Tales from the Short Box

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.  Pull List (with Spoiler Time Stamps): 00:10:54 - Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 00:21:08 - Absolute Wonder Woman #6 00:31:18 - Green Arrow #22 00:338:49 - You'll Do Bad Things #1...

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 Ameri...

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.    Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:12:02 - Ultimates #10 00:21:16 - Zatanna #2 00:33:21 - The Moon is Following Us #7 00:40:58 - Teenage...

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 wa...

Today we read Golden Kamuy by Satoru Noda and learn how to survive in the forest while also hunting down a treasure map tattooed on a bunch of escaped prisoners.  It gets real wild and gory in this unique spin on the Lone Wolf and Cub dynamic.  Support Tales From The Short Box by joining our Patreon! patreon.com/BraveNewWorldsComics  

This week we learn about the classic Japanese art of Rakugo. Join us for some down-to-earth shonen action in the world of comedic performance art in Akane-banashi by Yuki Suenaga Takamasa Moue.  Support Tales From The Short Box by joining our Patreon! patreon.com/BraveNewWorldsComics  

It's another season break, which means it's time for a brand new manga series.  We kick things off with the first volume of Mobile Suit Gundam. We explore the origins of Gundam as retold in this beautiful series.  Join us for some giant robot action!

It's our season finale! This week we're reading Shaun's foreign pick, Blacksad by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido.  This book was originally published in French, and written by a Spanish creative team, but takes place in mid 20th century America.  It's a refreshing perspective of mid-century politics all told from the perspective of cartoon animals.  Tune in for some hard-boiled Antro-Noir. ...

It is our last regular episode of LWC for the season.  It's also an off week since last week was a 5th Wednesday.  But there are some good specials and one-offs to talk about.  Also radio call signs, creepy clown parades, and  inside thoughts on the outside. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:10:00 - Seasons #1 00:18:48 - Ice Cream Man #43 00:33:34 - Superman: Lex Luthor Special #1 Support T...

This week it's Shaun's Domestic pick: Sleeper by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. This book has a little bit of everything. Superheroes, double agents, high stakes heists, even a bit of steamy romance. It's the kind of break-neck anti-hero story we've come to expect from this creative team, and it's one that we haven't read before (except RJ, who has read everything). Support Tales From The Short Bo...

It's time for another episode of Last Week's comics!  We contemplate some current events as they tangle into some major DC stories.  Also sports on the radio, mutual aid,  and the answer to the ultimate question. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:08:19 - Green Arrow #20 00:23:36 - Wonder Woman #17 00:39:10 - Doctor Doom & Rocket Raccoon Support Tales From The Short Box by joining our Patreo...

This week we explore Adam's foreign comic pick: TREASURE OF THE BLACK SWAN by Paco Roca and Guillermo Corral, with translation by Andrea Rosenberg! This book was its own hidden treasure, a complete mystery until we dove in to find an incredible story. It's the true-to-life account of what happens when treasure hunters find loot in a lost wreckage, and how the origin country of that wreckage tries...

We are back (again) after a short hiatus (again) to bring you last week's comics! Also cat dragons, winter soldiers, and the thing behind the door.   Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:09:34 - Shadow of the Golden Crane #1 00:14:04 - Challengers of the Unknown #2 00:30:21 - Ultimate Wolverine #1 00:42:09 -  You Won't Feel A Thing #1 Support Tales From The Short Box by joining our Patreon! pa...

This week we dive into Adam's TBR pile and find CONCRETE: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION by Paul Chadwick! This one subverted all of our expectations, taking what should've been a straightforward superhero comic and turning it on its head. Sure, there's a guy who got his brain swapped into a giant man made of rocks, but it's really a slice of life story about a man taking a tragedy and figuring out how t...

We are back from a bit of a holiday break. But we've got our favorite comics from the last few weeks to talk about! Also elementary science lessons, collectible popcorn buckets, and the little bit of Plastic Man in each one of us.  Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:13:16 - New Gods #1 00:25:54 - Plastic Man No More #4 00:37:19 - Metamorpho: The Element Man #1 00:49:28 - Ultimate Spider-Man...

This week was RJ's foreign pick, and we dove into the modern masterpiece SHUBEIK LUBEIK by Deena Mohamed! In this 21st century fairy tale set in Cairo, Egypt, wishes are a commodity that can be mined, and first class wishes are the most coveted of all. As a kiosk purveyor attempts to sell these expensive wishes one by one, we explore the lives of people desperate for a solution to their diverse an...

Join us for our last Wednesday of the year.  Take a break from your last minute shopping and check out what comics came out last week! Also disposable Nick Furys, Gotham serial killers, and giant robots combining to make even gianter robots.  Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:13:14 - Ultimate Universe: One Year In 00:36:04 - Transformers #15 00:44:14 - Batman: Dark Patterns #1 00:57:14 - Th...

RJ is up with his first pick of the season.  His domestic pick this week is Angel City by Janet Harvey, Megan Levens, Nick Filardi. We take a trip back to 1930s Hollywood with a hard boiled noir crime story drawn from real events.  It combines two of RJ's favorite things: Classic Hollywood, and classic film noir.   Support Tales From The Short Box by joining our Patreon! patreon.com/BraveNewWorlds...

It's time for another round of last week's picture books! This week we welcome in the Yuletide season with holiday horror anthologies.  Also Krampus hunting, mind prisons, and Mojo gets into the attention economy.  Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:07:03 - Absolute Superman #2 00:18:37 - Dread The Halls 00:26:21 - Two-Face #1 00:37:27 - NYX #6 Support Tales From The Short Box by joining our...

It's time to get weird! We're taking on the best selling European Sci-fi comic of all time, The Incal by Alejandro Jordorowsky and Moebius. It's all vibes as we talk about the dreamlike adventure of John Difool.  Support Tales From The Short Box by joining our Patreon! patreon.com/BraveNewWorldsComics .                       

It's all DC comics this week! And two of them have Dan Mora art!  Also Doomsday is back, Batman is on drugs, and the mighty War Wheel!  Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:11:10 - Justice League Unlimited #1 00:20:49 - Superman #20 00:32:45 - Black Canary: Best of the Best #1 Detective Comics #1091 Support Tales From The Short Box by joining our Patreon! patreon.com/BraveNewWorldsComics  

We finally did it! We tackled one of our proverbial white whales: V FOR VENDETTA by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. It's such a precise, dense, frustrating, and prophetic treatise on the escalation of fascism in a failed state. Simultaneously, it's a gorgeous, hopeful, and inspiring manifesto for building a world based around love and community care from the ashes of the fallen authoritarian empire. I...

It's once again time to talk about our favorite 7-day-old comics! This week we stare into the horrors of reality from inside the horror genre. Also multiple Blues Beetles, a murder mystery in space, and Batman has a visit from CPS!   Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:12:44 - Ice Cream Man #42 00:31:10 - Exceptional X-Men #3 00:47:42 - The Question: All Along the Watchtower 01:01:20 - Batman...

This week we had the pleasure of welcoming the incomparable JACKSON LANZING as a guest host! You know Jackson from such works as NYX, Batman Beyond, The Outsiders, Joyride, Star Trek, and many many more phenomenal comics, but we brought him here to talk about a different phenomenal comic: TALE OF SAND by Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, & drawn by Ramon K Perez! Around 1967 to 1968, Jim Henson and Jerry Ju...

We are back for more comics that came out since the last time we did this! It's been a while, and a lot has happened, but we're ready to chat comics again. Also dogs with IMDB pages, planet-sized bad-guys, and a new hero for the working class.  Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:11:08 - Green Lantern #17 00:20:57 - Absolute Superman #1 00:32:06 - Poison Ivy Swamp Thing: Feral Trees 00:41:10...