I Read Comic Books

Episode 208 | Goodreads Book of the Month: Captain America Vol 1. Winter In America

03 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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. ...

Episode 207 | C’mon, give comics a chance!

26 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 mant...

Episode 206 | Shooting A Comic Book with a LITERAL Bullet

19 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s episode was recorded on June 16th, 2019!Kait and Nick join Mike to discuss the many reading, packaging, and “marketing” gimmicks use...

Episode 205 | Poststructuralism is like, “YOU ARE THE FATHER OF THAT BABY”

12 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 204 | Special Guest: Dave Baker

05 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 m...

Episode 203 | Book Adaptations, YA Edition!

29 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 202 | Special Guest: Chris Sebela!

22 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 c...

Episode 201 | ‘Kate-senpai,’ that sounds right

15 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 200 | FCBD + interviews with Lucy Knisley & Box Brown

08 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 Da...

Episode 199 | Goodreads Book of the Month – Animal Man Volume 1

01 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Minisode 24 | Ice Cream Man Volume 1: Rainbow Sprinkles

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ep...

Episode 198 | Special Guest: David Pepose

17 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 cr...

Book vs. Book 1 | Assassinistas vs Heavy Vinyl

10 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 197 | Two Phasmas ARE better than one!

03 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 h...

Episode 196 | We went to c2e2

27 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 195 | Do you eat a space orange for space scurvy?

20 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 194 | Comic Distribution with Scott McGovern

13 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 193 | Reading 100 chapters of a manga in one day

06 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 192 | Goodreads Book of the Month – From Under Mountains

27 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 191 | I don’t know what Hulkverines are and I’m too afraid too look

20 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 origi...

Episode 190 | Hungry for Manga

13 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 189 | War in Comics

06 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 188 | Annual #4: We did too much???

30 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 187 | Slutty for Comics

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 e...

Episode 186 | Income and Poverty in Comics

16 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 185 | Comics anywhere but Earth

09 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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.Don’...

Minisode 23 | 2018, Memoriam

02 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Minisode 22 | Planetary vs Fire & Stone

26 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 184 | Goodreads Book of the Month – 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank

19 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 wonderf...

Episode 183 | A Casey Jones Kind of Violence

12 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 heroe...

Episode 182 | Religion in Comic Books

05 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Minisode 21 | Adam Ferris + The Good Fight Anthology

28 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 hi...

Episode 181 | Special Guests: Pat Shand & Emily Pearson

21 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 180 | Full On Western Aesthetic (IRCB Q&A #4)

14 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 epi...

Episode 179 | I’ll talk to you about animals all day

07 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on November 4th, 2018!Nick and Kait join Mike to talk about non-human comic book characters. The episode gets real specific ...

Episode 178 | Goodreads Book of the Month: Revival Vol. 1

31 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on October 28th, 2018!This week, Nick and Brian join Mike to talk about our Goodreads Book of the Month: Revival Volume 1 by...

Episode 177 | Those are NOT good relationships

24 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on October 21st, 2018!Brian and Kait join Mike this week to talk about romantic relationships in comic books. Rogue & Gambit...

Episode 176 | CRACK Open A Cold One

17 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on October 14th, 2018!POW! ZHAM! WHIZZ! THWIP! This week, while Mike is away, Kara, Paul, and Nick dive into the wonderful w...

Episode 175 | Seasonal Reading Habits

10 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on October 6th, 2018!This week, Paul and Kait join Mike to talk about how their reading habits change with the season. Mike ...

This Is Not An Interview #6: Natasha Alterici

06 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded in September 2018.This Is Not An Interview, episode six! Tia chats with Natasha Alterici about baking cookies, why their mac...

Episode 174 | Getting Political with Comics!

03 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on September 30th, 2018!This week, Tia and Paul join Mike to talk about… POLITICS IN COMICS. Our approach to this topic, a...

Episode 173 | Crimey crime crime comics

26 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on September 23rd, 2018!We’re back to our regularly-formatted show! Nick and Kate join Mike this week to talk about crime ...

Episode 172 | What keeps you reading comic books?

19 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on September 15th, 2018!This week’s episode is something more free-form than our regular show. Mike, Brian, and Paul hung ...

Minisode 20 | What to read after you’ve watched

12 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded September 9th, 2018.Brian and René dive into a “Like This? Try this!” episode where they discuss what comics to read af...

Minisode 19 | Kanan: The Last Padawan & Star Wars canon

05 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded some time in the past!Kara and Brian came to Mike and said they were inspired to discuss the very well done, Kanan: The Last...

Episode 171 | Goodreads Book of the Month – Animosity Volume 1

29 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on August 25th, 2018!This week, Mike, Kara, and Nick tackle the Goodreads Book of the Month (as voted on by you wonderful Go...

Episode 170 | Comics to take to Summer Camp

22 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on August 19th, 2018!This week, Mike, Kara, and Paul imagine what comic books we would send back in time to our summer camp-...

Episode 169 | So Wholesome (IRCB Q&A #3)

15 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on August 12th, 2018!This week, Mike, Brian and Nick get into some of the fantastic questions asked by the fans of IRCB. PL...

Episode 168 | When Buffy Jumps The Shark

08 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on August 5th, 2018!Mike, Kait, and Paul sat down this week to dive into extreme changes in comic book characters and story ...

Episode 167 | Depression and Mental Illness in Comics

01 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on July 29th, 2018!WE ARE BACK! After 4 long weeks off, Mike, Tia, and Brian are back for the regular show to talk about wha...

Minisode 18 | Grant Morrison

25 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded some time in the past!At one point, Kara had asked Paul, “What the deal was with Grant Morrison?” And so, Paul, he stra...

Minisode 17 | Cover Art

18 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded some time in the past!Tia and Kate sat down to have a full blown discussion about cover art, how it draws you in, and being ...

Minisode 16 | Grass Kings Arc 1

11 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded some time in the past!Mike and Nick sat down to talk about the first arc of Grass Kings by Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins.Rele...

This Is Not An Interview #4: Alex di Campi

07 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded in June 2018.This Is Not An Interview, episode four! Tia talks to Alex de Campi about her upcoming graphic novel Bad Girls, ...

Minisode 15 | The Star Wars

04 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded some time in the past!Kara and René sat down to talk about THE STAR WARS adapted by Jonathan Rinzler and Mike Mayhew in our...

Episode 166 | Goodreads Book of the Month: Nimona

27 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on June 24th, 2018!This week, Nick and Kate join Mike to talk about out Goodreads voted Book of the Month, Nimona by Noelle ...

Episode 165 | Stuff to look forward to on your wedding

20 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on June 17th, 2018!This week, Mike is joined by Nick and Brian to discuss a “different” kind of comic: Webcomics & Webto...

Episode 164 | Hope Nicholson and Progress in Comics

13 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on June 10th, 2018!This week, Mike is joined by Nick and Tia to talk comic picks and comic reads. After the break, Mike and ...

Episode 163 | Singles vs Collections: What stories do this well (or not)?

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on June 3rd, 2018!Paul, Kate, and Kait tackle a MAJOR question: What stories work better in single issues and what stories w...

Episode 162 | Ben Saunders and Seattle’s MoPOP Marvel Exhibit

30 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on May 27th, 2018!Our show this week features a very special guest: Ben Saunders, professor at University of Oregon and cura...

This Is Not An Interview #3: Christopher Sebela

27 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded in May 2018.It’s episode three! Tia talks to Christopher Sebela about the dogs of Portland (and also a few cats), making M...

Episode 161 | My Boy Spider-Man, The Precious Angel Baby

23 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on May 20th, 2018!While Mike was away in the desert of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nick, René and Kara dive into one of the mo...

Episode 160 | Always use 3M tape. ALWAYS. (IRCB QA #2)

16 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on May 13th, 2018!Paul and Nick join Mike for the second Q&A episode where they answer as many questions as possible–time ...

Episode 159 | We had a technical glitch (MCU Villians)

09 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on May 6th, 2018 and sometime in the past!Our show this week is an odd one as we had a strange technical glitch half-way thr...

Episode 158 | Goodreads BotM – Pretty Deadly Volume 1: The Shrike

02 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on April 29th, 2018.Mike is joined this week by Kara and Kait to discuss the Goodreads Book of the Month, Pretty Deadly Vol...

This Is Not An Interview #2: Magdalene Visaggio

25 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on April 15, 2018.In the second episode of This Is Not An Interview, Tia talks to Magdalene Visaggio about Eternity Girl, de...

Episode 157 | An evening with Ryan Browne

25 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on April 22nd, 2018.Mike, Nick, and Tia are joined this week by the incredible Ryan Browne (Curse Words, Manhattan Projects,...

Episode 156 | Mike and Rene are Fighting about Skins

18 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on April 15th, 2018.Kait and Rene join Mike to discuss the always-growing, always weird, world of comics that are used to ex...

Bonus Minisode 5 | Action Comics #1000

14 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s episode was recorded sometime in the past…!Kara and Paul grace us with a stellar episode all about Superman, Action Comics, re-reading...

Episode 155 | A Deep Dive on Previews and Comic Subscriptions

11 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on April 8th, 2018.This week’s episode is a commissioned episode by one of our incredible Kickstarter Backers! Mike, Nick,...

Bonus Interview | Ryan Browne

04 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This bonus episode was recorded at Emerald City Comic Con 2018!At ECCC 2018, Mike had a quick chat with Ryan Browne, creator of God Hates Astronauts, ...

Episode 154 | There’s nothing wrong with erotic comics

04 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on April 1st, 2018.Mike is joined by Tia and Kara to discuss erotic/adult comics, what makes a good erotic comic, and give a...

Episode 153 | Our Feminist Agenda

28 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on March 25th, 2018.Tia, Kate, and Kara run the show this week and dive into “their feminist agenda” and how feminism is...

Bonus Interview | Kelly Fitzpatrick

21 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This bonus episode was recorded at Emerald City Comic Con 2018!At ECCC 2018, Tia sat down with Kelly Fitzpatrick (Archie, Bitch Planet, Rockstars, Sha...

Episode 152 | Rank The X-Men

21 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Bonus Interview | Caleb Goellner and Buster Moody

14 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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: Bus...

Episode 151 | Kait read every book at her library

14 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on March 11th, 2018.Mike, Brian, and Kait sit down to discuss comics translated into English. From France, Belgium, Japan, a...

Episode 150 | Free Range Kids

07 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 a...

Episode 149 | Goodreads Book of the Month – Paper Girls Vol. 1

28 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 Bri...

This Is Not An Interview #1: Kieron Gillen

24 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 favorit...

Episode 148 | Special Guests: Vita Ayala and Emily Pearson

21 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 fa...

Episode 147 | IRCB Q&A #1

14 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 glo...

Episode 146 | TMNT: Tutant Meenage Neetle Teetles

07 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 becau...

Episode 145 | ANNUAL #3 – TOTALLY NOT A CULT

31 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 join...

Bonus Minisode 4 | OMAC

27 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 144 | The Bird, The Plane, The Superman

24 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 h...

Episode 143 | We’re all dead this week

17 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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-Me...

Episode 142 | How can we fix the comics industry?

10 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 c...

Minisode 14 | Wrestling and Comics

03 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Minisode 13 | Miniseries – Pros and Cons

27 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 141 | Goodreads Pick of the Month: Snow Blind

20 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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’...

Episode 140 | Insert Clickbait Title Here

13 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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 thes...

Episode 139 | Everyone Needs Socks and Pajama Pants

06 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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-c...

Episode 138 | Goodreads Pick of the Month: Hilda and the Troll

29 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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, ...

Episode 137 | Dystopia, Research, and Honorary Witches

22 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

his episode was recorded on November 19th, 2017.Paul and Nick join Mike to discuss our obsession with dystopias–but more specifically dystopian comi...

Episode 136 | We’re getting Nick a library card again

15 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on November 12th, 2017.This week, Nick and Kate join Mike to discuss comics of the Star Wars variety–what’s good, what w...

Episode 135 | Special Guest: Deniz Camp!

08 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on November 5th, 2017.This week we have another amazing interview. Deniz Camp, comic writer, chicken-raiser, and fantastic...

Episode 134 | Goodreads Pick of the Month: Batman: The Long Halloween

01 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on October 29th, 2017.This week’s episode a Goodreads Pick of the Month, and this week our show is all about Batman: The ...

Bonus Minisode 3 | Mass Effect + Extra Life 2017

28 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s episode was recorded sometime in the past…!Mike and special guest Jon sit down to talk about Mass Effect: Redemption from Dark Horse. ...

Episode 133 | Special Guest: Megan Rae!

25 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was recorded on October 22nd, 2017.This week’s episode is a very special one! Mike is joined by two of our regular folks, Tia and Paul,...