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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 524
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Episode 334 | Comics and Math Are The Same Thing (ft. Aubrey Lyn Jeppson & C.K. Lawson)
This episode was recorded on June 19th, 2022!
Mike, Kara, and René are joined by Aubrey Lyn Jeppson (@TamingTheMuse) and C.K. Lawson (@chrisdoescomics), editors of the Kickstarter anthology "Scott Sny…
Episode 333 | Nine Out Of Ten Listeners Won't Believe How This Podcast Ends!!!
This episode was recorded on June 12, 2022!
Mike, Nick, and Paul send off the final(?) episode of IRCB with a discussion about comic book endings. SPOILERS AHEAD.
Make sure to check out A Better Batmob…
Episode 332 | Anybody Can Explode Once
This episode was recorded on June 5th, 2022!
Mike, Brian, and Kate dig in on the chaos-magic-wielding, reality warping, witchcraft-saving character known as Scarlet Witch.
Timestamps
- 00:00:00 - Start/La…
Minisode 54 | Comics We Received Complementarily
This episode was recorded some time in the recent past!
Mike and Kait dig through our backlog of comics comp'd to us from publishers and creators to discuss.
Comics Discussed
- Love and War #1
- Cold Iron #…
Episode 331 | Completely Naked Turtles
This episode was recorded on May 22, 2022!
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 literac…
Episode 330 | Avoid Amazon With This One Weird Trick (ft. Curtis Clow)
This episode was recorded on May 15th, 2022!
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…
Episode 329 | A Dumpster Fire Will Keep You Warm
This episode was recorded on May 8th, 2022!
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…
Episode 328 | Get In Losers, We're Howling At The Moon
This episode was recorded on May 1st, 2022!
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…
Episode 327 | It's Twilight Meets The Baby-Sitters Club
This episode was recorded on April 24th, 2022!
This week, Kait, Tia, and Kate discuss comics and, specifically, comics from our April 2022 Goodreads Book of the Month theme: Anthologies.
Timestamps
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Episode 326 | Powers of X Marks The Spot
This episode was recorded on April 17th, 2022!
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.
Episode 325 | Basically, Marvel's Batman
This episode was recorded on April 10th, 2022!
This week, Kara, Kait, and Paul dig into some comics they've read, comics they're reading next, and Kara takes us through her journey into the light nove…
Episode 324 | I'm Picking This Up Because I'm Shallow
This episode was recorded on April 3rd, 2022!
Paul, Nick, and Mike have been commissioned by Patron Danny to discuss our comic book grievances and how we can fix them!
Episode 323 | Buzzfeed Demons
This episode was recorded on March 27th, 2022!
Nick and René join Mike this week to dig into some not yet (or recently) released comics to give their thoughts! Let us know what you thought of this epi…
Episode 322 | The Silmarillion of the Skywalkers
This episode was recorded on March 20th, 2022!
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.
Tim…
Episode 321 | I'm An Art Hoe
This episode was recorded on March 13th, 2022!
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…
Episode 320 | I Read Aliens-- I Don't Feel Pain Anymore
This episode was recorded on March 6th, 2022!
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 topi…
Episode 319 | I'm a Hypocrite and It's Fine
This episode was recorded on February 27th, 2022!
Kara and Kait join Mike to chat about comic books and our Goodreads Book of the Month: In The Pines by Erik Kriek.
Episode 318 | You Can't Just Be A Crony Anymore (ft. Gabe Cheng)
This episode was recorded on February 20th, 2022!
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 wit…
Episode 317 | The One Where Archie Kills JFK
This episode was recorded on February 12th, 2022!
Mike, Nick, and Kara have been gathered together by Geoff for a Patreon commissioned episode all about supporting local comic shops, the dilemma of ge…
Episode 316 | Just a Nerd, Standing In The Toy Aisle
This episode was recorded on February 6th, 2022!
Mike, Paul, and Nick discuss comics they've been reading, Gumroad's NFT problem, and more!