The 1996 award-winning comic, Batman: The Long Halloween, won our last spotlight poll, and is credited as being a major influence on the upcoming The Batman film (according to director Matt Reeves). We decided to see how it holds up, and figure out how it might fit into the new Read More
The 1996 award-winning comic, Batman: The Long Halloween, won our last spotlight poll, and is credited as being a major influence on the upcoming The Batman film (according to director Matt Reeves). We decided to see how it holds up, and figure out how it might fit into the new Read More
The 1996 award-winning comic, Batman: The Long Halloween, won our last spotlight poll, and is credited as being a major influence on the upcoming The Batman film (according to director Matt Reeves). We decided to see how it holds up, and figure out how it might fit into the new Read More
Drew joins in on the celebration, and talks about his most treasured comics of all time, shares a pitch for his favorite Z-list Marvel character, and recalls his favorite convention memories, and the "grails" that got away. Plus, some Batman & Peacemaker talk! Want to support the show? Buy some merch Read More
Drew joins in on the celebration, and talks about his most treasured comics of all time, shares a pitch for his favorite Z-list Marvel character, and recalls his favorite convention memories, and the "grails" that got away. Plus, some Batman & Peacemaker talk! Want to support the show? Buy some merch Read More
To celebrate this epic milestone (350 episodes!!), we answered your questions about our favorite comics of all time, the most treasured items in our collections, and talked about our favorite moments from the past 10 years, in this extra-sized episode. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions. We couldn't do Read More
Bill Morrison, is a comic artist, the former editor-in-chief of MAD Magazine, and one of the co-founders of Bongo Comics. He joins the show this week for a comic-heavy conversation about his love of golden age Batman, working with Matt Groening on the Simpsons, the origin of Radioactive Man, run-ins Read More
The expansive career of Jim Lee, one of the most revered and respected artists in American comics, is the topic of our latest Artist Spotlight series. We talked about how his work has personally impacted us (00:09:18), the promise he made to his parents, and his early career (00:19:04), setting Read More
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
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
