I Read Comic Books Podcast
@ircbpodcast
The best comic book podcast for regular comic book fans by regular comic fans. New episodes every Wednesday. Email for interviews/guest spots: ircbpodcast@gmail.com Website: Totally not a cult zine:
Coming up this month on IRCB: - @henrybarajas.bsky.social and @ohhhaeee.bsky.social talking Death to Pachuco - @julioanta.bsky.social for Beasts of Borikén - @zackkaps.bsky.social for Only The Savage Are Left - An Eisner nominees discussion before we go on summer break! ircb.fyi/sch0626
OUT TODAY: 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, and how Fredric Wertham’s complicated legacy may have impacted his crusade against comics. buff.ly/ECpRRXb
From November's Top Of My Pile: @eckospider.bsky.social picked Doctor Strange #1: "Doctor Strange has died, lost his title, traveled to Asgard, what’s next for the old Doctor" buff.ly/PCwjmMm
From November's Top Of My Pile: @kaitlphere.bsky.social picked Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! vol. 1 : "An office worker turns 30 and develops the ability to read minds. He discovers that his high-achieving co-worker is in love with him. " buff.ly/PCwjmMm
From November's Top Of My Pile: @eckospider.bsky.social picked Devil on my Shoulder: "Kyle Starks and Piotr Kowalski team up for a tale of revenge! " buff.ly/PCwjmMm
From November's Top Of My Pile: @kaitlphere.bsky.social picked Tokyo These Days vol. 2 : "In volume 1 a long-time manga editor retires and immediately begins putting together a team to create an exceptional manga project. This is a slow-moving story..." buff.ly/PCwjmMm
From November's Top Of My Pile: @mikerapin.com picked Chainsaw Man: "I NEED TO CATCH UP " buff.ly/QivmKg6
From November's Top Of My Pile: @kaitlphere.bsky.social picked I Shall Never Fall in Love: "Creators I enjoy keep endorsing this queer regency-era story. " buff.ly/QivmKg6
From November's Top Of My Pile: @eckospider.bsky.social picked Planet She-Hulk #1: "We must go back to Saakar" buff.ly/PCwjmMm
From November's Top Of My Pile: @mikerapin.com picked DIE: Loaded #1: "We are so back, folks." buff.ly/PCwjmMm
On Patreon today: Wic+Div Uncovered with Kara and Tia #9 We return. This time, Kara and Tia are discussing the SPECIALS of The Wicked + The Divine: 1831, 455AD, 1923, 1373, and Funnies! cc: @kierongillen.bsky.social buff.ly/LbZLrqI
From August's Top of My Pile: @comicsthatwelove.bsky.social picked Superman: Lost Christopher Priest taking Superman on a galactic Odyssey? Beautiful Carlo Pagulayan art? Sign me up! buff.ly/fOUCRcs
From August's Top of My Pile: @kaitlphere.bsky.social picked Girlmode "A trans coming-of-age story written by Magdalene Visaggio! I'm surprised it's taken me this long to get to reading it." buff.ly/fOUCRcs
From August's Top of My Pile: @ohhipaulie.bsky.social picked The Wrestler "This first English language book by Danish illustrater John Kenn Mortensen was recently released by Fantagraphics and caught my eye. Looks like a surreal take on..." buff.ly/fOUCRcs
From August's Top of My Pile: @kaitlphere.bsky.social picked Iyanu Child of Wonder vol. 5 "This series has fantastic world building and unique artwork. Vol. 1 was a hoopla bonus borrow a few months ago (there's a theme to my TOMP this month!) and there's an animated adaptation!" buff.ly/fOUCRcs
OUT TODAY: Reading Books With Our Eyes Closed @mikerapin.com and @ohhipaulie.bsky.social sat down with our longest running panelist, Nick White, to talk comics and figure out just what goes on inside his head for the penultimate Panelist episode of IRCB! buff.ly/454qSFT
From August's Top of My Pile: @eckospider.bsky.social picked UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: THE INVISIBLE MAN #1 "James Tynion IV is back with Universal Monsters!" buff.ly/fOUCRcs
From August's Top of My Pile: @kaitlphere.bsky.social picked Trese vol. 5 "A hoopla bonus borrow for vol. 1 a number of months ago got me invested in this series and I'm determined to finish it. There is also an animated adaptation on Netflix!" buff.ly/fOUCRcs
From August's Top of My Pile: @mikerapin.com picked All-Star Superman Rereading this for a book club because, ya know, it's a classic. buff.ly/fOUCRcs
From August's Top of My Pile: @eckospider.bsky.social picked Detective Comics #1100 "An oversized anniversary issue with an all star cast of creators!! And all about Batman" buff.ly/fOUCRcs
From August's Top of My Pile: @eckospider.bsky.social picked Godzilla: Escape the Dead Zone "From the writers of Kill Your Darlings an new story set in the Kaisei Godzilla universe" www.patreon.com/posts/top-of...
From August's Top of My Pile: @kaitlphere.bsky.social picked Tragic volume 2 "This modernized queer retelling of Hamlet is somehow even more nefarious and wild than the original. Volume 1 was a hoopla bonus in July and got me hooked." buff.ly/fOUCRcs
From August's Top of My Pile: Kara picked Birds of Prey by @kellythompson.bsky.social "Historically I have loved the Birds of Prey book, specifically the Gail Simone run! When I popped into an LCS months (years?!) ago I saw..." www.patreon.com/posts/top-of...
From July's Top of My Pile: @eckospider.bsky.social picked West Coast Avengers Vol. 1: The Gospel of Ultron "Another Marvel series I need to catch up on" www.patreon.com/posts/135148...
Top of My Pile from June @mikerapin.com - Search and Destroy Vol. 1 "Picked this manga up on a whim thinking it looked cool and it's a reimagining of a story by Astro Boy creator, Osamu Tezuka. PLUS it's from Fantagraphics and that's kinda cool." www.patreon.com/posts/132514...
Top of My Pile from June @kaitlphere.bsky.social - The Deep Dark "The Deep Dark is an Eisner nominee under the Best Publication for Teens category, but this has been on my to-read shelf since the creator announced the publication on social media." www.patreon.com/posts/132514...