We're covering the latest comic news and pop culture headlines from the past month. Topics include: a record setting Spider-Man art piece (00:05:40), Jeff Lemiere's Image exclusive deal (00:14:41), the return of Astro City (00:20:10), Marvel's Netflix shows (00:30:14), and updates on the new Batman animated series (00:36:59). All this, Read More

This week, we're unlocking the Justice League Unlimited episode of our spin-off podcast series: Pilot's License (a bonus series where we discuss the best comic book cartoons and animated series) Topics include: Justice League Unlimited Ep.1 and Justice League Infinity #1,  Bruce Timm and the  "Timmverse", the infamous Bat-embargo, and Read More

This week, we're unlocking the Justice League Unlimited episode of our spin-off podcast series: Pilot's License (a bonus series where we discuss the best comic book cartoons and animated series) Topics include: Justice League Unlimited Ep.1 and Justice League Infinity #1,  Bruce Timm and the  "Timmverse", the infamous Bat-embargo, and Read More

It's the first recording of the new year, and we discussed a lot of topics in this episode. For starters, we shared our thoughts on the first episode of The Book of Boba Fett  (00:08:03), and then talked about the original Expanded Universe comics (00:24:23), spotlighted a Boba Fett comic Read More

It's the first recording of the new year, and we discussed a lot of topics in this episode. For starters, we shared our thoughts on the first episode of The Book of Boba Fett  (00:08:03), and then talked about the original Expanded Universe comics (00:24:23), spotlighted a Boba Fett comic Read More

After a long unplanned hiatus, we're back to close out the year with an overdue conversation about No Way Home. Spoiler Warning if you haven't seen the movie yet, because we're talking in detail about our favorite scenes, moments and characters, predictions for the future of the franchise, and sharing Read More

This week's podcast is audio from our Spider-Man live show that was recorded in the Bryan-Gooding Planetarium at M.O.S.H. , where we talked about each of Spider-Man’s villains set to make a return in the No Way Home movie (Doc Ock, Green Goblin, etc). No spoilers for the film, just Read More

Warren Evans (of Simpsons is Greater Than) joins the show to talk about Bart Simpson's favorite comic book, Radioactive Man, and the character's ties to the Golden/Atomic age of superheroes. Warren also defends his title as the Simpsons "Trivia King" (01:06:19)...and sabotages the show for years to comePlus, regular segments: Read More

Badr & Drew share their reactions and thoughts about the first two episodes of the new Hawkeye Disney+ show Support the show and buy some Short Box Merch!HELPFUL LINKS:Come out to our December Live Show!Music by: Mecca Tha Marvelous Podcast logo by: Ashley Lani Hoye Follow The Short Box on IG, Badr, Read More

The full crew is back together this week to talk about Matt Fraction & David Aja's seminal 2012 Hawkeye comic run, and its obvious influence on the upcoming Disney+ series. Cesar also bids farewell to the Immortal Hulk, and Ed recalls his encounter with a PieCaken. Plus, regular segments: Fistful Read More

In this episode, we're discussing the new Marvel Studio projects announced from Disney Plus Day(00:05:59), the return of the X-Men animated series (00:19:19), and other comic industry news like  Taika Waititi  directing the forthcoming The Incal adaptation (00:28:43), and the recent cyberattack on Diamond Comics Distributor (00:42:31), plus a spoiler-free Read More

Nick Filardi has colored for just about every major comic book publisher including DC, Marvel, Image, and Dark Horse. He's currently coloring the Justice League Infinity series, and joins the show this week to share the lessons he's learned from his 20 yr career, and what JLU episodes inspired him Read More

The Eternals are making their MCU debut later this week, so we're spotlighting Jack "The King" Kirby's 1976 Eternals series, to see how they were originally introduced to the world, and discussed how his time at DC Comics & modern mythology played a major role in their creation. This episode was Read More

We were going to take this week off, but DC Fandome was too good an event not to record. And instead of trying to cover every announcement that came out of the event, we focused on our favorite and most anticipated projects and movies, and of course: Batman (00:13:54)Support the Read More

We decided to officially celebrate the spoooky season with a show & tell of our favorite horror comics (see our picks below), but the real scare, came in the form of a frightening email we received this week (01:07:57) Plus, regular segments: Fistful of Comics (00:48:30) & Champion Season (01:14:52) Read More

Is John Stewart the best Green Lantern? That's what we aim to answer as part of our contribution to the Justice League-themed podcast crossover event: UNITE THE SEVEN. Join us as we explore the logical creation of the character by comic legend Neal Adams,  Stewart's military ties, and how Phil Read More

Badr invites Chris Hacker, co-host of The Oblivion Bar podcast, to talk about the new Hawkeye trailer (00:03:42), his Mt. Rushmore of comic artists (00:17:33), finding comradery in the military and comic community (00:31:42), and his master plan to unite seven incredible comic podcasts for an event unlike any other Read More

Comic book writer, Jeremy Holt, joins Badr this week to describe their 12 yr journey working in the industry, finding inspiration in unpacked trauma, Asian representation, NYC restaurants, and describes how it feels to have their first Image series ( Made in Korea ) and first Marvel publication (Marvel Voices: Read More

The crew spend the first half of the episode highlighting Shang-Chi's comic origin and his dubious ties to the pulp villain, Fu Manchu, as well as Asian representation in comics, Gene Luen Yang's updated version of the character, and how it all ties into the upcoming movie.  The crew also Read More

This episode was originally released for our Patreon community  as the sixth episode of our new spin-off series: PILOT'S LICENSE, which are episodes dedicated to revisiting popular comic book cartoons and animated shows. We not only rewatched the first episode of the Spawn animated series, but also discussed Spawn's comic Read More