Tales from the Short Box

Tales from the Short Box

Tales From The Short Box

Episodes 301
Avg. Duration 1h 22m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 4.9 (28)
Since Aug 2019
Latest Episode Oct 2025

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About This Podcast

Tales From the Short Box is a weekly Wednesday podcast where we talk about the comics that came out last week. Join hosts Adam Sheehan, Cacey Crawford, Shaun Betit, and RJ Veit as they talk about their favorite books from the week before.

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Tales From The Short Box Episode 224 - Martian Manhunter: Son of Mars by John Ostrander and tom Mandrake

Oct 01, 2025 1h 11m

It's the last episode of the season! Rj Is going to close us out with one last Ostrander and Madrake pick, Martian Manhunter: Sun of Mars. We had a lot of fun with this one. We get to take a much…

The Spectre by John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake

Sep 24, 2025 55m

It's Rj's turn to pick an artist (or a creative team), and we are diving straight into Hell with The Spectre by John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake. We follow Jim Corrigan as he tries to fulfill his…

Tales From The Short box #222 - The Fade Out by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips

Sep 17, 2025 1h 3m

It's part two of Shaun's Brubaker/Phillips series, and we're going back to Old Hollywood. We follow a couple of blacklisted screen writers as they try to solve a murder from within the movie…

Tales From The Short Box #221 - Incognito by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips

Sep 10, 2025 1h 5m

It's Shaun's turn to pick an artist, and he has predictably brought us some Sean Phillips, and Ed Brubaker. We're starting off the series with Incognito. It's a hard boiled sci-fi neo-noir with an…

Tales From The Short Box Episode 220 - Flex Mentallo by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely

Sep 03, 2025 1h 5m

Cacey's got another one for us from one of our favorite duos, Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely! This week we really stretch our brains with Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery. Join us as we discuss…

Tales From The Short Box #219 - WE3 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely

Aug 27, 2025 56m

It's Cacey's turn to pick an artist to showcase for this season, and we're getting a double feature of Frank Quitely and Grant Morrison! We're kicking it off with WE3. This book covers all 2…

Tales From The Short Box #218 - Kingdom Come by Alex Ross and Mark Waid

Aug 20, 2025 1h 26m

It's part two of our Alex Ross series as Adam takes us through Kingdom Come. Mark Waid and Alex Ross team up to bring us a very stark warning about total power. Set in the not-too-distant-future of…

Tales From The Short Box #217 - Fantastic Four: Full Circle by Alex Ross and Josh Johnson

Aug 13, 2025 55m

We're back! It's been a long break. Longer than we expected. But we are excited to be back doing what we do here. And that's talk about our favorite comics! This season we are each picking an artist…

Special Announcement About Our Upcoming Season

Jul 26, 2025 19m

Hey Everybody! We've been gone a long time, and we're going to be gone a little while longer, but we wanted to get in your feed and talk to you all about what is coming up next season. We also have…

TFTSB Classics:She hulk by Rainbow Rowell

Jul 03, 2025 1h 9m

We dig into our back issues once again for another episode of TFTSB Classics. This week it's TFTSB #190. Frined of the shop and long time listener JenaLee brought us SHE HULK by Rainbow Rowell, with…

TFTSB Classics: Uncanny X-Force: Apocalypse Solution by Rick Remender

Jun 28, 2025 1h 5m

It's another round of TFTSB classics, where we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes. This week we are coming back to TFTSB #192. We are joined by close friend of the Shop, Faust. They have…

TFTSB Classics: Land of the Lustrous by Haruko Ichikawa

Jun 19, 2025 1h 5m

For this season's break, we are going back to some of our favorite episodes. This week, we're going to revisit a conversation with one of our favorite writers (and friend of the show) Leah Williams…

TFTSB Classics: Tale Of Sand by Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, and Ramon K Perez with special guest host Jackson Lanzing

Jun 11, 2025 56m

For this season's break, we are going back to some of our favorite episodes. This is TFTSB episode 199, where we talked to Jackson Lanzig(NYX, Batman Beyond, Star Trek) about one of his favorite…

Tales From the Short Box #216 - Hobtown Mystery Stories Vol 1: The Case of the Missing Men by Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes

May 23, 2025 49m

It is our last episode of the season and it is RJ's turn to pick a title from last year. He has brought us the wonderfully quirky and strange murder mystery, Hobtown Mystery Stories Vol 1: The Case…

Tales From The Short Box #215 - Starman by James Robinson

May 16, 2025 53m

It's Rj's turn to take us back to the year of his birth. It's 1994, and we are diving head first into Starman by James Robinson, Tony Harris and Wade Von GanBadger. It was a great year for comics,…

Last Week's Comics #39 - Squachin' Around

May 14, 2025 46m

It's time for Last Week's Comics! We've got a lot of fun, alternate universe action this week. Also Logan's body hair, gross science experiments, and Cacey over-shares. Pull List (with spoiler time…

Tales From The Short Box #214 - Deviant by James Tynion IV and Joshua Hixon

May 09, 2025 1h 13m

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…

Last Week's Comics #38 - 1 Gorilla Grodd vs 100 Men

May 07, 2025 1h 2m

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…

Tales From the Short Box #213 - The Dreamer by Will Eisner

Apr 25, 2025 39m

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…

Last Week's Comics #37 - Move Over Brat Summer...

Apr 23, 2025 47m

It's that time again. Time for Last Week's Comics. Join us as we celebrate the kickoff of Superman Summer. Also bad films by great directors, squelchy reconstructions, and Wolverine doing what he's…

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Tales from the Short Box has published 301 episodes since August 2019, covering topics in Arts, Books.

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