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 272 | IRCB Now Recommends Garfield Comics
This episode was recorded on February 7th, 2021!
Paul and Kara join Mike to discuss how music is portrayed in comics and how you get into the FEEL of music in comics.
Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 - Start/Last W…
Episode 271 | “We All Understand The Sanctity Of Comic Books”
This episode was recorded on January 30th, 2021!
Kate and Kara join Mike to discuss their, well, "unique" habits while reading comics but spin out into discussing how we handle comics, how IRCB came t…
January 2021 Goodreads Book of the Month: Why Art?
This episode was first aired on Patreon! Remember: You can find all of the odd month Goodreads Book of the Month episodes on our Patreon.
As chosen by the folks who completed our 2020 Goodreads Readin…
Episode 270 | 6th Annual: Not Even the Longest
This episode was recorded on January 24th, 2021!
We did it. Year Six begins here. Mike, Kait, Brian, and Paul sat down to reflect on the last year of the show, hanging out with our fantastic community…
Episode 269 | Oops, All Gambits
This episode was recorded on January 17th, 2021!
Brian, Kara, and Mike sat down, asked, then answered, the question: Is Gambit just a broke ass Batman? The answer is a resounding yes and they explain …
Episode 268 | How do you choose the format to read your comics?
This episode was recorded on January 10th, 2020!
This week, Mike and Nick are joined by friend of the show and fellow podcaster, Danny Martinez, to discuss our comic collecting habits, how they've cha…
Bonus Minisode | Video Games
This special episode of IRCB is brought to you by Vishal who was kind enough to donate in support of the protests calling for racial justice.
Mike and Nick discuss some video games: Kingdom Hearts, Bl…
Episode 267 | The X of Swords Review
This episode was recorded on January 3rd, 2020!
Mike is joined by Eric Rezsnyak and Kevin Dillon of Great Pop Culture Debate to talk about X of Swords and the future of the X-Men. FULL SPOILERS AHEAD!
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Minisode 44 | Happy Belated Holidays
Brian and Mike discuss three holiday special one-shots: Lobo: Paramilitary Christmas Special #1, Power Man and Iron Fist (2016- 2017): Sweet Christmas Annual #1, and Merry X-Men Holiday Special (2018…
Episode 266 | Love “Quadrangles”
This episode was recorded on December 20th, 2020!
Mike, Brian, and Nick discuss our Goodreads Book of the Month: Farmhand Vol. 1 by Rob Guillory, Taylor Wells, and Kody Chamberlain.
AND from now until …
Episode 265 | The Best Comics We Read in 2020
This episode was recorded on December 13th, 2020!
Mike, Kait, and Paul discuss the best comics we read in 2020. New comics, old comics, any comic!
Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
- 00:23:5…
Bonus Minisode | Amethyst (1983) vs Amethyst (2020)
This special episode of IRCB is brought to you by Erin who was kind enough to donate in support of the protests calling for racial justice.
Kait and Kara took two Amethyst comics and put them head to …
Episode 264 | Batman Fell In Love With a Ghost Lady
This episode was recorded on December 6th, 2020!
Kara, Nick, and Mike talk cliffhangers in comics, IP mining, comic scheduling and more on this week's episode of IRCB.
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Minisode 43 | D&D Comics: Vox Machina vs. Dungeons & Dragons
This episode was recorded some time in the recent past!
Mike and Brian, as two long-time players of Dungeons & Dragons, dig into two comic series based around the infamous Tabletop RPG: Critical Role:…
Bonus Minisode | Religion and Comics
This special episode of IRCB is brought to you by Simon Domoney-Lyttle, who was kind enough to donate in support of the protests calling for racial justice.
Tia and Nick got together to discuss religi…
Episode 263 | Worldbuilding in Comics
This episode was recorded on November 23rd, 2020!
Tia and René join Mike to discuss worldbuilding in comics, what makes it unique, and why comics are the best medium for storytelling.
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Episode 262 | Incredibly Smart People Think Inside Their Head
This episode was recorded on November 16th, 2020!
Mike is joined by Kait and Nick to revisit the Comic Book Time Machine: Find a comic book that was released the year and month you were born and discu…
Bonus Minisode | Batmansplaining
This special episode of IRCB is brought to you by Danny Martinez who was kind enough to donate in support of the protests calling for racial justice.
Kara and Tia discuss Batmansplaining and how Bat-f…
Episode 261 | Fights For The Sake Of Fights
This episode was recorded on November 8th, 2020!
Paul and Brian join Mike to talk about revisiting Big 2 Crossovers and Event stories.
Listen LIVE recordings of IRCB on our Discord (link below)!!
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Episode 260 | Take Me To The Atelier!
This episode was recorded on November 1, 2020!
This week, Kate asks Mike and Paul what recent comics are good and what should she be reading? (full show notes on Patreon)
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- 00:00:00 - Start/La…