Chris Arrant

Chris Arrant
Editor-in-Chief
Chris Arrant: Chris Arrant is the Popverse's Editor-in-Chief. He has written about pop culture for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, Newsarama, TOKYOPOP, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop News, and CBR. He is the author of the book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, co-authored Art of Spider-Man Classic, and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology Pros and (Comic) Cons. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. (He/him)
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Full panel videoWatch as Star Wars' Billy Dee Williams shares stories, cheats a kid at Sabacc, and more
Star Wars actor Billy Dee Williams sits down for a rare hour-long spotlight at C2e2
April 19, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Flash, and more get new costumes for DC summer event Absolute Power
The one-time Justice League have new clothes - and they'll need them, as they're losing their powers.
April 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The reason Marvel is changing the name of X-Men's Oya is surprisingly honest, direct, and all business
This new name for Idie Okonkwo would look good on a t-shirt.
April 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Marvel sees green with 'red band' comics, and dives into more Rated-R projects
Werewolf by Night is Marvel's next 'red band' comic
April 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Follow James Tynion IV and BOOM! Studios' C2E2 2024 panel here
James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas and Werther Dell'Edra will be talking about Something is Killing the Children, Memetic, Wynd, and more
April 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
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C2E2's gaming area gets an upgrade as Side Quest: TTRPGs, an Escape Room, LARPing, video games, and more
Whether you prefer dice, a joystick, or being in the game yourself, C2E2's Side Quest area has something for you
April 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Hasbro's former G.I. Joe and Transformers publishing boss launches his own creative development company
Popverse has said Michael Kelly is the hottest free agent in the comics business - and now he's going into business for himself
April 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Coheed & Cambria's Amory War saga is ending - and we have a first look
Spend your time well before the Amory Wars goes
April 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Solo Leveling movie release date: It's time to level up this January
Solo Leveling anime is coming - and you don't even have to leave your house to watch it!
April 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Upcoming Space Ghost reboot to "reclaim" the franchise "for a brand-new generation of fans"
Writer David Pepose talks about his upcoming Space Ghost comic with Jonathan Lau for Dynamite & Warner Bros.
April 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Wicked: We got up & close with the movie's costumes (and now so can you!)
Check out Elphaba's dress from Wicked, as displayed in Las Vegas' CinemaCon
April 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch nowWatch the full Sailor Moon anime panel with the Cast Reunion from C2E2 '21 free!
Sailor Guardians Amanda C. Miller (Sailor Jupiter) and Cristina Vee (Sailor Mars) talk about the hit anime
April 12, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Marvel Studios aims to outdo Dune 2's Sandworm popcorn bucket with Deadpool 3
MCU boss Kevin Feige says there's been "lewd and crude" popcorn buckets, but wait until you see Deadpool's
April 11, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Deadpool & Wolverine stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman have filmed a R-rated 'turn off your phones' movie theaters video, in character
Please do not SNIKT! in the movie theater, either.
April 11, 2024
Chris Arrant
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X-Men con no more: The Marvel fan convention MutantCon has been cancelled
X-Men fan conventions are becoming a thing in the U.S. - but not this one in Orlando
April 11, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Blumhouse's Wolf Man reboot first look debuts at CinemaCon
The first footage from the 2025 horror reboot Wolf Man was debuted at the Las Vegas industry event
April 11, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Fallout: How a category-5 hurricane and its aftermath soured me on dystopian stories... until, maybe, now
Dystopian fiction only works when real life isn't worse
April 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Amazon hasn't ordered a Fallout season 2 (yet), but the showrunners already have ideas
It's the end of the world as we know it, but can Fallout go for more than just one season?
April 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch Baldur's Gate, Legend of Zelda, Overwatch, Kingdom Hearts, and 22 more panels from MCM BIrmingham for free!
Birmingham's big pop culture event of the fall was MCM Comic Con - and you can watch all the big panels here with Popverse
April 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Fallout: why the Amazon Prime Video show is set in the game's continuity (and not rebooting the whole thing)
Fallout co-showrunner Graham Wagner reveals when it was decided, and why
April 09, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Fallout: How the COVID-19 pandemic shaped Amazon Prime Video's show
We're all Vault-dwellers according to Fallout's showrunners
April 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Full panel videoWatch the full X-Men: The Animated Series Cast Reunion from C2E2 '23
The cast of X-Men: The Animated Series celebrate their 30 year anniversary and look forward to the show's revival at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2023, and you can livestream it here.
April 05, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier is 10 years old today, and Chris Evans is telling us why its his favorite Marvel movie yet
Chris Evans reflects on Marvel Studios' Captain America: The Winter Soldier on its 10th anniversary
April 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Star Trek: Boldly go and pick your favorite Star Trek TV show of all time
As Discovery heads to its final voyage, we ask what the best Star Trek show of all time is.
April 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
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SpoilersInvincible season 2 post-credits scene explained
The final moments of Invincible season 2 sets up season 3 in a major way
April 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Chip Zdarsky, Alyssa Wong, Jill Thompson, Art Adams, Ryan Stegman, and more: the full C2E2 2024 Artist Alley line-up
The people who make your favorite things are artists - and many of them are coming to Chicago for C2E2 2024.
April 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Uncanny X-men relaunch revamps it as a creepy Southern Gothic tale set in Louisiana
Wolverine, Rogue, Gambit, Nightcrawler, and Jubilee are being joined by four new mutants in Uncanny X-Men
April 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
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A frank explanation of why Marvel's X-Men is being revamped (and why the Krakoan era must end) from the man in charge
Marvel explains why X-Men's Krakoan era is ending after five years, and why it'd be foolish not to revamp the franchise
April 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Revisit USA's hit show Psych with Maggie Lawson and Timothy Omundson's full convo from Seattle's ECCC 2024
Get psyched.
April 02, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Wonder Woman welcomes back Gail Simone - but the pair aren't teaming up for comics
Could Gail Simone be working on the long-simmering Wonder Woman video game? We think so
April 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Godzilla vs. King Kong vs. all of the MonsterVerse - Which is the best?
Help us settle the debate - which is the best MonsterVerse movie?
April 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
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After Godzilla x Kong, the next MonsterVerse movie could be Son of Kong
What's next for the Kaiju movie franchise? A baby Kaiju movie, possibly
April 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The X-Men's new Alaska base will be a former Sentinel factory - and debuts this week in Avengers
The X-Men relaunch begins early in Avengers #12.
March 31, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Marvel's X-Men and Uncanny X-Men comics to ship 18 issues a year each
Prepare for a double volley of X-Men comics beginning this fall from Marvel.
March 31, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Zack Snyder wants a Rebel Moon spin-off for Doona Bae's Nemesis with Gail Simone
Zack Snyder wants to team up with Gail Simone.
March 31, 2024
Chris Arrant
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King Kong gets a baby brother (and a robot arm) in first Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire trailer
Godzilla and Kong have a bigger threat to worry about now
March 30, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The Boys co-creator Darick Robertson is launching his next franchise: Greaser
Here's what to expect next.
March 30, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Godzilla Minus One left theaters early and is avoiding streaming & home video, and we think Godzilla x Kong: New Empire is to blame
Godzilla Minus One is one of the best films in recent memory, but right now no one in the world can see it. And we think its Godzilla's fault.
March 29, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Comics fans deserve "more interesting" marketing of comics, and Vault aims to deliver with Barbaric's Crowdbuilding plans
Inside Vault Comics' Crowdbuilding Campaign program with Zoop for Barbaric: Born in Blood
March 29, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Wonder no more - we have the WonderCon 2025 dates (and its not Easter weekend next year)
California's OTHER big comic convention returns in 2025
March 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Crunchyroll is giving us That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 a week early
The time to watch That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime season 3 is coming early - this weekend!
March 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch the Critical Role, Lord of the Rings, Jodie Whittaker, and 15+ more panels from Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024
Watch nine panels from the ECCC 2024 Main Stage powered by Xfinity.
March 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch Rebecca Yarros' discussion on Romantasy with Saara El-Arifi, Danielle L. Jensen, & Leia Stone
Join these critically acclaimed and bestselling authors as they discuss how the combination of romance and fantasy is one of the hottest trends in lit right now.
March 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Watch Jodie Whittaker, Rebecca Yarros, Mike Flanagan, and more new panels filmed at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024
Watch full-length panel conversations about Doctor Who, The Strangers: Chapter One, Fourth Wing, the Flanaverse, and more.
March 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch Doctor Who herself Jodie Whittaker's full panel conversation with Popverse
Get up to caffiene level ten and get ready to watch and hour-long conversation with Doctor Who's Jodie Whittaker
March 28, 2024
Veronica Valencia
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Charles Addams & The Addams Family are the black sheep of comics (and it's disgraceful)
It's time we remember Addams Family as a comic before it was a franchise
March 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Big Marvel: All 27 of Skottie Young's summer variant covers (and a huge poster to boot!)
Skottie Young is known for making little versions of Marvel's greatest characters, but now he's going 'big.'
March 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Disney's D23 Expo tickets are on sale now!
After 140k people attended 2022's D23 Expo by Disney, the next question is simple: how can we do it again?
March 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
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X-Men power couple Rachel Summers and Betsy Braddock to star in new fall Marvel comic
The one-time Psylocke and one-time Phoenix are going forward in love this fall for an X-Men spinoff
March 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Marvel celebrates Pride Month 2024 by focusing on LGBTQIA+ characters & straight allies
Here's what to expect in June
March 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Every Batcave needs a Batman, and soon comic shops will have a life-size Dark Knight of their own thanks to DC & Jorge Jimenez
A Batman standee built to sell comics. It seems like a no-brainer.
March 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Ridley Scott & James Cameron are among first viewers of the new Alien sequel Romulus - and they love it!
Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez talks about advance screenings with Alien's Ridley Scott and Aliens' James Cameron
March 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Patrick Stewart's Jean-Luc Picard to return in a Star Trek movie of his own
Make it so, Paramount Pictures.
March 19, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Star Trek: Discovery finale appears to going for a Fifth Element vibe
Sonequa Martin-Green's Michael Burnham is someone I'd happy see going full Bruce Willis/Korben Dallas
March 19, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Star Wars: The Acolyte teases the origin of the Sith, and asks who deserves to use the Force
"This is about power," the first trailer for the new series from Russian Doll creator Leslye Headland announces, "and who can use it"
March 19, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel partners with NFT company for new digital comics platform to rival Amazon's digital comics market
Would you like your Marvel digital comics with a side of NFTs? Disney's premiere comics publisher is the first client in a new kind of digital comics app
March 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Stjepan Šejić quit DC (and most of the comic industry) four years ago, but now he's on his way back
Harleen co-creator Stjepan Šejić returns to DC four years after quitting and saying he'd never return
March 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
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After 61 years and 700 comics, Gail Simone is Uncanny X-Men's first solo female writer
This X-Men fact is the epitome of the word 'uncanny'.
March 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Marvel's X-Men are setting up bases in three US States as part of massive revamp
And no, it's not Xavier's School and it's not in New England.
March 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Be Batman's boss: DC's hunt for the next Batman group editor
One of the most important job in comics is now up for grabs: DC's Batman group editor position
March 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Chicago's C2E2 2024 welcomes Bandai, Citizen Watch, Silver Sprocket, more exhibitors
The first wave of C2E2 2024 booths have been revealed.
March 13, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The comics industry's hottest free agent executive isn't who you think
If comic book publishers are looking for someone to transform their business, this could be the dark horse candidate
March 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Crowdfunding platform Zoop to launch crowdfund campaign with ownership stakes in the company as perks
Zoop isn't only a crowdfunding platfom itself, it's also a client of crowdfunding platforms!
March 07, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Vault Comics is looking for the next generation of crowdfunding - and its crowdbuilding
Vault's hit series Barbaric will return this spring, as the flagship in a new partnership with crowdfunding platform Zoop
March 07, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Michael Chabon's Fantastic Four: The movie and two comics projects that almost had him write Marvel's first family
Michael Chabon almost wrote Marvel's Fantastic Four three times - twice in comics, and once in movies
March 07, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Marvel's upcoming Blood Hunt event will be "too explicit" for some readers, leading to uncensored version being withheld from digital readers & bookstores
To see Marvel's Blood Hunt in "all its goriest glory," you'll need to skip bookstores and digital apps and go to a comic shop
March 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Scout Comics to re-launch the company with help from a new corporate business partner
Just days after public outcry from Scout comics creators alleging financial issues with the company, Scout Comics makes a major change
March 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Celebrate the winners of the Cosplay Central Crown Championships at Seattle's ECCC 2024!
Gaze upon the victors of ECCC 2024's Cosplay Central Crown Championships
March 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Save the date: Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con is returning in 2025, and we have the deets
Ask off from work or school, begin your cosplay plans, and get ready for ECCC 2025.
March 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Emerald City Comic Con 2024's best cosplayers, from Spider-Men to Hazbin Hotel and more
The best dressed at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024.
March 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch now!Watch the Avatar: The Last Airbender cast panel from Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024
Dante Basco, Jack De Sena, Mae Whitman, and Zach Tyler Eisen represented their nations at the Avatar: The Last Airbender panel in Seattle
March 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Frodo Baggins actor Elijah Wood endorses our idea for Lord of the Rings weedstrains like Pipe-Weed (and 'Hobbit Mushrooms' too!)
"An officially licensed weed strain would be great," Lord of the Rings' Elijah Wood tells Popverse
March 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
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'Oh, it's me?!' Chris Evans reveals when and how he found out he was playing Knives Out's murderer
After being America's hero for a decade, Chris Evans went dark - and loved it
March 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Chris Evans Spotlight panel from Seattle's ECCC 2024
Chris Evans appeared at Seattle's ECCC
March 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Chris Evans wants a fantasy movie like Lord of the Rings
Chris Evans says he can wear "pointy ears" and shoot a "bow & arrow"
March 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld's creator-owned blood is flowing again (but not Youngblood, and not at Image)
Rob Liefeld revives Prophet, Bloodstrike, Brigade and more for a very limited edition comic called Last Blood
March 02, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Scout Comics: Why creators are calling out the publisher over non-payment, threats & ghosting (and how the company has responded so far)
Scout Comics admits to ghosting creators after public outcry over alleged non-payment and threats
March 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
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IDW's upcoming TMNT: Last Ronin sequel Re-Evolution is on-sale a week early at Seattle's ECCC 2024
Be the first to get the Last Ronin sequel as IDW is selling the TMNT book early in Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con
March 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Timey-Wimey get in line-y: Doctor Who herself, Jodie Whittaker, will be at ECCC '24
Jodie Whittaker, the Thirteenth Doctor, will be at Emerald City Comic Con 2024 for photo ops and signings
March 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Sadly, we all must wait 4 more months than we thought for DC's Teen Titans: Starfire
The fifth book in DC's hit Teen Titans YA OGN series isn't coming until November.
March 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
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NCIS's Ziva and Tony are returning full-time in a spin-off starring Cote de Pablo & Michael Weatherly
Tony and Ziva are back for NCIS... Europe?!
February 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Avatar: The Last Airbender doesn't need a reboot or revamp - the sequels are already thriving in comics
Avatar: The Last Airbender never ended - just the cartoons did.
February 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Shōgun: How Disney almost lost the rights to the hit FX/Hulu show
Hiroyuki Sanada, a horse, and a fire saved the TV series's 11-year production.
February 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The Eisner Awards' comic journalism category isn't dead (yet), keep submitting
The Eisner Awards first decision was not to give comics journalism an award, but there could be a chance for a re-do.
February 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Nickelodeon's Double Dare taught me about real life
Who knew green slime would be such a big part of our life?
February 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Come meet Popverse at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024!
4 days, 5 Popverse personnel, and a dozen panels - this is our ECCC 2024.
February 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Drinks, dungeons, dragons and delights await you at Emerald City Comic Con's The Tavern in Seattle
A thematic lounge with everything, including adult drinks
February 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
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UpdatedThe Texas anime con staple A-Kon has been canceled due to funding issues, but is no longer in forfeiture
The longest-running anime con in North America isn't running this year.
February 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The McElroys' Adventure Zone comics are ending in 2025, according to the publisher
The end of the arc is the end of the series for the McElroys' The Adventure Zone comics it seems
February 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Marvel to begin sending free comic based on MCU heroes to comic shops next month
Try before you buy is Marvel's new plan for success.
February 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Upstart digital comics service Omnibus loses its co-founder (and head software engineer)
With over a million dollars in VC money, the digital comics platform Omnibus seems to suffer a setback
February 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Is DC's Justice League returning? Absolute Power tie-in hints at the return of the Big Seven (or a Seven)
The Seven are coming this summer from DC. But is it the Big Seven of the Justice League?
February 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Suicide Squad's Amanda Waller is leading DC's Trinity of Evil, and that means trouble for Batman, Superman and the good guys
DC's Trinity has been hard to match, in-store or across the industry, but coming soon, another group will try
February 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels once co-owned a comic company
Live, from New York, it's.... Saturday night comics?
February 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
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DC Comics' former boss Dan DiDio describes his favorite time there (and his fight to change the company culture)
Dan DiDio was one of DC's top bosses for almost two decades, and re-visits his high points
February 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Heathcliff is getting into the fashion, lifestyle, & cat treat business for his 50th birthday
On his 50th birthday, Heathcliff is branching out
February 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch the Avatar: The Last Airbender reunion panel with Zach Tyler Eisen, Dante Basco, and Jack De Sena
Zach Eisen, Dante Basco, and Jack De Sena reunited to talk Avatar at C2E2 2023 - watch it here before the Netflix adaptation comes out
February 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Fargo season finale leads to a unique baking partnership with Bisquick
Now you can make Dot's Tiger biscuits at home!
February 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Disney cancels the Buffy: The Vampire Slayer spin-off Slayers after one season from Amazon's Audible
Disney just staked the Buffyverse one more time, as Slayers is over according to its co-creator
February 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
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How My Hero Academia, Haikyu!!, and other anime get to the heart of school life
Popverse's Veronica Valencia schools us on the human and relatable elements behind school anime
February 21, 2024
Chris Arrant