Shortbox Summary

An irregular episode with a soon to be regular guest!

Zizi returns to the show for the first time! We talk about the comics we're looking forward to this summer, the movies we're excited for, our dreams, our fears, and most importantly - our comic blindspots.

It's a little early in the year, but with this unseasonable heat and humidity it's the right time to air some grievances, especially about comics.

I try so hard to stay positive about comics, and I think we all did that today. But I am beyond frustrated with the business side of Marvel and I invited some friends on to let me get something off my chest. I also give them the opportunity to tell me if I'm right or if I'm entitled.

Huge thanks to the Last Comic Shop Podcast boys, always a pleasure to talk comics with you!

We welcome Chad from Last Comic Shop Podcast to run us through his pull list and which books he thinks you should be reading. Much like all of the hosts at LCS Pod, if they're recommending it, you should be reading it!

Before we get to the main course, I dish my thoughts on Marvel's current line of Spider-man, Star Wars, and Ultimate books and tell you which ones I think are worth your time.

Hello, Internet! This week, I go over my thoughts on the current stable of X-Men books and which ones you need to be reading.

But, the main event - one of my favorite guests we've had on the show returns - it's Carlos! Carlos Loves Spider-man, and you can find him on Twitter and Bluesky with that very handle. We talk Spidey-titles, we talk Absolute vs Ultimate, we have a blast, and I hope you do too!

Hello, internet! Welcome back to Shortbox Summary - this week we break down the best Image books that are currently on my pull list and then for the main event - JA Scott from my favorite comic book show, The Last Comic Shop Podcast, joins me to talk about their pull list and what it's like reading comics abroad!

AND WE'RE BACK! It's been a minute but I'm finally ready to start releasing pods again.

This week we're talking about what I think of DC's current offering of books, and 5 titles that I think should be on everyone's titles. Do I cheat and include 11? Absolutely. Do I have a reason to? Absolutely. Is absolutely a pun? Absolutely.

After that we talk to artist Kevin Newburn about their pull list and what I need to add to mine! Kevin is a wonderful artist from the PNW who works on zines and loves comics. Follow him on Blue Sky at @kevinnewburn.bsky.social

SHORTBOX RETURNS!

I am high on cold medicine, so please forgive the lateness of this episode, and the quality of the first 20 minutes. I forgot how to read, which is unfortunate, because the first third of this episode is just me reading my summary of X-Factor (2005) 1-6 with a quick summary of Madrox (2004) 1-5 beforehand.

We (briefly) cover the five issue Madrox miniseries from 2004-2005 before jumping into X-Factor (2005) issues 1-6. We are in the House of M fallout and it's covering characters I didn't know before I randomly picked up a new issue 1 halfway through my sophomore year of high school. Is it good? Actually, yeah, it's pretty good. We summarize the books read in the first 20 minutes and then start the conversation with fabio at 20:05. Oh yeah, Fabio is back! Do you like him? I like him. So yeah, this should be a pretty good episode I recorded a little buzzed off cold medicine, please to enjoy!

There are some new beats in this episode, provided to me by the singularly genius talent of Bugatti Elroy. Please find him on twitter @bugattielroy

AND WE'RE BACK! I don't know if that vacation was deserved but it was definitely needed.

Fabio returns to the show to help cover the fallout from House of M. First up, we talk House of M: Decimation - The Day After one shot that sets up story threads across existing and new (and returning) titles in the X-world of books and then we cover the three part HOUSE ARREST story that ran in adjective-less X-Men issues 177-179.

If you're not interested in the summary, skip ahead to the conversation Fabio and I have at the 15:20 mark.

Again, shout out to @bugattielroy for some absolutely killer beats I can't wait to use on the show going forward!

I'm glad you like my show, but there are a ton of comic podcasts that I'm obsessed with! Track them down on Twitter:

None of my Friends Like Comics - @NoComicFriends

The Last Comic Shop Podcast - @lastcomicshop

The SJW Comic Book Club - @sjwcomicscast

Wednesday Pull List! - @WednesdayPull

Digging for Kryptonite - @diggingforkrpod

Geeksplained - @GeeksplainedPod

WE FINALLY DID! For the 3rd, maybe even the 4th time (who's counting?) we record our MILESTONE 50th EPISODE!

It's finally time to talk about House of M, the first proper event of this new era of Marvel, and we celebrate it in style.

After an in-depth summary provided by yours truly, we're joined by a stacked panel of guests! Anthony Stokes, Jojo, Richard Fairgray, Amaya, and Aleah - some new voices some returning favorites help me tackle this monumental story from as many different angles as possible. Thanks again to everyone who helped ring in the real 50th episode of Shortbox Summary in such grand fashion. Here's to the next 50!

twitter follows:

Stokes - @StokesTheWriter

Jojo - @JojoTalksComics

Richard - @RichardFairgray

Amaya - @ChewieDanvers

Aleah - @Aleah413

Collin - ... too cool for twitter, but DM me and I'll pass the message along.

2005 was a banner year for comics and everything else. This is the start of our House of M coverage, where Aleah and I break down the music - specifically the pop-punk and alternative songs that dominated our young lives. After that, Collin returns to break down the films we were seeing this summer back when the movies were nothing but magic. Next week we dive deep into the story of House of M, so get ready nerds - it's happening!