The Corner Box
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!
The Corner Box
Latest Episodes
NYCC 2026 Reminisce and Some Manhole Mayhem on The Corner Box - S4Ep2
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 find...
EPISODE NUMBER ONE! All Shiny and Chrome on The Corner Box - S4Ep1
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...
Outlaw Energy or the Season Finale on The Corner Box - S3Ep56
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 medium’s rough edges, a...
Everything is Fixed Thanks to The Corner Box - S3Ep55
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 unpacking the edit...