Tales from the Short Box

It’s Adam’s turn to pick a book from last year, and he’s bringing us Deviant by James Tynion IV and Joshua Hixon.  This is a nailbiting ho-done-it that kept us all in suspense up to the very last panel.  We all had a lot to say about this one, as it landed right in each of our wheelhouses for different reasons.  It had a neo-noir style mystery at its core, it touched on serial killer lore, and also serves as a very imp...

It’s once again time for another hour of talking about last week’s comics! We get into the important questions.  Like how would Martian powers manifest in a gorilla body? How much beef can a velociraptor eat? Who has the right of way on a two-way stop? And so much more!  

It’s Adam’s turn to take us back to the year of his birth. And why not also go back to the birth of comics? It’s 1985 and we’re talking about The Dreamer by Will Eisner. This is the semi-autobiographical story of not only Eisner’s rise as one of the best to ever do it, but the story of comics itself. It’s a love letter to comics as told in one of the first “Graphic novels.” 

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for last week’s comics! This week is full of some staple favorites.  Also late night double features, silent ninjas, and ghost gentrification.

It’s Shaun’s turn to take us back to the year of his birth, and we are going back to 1988 with Batman: The Cult by Jim Starlin, Bernie Wrightson, and Bill Wray.  We find Batman at his lowest as he gets drawn into an underground murder cult.  We explore cult ideology, the masterful work of the creative team, and giant monster trucks! 

Join us as we share our favorite comics from last week and our favorite popcorn recipes. Also more tales form the old-maniverse, Kal-El’s crash to Earth, and DC resurrects an old forgotten favorite. 

Get ready for a squealchy one! This week, we're peeling back the pages of Cacey's pick from 2024: THE RIBBON QUEEN by Garth Ennis, Jacen Burrows, & Dan Brown. One part supernatural revenge elemental unleashed upon some deserving monsters; one part modern social commentary on police brutality and accountability in America; and it all comes together as one powerful (and icky) narrative!                                   ...

It is once again time to talk about last week’s funny books! Join us as we make some wild predictions about some newly developing stories. Also other worldly hallucinations, Skeleton Pegasus, and personal space invaders. 

It’s officially a new season of TFTSB, and we have a new theme! We are each picking a book from the year we were born, and one from the last year. We’re starting out in 1990 with Cacey’s pick Shade The Changing Man by Peter Milligan and Chris Bachalo. We dive down a psychedelic rabbit hole as we explore the Kennedy assassination, corruption in Hollywood and the deteriorating credulity of the American people. It’s a wei...

It’s a brand new season of Last Week’s Comics! We play a little catch up and talk about some of our favorite books that have come out since last time we saw each other.  Also nightmare logic, telepathic dead rats, and RJ conures up another Zatanna book. 

We are officially back from our break, and we’re kicking it off with a special guest episode! Travis Bow from Minute of Thieves and Reel Comic Heroes podcasts joins us for Annihilation by Keith Giffen, Andrea Divito, and Laura Villari. It’s a universe sized cosmic Marvel event where our titular character has big plans of being the last thing left in the universe.  It’s a good old-fashioned star war!