I Read Comic Books
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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.
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He’s Dead, But That Hasn’t Stopped Him Before
Paul, Danny, and Kate discuss Superman, Batman, Star Wars, and a man-made spooky lake disaster.
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Difficult Conversations at the Starbucks
Kait, Nick, and Danny ride the waves of emotions as they talk photographers in war torn countries, godlike superheroes, peppy pirate shonen manga, and...
Starscream is a Magical Girl
Kara, Kate, and Brian discuss magical girls and "trash boys" in comic books, from classic characters to recent releases. They consider if horses are a...
Serious Like Transformers vs G.I. Joe
Paul, Nick, and René discuss the IRCB Reading Challenge Theme of the Month, “OWN VOICES.” They discover interesting reads by stepping out of their usu...
Insulting Legions of Fans (ft. Dave Baker and Nicole Goux)
Paul and Danny talk to friends of the show Dave Baker and Nicole Goux! They discuss reading comic books in other languages, if pizza is pie, and Dave...
Comfort. Depth. And You Can Kill A Rat With It.
Zach hosts for the first time! He, Kara, and Kate discuss what comic they would take to a desert island and if it can double as a weapon.
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Weighting for the Write Stock is Tearable (ft. Nick Goode)
Paul and Zach welcome Nick Goode back to the show to discuss what they’ve been reading lately. They also talk about Nick’s comic Sussex, a WWII espion...
This Book is Good. Maybe One Day My Dad Will Respect Me.
A joyful dive into comics all over the genre spectrum! Kait, Danny and Nick talk dystopian soldier science fiction, classic movie monsters, slice-of l...
That’s Not Manga, That’s the Phone Book
Paul, Kait, and Danny discuss some of their favorite “feel good” comics for the Reading Challenge Theme of the Month. They touch on newspaper classics...
He’s Not Like Other Comic Book Fans… He’s Worse
Mike, Nick, and Brian discuss Heavenly Delusion, Marian Heretic, and Absolute Batman. This is Mike’s last episode for a few months while he and his wi...
They’re Sharks And They’re On The Street, What More Do You Want?
Mike, Kate, and Zach discuss comics they’ve been reading and what’s next on their to-read pile. Along the way they talk about the joys of public trans...
The Forrest Gump of Murder
Mike, Nick, and Kait discuss Dr. Werthless by Harold Schechter and Eric Powell. They discuss some content warnings, the creative choices of the book,...
500 Episodes and We’ve Finally Figured Out Comic Books
Zander returns to the podcast after a 400 episode hiatus and joins Mike as they break all the rules! A deep dive into the lore and the myth of what ma...
I know him from Marvel Snap
This week, Mike, Paloma, and Paul discuss some of their latest bargain bin picks in an episode commissioned by one of the show’s listeners, Avocado Ke...
Also, Do You Want To Buy These Pretzels?
Danny and Nick usher in the new year by talking about the books they started 2026 reading, the comics on top of their pile and also by giving their co...
A Humdinger of a Three-Way Lovechild
Paul, Zach, and Brian round out 2025 by talking about the Goodreads Theme of the Month: comics released in 2025! They discuss Precious Rubbish, Assort...
Just This Once: A Good Episode
Mike, Kait, and Nick take a journey through a smattering of Winter Holiday and Christmas themed comic books all the way from “classic” super hero fair...
Lending Books to People We Never See Again
Mike is joined by Danny and Zach to "reflect" on the New 52 over a decade later. What were the highs? The lows? The Geoff Johns and Jeff Lemires of it...
Too Similar! Cancel the Show.
Mike, Nick, and Kait sat down to talk about comics and boy howdy did no one get mad or upset about anything.
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Deep Thoughts for a Dark Winter
Kara, Nick, and Zach dig into comics around the Apocalypse. It's really bright and cheery and exactly what you need this time of year!
Note: In...
Back To Life. Back to Reality.
Paul, Kait, and Danny sat down to discuss comics recommended by their Local Comic Book Shops (and Librarians!)--part of our Goodreads Theme of the Mon...
What’s Quackin'? (ft. Brian McCray)
Mike and Kara sat down with comic creator and IRCB Zine contributor Brian McCray to talk about comics and the comics Brian has made of the years.
Just The Right Amount of Child Cannibalisms (ft. Jibola Fagbamiye and Conor McCreery)
Mike and Paloma are joined by Jibola Fagbamiye and Conor McCreery to chat comics and their latest OGN from Harper Collins, Fela: Music Is the Weapon!<...
“What a coincidence! ;)” (ft. Martín Morazzo)
Mike and Nick are joined by special guest, Martín Morazzo, artist on Ice Cream Man, Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum, and more!
Follow Martín M...
Get In, Losers, We’re About to Destroy Comics
Danny, Paloma, and Nick chat about comics on their radar for the best of 2025!
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Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on...
It’s Not Insane to Wear Shorts
Kara hosts Zach and Nick to discuss comics and specifically comics from our Goodreads Theme of the Month: Spooky Season.
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We Don’t Make the Rules About “Regular Comics”
While Mike was at NYCC, Paul ran the show with Kate and Danny in tow!
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Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp....
Mike’s Favorite Star Trek Characters
Mike, Nick, and Paul were live on Twitch talking comics. If you missed it, there was some wild talk Exquisite Corpses, Star Trek, and Neon Ichiban!
IRCB Goes To Hell
Mike, Paul, and René discuss Abrams ComicArts' Dante's Inferno adapted and illustrated by Paul & Gaëtan Brizzi. Just how many places in hell are dedic...
Every Day I Forget Crucial Information About My Friends and Family
Mike, Kait, and Danny discussed comics that met our Goodreads Theme of the Month: Magical Creatures! This month also happens to be the birth-month of...
Reading Books With Our Eyes Closed
Mike and Paul sat down with our longest running panelist, Nick White, to talk comics and figure out just what goes on inside his head for the penultim...
PROTECT LIBRARIES AT ALL COSTS!
Mike, Nick, and Zach chat about comics they've been reading, the importance of libraries, and MIke's realization that he's already read a comic...
Welcome to the Fantastic Four, dummies (Fantastic Four 1 (2022) Vol. 1)
Mike, Kait, and Zach sat down to discuss Fantastic Four 1 (2022) Vol. 1 by Ryan North, Iban Coello, Ivan Fiorelli, Jesus Aburtov and VC’s Joe Caramagn...
White Lotus: Alien
Mike and Brian discuss books from our Goodreads Theme of the Month: The Dark Ages (Comics from 2000-2010).
Check out the Goodreads Thread for Au...
I’m Neglecting Things Right Now! (ft. Jesse Lonergan)
Mike and Danny are joined by comic creator, and TOTALLY NOT A CULT contributor, Jesse Lonergan to talk comics and Jesse's new comic, DROME which is ou...
Wic+Div Uncovered with Kara and Tia #5
We return. Kara and Tia discuss the covers for the issues of #18-22. [REDACTED] is back??!
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Thanks For The Threat (ft. Claire Connelly)
Mike and Brian are joined by comic creator and tattoo artist, Claire Connelly, to talk comics, monsters, and putting ink on people's bodies.
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What Do Teenagers Sound Like?
Danny, Kate, and Zach dig in on our Goodreads Theme of the Month, Disability Pride, with comics that meet the theme: Age of X, The Sentry (2024), Navi...
Bonus: Paul's Fantastic (Four) Journey
In light of the new Fantastic Four movie dropping this month, we thought to drop a journey through the first 102 issues of the original 1961 run of Fa...
Wic+Div Uncovered with Kara and Tia #4
We return. This time, Kara and Tia are digging into issues #12-17. Is this arc all about body shots...?
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