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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 01/10/2026

This month at IRCB: - Episode 3 of our JLI series: Heroes & Oreos - Fall comics at the top of the month, Horror comics at the bottom - Autumnal comic book discussions a-plenty - @mikerapin.comi is going to NYCC! buff.ly/DVzSrI7

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 01/06/2026

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 28/01/2026

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 29/12/2025

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 29/12/2025

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 27/12/2025

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 22/12/2025

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 16/12/2025

From November's Top Of My Pile: @mikerapin.com picked Chainsaw Man: "I NEED TO CATCH UP " buff.ly/QivmKg6

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 15/12/2025

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 11/12/2025

From November's Top Of My Pile: @eckospider.bsky.social picked Planet She-Hulk #1: "We must go back to Saakar" buff.ly/PCwjmMm

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 09/12/2025

From November's Top Of My Pile: @mikerapin.com picked DIE: Loaded #1: "We are so back, folks." buff.ly/PCwjmMm

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 07/12/2025

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 05/12/2025

From November's Top Of My Pile: @kaitlphere 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 full of characters who love the medium." buff.ly/PCwjmMm

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 29/09/2025

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 26/09/2025

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 23/09/2025

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 19/09/2025

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 17/09/2025

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 16/09/2025

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 12/09/2025

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 11/09/2025

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 09/09/2025

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 07/09/2025

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...

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 05/09/2025

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

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 02/09/2025

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...

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 04/08/2025

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...

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 27/07/2025

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...

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 26/07/2025

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...

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 23/07/2025

OUT TODAY! Paul's Fantastic (Four) Journey Curious about Fantastic Four? Check out this journey through the first 102 issues of the original 1961 run of Fantastic Four by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby as experienced by @ohhipaulie.bsky.social ircbpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/bon...

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 19/07/2025

Top of My Pile post for June: @kaitlphere.bsky.social - Washington's Gay General "The title and the two-color interior have me interested in this book. I like the main character's quiet smirk on the cover. " www.patreon.com/posts/132514...

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 15/07/2025

Top of My Pile post from June: @eckospider.bsky.social - New History of the DC universe "I am a History buff" www.patreon.com/posts/132514...

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 14/07/2025

Top of My Pile René - Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 22-23-24 (3-in-1) "I love FMA and I’ve been rereading the series. It’s good. Real good." www.patreon.com/posts/132514...

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 13/07/2025

Top of My Pile post from June @mikerapin.com - Meat Eaters "The new Meredith McClaren OGN was sent my way and how could I not read it? This thing drops on July 7 and I am HYPED to get a physical copy in my hands." www.patreon.com/posts/132514...

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 12/07/2025

Top of My Pile post from June @kaitlphere.bsky.social - Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes Djuna is an Eisner nominee under the "reality based work" category. The 1920's Paris setting and the striking cover caught my eye at the library. www.patreon.com/posts/132514...

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 08/07/2025

Top of My Pile post from June @eckospider.bsky.social - BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: DOOM #1 "We all love a bad guy!! Especially Doom" www.patreon.com/posts/132514...

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 05/07/2025

Top of My Pile from June Kara - Tales of the Frog Knight "I backed vol 2 of this series on Kickstarter after Mike recommended it and was immediately sold by "cute frog but make it early Hellboy" vibes. HE HAS A SWORD..." www.patreon.com/posts/132514...

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 02/07/2025

Out today: No Longer Just A Little Guy @mikerapin.com and @eckospider.bsky.social are joined by @fredcstresing.bsky.social to talk about comics, HeroClix, 2000s comic books, Rick & Morty, and more! ircbpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/no-...

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 01/07/2025

Top of My Pile post from June @eckospider.bsky.social - IMPERIAL #1 "Marvel Space shenanigans"

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I Read Comic Books Podcast @ircbpodcast.com · 25/06/2025

IRCB's longest running series is back after almost a YEAR: @mikerapin.com and Nick are talking Volume 10 of Ice Cream Man by W. Maxwell Prince, @martinmorazzo.bsky.social @chrisohalloran.bsky.social and Good Ole Neon. ircbpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/ice...