* 1999 – Noah Van Scrivener

* Black & Blue #1

* Civil War 2 #2-3

* Black Widow #4

* Vision #9

* Wonder Woman #2

* Black Hammer #1

* Archer and Armstrong #5

* Hellblazer Rebirth #1

Relevant Links

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Kate – @KateSkocelas

* Nick – @dethstarplnz

* Vision by Tom King/Gabriel Walta

* Chewbacca by Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto

* Princess Leia by Mark Waid and Terry Dodson

* Batman “Dark Victory” by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale

* Batman “Haunted Knight” by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale

* Rai by Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain

* 4001 AD by Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain

* IRCB Goodreads Book Club

Timestamps:

* Start/Last Week in Comics – 00:00:00

* Comic Picks – 00:21:02

* Checking in on Comic Book Resolutions – 00:30:07

* Culling Your Pull List – 00:51:20

* Credits – 01:04:44

This week’s music was by Brock Berrigan and Infinity Shred.

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

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This week’s episode is a minisode! Recorded some time in the distant past!

Zander and Tia have a nice chat about The Wicked + The Divine. Full spoilers for this series up through issue #20.

Relevant Links

* Tia – @PortraitOfmMeX

* Zander – @xanderwithaz

This week’s music was by Infinity Shred.

This week’s episode was produced Tia Vasiliou and Zander Riggs, executive produced by Mike Rapin, and edited by Zander Riggs.

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This week’s episode is a minisode! Recorded some time in the distant past!

Kate and Tia sat down to talk all about Wytches by Scott Snyder, Jock, and Matt Hollingsworth from Image Comics. They try their best to talk about the comic with little to no spoilers. Also, they discuss being a hitman… which is a normal thing, right?

Relevant Links

* Tia – @PortraitOfmMeX

* Kate – @KateSkocelas

This week’s music was by Infinity Shred.

This week’s episode was produced Tia Vasiliou and Kate Skocelas, executive produced by Mike Rapin, and edited by Zander Riggs.

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This week’s episode is a minisode! Recorded some time in the distant past!

Brian and Jon sat down to talk about how time passes in comics, how we manage this as readers, how culture affects time, and how creators can avoid these pitfalls.

Relevant Links

* Brian – @brianhead

* Jon – @sky_trio

This week’s music was by Infinity Shred.

This week’s episode was produced Brian Murray and Jon Francois, executive produced by Mike Rapin, and edited by Zander Riggs.

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This week’s episode is a minisode! Recorded some time in the distant past!

Our show this week is a special miniature episode all about Valiant’s mini-series team-up book, The Valiant (2014) by Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, and Paolo Rivera. Nick and Kate spend some time talking about this book, why it’s great, where it falls short, and why you should read this series! Warning! Full Spoilers for The Valiant!

Relevant Links

* Nick – @dethstarplnz

* Kate – ‪@KateSkocelas

This week’s music was by Infinity Shred.

This week’s episode was produced Nick White, Kate Skocelas, executive produced by Mike Rapin, and edited by Zander Riggs.

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This week’s episode was recorded on June 12th, 2016.

Our show this week is a special one with editor of upcoming book Humans and Paragons: Essays on Super Hero Justice, Ian Boucher! This weeks episode focuses on discussing the upcoming book about super hero justice, the issues with the current American justice system, and why books like this one are incredibly important to both society and comic book culture. Many many thanks to Ian and Sequart.org for letting us read some of the essays in this book and for giving us this opportunity to talk about this subject on our show!

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

* Lucky #1

* Chunks #2

* Daredevil (2012) #15-18

* The Wicked + The Divine #20

* GrizzlyShark vs. SeaBear #3

* Thunderbolts #2

* Ghostbusters

* Black Panther #1

* Invincible #129

* Han Solo #1

* Black Panther #3

Relevant Links

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Tia – ‪@PortraitOfMmeX‬

* Ian – ‪@Ian_Boucher‬

* Sequart.org

* Humans and Paragons: Essays on Super Hero Justice

* Ghostbusters Humble Bundle

* Tommy Lee Jones as Norman Osborn

* Cockney rhyming slang

* “Peak Han Solo”

* Captain Marvel – Higher, Further, Faster, More. by Kelly Sue Deconnick

* Usagi Yojimbo

* The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

* Wonder Woman – The Circle

* Luke Cage

* Martian Manhunter – American Secrets

* Batgirl Vol. 1 by Gail Simone and Adrian Syaf

* Green Lantern/Green Arrow by Dennis O’Neil and Neal Adams

Timestamps:

* Start/Last Week In Comics – 00:00:00

* Comic Picks – 00:24:59

* Humans and Paragons: Essays on Super Hero Justice – 00:33:15

* Credits – 01:10:35

This week’s music was by Deluxe and Infinity Shred.

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

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This week’s episode was recorded on June 5th, 2016.

Guests Nick and Kate join Mike to talk about comic book adaptations of prose books and whether or not we really think they’re good or not. How do you deal with narration? Where does prose description become art? And why, oh why, did they adapt Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep the way they did? This and a small discussion about creators who lose their sheen after leaving the Big 2 on this week’s episode!

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

* 4001 AD #2

* 4001 AD: X-O Manowar

* Batman: Rebirth #1

* Chunks #1

* Civil War 2 #1

* DC Universe Rebirth #1

* Divinity II #2

* Fez #1

* Lucifer #1

* New Frontier #3

* Preacher #1

* Scott Pilgrim Volume 3

* Snowfall #4

* Uncanny #1-6

Relevant Links

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Nick – @dethstarplnz

* Kate – @KateSkocelas

Timestamps:

* Start/Last Week In Comics – 00:00:00

* Comic Picks – 00:19:20

* Graphic Novel Adaptations of Books – 00:31:08

* Credits – 01:14:30

This week’s music was by Skylar Spence and Infinity Shred.

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

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This week’s episode was recorded on May 29th, 2016.

Paul and Nick join Mike to talk about “Comic Book Guilty Pleasures” and why that’s kind of hard to classify (for them, at least). But before the main topic, the guys chat about DC Universe Rebirth #1 at length (spoilers!) during their comic reads for the week.

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

* All-New Wolverine #9

* 4001 AD #2

* Batman Rebirth #1

* Paper Girls #6

* The Eyes of a Cat

* Aether & Empire #1

* Scott Pilgrim Volume 2

* Private Eye

* Jonesy #4

* 4001 AD #1

* Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #7

* Five Ghosts, Vol 2

* More Flash Gordon #5-6

* Jonah Hex #33

* Justice League #50

* Punisher #1

* Maggie the Mechanic

* Bitch Planet #1-5

* DC Universe Rebirth #1

Relevant Links

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Paul – @OhHiPaulie

* Nick – @dethstarplnz

Timestamps:

* Start/Last Week in Comics – 00:00:00

* DC Rebirth – 00:17:25

* Comic Picks – 00:33:09

* Comic Book Guilty Pleasures – 00:43:55

* Credits – 01:10:12

* X-Men Apocalypse and Nice Guys – 01:11:37

This week’s music was by Damu The Fudgemunk and 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 and get a hold of us here: [email protected] – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks.

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This week’s episode was recorded on May 22nd, 2016.

Our show this week covers some killer comics we read recently and what we’re excited for this week, and moves into a long discussion about Fan Fiction. And less of a discussion about Fan Fiction and more about how Mike doesn’t like it and Kate and Tia do. Journey at your own risk!

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

* Tank Girl 2 Girls 1 Tank #1

* Tomb Raider #4

* Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #5

* Divinity TPB & The Valiant TPB

* Vision #7

* Civil War 2 #0

* Future Quest #1

* Uncanny X-Men #7

* All-New X-Men #9

* Rai #13

* Petrichor

* All-New Wolverine #8

Relevant Links

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Tia – @portraitofmmex

* Kate – @KateSkocelas

* Tia’s review of Tomb Raider #4

* Kevin Wada’s X-Fashion

* Archive Of Our Own

Timecodes

* Start/Last Week In Comics – 00:00:00

* Comic Picks – 00:14:41

* Fanfiction – 00:24:38

* Credits – 01:00:01

* Cats, Mirror, and orphans / ”My mom won’t let me be a superhero” – 01:01:27

This week’s music was by One Self and Infinity Shred.

This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs (who is quite possibly an egg?).

Have a question? Want us to talk about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks and get a hold of us here: [email protected] – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks.

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