I Read Comic Books
A podcast for comic book fans, hosted by Mike Rapin. IRCB features a rotating, 2-person panel of diverse comic book experts discussing what they’re reading with a comic book specific topic every week. New episodes every Wednesday.
Episodes
July 6, 2022 • 45 mins
This is the first episode of the IRCB Patreon series, IRCB Movie Club! Paul, Mike, and Brian discuss Daniel Clowes' Ghost World and the film adaptation of the same name, directed by Terry Zwigoff.
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June 29, 2022 • 74 mins
Mike, Paul, and Kate discuss some of their favorite comics from 2021, the theme of this month's Goodreads Book of the Month!
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June 22, 2022 • 72 mins
Mike, Kara, and René are joined by Aubrey Lyn Jeppson and C.K. Lawson editors of the Kickstarter anthology "Scott Snyder Presents Tales From the Cloakroom" to chat comic they're reading and going from comic book classroom to making a comic book anthology!
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June 15, 2022 • 85 mins
Mike, Nick, and Paul send off the final(?) episode of IRCB with a discussion about comic book endings. SPOILERS AHEAD.
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June 8, 2022 • 59 mins
Mike, Brian, and Kate dig in on the chaos-magic-wielding, reality warping, witchcraft-saving character known as Scarlet Witch.
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June 1, 2022 • 43 mins
Mike and Kait dig through our backlog of comics comp'd to us from publishers and creators to discuss.
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May 25, 2022 • 73 mins
Mike, Nick, and René try changing up our show format a bit this week and spend some time trying to suss out who the TMNT Last Ronin is, discuss comic literacy in Manga, and fawn over the color work of Jacob Phillips.
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May 18, 2022 • 55 mins
Mike and Kait are joined by comic creator Curtis Clow to talk the comics they've been reading plus they dig in on Curtis' latest Kickstarter for his series Slightly Exaggerated!
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May 11, 2022 • 80 mins
Mike and Brian are joined by special guests Brenda and Austin from the Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries podcast to chat comics and a bit about their super fun, deep dive podcast.
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May 4, 2022 • 86 mins
Paul, Kara, and Nick were brought together for a commissioned episode of IRCB courtesy of our Patron, Cinco, all about comics by musicians, about music, and/or with music playlists!
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April 27, 2022 • 66 mins
Kait, Tia, and Kate discuss comics and, specifically, comics from our April 2022 Goodreads Book of the Month theme: Anthologies.
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April 20, 2022 • 68 mins
Mike, Brian, and Nick talk the comics they've been reading their Top of My Pile picks, Pokémon, and the outfits of the upcoming Hellfire Gala.
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April 13, 2022 • 61 mins
This week, Kara, Kait, and Paul dig into some comics and Kara takes us through her journey into the light novel (and anime adaptation) of Heaven Official’s Blessing vol 1.
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April 6, 2022 • 83 mins
Paul, Nick, and Mike have been commissioned by Patron Danny to discuss our comic book grievances and how we can fix them!
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March 30, 2022 • 68 mins
Nick and René join Mike this week to dig into some not yet (or recently) released comics to give their thoughts (Orcs in Space Vol. 2, A Town Called Terror #1, Armorclads #1, Ghost Cage #1, and Blood Stained Teeth #1)!
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March 23, 2022 • 62 mins
This week, Mike, Kara, and Brian chat comics they've been reading, what's on the top of their pile, Lord of the Rings, and the Flash's rogues gallery.
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March 16, 2022 • 67 mins
Tia, Paul and Mike reflect on the 30th Anniversary of Image Comics, some history of the publisher, Image's impact on comics, and each host's journey with the comics Image has published over the years.
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March 9, 2022 • 75 mins
Mike, Nick, and Kate discuss the fears and horrors of comics that force us to dive down wikipedia as comics readers. Warning: this episode discusses topics of anxiety, murder, and sexual assault.
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March 2, 2022 • 74 mins
Kara and Kait join Mike to chat about comic books and our Goodreads Book of the Month: In The Pines by Erik Kriek.
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February 23, 2022 • 71 mins
Mike and René are joined by special guest, Gabe Cheng, to chat about comics and a bit about Gabe’s ongoing Kickstarter: The Problem With Parallels with artist Elisa Meneghel.
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