The Short Box Podcast: A Comic Book Talk Show

We're proud to present the debut of our new ongoing bonus series: Pilots License,  a Patreon exclusive spin-off devoted to comic book cartoons and animated shows

This episode features Badr & Drew disc…

 We cover the second episode (Chapter 10) of the new season of The Mandalorian, "The Passenger". The Mandalorian must ferry a passenger with precious cargo on a risky journey.  This episode contains …

Batman: Mad Love is next up to receive our comic spotlight treatment. It's the 1994 Eisner Award-winning comic by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm, set in the continuity of Batman: The Animated Series, and f…

Taking a break from our usual comic -themed topics, we're covering the first episode (Chapter 9) of the new season of The Mandalorian, "The Marshall".  The episode stars Pedro Pascal as the Mandalori…

Justin Jordan's (Luther Strode, Reaver, Green Lantern) popular Webtoons series, Urban Animal,  is seeing print for the first time! It's the story about a normal kid who finds out he's not so normal w…

This is it, our milestone 300th episode!  Not only do we discuss Venom's first full appearance in the iconic Amazing Spider-Man #300, but past guests, friends of the show, and some mystery patrons ca…

This is the last stop on our road to 300 before we drop our landmark show, next week. Here is a remastered version of the episode that started it all, the first episode of the Short Box from December…

Comic book artist and illustrator, Jim Rugg (Afrodiasiac, Street Angel,PLAIN Janes), joins us to talk about his new comic, Octobriana 1976, the world's first fluorescent black light comic, and the su…

We're reviewing Mike Mignola's first solo-written Hellboy story, The Wolves of St. August, as suggested by our patrons. Everyone's favorite occult investigator travels to the Balkans to find it decim…

Our road to 300 begins now! We're revisiting key episodes from the Short Box saga, starting with a remastered version of the first episode featuring the crew you know today. Originally released as "E…

The crew have an in depth discussion about the comic book series that inspired the New Mutants movie, the "Demon Bear Saga"  (10:32). Ed shares his thoughts on the movie's adaptation (1:02:45) and ev…

Desiree Rodriguez, an Eisner award-winning editor, and comic writer, stops by to chat about her role at Lion Forge comics, working with Gail Simone on Catalyst Prime: Seven Days, where she sees the i…

This episode was recorded live at Gotham City Limit's Free Comic Book Day event.  Badr interviewed fans in attendance and the staff about the FCBD offerings, and DC Fandome movie trailers like The Ba…

The crew share their personal top five comic artist list (22:40) and discuss the DC layoffs and Jim Lee's response (55:58). Bets are wagered on the outcome of this year's superhero movies: New Mutant…

The Short Box is excited to premiere the pilot episode of the Bart of Darkness' upcoming podcast debut: Simpsons Is Greater Than, a show about the cultural impact of the Simpsons. Press play to liste…

Warren Evans, aka Bart of Darkness, is back for a special conversation introducing his upcoming podcast debut: "Simpsons Is Greater Than", a podcast about the creative impact of The Simpsons. We'll b…

The crew catch up on listener emails (09:37), revisit the Michael Jordan of comic artist debate (11:53), get nostalgic over Marvel trading cards (27:27), speculate on the fate of the DC Universe app …

The crew celebrates the career, and talent of Art Adams, and his influence on  a generation of comicbook artists, in addition to discussing the New Mutants trailer, Helstrom, and other Comic-Con@Home…

Badr and Drew pay Walt a visit to discuss Empyre's prelude issues (10:57), debate who is the Michael Jordan of comic book artists (45:00), and tackle Drew's doubt in Rick Remender (01:03:23). Who do …

Last week, we invited a select group of Short Box Patrons to join us for a secret live show. The conversation was focused on Roger Corman's, unreleased 1994 Marvel movie, "The Fantastic Four", and th…