Episode 142 | How can we fix the comics industry?

I Read Comic Books

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.

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