So far, the books I’ve read for this challenge have been BANGERS. Give it a look if you want some good comics to read as part of an incredible community!

Have you joined IRCB’s 2026 reading challenge? Read 24 comic hooks from our list and monthly themes! This year’s list is INCREDIBLE! Dr. Werthless, This Place Kills Me, Santos Sisters, Gotham City: Year One, Letter 44, The Marble Queen, and more!!

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

i really don't know what to say except "fuck ice".

Patrons this week get a very special treat in our post credits audio / video!

OUT TODAY: Also, Do You Want To Buy These Pretzels? @eckospider.bsky.social 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 comics New Years Resolutions!

@ircbpodcast.com dropped its Best of 2025 list. Some great stuff on here including more Drome and Spectrum. Always nice to see @davechisholmcomics.com and @jesselonergan.bsky.social get some more appreciation. ircbpodcast.com/best-comic-b...

OUT TODAY: "Just This Once: A Good Episode" @mikerapin.com @kaitlphere.bsky.social and Nick take a journey through a smattering of Winter Holiday and Christmas themed comic books all the way from “classic” super hero fair, an anthology book with a mixed reception, and more...

One day I’ll put myself through the avatar films and it will be the longest weekend of my life.

making a gold foil postcard print :>

Planning something fun for the 500th episode of IRCB. We’re 4 episodes away???????

hi this is evil. it'll spread disinformation and right wing propaganda and there's a non-zero chance it'll end up inciting a murder or two.

Is this it for IRCB?

OUT TODAY: Too Similar! Cancel the Show. @mikerapin.com Nick, and @kaitlphere.bsky.social sat down to talk about comics and boy howdy did no one get mad or upset about anything.

I’m definitely becoming one of those people who immediately distrust the judgement of folks who openly say “I used <AI Provider> to help me with this.”

Fraction and I are so, so proud of this book, and it makes me happy to know that people are giving it as a holiday gift. My studio has some signed & sketched copies available. Also signed by a bunch of people depicted on the cover. Free USA shipping too! helioscopepdx.etsy.com/listing/4311...

Hell yeah

Fuck you to the guy who, after we ended our game of magic declaring his team the winner in the companion app, said “wow, I can’t believe you missed your trigger to do damage and beat us” (which let them to win). Yeah, we missed the trigger and we wouldn’t have known had he not said anything.

OUT TODAY: What’s Quackin'? @mikerapin.com 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.

I just talked about my experience reading this book on the episode of @ircbpodcast.com coming out on Wednesday! (Spoilers: it RULES) @2000ad.bsky.social

Dang. Coheed & Cambria is hitting today

Ran my first session of DIE tonight and I feel pretty good about it! A small jumble of facts but otherwise, I think we’re off to a good start!!! 🎲

I've been lucky enough to get a peek at what Sweet Shop's all about and trust me, you don't wanna sleep on this one, folks! sweetshop.app/join/j2G263

IT'S HAPPENING! @sweetshop.app IS LIVE!!!! sweetshop.app/join/qzIR9p

This episode was a dream. Nick and I finally got answers about our ICM theories!

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC

Proud to be the 2,702nd backer 😎 on @backerkit.com Crowdfunding for Nail House! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...

Picked up one of these Kodak Charmera toy cameras and it’s a perfect little gimmicky camera. I love it.

From October's Top Of My Pile: @mikerapin.com picked Spectators by Brian K. Vaughn and Niko Henrichon: "This book looks gorgeous and I'm curious to see what Brian K Vaughn has to say about... death and sex?"

Happy (late) Halloween!🎃

Some comic pick ups from Doomed Planet Comics while I was in Pittsburgh!

A friend of mine got married in an old train station in Pittsburgh. Absolutely gorgeous.

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Every goddamn day I’m like

Went out to my porch to pick up a package only to hear a handful of teenage girls up the road singing Céline Dion‘s “My Heart Will Go On.” Almost 30 years later, and that song still has a grip on society 🤣

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I’m a Star Trek expert now

Summer in October #fujifilm #fujifilmxhalf

Artwork used internally at DIC Entertainment during the production of the Super Mario World cartoon, replacing Marge Simpson with Mario. According to a former DIC employee, this was made due to an inside joke at the studio, though the exact nature of the joke has been lost.

Goddamn this was a good episode to record.

OUT TODAY: Every Day I Forget Crucial Information About My Friends and Family @mikerapin.com @kaitlphere.bsky.social and @eckospider.bsky.social discussed comics that met our Goodreads Theme of the Month: Magical Creatures, picked by our beloved moderator, Erin!

Took a stroll around manhattan yesterday #fujifilm #fujifilmxhalf

Listen as we pester IRCB’s longest running panelist about snacks, sports, and Hellboy comics.

Not too bad.

Kelly told me tonight that the chorus from Tate McRae's "Just Keep Watching" sounds like chorus from The Thong Song and I can't argue with that at all.

Comcast executives said in an email their "hearts are heavy" and call Kirk an "advocate for open debate, whose faith was important to him," before reminding its journalists that saying the wrong thing about Kirk can get you shitcanned with a swiftness www.404media.co/comcast-nbcu...

Anyone else in on the Neon Ichiban beta? I am losing my mind right now at this Marketplace stuff lmao

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

This is how all Democrats should respond