All the Cool Kids Listen to The Corner Box - S3Ep32

Things gets weird when David decides he’s one of the cool kids now and starts reading the hot books everyone’s chasing. Join David and John as they get into D’orc, Tigress Island, White Sky, and Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre, weighing which books have real legs and which ones are riding the heat wave. There’s a sharp little debate about speculation, blind bags, first printings, and whether indie launches are a better kind of market chase. The guys also detour through One Piece work ethic, public domain Batman schemes, Skottie Young’s artistic family tree, and Lobo jokes that may or may not land. By the end, the Corner Box may have accidentally created a new recurring feature: Wired or Tired.Captions“Yeah, it’s like we’re editors and we know what a deadline means.” — David on never missing a weekly episode“Once Batman hits public domain, it’s anybody’s game.” — David on the weird future of superhero ownership“I’m unquestionably more into new indie number ones than I am maybe [for a] Robert Downey Jr. drawn Iron Man on my Daredevil comic.” — John on hot indie books versus blind-bag gimmicks“Whatever gets good comics, I can live with a lot of the other stuff.” — David on speculation helping readers find strong books“A novel, John, is a comic book but there’s no pictures.” — David explaining a novel with maximum disrespect“It’s just goofy Lobo shit.” — John giving the cleanest possible Lobo review“The title is exactly what it is.” — David on Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre delivering the promised insanitySplash Page[00:00] – Deadline Warriors: David and John kick things off by bragging, accurately, that The Corner Box still hasn’t missed a week.[00:55] – The Oda Machine: One Piece sends the guys into manga production envy and the mystery of how weekly comics even happen.[02:35] – Public Domain Batman Schemes: David lays out his future plan for using Superman and Batman without putting the names on the cover.[06:45] – The Cool Kids Read Comics: David admits the show is getting popular, so naturally he had to start reading the hot books.[08:06] – Speculation With a Pulse: John argues that hot indie number ones are a healthier trend than blind bags and gimmick covers.[11:22] – D’orc Gets Graded: David gives the batch a rock-solid B and calls D’orc a fun, art-forward fantasy comedy still finding its quest.[21:49] – Tigress Island Takes the Crown: John and David both land on Tigress Island as the strongest book of the bunch.[28:58] – Cocaine Hippo Chaos: Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre arrives with cult-movie energy, social commentary, and exactly the level of madness promised.Support the Corner BoxDavid Hedgecock (https://linktr.ee/funtimego) - The Corner Box Co-HostJohn Barber (https://www.pugworldwide.com) - The Corner Box Co-HostThe Corner Box (https://www.thecornerbox.club) - Official WebsiteDive Deeper Into the Back Issue BinEiichiro Oda (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiichiro_Oda) - Creator of One Piece, brought up as the impossible weekly-comics workhorse.David Harper (https://sktchd.com) - Comics journalist behind SKTCHD, mentioned for his thoughts on which comics may still exist 50 years from now.Brett Bean (https://brettbean.substack.com) - Creator of D’orc, discussed for bringing Skottie Young-flavored fantasy comedy energy to Image.Skottie Young (https://www.skottieyoung.com) - Artist and writer whose influence becomes a whole side quest in the D’orc discussion.Jorge Corona (h