I Read Comic Books

I Want The Pumpkins, Ghosts, And Warm Colors

Kait, Kate, and Paloma get together to discuss Fall reads, cozy reads, and the difficulty of finding “non-horror” fall books that aren’t for YA readers. Timestamps: 00:

Content Warning: American History

Danny, Paul, and Nick talk non-fiction comics, emphasizes the importance of letterers, and touch on The Rocketeer’s core character aspect: getting cucked. This episode's

Paying My Friends to Hang Out With Me (ft. CK Carpenter)

Mike, Kait and guest CK Carpenter catch up and bring some of their Kickstarter books from their giant “To Read Piles” to discuss. Then dive a little deeper into the KS pl

I’m Really Angry About Comic Books

Mike, Paul, and Kait get together to discuss works like Ryan North’s Fantastic Four run and 2000AD’s massive upcoming anniversary issue. We also hear about Mike’s trip to

Too Many Things To Hit With A Magical Warhammer

Zach helms the episode this week with René and Paul on the panel to discuss comics about the felling of giants--physical or metaphorical. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/

Character Development and Eviscerations Go Hand In Hand

Paul, Brian, and Nick gaze into the cosmic horror that is... comic books.  Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:01:03 - Event Horizon: Dark Descent 00

The Coney Dog Debacle

On this Goodreads Theme episode, Kara and Nick go back home again to talk about comics set near their home towns. From the X-Mansion in Westchester, NY to a gritty supern

Scolding Kids Over The Phone (ft. Adam Tierney)

Mike, Zach, and Kait are joined by guest Adam Tierney to talk about the comics they’ve read, Adam's history in with comics, and his most recent comic OGN, 13 Demons Dead.

Everywhere Bagel (ft. Matt Burbridge)

Mike and Brian host Matt Burbridge to talk comics, Matt's successful attempts at creating his own local comics community, and Matt's latest Kickstarter: Futility! BACK F

Do Not Smell Me. You Will Not Be Pleased.

We are back from our summer break which means Mike, Kait, and Zach are talking comics, why Zach and Mike aren’t reading Marvel and their love of DC’s Absolute universe, s

The Homie Batman

In this week’s episode, Danny, Paul, and Paloma gather together for our Goodreads Theme of the month: black and white comics. Prepare to hear what it’s like to have the W

They Were Coworkers

Zach, Paloma, and Kait talk about josei manga, April’s Theme of the Month for the 2026 IRCB Reading Challenge. They discuss what makes josei different than shojo manga, s

If You Start Driving Now, You Can Kick His Ass Tomorrow

Mike, Nick, and Brian each discuss a comic from the 2026 Eisner nominees for the IRCB Reading Challenge, Nick’s Apple TV+ subscription, and what influence the Eisners has

Hard. Killing People Hard. (ft. Zack Kaplan)

Mike and Danny are joined by Zack Kaplan to talk comics they've been reading, Zack's bravery(?), color use in comics, Mike's obsession with conspiracy comics, and more (i

Put A Kaiju In It (ft. Julio Anta)

Mike and Nick welcome author Julio Anta to the show to talk about his upcoming series Beast of Borikén as well as what they’ve been reading lately. Topics discussed inclu

We Gotta Power Him Down (ft. Henry Barajas & Rachel Merrill)

Mike and Paul are joined by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill to talk comics--old manga, Judge Dredd, and web comic/animator cool guy Alex Krokus--but more importantly: He

Somehow, Snow White Returned…

This year, Fantagraphics celebrates 50 years of publishing and Mike, Kara, and Brian dig comics from the publisher as part of May's Reading Challenge Theme of the Month!

Comics Crank My Mother Effing Hog

Mike, Kait, and Zach discuss comics they’ve read recently. The books include over-the-top ‘80s absurdity (Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre), a video game adaptation

Latter-Day X-Men Fans (ft. Gabe Cheng)

Mike and Brian are joined by long time friend of the show, Gabe Cheng, to talk about Gabe's latest Kickstarter - This Seems Normal #2! Gabe experiences Assorted Crisis Ev

Rude Teen-Implied Names

This week: Paul, Kara, and Paloma! Where else could you go to hear all about anthropomorphic dairy products, forgotten 90s Elseworlds Batman books, fairy-like hippopotamu