I Read Comic Books

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

Our show this week features guests Brian and Kate with host Mike Rapin. This week’s topic is focused around the gang’s attempts at creating a comic and eventually turns into how doing just that is a major endeavour. The show is rounded out with a discussion about indie comics–specifically comiXology Submit–and how, sometimes, you just have to try something new.

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

* Sex #27

* Extraordinary X-Men #9

* X-Files #1

* Captain Marvel #4

* Power Man and Iron Fist #1

* The Dresden Files: Wild Card #1

* The Last Halloween

* Black Panther #1

* Huck #6

* Black Eyes

* One Punch Man Volume 4

* Constantine: The Hellblazer #11

Relevant Links

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Brian – @Brianhead

* Kate – @KateSkocelas

* Warren Ellis Scripts

* Brian Michael Bendis Script Book

* New Avengers Script (direct link to document)

* Comic Script Archive (LOTS OF WRITERS HERE)

* Image Comics submissions

* Dark Horse submissions

* Heathen #1

Timecodes

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

* Comic Picks – 00:10:55

* “Have you ever tried making a comic yourself?” – 00:18:59

* Comixology Submit – 00:47:57

* Credits – 00:54:51

* Free Comic/Free Firsts/Drugs, yo – 00:56:02

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.

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.

And we want to give a warm shout out to #PodernFamily listeners! Hello!

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This week’s episode was recorded on April 17th, 2016.

Mike is joined by Nick and Paul this week to talk about comic book adaptations of movies (and subsequently, prose adaptations as well). The opening half of this episode is a bit longer than the main topic, but we managed to not talk about DC Rebirth. Go us!

Relevant Links

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Nick – @dethstarplnz

* Paul – @OhHiPaulie

Timestamps:

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

* Comic Picks – 00:23:45

* Comic Book Adaptations – 00:40:43

* Credits – 01:02:02

* Cloak and Dagger, Hark a Vagrant – 01:03:19

This week’s music was by LION BABE 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.

And we want to give a warm shout out to #PodernFamily listeners! Hello!

This week’s episode was recorded on April 10th, 2016.

On this episode, Mike was sick, so Tia and Nick took over the show this week! There’s full blown spoilers for The Wicked + The Divine this episode (see the timecodes below), but the real focus this week was on comic conventions–after Tia’s romp at Emerald City Comic Con this past weekend! Nick and Tia chat about cosplaying, sketches and commissions, and what cons are great for specific interests.

Relevant Links

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Nick – @dethstarplnz

* Tia on Tumblr

Timecodes

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

* Skip the WicDiv spoilers here – 00:14:45

* Listener Letters – 00:19:37

* Comic Picks – 00:25:49

* The ECCC Experience – 00:37:43

* Credits – 01:08:55

This week’s music was by Mr. Troy 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.

And we want to give a warm shout out to #PodernFamily listeners! Hello!

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This week’s episode was recorded on April 3rd, 2016.

On this episode, Kate and Nick join Mike to talk about comic book marketing, summer events in comics, and some basics around marketing. And yes… we talked about DC Rebirth, again (Mike is sorry).

Relevant Links

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Nick – @dethstarplnz

* Kate – @KateSkocelas

* Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark

Timestamps:

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

* Comic Picks – 00:16:24

* Comic Book Marketing and Distribution – 00:24:42

* Credits – 01:07:41

* After Credits – 01:09:04

This week’s music was by Esta 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.

And we want to give a warm shout out to #PodernFamily listeners! Hello!

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This week’s episode was recorded on March 27th, 2016.

The show this week features guests Nick and Tia joining Mike to talk about “edgy” comic books and what that really means.  Their comic picks for the week were Darth Vader #18, Fight Cub 2 #10, and Omega Men #10. Be prepared for a few soapboxes and rants.

Relevant Links

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Nick – @dethstarplnz

* Tia on Tumblr

Timestamps:

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

* Comic Picks – 00:32:05

* Edgy Comics and Tropes – 00:38:46

* Edgy Comics and Story Structure – 01:03:26

* Credits – 01:26:00

* Rebirth, BvS, and Marvel/DC movie talkz – 01:27:25

This week’s music was by Moderator 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 – destroythecyborg.tumblr.com.

And we want to give a warm shout out to #PodernFamily listeners! Hello!

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This week’s episode was recorded on March 20th, 2016.

Our show this week is brought to you by Nick, George, and Mike. Their comic picks for this week were The Spire #7, Batman #50, Bloodshot Annual #1, and Obi-Wan and Obi-Wan and Anakin #3. This week’s focal discussion was about the implications of comic book exclusivity contracts and the episode is rounded out with a chat about the Batman vs. Superman movie. 

Relevant Links

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Nick – @dethstarplnz

* George – @georgembenson

Timestamps:

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

* Comic Picks – 00:16:01

* Exclusivity Contracts – 00:28:14

* Credits – 01:09:50

This week’s music was by The Four Owls 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 – destroythecyborg.tumblr.com

And we want to give a warm shout out to #PodernFamily listeners! Hello!

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This week’s episode was recorded on March 13th, 2016.

On this week’s episode, Paul and Kate join Mike to talk comics and the best creative teams/runs of Daredevil, why they’re the best, and how they differed. Things spin outward into Daredevil TV show and other related show discussion.

Relevant Links

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Kate – @KateSkocelas

* Paul – @OhHiPaulie

Timestamps:

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

* Comic Picks – 00:18:51

* Daredevil Creative Teams – 00:30:20

* Daredevil and superhero TV shows – 01:08:37

* Credits – 01:15:49

* Wonder Woman – 01:17:14

This week’s music was by GARREN 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 – destroythecyborg.tumblr.com

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This week’s episode was recorded on March 6th, 2016.

Host Mike Rapin is joined by Tia Vasiliou and Brian Murray to chat comics (their picks for the week: All-New Wolverine #6, Insexts #4, and Spider-Gwen #6) and super hero costumes–who has the best, the most iconic, and the cosplayability of most super hero costumes. Admittedly, the episode gets away from them…

Relevant Links

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Tia on Tumblr

* Brian – @Brianhead

* Spider-Man: The Musical

* Harry and the Potters

* Draco & The Malfoys

* Kate or Die

Timestamps:

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

* Comic Picks – 00:17:55

* Character/Costume Design – 00:26:02

* Credits – 01:04:31

* Scrotums and alternate universe comics – 01:05:35

This week’s music was by Kruder & Dorfmeister 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 – destroythecyborg.tumblr.com

And we want to give a warm shout out to #PodernFamily listeners! Hello!

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This week’s episode was recorded on February 28th, 2016.

This week, Tia Vasiliou, Paul Jaissle, and host Mike Rapin talked their comic picks (Black Widow #1 and Mockingbird #1) and moved on to having a nice long chat about comic book storage. Actually, it was closer to Tia explaining how to store your comics for generations to come and how most modern care techniques are, unfortunately, bad.

Relevant Links

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Tia on Tumblr

* Paul – @OhHiPaulie

Timestamps:

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

* Comic Picks – 00:17:57

* Comic Book Collection, Protection, and Storage – 00:24:27

* Comic Book Organization – 00:51:11

* Credits – 00:57:43

* Energy Drinks and Middle Names – 00:59:10

This week’s music was by Poldoore 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 – destroythecyborg.tumblr.com

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This week’s episode was recorded on February 21st, 2016.

This week, Nick, Paul, and Mike chat their comic picks (Karnak #2, Cry Havoc #2, Hellboy and the BPRD: 1953 Beyond the Fences #1), then move on to talking about DC’s Rebirth–guessing at why it’s happening, what it means, and who this “not-a-reboot” is really for.

Relevant Links

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Nick – @dethstarplnz

* Paul – @OhHiPaulie

* Geoff Johns’ interview about DC Rebirth on CBR

Timestamps:

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

* Comic Picks – 00:13:02

* DC’s Rebirth – 00:23:31

* Credits – 00:57:29

* Exclusive artists – 00:58:46

This week’s music was by Bonobo 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] – @destroythecyb & #IReadComicBooks – destroythecyborg.tumblr.com

And we want to give a warm shout out to #PodernFamily listeners! Hello!

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