Episode 142 | How can we fix the comics industry?

This episode was recorded on January 7th, 2018. Tia and Kara join Mike for the first full episode of the year! How can we fix comics? How can we make comics better for everyone and, maybe most importantly, how can we make sure folks who make this awesome stuff get paid? Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:36:32 – Comic Picks 00:39:09 – Fixing Comics: How to Fix the Industry That Churns Out Moneymaking IPs Yet Still Struggles To Pay Creators 01:17:37 – Wrap/Credits Comic Reads/Picks for this week X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN #1-2 Rogue & Gambit #1 Blocked Sherlock Frankenstein & The Legion of Evil #3 My Hero Academia Volume 9: My Hero TMNT Tales Star Wars Tales vol 1 Sleepless #1 Dark Fang #2 The Complete Elfquest Vol 1 Descender Vol. 5: Rise Of The Robots TP Hellboy/BPRD 1954 trade Sleepless #2 Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX Kara – @KaraSzam – Kara on Medium Tia on the Elfquest podcast at SDCC I Kill Giants BotM discussion thread Our music is provided by Infinity Shred. You can find them on Bandcamp. This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs. Have a question? Want us to talk about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group andget a hold of us in the comments or here: [email protected] – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks. Hey #PodernFamily listeners! Thanks for dropping by! Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp. IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose 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 Buy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @ircbpodcast Instagram: @ircbpodcast Discord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9s Reddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.com IRCB Goodreads Merch: ircbpodcast.com/shop