I Read Comic Books discussion

Peter wrote: "Hi all,

I'm Peter and I live in UK, London. In the past I mostly read Manga (which I still do) but after watching Young Justice TV-series I got interested in the characters. I'm not really a fan ..."

Welcome to IRCB Peter! What's your favorite manga series? I don't read a lot of it, but ワンパンマン 1 Wanpanman 1 is great.

Hello everyone

I'm sergio and I'm from Portugal!
Im always been a fan of marvel but stopped buying comics years ago, now I just started again in 2016 and I'm really enjoying the process!searching, buying, waiting the delivery and finally reading!

Hello, I'm Meera from Massachusetts, US. I am an avid reader but haven't read too many graphic novels. Kate invited me a while back (thank you Kate!) but I didn't join because I didn't think I read enough graphic novels to join. Well, yesterday I picked up Saga, Vol. 1 and I was hooked! So here I am and will try some of the other novels you've already read.

Meera wrote: "Hello, I'm Meera from Massachusetts, US. I am an avid reader but haven't read too many graphic novels. Kate invited me a while back (thank you Kate!) but I didn't join because I didn't think I read..."

So glad you joined Meera! Saga, Vol. 1 is the ultimate gateway comic. I know so many people who became comic readers because of it! I definitely think you'll enjoy this month's BotM The Spire if you enjoy Saga.

Wassup Everybody! Im Adad. I'm from NY and Currently reading a manga book called berserk right now, but im always looking for new titles to read.

Adad wrote: "Wassup Everybody! Im Adad. I'm from NY and Currently reading a manga book called berserk right now, but im always looking for new titles to read."

Welcome to IRCB Adad! Have you ever read ワンパンマン 1 Wanpanman 1 ? Far and away my favorite manga.

Hi.
I'm Paulo from Lisbon, Portugal and i read all kinds of comics (Marvel, Image, DC, European, Japanese), if it's good everything is welcome.

Welcome Paulo. It's a good group, hope you enjoy your time here.

Mike wrote: "Welcome, Peter!

If you're gonna read one Marvel book, start at the best in recent history: Hawkeye by Matt Fraction and David Aja. It's one of the best."

I have been looking into that and it seems interesting to me. But at the moment I have so many Flash Comics to finish...so I'm not sure when I will be able to do it. I know nothing about Hawkeye so where do I start?

Kate wrote: Welcome to IRCB Peter! What's your favorite manga series? I don't read a lot of it, but ワンパンマン 1 Wanpanman 1 is great.

Yes it's a great series. Besides that I would recommend My Hero Academia. It's a great series with similar themes.

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Kate wrote: "Adad wrote: "Wassup Everybody! Im Adad. I'm from NY and Currently reading a manga book called berserk right now, but im always looking for new titles to read."

Welcome to IRCB Adad! Have you ever ..."
no i didnt but i watch the anime and love it

Hi! My name is Daniel
I am an avid comic book reader/collector (for better or worse) since 2012
My main exposure has been DC and Marvel comics
Over the past few years by being part of a few local comic book clubs and starting to follow creators I keep expanding my horizons onto more of the "indie" comics although super heroes will always be my main
My favorite character is Batman so I will read pretty much anything with him in it
Some of my favorite writers currently are Scott Snyder, Donny Cates, Charles Soule, Jason Aaron Tom King and Tom Taylor
I also read of X-Men books
Some of my favorite artists are Greg Capullo, Jock, Jae Lee, Geoff Shaw, Jim Lee, Nik Virella, Esad Ribic, Mitch Gerards
I started listening to the podcast a few months ago and I al almost caught up to the current episodes, where they mention now this group so I wanted introduce myself
As far as indie books I am currently reading God Country, RedNeck, Seven to Eternity, Reborn
On a personal note, I miss Logan, but I understand why he has to stay deadly

Daniel wrote: "Hi! My name is Daniel
I am an avid comic book reader/collector (for better or worse) since 2012
My main exposure has been DC and Marvel comics
Over the past few years by being part of a few local c..."

Welcome to the IRCB group and thank you for listening! It sounds like we have a lot of the same favorite writers and artists.

How is God Country? I read the first issue but haven't kept up with it. Is it worth looking for when it comes out in trade?

Hey all,

I'm Nick, and I'm on the IRCB podcast semi-regularly. If you listen, chances are you've heard me in my de facto role as "Resident Valiant mouthpiece," or as a substitute host to Mike Rapin (with varying results). I'm from Michigan, which is apparently resplendent with natural beauty, but I wouldn't know.

What do I read:
DC (Blend of a few Batbooks like All-Star Batman and Supersons, alongside "weird stuff" like The Hellblazer and Future Quest),

Dark Horse (original titles like Matt Kindt's Dept. H and Jeff Lemire's Black Hammer, as well as franchise properties like Aliens: Defiance)

Image (Lemire and Dustin Nguyen's Descender, Greg Rucka's Lazarus, John Layman's Chew)

and of course, Valiant (there's just too many to name here, but The Valiant by Lemire/Kindt with Paolo Rivera on art, and Ninjak and Bloodshot Reborn are favs).

Nick wrote: "Hey all,

I'm Nick, and I'm on the IRCB podcast semi-regularly. If you listen, chances are you've heard me in my de facto role as "Resident Valiant mouthpiece," or as a substitute host to Mike Rapi..."

!!!!!! IT'S HAPPENING!!!! NICK IS HERE! WOOOOOOOOOO

Nick wrote: "I'm Nick, and I'm on the IRCB podcast semi-regularly. If you listen, chances are you've heard me in my de facto role as "Resident Valiant mouthpiece," or as a substitute host to Mike Rapin..."

Hi i'm Christian I live in Illinois. I mostly read DC and Marvel and i'm just starting to get into Image. Currently i'm reading I Hate Fairyland vol. 1 and i'm really liking it. My favorite Sci-Fi novel of all time is: All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka it's really good. My favorite Graphic Novel is: Marvel Civil War. My favorite comic book writer/artist is: Francis Manapul. My favorite Superhero movie is: Batman: The Movie (1966). RIP Adam West.

Christian wrote: "Hi i'm Christian I live in Illinois. I mostly read DC and Marvel and i'm just starting to get into Image. Currently i'm reading I Hate Fairyland vol. 1 and i'm really liking it. My favorite Sci-Fi ..."

Welcome to IRCB Christian! Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event is one of my favorites too.

Hi I'm James. I'm from Michigan, and I read mostly Image and Dark Horse, along with a ton of manga. Horror is my bread and butter, along with crazy indie stuff. I think I was even on the show once?

I met Mike in college; he gave me a few recommendations, and my obsessive collecting tendencies took it from there. I was a huge book reader so it didn't take much.

Been a huge fan of the show from the beginning, look forward to it every week. You guys give me great recommendations, I read almost all of them. Shoutout to Tia and Kate specifically for some sick picks that I wouldn't normally read, you guys rock! I also love listening to Mike's x-trash problems, sorry not sorry.

Keep up the good work!!!

James wrote: "You guys give me great recommendations, I read almost all of them. Shoutout to Tia and Kate specifically for some sick picks that I wouldn't normally read, you guys rock!"

Haha happy to help! Welcome to IRCB James :)

What's your favorite horror comic?

Kate wrote: "What's your favorite horror comic?"

Hmm well Junji Ito is my favorite manga creator, and his book Uzumaki is some truly disturbing stuff. But if we are staying in the realm of "true comics" I'd probably say Harrow County, even though its not exactly "scary" per se.

Hi I'm Joe. I'm from the Chicago suburbs. I collected comics as a child, and in the past few years I've regained my love for them as an adult. I read mostly Image & Marvel, but I'm willingly to give anything a go regardless of publisher.

Currently I'm enjoying- Saga, Descender, Kill or Be Killed, Deadly Class, Black Bolt, Iron Fist. I could name a bunch more, but felt I should keep this brief.

Recent books that ended that I liked- Moon Knight, Reborn, Nailbiter, God Country.

I really enjoy the podcast!

Joe wrote: "Hi I'm Joe. I'm from the Chicago suburbs. I collected comics as a child, and in the past few years I've regained my love for them as an adult. I read mostly Image & Marvel, but I'm willingly to giv..."

Hey Joe! Welcome to the IRCB group (and super duper thanks for listening to the show!). That's an awesome list of books there, got a recent favorite?

Hey Mike! Some recent favorites of mine that I didn't list in my above post are Extremity & The Old Guard. Both are very young series, but so far so good!

Hi 👋 I'm Bridgette. The past year or so I have started to read manga and graphic novels. I mainly read marvel graphic novels. But I am willing to read others. 🙂🙂 Feel free to add me and recommend new ones to me. 😀😀😀

Bridgette wrote: "Hi 👋 I'm Bridgette. The past year or so I have started to read manga and graphic novels. I mainly read marvel graphic novels. But I am willing to read others. 🙂🙂 Feel free to add me and recommend n..."

Hi Bridgette. I highly recommend the latest Moon Knight run by Jeff Lemire if you haven't picked it up yet. The group's 2017 reading challenge has some excellent picks from a variety of publishers that would serve as a good place to branch out.

Bridgette wrote: "Hi 👋 I'm Bridgette. The past year or so I have started to read manga and graphic novels. I mainly read marvel graphic novels. But I am willing to read others. 🙂🙂 Feel free to add me and recommend n..."

Hi Bridgette, welcome to IRCB! I love marvel too. What is your favorite graphic novel?

My name is Nicole (Nix for short). I live in Georgia. I've been into comics since I was six. Superman doomsday was the first One I ever read and I was hooked. My favorites are Excalibur, Harley Quinn, and Fables. However I read everything from marvel, image, dark horse, etc. Whatever I can get my hands on really. Avid collector and I'm just starting to dive into graphic novels and I'm going for a cannonball :)

Nicole wrote: "My name is Nicole (Nix for short). I live in Georgia. I've been into comics since I was six. Superman doomsday was the first One I ever read and I was hooked. My favorites are Excalibur, Harley Qui..."

Welcome to IRCB Nicole! What's your favorite graphic novel so far?

Hello everyone, my name is Chad and I live in Virginia. When I was younger I spent a lot of time watchingX-men, DBZ, batman, Gundam, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, sooooo much more. But being so young I never really thought about reading comics, just wanted to watch the cartoons and expand my imagination.

I really didn't start to play close attention to comics/graphic novels until 2015, a year which I attended my first Comic Con. At this Comic Con I was introduced to Southern Bastards #1 and Saga, Vol. 1 and two years later my mind is still blown! I really am looking forward to being apart of this group and learning a lot more about the comic book world!

Chad wrote: "Hello everyone, my name is Chad and I live in Virginia. When I was younger I spent a lot of time watchingX-men, DBZ, batman, Gundam, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, sooooo much more. But being so young ..."

Welcome Chad! What's your favorite comic/comic publisher?

Phillip wrote: "Chad wrote: "Hello everyone, my name is Chad and I live in Virginia. When I was younger I spent a lot of time watchingX-men, DBZ, batman, Gundam, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, sooooo much more. But be..."

Hey Philip! Right now my favorite comic by far is Brian K. Vaughan's Saga, Vol. 1. This comic is so leftfield yet so relatable at times, I just love it! I also love Southern Bastards #1. As far as publishers go I really do like Marvel and what they've done with the "rebooting" of the Star Wars comics. If you have any suggestions please pass them along.

Chad wrote: "Phillip wrote: "Chad wrote: "Hello everyone, my name is Chad and I live in Virginia. When I was younger I spent a lot of time watchingX-men, DBZ, batman, Gundam, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, sooooo m..."

Definitely read more of Saga and Southern Bastards. Both are very good series. I also like The Private Eye and Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan. The new Star Wars comics have been fun to read, but I've only read a few of them so far.

Check out Chew. That series is pretty out there, but it is so much fun.

Chad wrote: "Phillip wrote: "Chad wrote: "Hello everyone, my name is Chad and I live in Virginia. When I was younger I spent a lot of time watchingX-men, DBZ, batman, Gundam, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, sooooo m..."

Welcome to IRCB Chad! I am really enjoying Marvel's Star Wars line too.

I'm Carl. I'm from Michigan. I Started reading graphic novels about a year ago with Sandman. I'm pretty much a Vertigo and Image fan boy right now. Currently can't seem to get enough of Brian K Vaughan.

Hi all! I'm Ed from Toronto and I was a big comic reader and collector back in the 80s - Marvel, DC and a lot of indie comics. Left it all behind in the early 90s after buying the multiple Todd McFarlane covers on his Spider-Man #1. Realized immediately that it was either have a life or have it consumed buying every variant of every comic known to man!

Strapped on my web shooters again a couple of years ago and started catching up on everything I've missed over the last 20 years. I mainly focus on digital trades now while buying old silver age floppies to fill in gaps in my collection.

Having a great time listening to the I Read Comic Books podcast especially the discussion portion of the show - interesting topics discussed by knowledgeable people.

Hoping to further expand my reading palette and further immerse myself in comic culture!

Carl wrote: "I'm Carl. I'm from Michigan. I Started reading graphic novels about a year ago with Sandman. I'm pretty much a Vertigo and Image fan boy right now. Currently can't seem to get enough of Brian K Vau..."

Hey Carl! Welcome to the greatest forum for the greatest comic book podcast!

A bunch of our cast are from Michigan, got a favorite local comic shop? (We all really love Vault of Midnight)

Ed wrote: "Hi all! I'm Ed from Toronto and I was a big comic reader and collector back in the 80s - Marvel, DC and a lot of indie comics. Left it all behind in the early 90s after buying the multiple Todd McF..."

Hey Ed! Thanks for joining! What's been your favorite comic since you jumped back into comics? How'd you hear about the show?

So much to choose from but the ones that immediately come to mind are Joss Whedon's time on Astonishing X-Men and Ed Brubaker's amazing Captain America run. Walking Dead has been a gateway into a bunch of other Image titles.

I share your ongoing "commitment" to all things X-Men and I'm up-to-date with most of the titles up to Marvel Now. Taking a break before I dig in to the next few years. Any tips on navigating are appreciated!

I actually found out about the show on Google Play. Was looking for a good comic book podcast, did a search, subscribed to a ton of them and unsubscribed just as fast until I got to your show. I enjoy the knowledge level you guys have and your in-depth focus on interesting aspects of comic culture. I'm already digging through your back catalog - loads of great material! Thanks!

Ed wrote: "Having a great time listening to the I Read Comic Books podcast especially the discussion portion of the show - interesting topics discussed by knowledgeable people..."

That's so nice of you to say. Thank you! Welcome to IRCB :)

Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men run is one of my favorites as well.

Carl wrote: "I'm Carl. I'm from Michigan. I Started reading graphic novels about a year ago with Sandman. I'm pretty much a Vertigo and Image fan boy right now. Currently can't seem to get enough of Brian K Vau..."

A fellow Michigander and Vaughan fan?! Welcome aboard Carl! :D

Hey gang,

My name is Bruce. I'm from Swellendam in rural South Africa.
I'm looking for any awesome recommendations. I'm reading Image's Saga right now and loving it. I dig Alan Moore's work, Sandman. I'm looking for more cool stuff? Any tips?

Cheers
Bruce

Bruce wrote: "Hey gang, My name is Bruce. I'm from Swellendam in rural South Africa. I'm looking for any awesome recommendations. I'm reading Image's Saga right now and loving it. I dig Alan Moore's work, Sand..."

Welcome to IRCB Bruce! I really like Saga too.

If you like standalone Image series, I'd recommend Lazarus, Vol. 1: Family and Revival, Vol. 1: You're Among Friends. Both are great sci-fi series, though they take place on earth instead of space.

If you'd rather stick to other planets, Bendis's Guardians of the Galaxy run (starting with Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 1: Cosmic Avengers) is a great read.

IRCB's 2017 Recommended Reading Challenge is another place to find lots of great comics. Whatever you read, be sure to let us know what you think of it over on our monthly "What are you reading this month?" threads!

Bruce wrote: "Hey gang,

My name is Bruce. I'm from Swellendam in rural South Africa.
I'm looking for any awesome recommendations. I'm reading Image's Saga right now and loving it. I dig Alan Moore's work, Sand..."

Hi Bruce! I highly recommend Lucifer, Vol. 1: Devil in the Gateway. It's a spin-off of Sandman and I read the whole thing in pretty short order.

Hi everyone! I'm Iván a 24 year old guy from Mexico City, Mexico. I read comics since 2004, Comics are one of the things that I enjoy the most in the world. Love almost all kind of comics but my favorite are super hero ones. even the most of my tattoos are based on comics hahaha.
always looking forward to new cool stories

Bruce wrote: "Hey gang,

My name is Bruce. I'm from Swellendam in rural South Africa.
I'm looking for any awesome recommendations. I'm reading Image's Saga right now and loving it. I dig Alan Moore's work, Sand..."

Hey Bruce! I have a few recommendations for you. That I really enjoyed reading.

Scalped https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Nailbiter
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Deadly Class
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Kate wrote: "Bruce wrote: "Hey gang, My name is Bruce. I'm from Swellendam in rural South Africa. I'm looking for any awesome recommendations. I'm reading Image's Saga right now and loving it. I dig Alan Moore'..."
Hey Kate,
Thanks for those recommendations, I have Lazarus on my too read list. I definitely add those others and check them out.
So glad I found this group. Stoked to get all these cool new books.

Nice one.

Phillip wrote: "Bruce wrote: "Hey gang,

My name is Bruce. I'm from Swellendam in rural South Africa.
I'm looking for any awesome recommendations. I'm reading Image's Saga right now and loving it. I dig Alan Moor..."

Hey Phillip,
Thanks for the heads up, I'll put that on my list. Much appreciated.
Cheers

Joe wrote: "Bruce wrote: "Hey gang,

My name is Bruce. I'm from Swellendam in rural South Africa.
I'm looking for any awesome recommendations. I'm reading Image's Saga right now and loving it. I dig Alan Moor..."

Hey Joe,
Thanks man. I'm definitely going to check them out. Appreciate it.

Hey Everyone!
I'm Kadia! I live in North Carolina. I've been reading comics since I was old enough to read and I have been enjoying all the sweet comic book merch in women's sizes that now exists because being a nerd is cool now. Lol!

My favorite writers right now are Brian K Vaughn, Kieron Gillen, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Chip Zdarsky... Basically if any of those people are writing it, I'm reading it.

I just finished Locke and Key which was really spooky, super depressing and really well written.

I'm a Marvel girl. Kind of... I still read Marvel occasionally but they are canceling my favorite books left and right so we'll see how long that last. I started my love of comics on X-men and Batman and I am loyal so they are my favs til I die.

I'm excited to talk comics with you all!