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 152 | Rank The X-Men
This episode was recorded on March 18th, 2018.
Mike is joined this week by René and Paul to discuss the X-Men. “You fools!” Mike exclaimed as they prepped for the show.
Timestamps
- 00:00:00 – Start/Last …
Bonus Interview | Caleb Goellner and Buster Moody
This bonus episode was recorded at Emerald City Comic Con 2018!
At ECCC 2018, Mike had the pleasure of speaking with two incredible comic creators: Buster Moody and Caleb Goellner. Buster and Caleb ar…
Episode 151 | Kait read every book at her library
This episode was recorded on March 11th, 2018.
Mike, Brian, and Kait sit down to discuss comics translated into English. From France, Belgium, Japan, and more! And in this episode, a two interviews fr…
Episode 150 | Free Range Kids
This episode was recorded on March 4th, 2018.
Nick, René, and Kate get to run the show this week while some of the IRCB crew (Mike included) are out at ECCC! This week’s show is all about comic books …
Episode 149 | Goodreads Book of the Month – Paper Girls Vol. 1
This episode was recorded on February 25th, 2018.
This week, Paul, Kara, and Brian discuss our Goodreads Pick of the Month: Paper Girls Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughn, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson. A so…
This Is Not An Interview #1: Kieron Gillen
This episode was recorded this past week!
This is the first in a new regular series hosted by Tia Vasiliou, in which she chats with some of her favorite people in comics about everything and nothing (…
Episode 148 | Special Guests: Vita Ayala and Emily Pearson
This episode was recorded on February 18th, 2018.
This week’s episode features two very special guests: Vita Ayala and Emily Pearson creators of a fantastic new series, The Wilds from Black Mask — rel…
Episode 147 | IRCB Q&A #1
This episode was recorded on February 11th, 2018.
Our show this week is our first ever IRCB Q&A episode! With questions from listeners all over the globe! Tia and Brian join Mike to answer questions a…
Episode 146 | TMNT: Tutant Meenage Neetle Teetles
This episode was recorded on February 4th, 2018.
This week, our show is extra long. About as long as last week’s. We were a bit happy-go-lucky because our topic this week was so magical. Kara and Nick…
Episode 145 | ANNUAL #3 – TOTALLY NOT A CULT
This episode was recorded on January 28th, 2018.
This episode is the 3rd ever Annual Episode of the I Read Comic Books podcast! This week, Mike is joined by Kate, Nick, Paul, and Tia to talk about the…
Bonus Minisode 4 | OMAC
This week’s episode was recorded sometime in the past…!
Nick and Paul dive into the legendary series by Jack Kirby: OMAC. In their discussion, they compare the original series with the New 52 launched…
Episode 144 | The Bird, The Plane, The Superman
This episode was recorded on January 21st, 2018.
Our show this week is all about the hero known as Superman–why he’s important to comics and what he means as an icon and a character. Paul and René joi…
Episode 143 | We’re all dead this week
This episode was recorded on January 14th, 2018.
Kate and Brian join Mike to talk about retcons in comics. Mike goes on and on and on and on about X-Men comics.
Timestamps
- 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in …
Episode 142 | How can we fix the comics industry?
This episode was recorded on January 7th, 2018.
Tia and Kara join Mike for the first full episode of the year! How can we fix comics? How can we make comics better for everyone and, maybe most importa…
Minisode 14 | Wrestling and Comics
This episode was recorded some time in the past!
Paul and Rene deliver our first minisode of 2018! This is all about comic books and wrestling!
Relevant Links/Information
- Rene – @Rodrigur29
- Paul – @OhHiP…
Minisode 13 | Miniseries – Pros and Cons
This episode was recorded some time in the past!
Our show this week is a discussion about the pros and cons of miniseries. Why do we like them? Why do we not? This is Kait’s first official episode (de…
Episode 141 | Goodreads Pick of the Month: Snow Blind
This episode was recorded on December 17th, 2017.
This week’s episode is the last FULL episode of the year, and what an episode it is! This week it’s a Goodread’s Pick of the Month from the IRCB crew …
Episode 140 | Insert Clickbait Title Here
This episode was recorded on December 10th, 2017.
Paul and Nick join Mike this week to discuss movie adaptations of non-super hero comics. When do these adaptations work? When do they not work? And po…
Episode 139 | Everyone Needs Socks and Pajama Pants
This episode was recorded on December 3rd, 2017.
This week, Tia and Brian join Mike to discuss holiday gift giving for your comic-inclined and not-so-comic-inclined friends. It’s a hoot and a holler a…
Episode 138 | Goodreads Pick of the Month: Hilda and the Troll
This episode was recorded on November 26th, 2017.
Our show this week is a Goodreads Pick of the Month special! Part of our monthly series, Paul, Kate, and Kara read Hilda and the Troll by Luke Pearson…