About this podcast
Welcome to The Corner Box, where we talk about comic books as an industry and an art form. You never know where the discussion will go, or who’ll show up to join hosts David Hedgecock and John Barber. Between them they’ve spent decades writing, drawing, lettering, coloring, editing, editor-in-chiefing, and publishing comics. If you want to know the behind-the-scenes secrets—the highs and lows, the ins and outs—of the best artistic medium in the world, listen in and join the club at The Corner Box!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 171 episodes
- Not a Jumping Off Point on The Corner Box - S4Ep4 · 51 min · Season 4 Episode 4The Corner Box is back, but David has some disturbing news: the show's latest #1 relaunch may have sent listeners running for the exits, and John thinks it's time to embrace…
- Paul Kupperberg talks !MPACT Comics on The Corner Box - S4Ep3 · 46 min · Season 4 Episode 3What happens when DC Comics licenses Archie's forgotten superheroes, assembles a powerhouse creative team, and then seemingly does everything possible to sabotage its own…
- NYCC 2026 Reminisce and Some Manhole Mayhem on The Corner Box - S4Ep2 · 41 min · Season 4 Episode 2John Barber is MIA, so David Hedgecock recruits Fun Time Go Editor-in-Chief Chase Marotz for a post-New York Comic Con debrief featuring Kevin Smith, bargain-bin treasures, and…
- EPISODE NUMBER ONE! All Shiny and Chrome on The Corner Box - S4Ep1 · 50 min · Season 4 Episode 1It’s a shiny new #1 for The Corner Box as Season Four kicks off with a suspicious amount of metallic ink, and David and John reacquainting everyone with the comic-industry scars…
- Outlaw Energy or the Season Finale on The Corner Box - S3Ep56 · 1 h 15 min · Season 3 Episode 56Three seasons, zero missed weeks, and one comic book genie later, David and John close out Season 3 by making three wishes for the future of comics. They tackle disappearing…
- Everything is Fixed Thanks to The Corner Box - S3Ep55 · 1 h 7 min · Season 3 Episode 55What happens if Marvel hands you the keys and says, "Fix everything"? David Hedgecock and John Barber tackle that challenge by debating the one creator and one project they'd use…
- Tik Tik Tik KaChunk on The Corner Box - S3Ep54 · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 54John and David cover a stack of new releases, from Doom Patrol, Legion of Super-Heroes, and Teen Titans to the surprising new Archie relaunch. Along the way, John tumbles into…
- Punchey-Punch, Fightey-Fight, and a Little Bitey-Bite on The Corner Box - S3Ep53 · 35 min · Season 3 Episode 53On part two of this episode, the blind bag madness continues as David opens the second half of his twenty Terminal #1 mystery packs in pursuit of the increasingly mythical Rob…
- Opening Blind Bags Till We Liefeld on The Corner Box - S3Ep52 · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 52In Part One of this two-part episode, David attempts the most brilliant thing ever done on a comic podcast or the dumbest… opening a stack of TWENTY Terminal #1 blind bags. His…
- Miss Mina and Tyrant Fall Kicking it LIVE! with Max, Brennan and The Corner Box - S3Ep51 · 42 min · Season 3 Episode 51Two episodes in one day?! What's the special occasion? Well... David's Miss Mina and the Midnight Guardians Book Three campaign launches today and HE'S NOT PANICKING! YOU'RE…
- Steven Grant Master of the (Not So) Obvious on The Corner Box - S3Ep50 · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 50In part two of this exclusive two-part Corner Box conversation, special guest Steven Grant joins David and John for a brutally honest trip through comics, from the Punisher’s…
- Steven Grant and His Perfect Punisher on The Corner Box - S3Ep49 · 40 min · Season 3 Episode 49Special guest Steven Grant joins David and John to explain how measles, Flash of Two Worlds, and one very strange dime-operated comics rack rewired his childhood. His road into…
- Hot Artists on the Steel Streets of The Corner Box - S3Ep48 · 52 min · Season 3 Episode 48David unveils the new Top 10 Hottest Artists list, from Mark Spears and Brett Bean to Nick Dragotta, Ryan Ottley, and Hayden Sherman at the top. Daniel Warren Johnson’s upcoming…
- The Egret of Happiness or SDCC Recap on The Corner Box - S3Ep47 · 38 min · Season 3 Episode 47David and John compare San Diego Comic-Con scars, including a panel-opening challenge that landed like a wet fart. John unveils his work on a 3D comic adaptation of Santo and the…
- You Can't Hit Batman in the Back of the Head on The Corner Box - S3Ep46 · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 46What separates a technically solid comic from one that grabs three Marvel editors by the throat at the same time? That question leads John through Jason Aaron’s early career, the…
- Driving Us Absolutely Batty on The Corner Box - S3Ep45 · 1 h 4 min · Season 3 Episode 45David opens the show at his breaking point after a recent issue of Captain America delivers artwork he believes never should have made it to print. John brings the former-editor…
- R.C. Samo Brings Fanboy Nation to The Corner Box - S3Ep44 · 53 min · Season 3 Episode 44This week gets fun when R.C. Samo of FanboyNation.com joins David and John to talk Marvel’s Burbank move, Steve Wacker’s new editorial role, and what gets lost when the House of…
- Your Good-Time Comic Pals Having a Chitty-Chat on The Corner Box - S3Ep43 · 56 min · Season 3 Episode 43The fellas get into how summer events stopped feeling like summer events and became a never-ending conveyor belt of crossover noise. John pulls from the Marvel trenches with…
- David Pepose in the Wonderful Land of The Corner Box - S3Ep42 · 60 min · Season 3 Episode 42The guys sit down with David Pepose as The O.Z. heads toward its third and final Kickstarter chapter, turning the Wizard of Oz into a war-torn fantasy battlefield with Dorothy…
- Bart Sears Gives Away Ominous Secrets on The Corner Box - S3Ep41 · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 41Part 2 of the Bart Sears interview continues as Bart walks David and John through the high-pressure years where every career move looked massive and every deadline came with…
