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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BOOM! Studios is bringing a Power Ranger, a Coheed & Cambria solo concert & more to ComicsPRO
BOOM! is prepping to celebrate four major anniversaries and announce its big plans for 2024
February 20, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The best streaming deals for Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and more
Here's how to get more for less, with the best streaming prices for Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, and more.
February 20, 2024
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It's official: Captain Marvel is now a Disney Princess
Pilot. Hero. Avenger. Princess. Who says you can't have it all?
February 20, 2024
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WWE gets into the convention business with a 5-day WrestleMania tie-in con with Fanatics
WrestleMania has grown from one day to two days, and now to five days.
February 19, 2024
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DC is finally giving Kurt Busiek's Superman comics the special treatment it deserves
DC is giving the fan-favorite Astro City co-creator's Superman comics the special treatment
February 16, 2024
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DC is republishing Tom King's Supergirl ahead of his work on DC movies with James Gunn
Imagine Supergirl in a space western, and you're not too far off
February 16, 2024
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DC is reviving Mister Miracle by Tom King & Mitch Gerads for an all new hardcover Absolute edition
This new Mister Miracle edition will go great on your coffee table, right next to the veggie dip Darkseid loves
February 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The Marvel comic hidden in Deadpool & Wolverine's first trailer has now sold out according to the publisher, so they're printing more (a lot more, we reckon)
The secret is out on Secret Wars importance to the upcoming Marvel storylines after that Deadpool & Wolverine trailer
February 16, 2024
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Features
Madame it! Marvel & Sony cut the Madame Web meme from the movie
Do you remember that time Madame Web's mom was in the Amazon researching spiders before she died?
February 14, 2024
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Is Marvel's Madame Web movie secretly a prequel? If so, to what? The possibilities are intriguing (especially to the MCU)
What a tangled web Marvel, Sony, and Columbia Pictures are weaving with their Spider-Man movies.
February 13, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch now!Watch the UK Ghosts show panel from London's MCM!
BBC and CBS' Ghosts: The Button House Archives crew & cast came to haunt your screens here at Popverse.
February 13, 2024
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Imagine Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett with DC's Batman. Now see it for real!
It's Gotham Days for Gorillaz and Tank Girl co-creator Jamie Hewlett
February 13, 2024
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Say hello to DC's newest villain: Little Joker in Rafael Grampá's Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham
Rafael Grampá has been growing the Batman mythos by leaps and bounds, and he's not stopping yet
February 12, 2024
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Features
Final Destination with superheroes: what Marvel's Madame Web movie could be
Most people have dreams. For Madame Web, this is real.
February 12, 2024
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Loudermilk season 4: What could have been (and still might be) according to creators after Netflix success
Spoilers ahead for Loudermilk season 4.
February 10, 2024
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Portland's WasabiCon shrinks back to two days to make the show floor bigger
Stuck between a choice to grow in length or size, WasabiCon chooses size.
February 09, 2024
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Features
Madame Web release date: When the Spider-Man spinoff debuts in movie theaters
Spider-Man's movie web is about to get complicated with Madame Web.
February 09, 2024
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Features
Jurassic Park/World: How to watch the beloved dinosaur act in its (two trilogies and a TV show) entirety
It's time for everyone to rediscover the Alan Grant inside of them
February 09, 2024
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Rare Superman: The Movie storyboards to go on display this weekend (and we have pictures!)
Superman: The Movie storyboards featuring a young Kal-El and his Kryptonian parents to go on display
February 08, 2024
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Osamu Tezuka's precious anime unicorn hero Unico is being reborn with new Awakening comic - and we have a first look!
Tezuka Productions has partnered with Graphix for this revival of the classic (and cute) manga character
February 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The NYC school system is publishing its own comics, including the story of social justice hero Dolores Huerta
Imagine the U.S.'s biggest public school system is a comic publisher.
February 08, 2024
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DC has sold out of Batman's Joker: Year One comic (but there's more coming)
Batman #142 has sold out, leading DC to reprint it - and has given retailers 3 days to make their orders
February 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The unlikely team of Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up to change TV sports as we know it
Imagine ESPN, Fox Sports, TNT, and more - all available in one streaming sports app.
February 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
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UpdatedManga giant Kodansha partners with upstart new company AMP to develop comic/manga/anime juggernauts
The leaders in two segments of worldwide comic publishing are teaming up.
February 06, 2024
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Features
The Transformers defined IDW for almost two decades - but originally it was too pricey for IDW's then-owners
Hasbro's Transformers transformed IDW from a horror publisher to a media giant, but it almsot didn't happen.
February 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Marvel's Black Panther comics reboot is already more popular than the publisher expected (and it hasn't even come out yet)
A new Africa is emerging in Marvel Comics, beginning with Ultimate Black Panther #1.
February 05, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Super Bowl commercials: Patrick Stewart, Jenna Ortega, and more star in the best ads (and thankfully, no Crypto or AI)
The best Super Bowl ads have football players - and Sir Patrick Stewart as a quarterback.
February 05, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Steamy romantic fantasy Webtoon SubZero by JunePrrr is coming to comic books this fall
3 million people read SubZero online - and now its coming to comic stores & bookstores.
February 05, 2024
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Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld is retiring from the Marvel character (but how long will it last?)
Rob Liefeld says no more Deadpool after 2024, for him at least.
February 05, 2024
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C-3PO Anthony Daniels says his Star Wars hotel scene was never seen (but it actually was)
Everyone has memories of Disney World's doomed Star Wars hotel - everyone except C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels it seems.
February 04, 2024
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MegaCon 2025 dates are here - and it's head-to-head with the Superbowl & the San Diego Comic-Con's Cruise Ship
Fan Expo's MegaCon vs. Comic-Con International: San Diego - the battle in the deep south of Florida.
February 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Netflix's Loudermilk is a hit - and its backstory is even more tragic (and meta) than its Ron Livingston's character's
This Seattle-based post-grunge sitcom is like your favorite band - they broke up before you ever heard of them.
February 02, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The sleeper Netflix hit Loudermilk is so popular now that people are recommending the show to its co-creator
Loudermilk co-creator Bobby Mort says he and the cast & crew are as surprised by you as the show's new life on Netflix.
February 02, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Five shows to watch after you've finished watching Loudermilk on Netflix
Let's follow weird with weird
February 02, 2024
Tiffany Babb
Features
Seattle's ECCC 2024 welcomes Penguin Random House, Oni Press, Clarion West, and more
The full list of exhibitors at the 2024 Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle has been revealed.
January 30, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
DC's Justice Society of America is growing into a "global organization" in 2024 says writer Geoff Johns
The JSA might have to drop the 'of America' title soon.
January 30, 2024
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Features
Popverse this January: Here's some of the exclusive interviews and articles members are getting this month!
Interviews, articles, and full panel videos from some of the biggest conventions in the world - all included in a Popverse membership
January 29, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The Avengers' best-selling comic ever isn't by who you think (it's Rob Liefeld)
Marvel's mightiest Avengers heroes might surprise you
January 29, 2024
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Celebrate One Piece on March 12 with manga publisher's big plans
3 big One Piece manga releases - plus book store decorations!
January 29, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Avatar: The Last Airbender's Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Dante Basco, and Jack De Sena are coming to Seattle's ECCC 2024
The voices of Avatar: The Last Airbender's Aang, Katara, Zuko, and Sokka are coming to Emerald City Comic Con 2024 in Seattle
January 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Twilight's Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, and Peter Facinelli are coming to Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con
ReedPop is bringing four of Forks' favorite vampires to Seattle for ECCC 2024.
January 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Our favorite horror filmmakers Mike Flanagan & Kate Siegel are coming to Seattle's ECCC 2024
The Flanaverse is expanding to Emerald City Comic Con, as Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel are coming to meet you
January 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Kieron Gillen, Zoe Thorogood, Chip Zdarsky, Amanda Conner, Jhonen Vasquez and more: the full ECCC 2024 Artist Alley line-up
The people who make your favorite things are artists - and many of them are coming to Seattle for ECCC 2024.
January 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Did you buy a Marvel Comic recently? If so, your comics may have "isolated printer flaws" and are owed a free replacement copy
Ultimate Spider-Man, Star Wars, and other Marvel Comics have "isolated printer flaws" according to Marvel
January 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Sarah's Scribbles author is getting existential (and coming full circle) in new book, Adulthood is a Gift
And sharing 20 new Sarah's Scribbles you won't find online.
January 25, 2024
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Seattle, welcome Image Comics, Rebecca Yarros, Oni Press, and more with ECCC 2024's first wave of panel announcements!
ECCC is the pomp and pageantry that PNW deserves, with Rebecca Yarros, Ben Clanton, and more all on their way.
January 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The Bear: What to watch (and read!) after this show leaves you starving for more
So you've binged both seasons of The Bear. Here's what to watch next.
January 22, 2024
Tiffany Babb
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Marvel's Blade-centric vampire crossover with Avengers gets bigger with Blood Hunt Diaries
Now I'm imagining Blade writing in a diary at the end of a blood-soaked day
January 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
System Universe, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Defiance of the Fall and more LitRPG hits coming to comics
The new hit trend of LitRPGs is coming to WEBTOON in a big way.
January 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch the Legend of Vox Machina season 2 panel from New York Comic Con 2022
Travis Willingham, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Sam Riegel, Liam O'Brien, Laura Bailey, and Matthew Mercer talk about the new season of Legend of Vox Machina on Amazon Prime Video
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch the full Harvey Guillén spotlight panel (with a surprise special guest!) from MCM Comic Con 2023!
Harvey Guillén and a surprise guest talks about his acting, his challenges, and his successes in an hour-long MCM Main Stage spotlight panel
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Full panel videoWatch the What We Do in the Shadows full panel from New York Comic Con
Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Kayvan Novak, Guillermo de la Cruz, and more talk about What We Do in the Shadows
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Critical Role, BBC's Ghosts, Baldur's Gate, & more: Watch 30+ panels from London's MCM Comic Con October 2023!
London's big pop culture event of the fall was MCM Comic Con - and you can watch all the big panels here with Popverse
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch now!Watch Monarch: Legacy of Monsters creators Matt Fraction, Chris Black, Matt Shakman, and more unveil the show from NYCC!
The Godzilla and King Kong cinematic universe came to TV with Apple TV+'s Monach: Legacy of Monsters. The panel was brought to you by Tumblr. Welcome back.
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch live!Eli Roth's Thanksgiving panel from NYCC 2023 has been cancelled
Eli Roth's Thanksgiving panel from NYCC 2023 has been cancelled
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch now!Watch the NYCC '23 Cosplay Central Crown Championships here!
See the best of the best in NYCC 2023's Cosplay Central Crown Championships qualifier, presented by DoorDash.
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch live!Watch AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon NYCC 2023 panel now!
The Walking Dead returned to New York Comic Con. Brought to you by Tumblr. Welcome back.
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch now!V/H/S/85, V/H/S/94, and V/H/S/99 lead Shudder's horror panel from NYCC 2023 - Watch now!
Get scared with Shudder's NYCC 2023 panel. Presented by DoorDash.
January 17, 2024
Veronica Valencia
Features
Full panel videoWatch Stranger Things' David Harbour talk about his career and returning to his hometown in New York Comic Con panel
Jim Hooper himself, David Harbour, talks at length about his career with things like Stranger Things, Black Widow, Hellboy, and even stage work
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Highlight VideoRe-live the best of New York Comic Con 2022 with NYCC Insider from Popverse
See the best from the NYCC 2022 show floor, the biggest stages, and backstage with Popverse's NYCC Insider 2022
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Asian and Pacific American cultures, creators, and fans take center stage at New York Comic Con 2022
Asian and Pacific American representation at New York Comic Con 2022
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Own a piece of Star Wars history with Propstore's entertainment memorabilia live auction
Lightsabers, Yoda hands, Imperial helmets, scripts, and more Star Wars history - available this June from Propstore
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Build your Magic: The Gathering comic deck with a sale on the comic books & graphic novels for Magic 30
Magic: The Gathering comics & graphic novels go on sale for Magic 30 30th Anniversary event
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The empowering potential of cosplay: Yaya Han shares her story, and how she helps others
One of the world's biggest cosplay stars, Yaya Han, opens up about her path and giving back
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
AEW Fight Forever: The game that brings the hottest wrestling franchise into your hands
Everything you need to know about the wrestling video game AEW: Fight Forever including its roster, gameplay, trailers, and more
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial was always the alien we wanted to take home with us (and now we can)
This will make you or someone you know's heart light up like E.T.
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch now!Watch the official Dragon Ball Special Panel from NYCC 2023
It was a big New York Comic Con 2023 for fans of Dragon Ball; and you can watch the panel here. Brought to you by Tumblr. Welcome back.
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Your favorite pop culture franchises can help your mental health with Geek Therapeutics
As comic conventions like New York Comic Con are the crossroads of pop culture and fans, Geek Therapeutics is the intersection of pop culture and fans' minds to help find that inner hero within all of us.
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Spend your holiday money on authentic Japanese crafts (without paying the high shipping!) with JAPAN STORE
You can now get some of the best hand-crafted Japanese goods without paying massive overseas shipping costs!
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
From One Piece pirate ships to Gene Ha: empowering the next generation of comic creators
Inside the Asian and Pacific American cultural component of Chicago's C2E2
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch now!Watch the Ewan McGregor Spotlight panel from New York Comic Con 2023!
Yes, we filmed the NYCC 2023 Ewan McGregor Spotlight panel.
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch now!Watch the Critical Role panel from New York Comic Con 2023!
Yes, we have filmed the NYCC 2023 Critical Role panel. Presented by Tumblr. Welcome back.
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
AEW Fight Forever: Watch as Popverse plays the exciting new wrestling game of the summer
Popverse's Veronica Valencia and Vito Scutti are creating their own wrestler for AEW Fight Forever
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch now!Watch Hulu's Futurama panel from NYCC 2023!
Matt Groening's Futurama came to NYCC 2023, presented by DoorDash.
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch now!Watch Rhys Darby, Con O’Neill, Nathan Foad, Vico Ortiz, Kristian Nairn, and Matthew Maher's NYCC 2023 panel!
Rhys Darby, Con O’Neill, Nathan Foad, Vico Ortiz, Kristian Nairn, and Matthew Maher talked to us (and you) at New York Comic Con 2023
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch now!Watch Adult Swim's new & returning show cavalcade panel from NYCC 2023!
The folks responsible for My Adventures with Superman, Rick & Morty, and much more were at New York City Comic Con 2023. Watch it here, presented by DoorDash.
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch now!Watch the official Final Fantasy VII Rebirth panel from NYCC 2023!
Square Enix brought Final Fantasy VII Rebirth to New York Comic Con, and Popverse is bringing it to you. Presented by DoorDash.
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch now!One Piece anime's villains stole the spotlight in NYCC 2023 panel, you can watch it here!
Crunchyroll and Toei Animation brought One Piece to New York Comic Con 2023. Presented by DoorDash.
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch now!Watch Amazon Prime Video's NYCC 2023 presentation!
Amazon Prime Video returned to New York Comic Con to talk about its big plans!
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch now!Watch Karen Gillan, Michael Rooker, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji & Pom Klementieff from NYCC 2023
Karen Gillan, Michael Rooker, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji & Pom Klementieff, in conversation at New York Comic Con 2023 - as presented by DoorDash.
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The Wire's David Simon weighs in on the Defund the Police movement
He's been on the police beat for decades, but David Simon's thoughts on Defend the Police sidesteps the thin blue line.
January 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
This isn't the first time the Eisners killed the Comics Journalism category
The Eisners have a history of canceling its focus on comics journalism.
January 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Our Flag Means Death canceled in a "premature end" by Max & Warner Bros. Discovery
The Revenge has set sail for the last time.
January 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
What went wrong with DC's New 52, according to former CCO Geoff Johns
Geoff Johns was one of the architects of 'The New 52', but even he saw where it went wrong
January 09, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Amazon Prime Video's Criminal TV show cast is about to be announced "soon" according to Ed Brubaker
Ed Brubaker is assembling a crew to commit crime - sort of - with Criminal's cast
January 09, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
1920s Harlem renaissance crime noir drama the Winterfields to make surprise debut one year early
Milestone Comics vets Joseph P. Illidge and Chriscross are mixing Lone Wolf & Cub with The Road to Perdition in their new creator-owned tale the Winterfields
January 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
The Rock is aiming for his next challenge: making "films that matter"
Mr. Demille, the Rock is ready for his close-up now
January 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Brandon Lee's The Crow returns this year in a glorious 4K HDR edition
On the 30th anniversary of the Crow (yes, we're old), it's returning with an all new edition
January 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
How Frank Miller accidentally killed a Daredevil cartoon (and Marvel killed a book to avoid pissing him off)
Frank Miller made Daredevil a success - and Marvel was keen to keep him as long as they could.
December 28, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Mark Gruenwald changed the course of how we tell superhero stories. Watch this remembrance panel from NYCC (for free) to see how.
Watch as Bill Sienkiewicz, Daniel Hort, Jim Salicrup, Peter Sanderson, Lyssa Hawkins, and Catherine Gruenwald talk about Mark Gruenwald and the Marvel bullpen of the '80s and '90s
December 26, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
The 2023 Christmas and holiday cards from DC, Marvel, and more
Christmas-time is here.
December 22, 2023
Chris Arrant
Guides
You voted - here are Popverse readers' best movies of 2023
The answer may surprise you
December 22, 2023
Chris Arrant
Guides
You voted - here are Popverse readers' best comics of 2023
Here are your top picks for comics this year
December 22, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
James Hong is coming to Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024
The co-star of Kung Fu Panda and Everything Everywhere All At Once is coming to ECCC 2024 in Seattle.
December 20, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
A DC kids comic is outselling Watchmen, Batman: Dark Knight Returns, and everything else (sorry Batman!)
DC's newest hero Primer isn't paint by numbers
December 20, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Spectacular news - Marvel's Sha Shan Nguyen is returning in 2024
Fans of the cartoon Spectacular Spider-Man will love to know Sha Shan is returning
December 20, 2023
Chris Arrant
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How Loves Lies Bleeding star Katy O'Brian won the role using PowerPoint and perseverance
Katy O'Brian is a star of the MCU and Star Wars, but her next role required some unique skills
December 19, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Jonathan Majors convicted of assault (and may spend up to a year in jail)
Marvel's Kang actor Jonathan Majors has been found guilty of assault
December 18, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel is creating its own version of Cheers with Spider-Man, Miles Morales, and more
Everyone needs a place where everyone knows your name (well, not your secret identity!)
December 18, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
How the Catholic Church (and the Lord's Prayer) inspired Batman's next big bad, the Virgin
When they said 'deliver us from evil,' they weren't imagining this evil
December 15, 2023
Chris Arrant