I Read Comic Books

This week’s episode was recorded April 26th, 2015.

We recorded at C2E2! We apologize for the echo-y sound quality this week, but hosts Mike, Anna, and Zander talk about why C2E2 2015 was great and why we go to conventions in general. Unfortunately, we didn’t cover too much news, but instead talked about how the convention has changed over the years and for the better!

This week’s episode was recorded April 12th, 2015.

This week, Mike and the gang were busier than usual so we’ve edited together one of our few pre-recorded special episodes of the I Read Comic Books podcast featuring a friend of the podcast (and sometimes contributor), Tommy Valdez. Tommy brought up the topic of positive subversion and how comics, and other mediums, are creating diversity in these mediums by doing this.

This episode was recorded April 12th, 2015.

This week, Mike, Nick, and Paul met up, IN PERSON, to record the podcast. Comic picks: The Fade Out #1 and Bloodshot Reborn #1. Topics this week include: Did Star Wars #1 help sell more Marvel books?, advertising in comic books, Daredevil (no spoilers) and the serialization of super hero television vs. feature films, a discussion about TV in general, and OGNs and serialized comics.

This episode was recorded April 5th, 2015.

This week, hosts Mike, Nick, and Paul discuss their comic picks – Transformers vs. GI Joe #6, Southern Cross #2, Descender #2, and The Surface #2. Discussion topics include Dark Horse’s April Fool’s Day announcements and how one of those two was actually true: Local Comic Shops can turn in 20 unsold copies of Star Wars #1 for exclusive covers for the first issue of Barb Wire (and it turns out it wasn’t a joke!). Mike talks about how you can tell a Image book from a Dark Horse book and the gang discusses anthology comics. Tangents into The Flash and Arrow and the new CW show. Paul and Nick go over Convergence which lead into a discussion about event fatigue and Mike tries to talk about Secret Wars.

This episode was recorded on March 29th, 2015.

This week’s episode of the podcast was hosted by Mike, Nick, and Zander. Our comic picks were: Uncanny Season 2 #1, Batman and Robin Annual #3, and Hinterkind #17.

This week we discussed Dynamite’s range of titles, Erik Larsen’s Twitter Rant interview over at The Outhousers and the future of comics fans and publishing, Dark Horse’s latest slew of #1s announced at Emerald City Comic-Con 2015, and reading comics (and all-ages comics) in public.

Music this week by Infinity Shred.

Produced by Zander Riggs and Mike Rapin. Edited by Zander Riggs.

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This episode was recorded on March 22nd, 2015.

This week’s episode was hosted by Mike, Nick, and Paul. Our Comic Picks for the week were: D4VE #2, The Multiversity: Ultra Comics #1, and Nightcrawler #12.

This week we discussed Thought Bubbles in comics, IDW’s ownership of licensed properties, the shocking revelations of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #44 from last week, and (again) artificial vs. true scarcity in comics. We also mentioned Todd Nauck’s YouTube Channel and his amazing video drawing Batman on a Post It note.

Hosts: Mike, Nick

This episode was recorded on March 9th, 2015.

This week, Mike and Nick discussed their comic picks for the week (Spider-Gwen #2 and Ninjak #1), the ramifications of Spider-verse, diversity in your pull list and what that means, the value of comics, and what buying bundles of comics (LootCrate, ComicBento, HumbleBundle, etc.) means for the every-week comic reader.

Hosts: Mike, Nick, Zander

This episode was recorded on March 1st, 2015.

Topics:

Comics: Descender #1, Supreme: Blue Rose #7, Iron Fist: The Living Weapon #9

Warren Ellis is watching you

Mike thinks Kieron Gillen may have black-balled him from comics

Something about Fringe

The hypothetical powers of Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick and how they’re actually incredibly cool people

my name is matt and i’m an alcoholic and a drug addict

The monolith that is “editorial” and how we can never really know the true influence

Something about comic scripts and the creation process

How do you find new comics to try? And what’s a good comic?

Moral of the story? Try an indie book.

Hosts: Mike, Nick, and Paul.

This episode was recorded on February 22nd, 2015

Topics:

Comics: Gotham Academy #5, Star Spangled War Stories #7, Spider-Gwen #1

What makes a good comic review?

Subscription services, how they work, why they work, and why they DON’T work.

Jason Momoa as Aquaman and how Batman vs. Superman is going to have the whole damn Justice League

A reminder about the DC Cinematic Universe

Paul explains that we need more wrestling comics.

Hosts: Mike, Nick, and George.

This episode was recorded on February 15th, 2015

Topics:

Comics (Iron Fist: The Living Weapon #9, The Valiant #3, Multiversity Mastermen #1/Batman Eternal #46)

IDW Comics Impacted by West Coast Dock Labor Disputes

What happens when your book is delayed?

Robert Kirkman’s Outcast was given a series order by Cinemax

Scribd, Marvel Unlimited, and binge reading comics.