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.

From October's Top Of My Pile: @mikerapin.com picked Big Ass Sword by Andreas Butzbach: "2000AD / Rebellion is publishing this and with a title like "Big Ass Sword"... I gotta see what this is about, right?? " buff.ly/NPfJkDr

From October's Top Of My Pile: @eckospider.bsky.social picked Speed Racer: Tales From the Road #1 (One Shot): "I feel the need - the need for speed in a car tho" buff.ly/NPfJkDr

OUT TODAY: Just The Right Amount of Child Cannibalisms @mikerapin.com and @palomadeer.bsky.social are joined by Jibola Fagbamiye and @conormccreery.bsky.social to chat comics and their latest OGN from Harper Collins, Fela: Music Is the Weapon!

From October's Top Of My Pile: @mikerapin.com picked Supergirl by Tom King and Bilquis Evely: "Tom King and Bilquis Evely killed me with Helen of Wyndhorn, I gotta read what originally brought them together. " buff.ly/NPfJkDr

20+ years of reading @gregpak.net comics. Check out the top of our piles!!

From October's Top Of My Pile: @eckospider.bsky.social picked Dungeons & Dragons: The Fallbacks #1 : "I’ve been reading comics by Greg Pak for 20+ years ain’t no stopping now" buff.ly/NPfJkDr

From October's Top Of My Pile: @kaitlphere.bsky.social picked Tokyo These Days: "I love books about books, and this is a manga about manga. It has also won numerous awards. " buff.ly/NPfJkDr

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OUT TODAY: “What a coincidence! ;)” @mikerapin.com and Nick are joined by special guest, @martinmorazzo.bsky.social, artist on Ice Cream Man, Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum, and more!

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?"

From October's Top Of My Pile: @eckospider.bsky.social picked Starship Godzilla #1: "Kaijus in space and intergalactic conflict is right up my alley " buff.ly/NPfJkDr

OUT TODAY: Get In, Losers, We’re About to Destroy Comics @eckospider.bsky.social Paloma, and Nick chat about comics on their radar for the best of 2025!

Top of My Pile picks for September: @eckospider.bsky.social picked Skinbreaker #1 "Rule of thumb, Robert Kirkman delivers a great #1 " buff.ly/RJvSXol

Top of My Pile picks for September: @mikerapin.com picked Absolute Batman #11 "This Bane arc is going CRAZY right now. It looks like this issue is an interlude, but still... Snyder + Dragotta are making Bane absolutely terrifying. I love it. " buff.ly/RJvSXol

OUT TODAY: It’s Not Insane to Wear Shorts Kara hosts @comicsthatwelove.bsky.social and Nick to discuss comics and specifically comics from our Goodreads Theme of the Month: Spooky Season.

Top of My Pile picks for September: @eckospider.bsky.social picked Deadpool/Batman #1 "An event 20 years in the making!! Biggest crossover in history " buff.ly/RJvSXol

Top of My Pile picks for September: @mikerapin picked The Department of Truth #0 "I mean, duh. But also: Scott Snyder and Joshua Hixson??? " buff.ly/RJvSXol

OUT TODAY! We Don’t Make the Rules About “Regular Comics” @ohhipaulie.bsky.social @eckospider.bsky.social and Kate dig in on the comics they've been reading as we march towards spooky season!

Top of My Pile picks for September: @eckospider.bsky.social picked RED HOOD #1 Jason Todd & Helena Team up in a new MATURE series — sign me up for the bullets and Arrows dran by Ryan Sook buff.ly/RJvSXol

Top of My Pile picks for September: @mikerapin.com picked The Knives "Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips are back with a new Criminal book. You can't miss it. Then again, I do wonder if I should reread all of this series..." buff.ly/RJvSXol

OUT TODAY: Mike’s Favorite Star Trek Characters @mikerapin.com Nick, and @ohhipaulie.bsky.social were live on Twitch talking comics. If you missed it, there was some wild talk Exquisite Corpses, Star Trek, and Neon Ichiban--the rest is on Patreon!

Top of My Pile picks for September: @eckospider.bsky.social picked BATMAN #1 "It’s Batman #1 with Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez! Need I say more?" buff.ly/reRLjZ6

Top of My Pile picks for September: @ohhipaulie.bsky.social picked Space Opera XANDAX Across the Unknown Dimensions of the Galaxy "New Tom Scioli OGN from Image Comics. 'Nuff said." buff.ly/RJvSXol

OCTOBER SCHEDULE FOR IRCB IS HERE! BIG month.

OUT TODAY: IRCB Goes To Hell @mikerapin.com @ohhipaulie.bsky.social and René discuss Abrams ComicArts' Dante's Inferno adapted and illustrated by Paul & Gaëtan Brizzi. Just how many places in hell are dedicated to fraudsters??

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

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!

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

Available for Patrons a day early (as always), this week's episode: "Every Day I Forget Crucial Information About My Friends and Family" Join today to get early access to episodes PLUS a bonus bit of audio (most weeks) as post-credits discussion. buff.ly/kSOnVXI

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

OUT TODAY: PROTECT LIBRARIES AT ALL COSTS! @mikerapin.com, Nick, and @comicsthatwelove.bsky.social chat about comics they've been reading, the importance of libraries, and MIke's realization that he's already read a comic...

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

OUT TODAY: Welcome to the Fantastic Four, dummies @mikerapin.com @kaitlphere.bsky.social @comicsthatwelove.bsky.social sat down to discuss Fantastic Four 1 (2022) Vol. 1 ircbpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/wel...

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...

OUT TODAY: "White Lotus: Alien" @mikerapin.com and @brianhead.bsky.social discuss books from our Goodreads Theme of the Month: The Dark Ages (Comics from 2000-2010). ircbpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/whi...

From July's Top of My Pile: @mikerapin.com picked Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma #2-4 "Gotta get caught up with this book. Wherever this creative team is taking things, I'm on board. Paging through issue #2 and it looks like each issue is its own thing??? Hmmm." www.patreon.com/posts/135148...

From July's Top of My Pile: @eckospider.bsky.social picked Vanishing Point #3 "Mark Russell loves to keep me on the edge of my seat" www.patreon.com/posts/135148...

OUT TODAY: I’m Neglecting Things Right Now! @mikerapin.com and @eckospider.bsky.social are joined by comic creator, and TOTALLY NOT A CULT contributor, @jesselonergan.bsky.social to talk comics and Jesse's new comic, DROME which is out THIS WEEK! ircbpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/im-...

“Jesse, Jesse, Jesse! I’ve heard great things about your book! But where, where, where, can I baby, buy, buy, buy it???” Here! us.macmillan.com/books/978125... All your online stores of choice. Or hit up your local shop next week!

From July's Top of My Pile: @eckospider.bsky.social picked Godzilla Destroys The Marvel Universe #1 "With Gerry Duggan - we’re in good hands" www.patreon.com/posts/135148...

Out today! Wic+Div Uncovered with Kara and Tia #5 We return. Kara and Tia discuss the covers for the issues of #18-22. [REDACTED] is back??! ircbpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/wic...

OUT TODAY: Thanks For The Threat @mikerapin.com and @brianhead.bsky.social are joined by comic creator and tattoo artist, Claire Connelly, to talk comics, monsters, and putting ink on people's bodies. ircbpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/tha...