The Short Box Podcast: A Comic Book Talk Show · Badr Milligan of The Short Box Entertainment Company | Comic Book Podcast

Live Comic Podcast Show at NYCC 2025: The Short Box meets Comic Book Couples Counseling meets The Oblivion Bar meets Off Panel

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Jacksonville gets the first shout-out. Then the live recording settles into a New York Comic Con room that sounds like it took some work to find, which immediately becomes part of the joke. The host riffs on the chairs, the quiet, the air conditioning, and the whole panel feeling like it was assigned to a dungeon. It is a useful kind of awkward. Everyone in the room knows the convention drill. The crossover itself stays casual. The Short Box shares the stage with Off Panel, Comic Book Couples Counseling, and The Oblivion Bar, but it never feels like a stiff panel. It feels more like comics podcasters enjoying the fact that their worlds overlap for a minute. The host keeps thanking the audience without sanding off the convention-room weirdness. Off Panel gets the nervous-story spotlight. A guest talks about setting up an in-person Amy Jo Johnson interview and realizing it had to happen at her hotel. That is when the nerves hit. The story follows two interviewers trying to keep each other calm while also finding somewhere quiet enough to make the interview feel professional. The setup keeps getting worse in the funniest way. The balcony is too busy, a quieter alcove appears, furniture moves, and then random couples wander in to look at hallway art. The charm is in the embarrassment. A simple name-drop turns into a story about nerves, childhood fandom, and trying very hard not to ruin a rare chance. The teasing stays sweet, from a marriage proposal joke to the childhood love confession. David Harper gets his applause. Then the room shifts toward The Oblivion Bar before later closing with supporter shout-outs and the usual reminder to read a good comic.

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