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 315 | The Comics Pit (Goodreads Book of the Month: Pearl Vol. 1)
This episode was recorded on January 30th, 2022!
Brian, Kate, and Mike sat down to chat about our Goodreads Book of the Month for January 2022, Pearl Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos, an…
Episode 314 | Annual #7: Scissors Challenge
This episode was recorded on January 23rd, 2022!
Our seventh annual anniversary episode! Mike, Kara, Nick, and Paul chat comics and reflect on the last year of IRCB. PLUS we announce our next Patreon …
Episode 313 | NFTs Nuts
Mike and Tia are joined by special guest Henry Barajas (La Voz De M.A.Y.O Rambo, Helm Greycastle) to discuss the problem with NFTs in comics, Kickstarter, and the art world in general.
Check out the N…
Episode 312 | The Watership Down Effect
This episode was recorded on January 9th, 2021!
Brian, Kate, and Kait discuss newspaper comics in our first commissioned episode of IRCB! Thank you to Jolamprex (check him out on YouTube!) for being a…
Minisode 52 | Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD
This episode was recorded in the recent past!
Paul and Mike dig into the documentary Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD, about the publisher 2000AD and the history of the magazine.
Music provided by Inf…
Minisode 51 | Ice Cream Man Vol. 6: Just Desserts
This episode was recorded in the recent past!
THE SERIES CONTINUES. Mike and Nick dig into a, surprisingly, less depressing volume of Ice Cream Man and continue to try to put together the pieces of th…
Episode 311 | Can We Get Some Donny Cates in the Chat?
This episode was recorded on December 19, 2021!
Mike, Kait, and Brian discuss our FINAL Goodreads Book of the Month for 2021: Long Walk To Valhalla by Adam Smith and Matthew Fox!
Episode 310 | I Don't Have a Favorite... But These Are My Favorite
This episode was recorded on December 12th, 2021!
Mike, Brian, and Kait discuss the IRCB Goodreads Reading Challenge (ending December 16th, 2021!), what books they've read from the challenge, and why …
Episode 309 | They Wouldn't Let You Wear That In France
This episode was recorded on December 5th, 2021!
Mike and Paul welcome back Tia to the show and dig into a handful of comics they've all been reading, chat about the Hawkeye show, critique Superman's …
Episode 308 | It’s not a flex, I’m irresponsible (ft. Gabe Cheng)
Mike and Paul are joined by special guest, Gabe Cheng (writer of For Molly), to discuss how we pick comics from our backlog to hoist to the top of our to-read pile.
Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 - Start/Last We…
Episode 307 | Humans: An Invasive Species
Mike, Nick, and Kate discuss Jesse Lonergan's Hedra, a space-faring, textless adventure about saving your home planet with powers from the beyond.
Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
- 00:26:…
Episode 306 | Mad and Unprincipled (ft. interview with Todd Hunt for Darling #1-4)
This episode was recorded on November 14th, 2021!
Mike, Nick, and René try something experimental this week: only talking comics they read and the top of their pile. A little odd, a little fun, and ki…
Episode 305 | "And I'm Jimmy Olsen!" (ft. interview with Cavan Scott, Shadow Service)
This episode was recorded on November 7th, 2021!
Paul and Kara take Mike down the rabbit hole of the biggest event in DC history: Final Crisis. The comic that put Kara off comics and brought Paul back…
Episode 304 | Goodreads Book of the Month: The Sixth Gun Vol. 1: Cold Dead Fingers
This episode was recorded on October 31st, 2021!
Brian, Kait, and Kate discuss our November Goodreads Book of the Month: The Sixth Gun Vol. 1: Cold Dead Fingers by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt.
Don't fo…
Episode 303 | Ahh, Yes. The Plants. I Drink Them. (ft. Steve Prince, Monster Matador Kickstarter)
This week, Kara and Kait try to educate Mike about tea in order to try to pair tea flavors with comics they've read.
Plus, we have an interview with Steve Prince, writer of MONSTER MATADOR: AFRIPOCAL…
Episode 302 | Anime Isn't Real!
This episode was recorded on October 17th, 2021!
Mike, Brian, and Paul follow up on an episode of IRCB Movie Club to chat about Spider-Man 2 (2004), directed by Sam Raimi, starring Tobey Maguire, Kirs…
Episode 301 | Everyone Has to Be Nice To Me (ft. Phillip Maira, Crackle Vol. 3 Kickstarter)
This episode was recorded on October 10th, 2021!
Mike, Kait, and Kate discuss their favorite witch comics to get in the mood for the season of Halloween! What are some of your favorites?
Plus! We have …
Episode 300 | A Community of Friends
This episode was recorded on October 3rd, 2021!
For our 300th episode, Mike, Paul, and Nick sat down to talk about, well, comic books. IRCB interviews IRCB this week and with our biggest Discord crowd…
Episode 299 | Are We Going to Get Sued??? (ft. François Vigneault & Michael Tanner, Orcs In Space!)
This week's episode was recorded on September 26th, 2021!
Mike, Kara, and René picked a wild manga to read, Disney Manga: Stitch and the Samurai, they discuss, and the Muppets show up?? Plus, we have …
Episode 298 | Secret Pop Punk Junji Ito (ft. Lesly Julien & Brian Flint, Savage Wizard Kickstarter!)
This episode was recorded on September 19th, 2021!
Mike, Nick, and Brian dig into the Aliens franchise and discuss the comic series Aliens: Dead Orbit, Alien (2021) #1-6, and Aliens: Aftermath. Full s…