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20+ yr comic veteran and variant cover artist extraordinaire, Tyler Kirkham, joins the show for a chat about his upcoming Moon Knight #1 variant, breaking in at Top Cow studios, working at DC comics,…
The crew revisit the Taskmaster's first appearance from Avengers #195-196, to celebrate the upcoming release of the Black Widow movie. In addition to sharing their thoughts on the upcoming MCU film: …
Badr reunites with Drew and Walt for another
"Bags & Boards" edition of the show. The trio have a laid back conversation all about the X-Men's new status-quo, thanks to the Dawn of X relaunch— Speci…
Los Angeles-based comic creator-duo: Dave Baker and Nicole Goux, join the show to talk about their new original graphic novel coming out from Dark Horse, titled Everyone Is Tulip (00:22:22), which fo…
The Short Box crew (sans Cesar) catch up on recent comic news (see list below), announce a coffee giveaway, debate which upcoming blockbuster will be a snoozer or a sleeper (00:42:52), and Ashley f…
Badr and Drew record a quick, casual conversation about the debut episode of Loki, and discuss the God of Mischief's role in The Avengers, his best moments, and time-travel in the MCU. SPOILER WARNIN…
With the release of the Loki Disney+ series today, we're examining the first volume of Kieron Gillen & Doug Braithwaite's 2011 Journey Into Mystery (#622-626) comic series. The Fear Itself tie-in fin…
The Short Box crew took a break this week, but here's a preview of a new bi-weekly bonus series: Pod Boys, hosted by Badr and frequent Short Box guest turned podcast host (Simpsons is Greater Than): …
Eli Schwab loves comics, and stays pretty busy creating them himself and helping other creators reach their goals. He's the founder of Cosmic Lion Productions (home of the WEEN Zine and Wizerd magazi…
Matt Lesniewski is a comic book artist and illustrator from Upstate New York, and the Eisner nominated creator of The Freak. He called in to talk about his new original graphic novel published by Dar…
The late great Marie Severin gets the spotlight treatment this week. The "Mirthful Mistress of Comics" is best known for her color and art contributions for EC Comics during its heyday in the 50's, a…
The crew is analyzing the first volume of the comic series: Jupiter's Legacy, ahead of the Netflix adaptation set to premiere on May 7th. The comic was published by Image Comics in 2013, and created …
After finishing the recording for this week's show (Ep.321, available now) Badr and Ed invited Ryan Paul Thompson (GAAM) to discuss the finale of Invincible, it's crossover appeal for longtime and n…
The full crew is back this week to talk about some recent comic news (see list below) and discuss the finale of The Falcon & The Winter Soldier. And it's been a minute since we took questions from th…
Troy Jeffery-Allen is an Editor & Content Manager for PREVIEWS World, home of the monthly catalog: PREVIEWS, which contains hundreds and hundreds of pages of upcoming comics and related merchandise, …
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Badr and Drew rewatch episode four of The Falcon & The Winter Soldier ("The Whole World is Watching") and…
Badr and Ed are joined by Drew & Bryan this week, to discuss the debut of the Invincible animated series (00:08:51). The new streaming series is based on the successful long-running comic book of the…
The hosts of The Wait for It Podcast (Phil Smith & Eric Serna), join us this week to talk about Zack Snyder's Justice League movie. We discuss the differences in Snyder's cut from the theatrical rele…
This week we put a spotlight on the 2003 comic series: Truth: Red, White, and Black (00:08:55). The series is written by Robert Morales and drawn by Kyle Baker, and follows Isaiah Bradley, and a bat…
Phil Smith, co-host of the Wait For It Podcast, joins us this week to recap and discuss the series finale of WandaVision and hypothesize what might come next in the MCU. The crew also share some wort…