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- 🇺🇸US · Visual Arts#1915K to 30K
- 🇦🇪AE · Visual Arts#4610K to 30K
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4.5K to 18K🎙 Daily cadence·555 episodes·Last published 6d ago - Monthly Reach
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Comics Crank My Mother Effing Hog
May 20, 2026
Unknown duration
Latter-Day X-Men Fans (ft. Gabe Cheng)
May 13, 2026
Unknown duration
Rude Teen-Implied Names
May 6, 2026
51m 22s
Maybe The Best In The Business (ft. Matt Rosenberg)
Apr 29, 2026
1h 30m 47s
Everyone Likes Wresting and Everyone Likes Heists (ft. Kyle Starks)
Apr 22, 2026
1h 20m 25s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/20/26 |  Comics Crank My Mother Effing Hog | Mike, Kait, and Zach discuss comics they’ve read recently. The books include over-the-top ‘80s absurdity (Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre), a video game adaptation (Zelda Twilight Princess), and the worst guy you know (End of Life). They also reveal what awaits them at the top of their respective piles! | — | ||||||
| 5/13/26 |  Latter-Day X-Men Fans (ft. Gabe Cheng) | Mike and Brian are joined by long time friend of the show, Gabe Cheng, to talk about Gabe's latest Kickstarter - This Seems Normal #2! Gabe experiences Assorted Crisis Events, Mike brings up a comic you probably can't buy, and everyone loves Absolute Wonder Woman! | — | ||||||
| 5/6/26 |  Rude Teen-Implied Names✨ | anthropomorphic characters90s comics+3 | PaulKara+1 | Elseworlds BatmanSwamp Thing | — | anthropomorphic dairy90s Elseworlds+3 | — | 51m 22s | |
| 4/29/26 |  Maybe The Best In The Business (ft. Matt Rosenberg)✨ | comic booksBatwoman+3 | Matt Rosenberg | BatwomanDaredevil+3 | — | Matt RosenbergBatwoman+3 | — | 1h 30m 47s | |
| 4/22/26 |  Everyone Likes Wresting and Everyone Likes Heists (ft. Kyle Starks)✨ | wrestlingcomics+3 | Kyle Starks | Wrestle Heist | — | wrestlingcomics+4 | — | 1h 20m 25s | |
| 4/15/26 |  He’s Dead, But That Hasn’t Stopped Him Before✨ | Superhero ComicsFilm+3 | PaulDanny+1 | SupermanBatman+1 | — | SupermanBatman+5 | — | 47m 08s | |
| 4/8/26 |  Difficult Conversations at the Starbucks✨ | emotionsphotography+3 | KaitNick+1 | book about a space truckerpeppy pirate shonen manga+1 | war torn countries | photographerswar torn countries+3 | — | 58m 12s | |
| 4/1/26 |  Starscream is a Magical Girl✨ | magical girlscomic books+3 | KaraKate+1 | magical girlstrash boys | — | magical girlscomic books+3 | — | 43m 27s | |
| 3/25/26 |  Serious Like Transformers vs G.I. Joe✨ | comicsreading challenge+3 | PaulNick+1 | IRCBlocal library+2 | — | comicsreading challenge+5 | — | 54m 35s | |
| 3/18/26 |  Insulting Legions of Fans (ft. Dave Baker and Nicole Goux)✨ | comic bookslanguage+3 | Dave BakerNicole Goux | Punk’n Heads | — | comic booksDave Baker+3 | — | 1h 21m 33s | |
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| 3/11/26 |  Comfort. Depth. And You Can Kill A Rat With It.✨ | comicsdesert island+3 | KaraKate | — | — | comicsdesert island+3 | — | 49m 05s | |
| 3/4/26 |  Weighting for the Write Stock is Tearable (ft. Nick Goode)✨ | comicsmental health+3 | Nick Goode | Sussex | — | comicsmental health+4 | — | 57m 16s | |
| 2/25/26 |  This Book is Good. Maybe One Day My Dad Will Respect Me. | A joyful dive into comics all over the genre spectrum! Kait, Danny and Nick talk dystopian soldier science fiction, classic movie monsters, slice-of life, Fish-out-of-water stories, Predator in a Mortal Kombat style fight club, and the pure joy of a book filled with cheese puns! | — | ||||||
| 2/18/26 |  That’s Not Manga, That’s the Phone Book | Paul, Kait, and Danny discuss some of their favorite “feel good” comics for the Reading Challenge Theme of the Month. They touch on newspaper classics, a film comic, and a newer release! | — | ||||||
| 2/11/26 |  He’s Not Like Other Comic Book Fans… He’s Worse | Mike, Nick, and Brian discuss Heavenly Delusion, Marian Heretic, and Absolute Batman. This is Mike’s last episode for a few months while he and his wife Kelly have a baby! | — | ||||||
| 2/4/26 |  They’re Sharks And They’re On The Street, What More Do You Want? | Mike, Kate, and Zach discuss comics they’ve been reading and what’s next on their to-read pile. Along the way they talk about the joys of public transportation, ‘90s anime, and pitch an episode of Street Sharks! | — | ||||||
| 1/28/26 |  The Forrest Gump of Murder | Mike, Nick, and Kait discuss Dr. Werthless by Harold Schechter and Eric Powell. They discuss some content warnings, the creative choices of the book, and how Wertham’s complicated legacy may have impacted his crusade against comics. This was the pick by the finishers of the 2025 Reading Challenge! | — | ||||||
| 1/21/26 |  500 Episodes and We’ve Finally Figured Out Comic Books | Zander returns to the podcast after a 400 episode hiatus and joins Mike as they break all the rules! A deep dive into the lore and the myth of what makes IRCB run for 500 episodes and some big announcements! | — | ||||||
| 1/14/26 |  I know him from Marvel Snap | This week, Mike, Paloma, and Paul discuss some of their latest bargain bin picks in an episode commissioned by one of the show’s listeners, Avocado Kenobi, aka Shane. | — | ||||||
| 1/7/26 |  Also, Do You Want To Buy These Pretzels? | Danny and Nick usher in the new year by talking about the books they started 2026 reading, the comics on top of their pile and also by giving their comics New Years Resolutions! | — | ||||||
| 12/31/25 |  A Humdinger of a Three-Way Lovechild | Paul, Zach, and Brian round out 2025 by talking about the Goodreads Theme of the Month: comics released in 2025! They discuss Precious Rubbish, Assorted Crisis Events, and Spectrum. | — | ||||||
| 12/24/25 |  Just This Once: A Good Episode | Mike, Kait, and Nick take a journey through a smattering of Winter Holiday and Christmas themed comic books all the way from “classic” super hero fair, an anthology book with a mixed reception, and even a book that is a little more somber and sad but keeps it local. | — | ||||||
| 12/17/25 |  Lending Books to People We Never See Again | Mike is joined by Danny and Zach to "reflect" on the New 52 over a decade later. What were the highs? The lows? The Geoff Johns and Jeff Lemires of it all? | — | ||||||
| 12/10/25 |  Too Similar! Cancel the Show. | Mike, Nick, and Kait sat down to talk about comics and boy howdy did no one get mad or upset about anything. | — | ||||||
| 12/3/25 |  Deep Thoughts for a Dark Winter | Kara, Nick, and Zach dig into comics around the Apocalypse. It's really bright and cheery and exactly what you need this time of year! | — | ||||||
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Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.
Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.