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 210 | Do you have the HOXPOX?
This episode was recorded on August 11th, 2019!
Paul and Tia join Mike to discuss unconventional art styles and media in comic books. How do collages, paints, and 3-D models fit into the world of pen …
Episode 209 | Hidden gems from your library
This episode was recorded on August 6th, 2019.
After a summer break of minisodes, Paul, Kara, and Kait bring us back with a spectacular episode about finding comics at your local library and the impor…
Minisode 28 | Ice Cream Man Volume 3: Hopscotch Mélange
This episode was recorded some time in the near past!
What mystery awaits Mike & Nick on their journey into Ice Cream Man Vol. 3? An episode half in Spanish? The end of the world? More?!
Full spoilers …
Minisode 27 | Mansplaining in Comics
This episode was recorded some time in the near past!
This week, Kara and Tia deliver us a very special episode of I Read Comic Books to discuss the topic of Mansplaining in comics.
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Minisode 26 | Ice Cream Man Vol. 2: Strange Neapolitan
This episode was recorded some time in the near past!
Nick and Mike continue on their trip down the road that is the series Ice Cream Man. Needless to say, Mike and Nick are haunted by this volume.
Ful…
Minisode 25 | X-23 – The Complete Collection Vol. 1
This episode was recorded some time in the near past!
A long time ago, Mike gave Kate a list of comics to read to get caught up on X-23. Starting with this collection, Kate dives into the sometimes ba…
Episode 208 | Goodreads Book of the Month: Captain America Vol 1. Winter In America
This week’s episode was recorded on June 30th, 2019!
Brian, Nick, and Kate sat down to discuss our Goodreads Book of the Month: Captain America Vol. 1: Winter In America as voted on by our fantastic G…
Episode 207 | C’mon, give comics a chance!
This episode was recorded on June 23rd, 2019!
Brian and René sat down with Mike to discuss why we don’t like new takes on old characters, their mantles, and how sometimes you just have to give a comic…
Episode 206 | Shooting A Comic Book with a LITERAL Bullet
This week’s episode was recorded on June 16th, 2019!
Kait and Nick join Mike to discuss the many reading, packaging, and “marketing” gimmicks used in comic books over the years. From vinyl stickers to…
Episode 205 | Poststructuralism is like, “YOU ARE THE FATHER OF THAT BABY”
This episode was recorded on June 9th, 2019!
This week, Paul, Tia, and Kara dive into a deep discussion about the “death of the author” or idea of separating a comic book creator (or any kind of creat…
Episode 204 | Special Guest: Dave Baker
This week’s episode was recorded on June 2nd, 2019!
On the show this week: Mike, Nick, and Paul are joined by Dave Baker, creator of a multitude of media, namely his comics: Action Hospital, Fuck Off …
Episode 203 | Book Adaptations, YA Edition!
This episode was recorded on May 27th, 2019!
Kait and Kate join Mike on the show to discuss comic book and manga adaptations of Young-Adult prose books. What’s good? What’s not so good? Why read these…
Episode 202 | Special Guest: Chris Sebela!
This week’s episode was recorded on May 19th, 2019!
On this week’s show, Tia, Kara, and Mike are joined by friend of the show, Chris Sebela! They chat about being an Eisner nominee, Chris’ upcoming co…
Episode 201 | ‘Kate-senpai,’ that sounds right
This week’s episode was recorded on May 11th, 2019!
This week, Kate and Paul jumped on the show with Mike to talk about why we buy comics and don’t read them and how unshelving those comics is hard.
Episode 200 | FCBD + interviews with Lucy Knisley & Box Brown
This episode was recorded on May 5th, 2019!
This week’s episode is JAM PACKED with content. Brian and Kait join Mike to talk about Free Comic Book Day, as well as discuss two interviews we did at C2E2…
Episode 199 | Goodreads Book of the Month – Animal Man Volume 1
This episode was recorded on April 28th, 2019!
This week, Nick and Kait join Mike to chat about our Goodreads Book of the Month: Animal Man Volume 1 by Grant Morrison, Chas Truog, Doug Hazlewood, and …
Minisode 24 | Ice Cream Man Volume 1: Rainbow Sprinkles
This episode was recorded on April 21st, 2019!
This week, Mike and Nick sat down for a discussion about a volume they both hadn’t read before this episode: Ice Cream Man Volume 1: Rainbow Sprinkles by…
Episode 198 | Special Guest: David Pepose
This episode was recorded on April 14th, 2019!
This week, Mike is joined by Nick and René to talk to a very special guest, David Pepose, writer and creator of the series Spencer & Locke for Action Lab…
Book vs. Book 1 | Assassinistas vs Heavy Vinyl
This episode was recorded sometime in the past!
This week’s episode is the first episode of the Book vs. Book series on our Patreon! For this episode, Brian and Paul picked two Girl Gang series: Heavy…
Episode 197 | Two Phasmas ARE better than one!
his episode was recorded on March 31st, 2019!
While Mike was off on a secret mission, Paul held the reins of this episode with Brian and Kara joining him for a wonderful conversation about comic book …