Episode 206 | Shooting A Comic Book with a LITERAL Bullet

This week’s episode was recorded on June 16th, 2019! Kait and Nick join Mike to discuss the many reading, packaging, and “marketing” gimmicks used in comic books over the years. From vinyl stickers to to lenticular covers to poly-bags to literally SHOOTING a comic with real bullets, the gang dives deep for this episode. Timecodes 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:20:19 – Comic Picks 00:31:22 – Gimmicks in the Comic Reading Experience 01:13:19 – Wrap/Credits What We Read / Comic Picks X-23 #12 X-23: The Complete Collection Volume 1 Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites X-Men: Grand Design Oblivion Song Vol 1 Excellence #2 Rat Queens #16 PSI-Lords #1 Links Mike – @mikerapin Nick – @dethstarplnz Kait – @KaitLPhere Memories of Comic Book ‘GIMMICKS’ Resurface All-Time Greatest Comic Book Gimmick Covers Madman In Your Face Special Kapow: Marvel adds sound to comics Barrier – Panel Syndicate 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 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