I Read Comic Books - Episode 226 | Your 2019 Comic Book Holiday Shopping Guide

Episode 226 | Your 2019 Comic Book Holiday Shopping Guide

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12/11/19 • 66 min

I Read Comic Books

This week’s episode was recorded on December 8th, 2019!

Kara, Kait, and Paul chat about what comics you should be gifting your family, friends, enemies, and beyond!

Timestamps

00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
00:15:35 – Comic Picks
00:23:17 – Comics Gift Giving Guide
01:01:19 – Wrap/Credits

What We Read / Comic Picks

The Hard Tomorrow
Batman Creature of the Night #4
Motor Crush #1
I Am a Hero omnibus
Far Sector #2
Doctor Aphra #40
Firefly: Unification War vol. 2

Shopping Picks

TPB for the lapsed DC reader: Mister Miracle or maybe The New Frontier?
TPB for the lapsed Marvel reader: The Immortal Hulk, HoX/PoX, Hulk: Gray
For the artsy friend: My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris or something by Lisa Hanawalt: My Dirty Dumb Eyes or Hot Dog Taste Test
For your mom: Relish by Lucy Knisely (Paul), I WISH PETITE MAMETTE WAS IN ENGLISH, probably Lulu Anew
For your dad: Berlin by Jason Lutes (Paul), The Great War by Joe Sacco (Kara)
For your young relative:
- Elementary reader level: Raina Telgemeier’s works, Owly, Amulet
- Middle school reader level: Nimona, the Adventures of Superhero Girl
- High school reader level: Nimona, Young Avengers (Gillen/McKelvie)
- College kid: anything by Neil Gaiman, really. Giant Days.
- For the young adult reader: Adaptations! Artemis Fowl, Speak
For your Star Wars friend: The Last Jedi adaptation or maybe Outer Darkness?
For the person you wish would read comics: Runaways, I Kill Giants, Paper Girls
For the person who reads historical biographies: March
For the person who thinks Silicon Valley is evil: Memetic
For the person who can’t turn off C-SPAN: Prez, Rolling Blackouts by Sarah Glidden
For the queer kids: Jem and the Holograms, Prince and the Dressmaker
For the classicist: Peanuts 1950s/1960s; Calvin and Hobbes.
For the gamer: Tetris: The Games People Play
For your grandma or your grandma-like friend: Lulu Anew, Bingo Love (LGBT too)
For your horror-lover friend: Wytches
For your western-loving friend/grandpa/dad: Copperhead
For your English professor: Shakespeare adaptations, Toil and Trouble

Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

Producer: Mike Rapin
Editor: Zander Riggs

Support us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast

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IRCB Goodreads

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Twitter: @ircbpodcast
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IRCB Goodreads
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This week’s episode was recorded on December 8th, 2019!

Kara, Kait, and Paul chat about what comics you should be gifting your family, friends, enemies, and beyond!

Timestamps

00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics
00:15:35 – Comic Picks
00:23:17 – Comics Gift Giving Guide
01:01:19 – Wrap/Credits

What We Read / Comic Picks

The Hard Tomorrow
Batman Creature of the Night #4
Motor Crush #1
I Am a Hero omnibus
Far Sector #2
Doctor Aphra #40
Firefly: Unification War vol. 2

Shopping Picks

TPB for the lapsed DC reader: Mister Miracle or maybe The New Frontier?
TPB for the lapsed Marvel reader: The Immortal Hulk, HoX/PoX, Hulk: Gray
For the artsy friend: My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris or something by Lisa Hanawalt: My Dirty Dumb Eyes or Hot Dog Taste Test
For your mom: Relish by Lucy Knisely (Paul), I WISH PETITE MAMETTE WAS IN ENGLISH, probably Lulu Anew
For your dad: Berlin by Jason Lutes (Paul), The Great War by Joe Sacco (Kara)
For your young relative:
- Elementary reader level: Raina Telgemeier’s works, Owly, Amulet
- Middle school reader level: Nimona, the Adventures of Superhero Girl
- High school reader level: Nimona, Young Avengers (Gillen/McKelvie)
- College kid: anything by Neil Gaiman, really. Giant Days.
- For the young adult reader: Adaptations! Artemis Fowl, Speak
For your Star Wars friend: The Last Jedi adaptation or maybe Outer Darkness?
For the person you wish would read comics: Runaways, I Kill Giants, Paper Girls
For the person who reads historical biographies: March
For the person who thinks Silicon Valley is evil: Memetic
For the person who can’t turn off C-SPAN: Prez, Rolling Blackouts by Sarah Glidden
For the queer kids: Jem and the Holograms, Prince and the Dressmaker
For the classicist: Peanuts 1950s/1960s; Calvin and Hobbes.
For the gamer: Tetris: The Games People Play
For your grandma or your grandma-like friend: Lulu Anew, Bingo Love (LGBT too)
For your horror-lover friend: Wytches
For your western-loving friend/grandpa/dad: Copperhead
For your English professor: Shakespeare adaptations, Toil and Trouble

Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

Producer: Mike Rapin
Editor: Zander Riggs

Support us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast

Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @ircbpodcast
Instagram: @ircbpodcast
Discord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9s
Reddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.com
IRCB Goodreads

Support us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast

Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @ircbpodcast
Instagram: @ircbpodcast
Discord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9s
Reddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.com
IRCB Goodreads
Merch: ircbpodcast.com/shop

Previous Episode

I Read Star Wars Comic Books Episode V | Age of Rebellion and other miniseries

The original Star Wars trilogy has plot holes, and the Age of Rebellion comics fill a bunch of them. Brian and Kara discuss Age of Rebellion Heroes and Villains and highlight the Lando miniseries!

Music provided by Kara Szamborski and Infinity Shred.

Executive Producer: Mike Rapin
Producers: Brian Murray, Kara Szamborski
Editor: Zander Riggs

Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ircbpodcast

Contact us!

Email: [email protected]
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Goodreads: ircbpodcast.com/goodreads

Support us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast

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Twitter: @ircbpodcast
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IRCB Goodreads
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Next Episode

I Read Star Wars Comic Books Episode VI | Kanan and Rebels

If you’ve watched Star Wars Rebels, you know all about not-Jedi Kanan Jarrus–but how did he get that way? In Kanan, his origins are revealed. Brian and Kara discuss our favorite space fam and best boi Kanan in the context of this entertaining comic series.

Music provided by Kara Szamborski and Infinity Shred.

Executive Producer: Mike Rapin
Producers: Brian Murray, Kara Szamborski
Editor: Zander Riggs

Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ircbpodcast

Contact us!

Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @ircbpodcast
Instagram: @ircbpodcast
Discord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9s
Reddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.com
Goodreads: ircbpodcast.com/goodreads

Support us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast

Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @ircbpodcast
Instagram: @ircbpodcast
Discord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9s
Reddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.com
IRCB Goodreads
Merch: ircbpodcast.com/shop