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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!
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome 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.
The Corner Box is hosted by David & John. The show has published 170 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Paul Kupperberg talks!MPACT Comics on The Corner Box - S4Ep3" (27 October 2026, 46 minutes), "NYCC 2026 Reminisce and Some Manhole Mayhem on The Corner Box - S4Ep2" (20 October 2026, 41 minutes), and "EPISODE NUMBER ONE! All Shiny and Chrome on The Corner Box - S4Ep1" (13 October 2026, 50 minutes).
The Corner Box publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 48 minutes across 170 episodes.
Booking probability for The Corner Box is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Corner Box requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Corner Box's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for The Corner Box are Artists, Writers & Performers. The Corner Box has a leisure audience.
David & John hosts The Corner Box, a leisure podcast with 170 episodes published.
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Episode #3
What happens when DC Comics licenses Archie's forgotten superheroes, assembles a powerhouse creative team, and then seemingly does everything possible to sabotage its own success? Legendary writer and editor Paul...
Episode #2
John 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 the increasingly difficult task of...
Episode #1
It’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 that got them here. After reacting to the...
Episode #56
Three 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 comics history, the sanding-down of the...
Episode #55
What 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 to reshape Marvel's future while...
Episode #54
John 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 one of the most obsessive comic-book...
Episode #53
On 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 Liefeld variant. Between pulls, John...
Episode #52
In 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 target is the elusive Rob Liefeld cover...
Episode #51
Two 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 PANICKING!!! Ahem... Sorry. We have guests. I...
Episode #50
In 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 emotional shutdown to the birth of his ninja...
Episode #49
Special 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 the business runs through Underground...
Episode #48
David 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 Chain Kata causes a minor ashcan feeding...
Episode #47
David 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 Treasure of Dracula , built to read like...
Episode #46
What 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 difference between having technical...
Episode #45
David 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 perspective, breaking down how brutal...
Episode #44
This 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 Ideas leaves Manhattan. They kick around...
Episode #43
The 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 House of M , Civil War , Secret Invasion...
Episode #42
The 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 Gale’s granddaughter at the center of the...
Episode #41
Part 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 teeth. Bart talks Eclipso , DC exclusives...
Episode #40
Bart Sears joins David and John to unpack the early grind behind one of comics’ most muscular, instantly recognizable art styles. Bart talks about learning from Neal Adams, Ross Andru, Frank Frazetta, John Buscema, and...
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