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Can’t make it to your local comic shop? The Short Box Podcast brings the comic shop experience straight to your headphones. Join host Badr Milligan every Wednesday for comic book news, reviews, and in-depth interviews with the writers, artists, and creators behind your favorite comics. Discover new releases, hear the stories behind how comics are made, and stay connected to comic book culture. Whether you’re a longtime collector or casual reader, The Short Box is your New Comic Book Day companion and a must-listen comic book podcast for fans and collectors. Join The Short Box Nation at Patreon.com/theshortbox for bonus episodes and exclusive perks.

Recent Episodes

Does Lanterns Feel Like Green Lantern? Lanterns Review, Plus Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, and Comic Reviews (Unlocked Patreon Episode)

Originally recorded on 8/26/26 for Patreon, Drew and Badr don’t exactly see eye-to-eye on DC’s Lanterns show. After watching the first two episodes, Drew is already sold, while Badr wonders if the Green Lantern series has gone a little too far in the True Detective direction. Then it’s over to Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, the new Marvel fighting game that unexpectedly won us over. Plus: remembering Dolly Parton, revisiting Big Hero 6, and plenty of comic book recommendations and reviews, inc...

94 MIN

From Doom to Darkseid: Sanford Greene Talks Darkseid vs. the World, Spider-Verse and Bitter Root Movie

Award-winning comic artist Sanford Greene returns to The Short Box to talk about his massive new DC project, DC All In Saga: Darkseid vs. the World #1, and the surprising connection between Darkseid and his acclaimed 2024 Doom one-shot. Sanford reveals how a conversation with a comic shop retailer helped spark the idea for his Darkseid story, working with Snyder and Joshua Williamson, and the Jack Kirby and manga influences behind the book The conversation also dives into Sanford’...

85 MIN

How Chuck Brown went from working in IT to writing award-winning comics, Bitter Root, and Supernatural's Dean Winchester

Eisner and Ringo Award-winning comic writer Chuck Brown joins The Short Box to talk about his career, Bitter Root, and taking Dean Winchester on a brand-new hunt in Dynamite Entertainment’s Supernatural: Dean Winchester. Chuck breaks down how a seemingly throwaway line from the very first episode of Supernatural inspired his new comic, what it takes to write a character with 15 seasons of history, and his early beginnings in South Carolina, his years of self-publishing and working in IT befor...

58 MIN

Ben Kingsbury takes on Batman Day 2026 and Picks the Best Comics of The Summer

Gotham City Limit owner Ben Kingsbury is back on the podcast for a Batman-heavy episode celebrating Batman Day 2026! Recorded live inside the shop, Ben breaks down why Absolute Batman continues to bring new readers into comic stores, whether classics like The Dark Knight Returns and The Long Halloween still hold up as essential Batman recommendations, and his personal favorite Batman stories. Then we put his Dark Knight knowledge to the test with a round of Batman trivia, followed by a previe...

71 MIN

Greg Pak on Planet Hulk, ThunderCats & Why Monsters Matter

In this episode, we dive into a rich conversation with acclaimed comic writer Greg Pak, writer of over 600 comics and best known for his influential work on Marvel blockbuster stories like Planet Hulk and World War Hulk, creator owned series like Mech Cadet Yu, and longest-running Darth Vader comics series. Greg looks back on why Planet Hulk still resonates 20 years later, how his filmmaking background shaped the way he writes comics, and the creation of characters like Amadeus Cho and ...

75 MIN