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 196 | We went to c2e2
This week’s episode was recorded on March 23rd and March 24th, 2019!
This week, the ENTIRE IRCB crew hung out at C2E2 in Chicago, IL. Mike jumped on the microphone with Brian and Nick on Saturday to d…
Episode 195 | Do you eat a space orange for space scurvy?
Paul and René join Mike to discuss the VASTNESS of space, the comic stories we tell in space, and why we love fiction that can only take place in the infinite void of outer space.
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Episode 194 | Comic Distribution with Scott McGovern
This week’s episode was recorded on March 3rd, 2019!
This week on IRCB, Mike, Nick, and Kara are joined by friend of the show, Scott McGovern. Scott has 20+ years of history working in the industry an…
Episode 193 | Reading 100 chapters of a manga in one day
This week’s episode was recorded on March 3rd, 2019!
This week, Brian, Nick, and Kait sat down to discuss the myriad of digital platforms (that they know of!) for reading comics. From Comics to Manga …
Episode 192 | Goodreads Book of the Month – From Under Mountains
This week’s episode was recorded on February 24th, 2019!
This month’s book of the month is From Under Mountains by Marian Churchland, Claire Gibson, and Sloane Leong. Brian and Kara join Mike to discu…
Episode 191 | I don’t know what Hulkverines are and I’m too afraid too look
This week’s episode was recorded on February 17th, 2019.
This week, Paul and Nick join Mike to discuss comic book impulse buys, the value of an original graphic novel, and how even after years of comi…
Episode 190 | Hungry for Manga
This week’s episode was recorded on February 10th, 2019.
On IRCB this week, Kara and René join Mike in a joint discovery that we all should have had a full meal before we discussed this week’s topic: …
Episode 189 | War in Comics
This episode was recorded on February 3rd, 2019!
On IRCB this week, Paul and Nick chat with Mike about the depiction of War in comics, a brief history on the topic, and some of the comics they believe…
Episode 188 | Annual #4: We did too much???
This episode was recorded on January 27th, 2019!
This week’s show is the annual hangout episode where some of the people of IRCB reflect back on the last year of the show. Mike is joined by Tia, Nick,…
Episode 187 | Slutty for Comics
This episode was recorded on January 20th, 2019!
Kara and Tia join Mike this week for a true schooling on Nerd Fashion: what to wear to a con, how to express your nerdiness, what makeup is legit, and …
Episode 186 | Income and Poverty in Comics
This episode was recorded on January 13th, 2019!
Kait and Kara join Mike this week to talk about income and poverty in comics; how income (or a lack of income) is portrayed, how it seems impossible fo…
Episode 185 | Comics anywhere but Earth
This episode was recorded on January 6th, 2019!
Brian and Kate join Mike this week to talk about comics that take place anywhere but planet Earth.
Minisode 23 | 2018, Memoriam
This episode was recorded sometime in the recent past!
Paul and Kara sat down to reflect on some of the fine people we lost this year in the comic book industry.
Minisode 22 | Planetary vs Fire & Stone
This episode was recorded sometime in the recent past!
This week, Mike and Nick discuss two books they picked… for each other! This is the first of a new series called “Book vs. Book” where two people…
Episode 184 | Goodreads Book of the Month – 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank
This episode was recorded on December 16th, 2018!
Kate is BACK this week for our Book of the Month episode with Mike and Kara. As picked by the wonderful folks on Goodreads, our Book of the Month was …
Episode 183 | A Casey Jones Kind of Violence
This episode was recorded on December 9th, 2018!
Tia and Brian join Mike this week to discuss how action is depicted in comic books. Why do super heroes have capes? How do comic books show movement? H…
Episode 182 | Religion in Comic Books
This episode was recorded on December 2nd, 2018!
While Mike was away at a gaming convention, Paul held the reigns for this week’s show with Kait and Nick in tow. The topic for this week: Religion in C…
Minisode 21 | Adam Ferris + The Good Fight Anthology
This episode was recorded sometime in the recent past!
This week, Mike, Nick, and Kait chat with comic creator and Founding Editor Adam Ferris about his latest endeavor The Good Fight: A Peaceful Stan…
Episode 181 | Special Guests: Pat Shand & Emily Pearson
This episode was recorded on November 18th, 2018!
This week, we have a special interview episode with Pat Shand (Destiny, NY and Breathless) and Emily Pearson (The Wilds). Mike, Brian, and Kait dive i…
Episode 180 | Full On Western Aesthetic (IRCB Q&A #4)
This episode was recorded on November 11th, 2018!
Mike was out this week, so Paul held the reins with Kara and Nick as they dive into the final Q&A episode of the year! Thank you to everyone who sent …