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Steve Burns' Blue's Clues viral video was even more raw and unrehearsed than we thought

The heartwarming video brought us back to the conversation

Veronica Valencia

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Blue's Clues former host Steve Burns reveals that he almost WASN'T the host of the Nick Jr. show

Can you imagine anyone else in his place?

Veronica Valencia

Steve Burns and Elmo

Remember when Elmo met Steve from Blue's Clues? Steve Burns shares the story behind the epic meeting

When Blue's Clues and Sesame Street collide

Veronica Valencia

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Blue's Clues: The star of the show was always you, according to original host Steve Burns

Over 20 years later, we are still in conversation with Steve, and that's the way he likes it

Veronica Valencia

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Watch the One Piece reunion panel with Colleen Clinkenbeard, Ian Sinclair, Sonny Strait from Seattle's ECCC!

Voice actors Colleen Clinkenbeard, Ian Sinclair, and Sonny Strait come together to talk about the anime One Piece at Emerald City Comic Con

Chris Arrant

Brendan Fraser and Oded Fehr

Watch Brendan Fraser and Oded Fehr reunite (and reminsce) about The Mummy 2+ decades later

The Mummy's Brendan Fraser and Oded Fehr reunite to talk about the 1999 film - and you can watch the hour-long conversation for free

Chris Arrant

Our Flag Means Death ECCC

Watch the Our Flag Means Death panel with Con O'Neill, Nathan Foad, and Kristian Nairn from ECCC FREE!

Con O'Neill, Nathan Foad, and Kristian Nairn hoist the flag of Our Flag Means Death at Emerald City Comic Con '22

Chris Arrant

Harvey Guillén Spotlight panel

Watch the full Harvey Guillén spotlight panel from Emerald City Comic Con- FREE!

Watch everyone's favorite vampire fan chat about his life and career at ECCC

Tiffany Babb

Brendan Fraser at Emerald City Comic Con

"It was a real-life adventure": A conversation with Brendan Fraser on The Mummy, Leslie Grace, and the joys of being in Seattle

A reflection on work and life with Brendan Fraser

Veronica Valencia

Jessica Mcgee and Bryce Mcgee sitting at the cosplay repair table with supplies behind them

Problem with your cosplay? Don't despair—head over to Cosplay Repair!

The Cosplay Repair room is a lifesaver for cosplayers who have run into mishaps

Tiffany Babb

Ready to Roll

Watch Ready to Roll share the secret origin of their live-action D&D gameplay series, as shared during Emerald City Comic Con

The true story of the RPG players who make Ready to Roll a reality!

Chris Arrant

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Who is the ultimate Waifu? Watch Nerds Know & Emerald City Comic Con search for an answer

Tears shall be shed and hearts will be broken in this heated bracket competition! No one is safe in this tournament of waifu champions!

Chris Arrant

Monsters and Dames 2022

Inside Monsters & Dames artbook, a longstanding Emerald City Comic Con tradition

Sales of Monsters & Dames and related artwork raise money for childrens hospitals

Tiffany Babb

Tracy and Laura Hickman at ECCC 2022

Watch fantasy authors Tracy & Laura Hickman bring their stories to life with Dragonhearth panel at ECCC 2022

Watch the full Emerald City Comic Con 2022 panel Dragonhearth live with Tracy & Laura Hickman

Chris Arrant

Don't Forget the Lyrics Disney

Disney Don't Forget The Lyrics (Nerds Know)

So you know the lyrics to every Disney song ever made? Well then it’s time to prove it!

Chris Arrant

Steve Burns wearing a cap, glasses, and holding a microphone on stage

Blue's Clues' Steve Burns is back, and he's still listening

Steve Burns talks about his post-Blue's Clues life

Tiffany Babb

Is Likability Overrated in YA?

Do YA characters need to be likeable? Watch G. Willow Wilson, LL McKinney, Alys Arden, and Kami Garcia dig into that from ECCC '22

YA authors G. Willow Wilson, LL McKinney, Alys Arden, and Kami Garcia dig into one of the touchiest subject of YA: do the characters have to always be likeable?

Chris Arrant

Cursed Commercials From Around The World

Cursed Commercials From Around The World (Nerds Know)

Gathering the most bizarre commercials from around the world. They are weird. They are crude. They just might be banned.

Chris Arrant

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Watch ECCC's YA Trivia game with Kami Garcia, Isaac Goodhart, Alys Arden, David F. Walker, LL McKinney, and Julio Anta

Watch the Full YA Trivia Game panel from Emerald City Comic Con with Kami Garcia, Isaac Goodhart, Alys Arden, David F. Walker, LL McKinney, and Julio Anta

Chris Arrant

Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser says that Batgirl's Leslie Grace was "dynamic" in the HBO MAX DC film

Brendan Fraser, who played the villain in the now-canceled Batgirl movie at Warner Bros, talks about his appreciation for the movie's star, Leslie Grace.

Graeme McMillan

LAVA Live

Watch Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond, & Max Mittelman present Super Happy Kawaii Fun Time at ECCC '22

Watch Emerald City Comic Con's Super Happy Kawaii Fun Time panel with Max Mittleman, Ray Chase, and Robbie Daymond

Chris Arrant

Jim Zub with Convention Horror Stories panel

Unvarnished, truthful convention horror stories from Jim Zub

Watch an Emerald City Comic Con tradition - the Convention Horror Stories panel with Jim Zub

Chris Arrant

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Cringe together as Dragonball Evolution and other live-action films based on anime are lampooned

Enjoy bad cinema as we take you on a tour of the worst live-action adaptations of anime

Chris Arrant

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Watch Shawn Crystal, Jim Mahfood, and Matteo Scalera talk about turning your art into a career from ECCC '22

Watch the full Emerald City Comic Con panel 'Turning your art into a career with Shawn Crystal, Jim Mahfood, and Matteo Scalera'

Chris Arrant

Hope Larson and Liana Kangas at Emerald City Comic con

Drawing the line: The boundaries and joys of YA cartooning

The triple threat of the YA cartoonist panel at Emerald City Comic Con

Chloe Maveal

Cosplay Central Showcase

Watch a showcase of the best cosplay from Emerald City Comic Con 2022

Full recording of Seattle's ECCC Cosplay Central Showcase

Chris Arrant

Emerald City Comic Con 2022

Re-Live Emerald City Comic Con 2022 with 40 filmed panels, over 20 articles, and video interviews with Jinkx Monsoon, Bendelacreme, Harvey Guillén

Popverse went to Emerald City Comic Con, and has alot to show for it

Tiffany Babb

Photograph with Popverse logo featuring the panel sitting in front of a Reedpop Emerald City Comic Con backdrop

Queer As In “More, Please”: Discussing Queer YA at ECCC

Setting the Standard for Queer YA at ECCC

Chloe Maveal

Beast Wars: Transformers

The Making of Transformers: Beast Wars

A discussion with the original toy designers and television show creators of the classic Transformers: Beast Wars and Transformers: Beast Machines toy lines and television shows

Chris Arrant

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Good Trouble and Entertaining Comics: Celebrating 100 Years of William M. Gaines at ECCC

Wholesome Beginnings, MAD Ends

Chloe Maveal

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Kat Leyh, LL McKinney, and Margaret Owen talk about how queer stories are here to stay at ECCC '22

Watch the full 'Queer Stories are Here to Stay' panel from Emerald City Comic Con 2022 with LL McKinney, Kat Leyh, and Margaret Owen

Chris Arrant

Indie Darlings

Indie Darlings: What To Know About Working With Independent Publishers

David F. Walker, Julio Anta, Liana Kangas, Robert Wilson IV, DJ Kirkland, and Jazzlyn Stone talk indie comics publishing at Emerald City Comic Con 2022

Chris Arrant

Ashley V. Robinson, Jinkx Monsoon, and BenDeLaCreme

Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme have an appetite for more - including their own TV show

Ru Paul's Drag Race all-stars BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon talk about success and upcoming plans

Ashley V. Robinson

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Fish Out of Water: An ECCC Spotlight on Doug Jones

Mac Tonight, Fish Tomorrow

Chloe Maveal

Tapas Media

Tapas Media's ECCC '22 panel showcased the strength of webcomics (and the size of webcomics fandom, too)

Four webcomic creators offered information and advice to a literal roomful of fans at the Seattle show

Graeme McMillan

Our Flag Means Death panel

"Being different is your power": Con O'Neill, Nathan Foad, and Kristian Nairn talk perseverance at Emerald City Comic Con

A quick peek at the Con O’Neill, Nathan Foad, and Kristian Nairn Our Flag Means Death panel

Tiffany Babb

Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons at ECCC '22

Jim Zub shares the secrets behind Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons at ECCC '22

“We’re ripping on your IP and we’re tearing apart your rules, and you’re okay with it?” Zub remembers asking Wizards of the Coast at one point.

Graeme McMillan

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ECCC '22 ends with an eye towards the future

Fans and staff at Emerald City Comic Con are looking forward to a new building, more late night programming, and maybe a solution to app issues, too

Graeme McMillan

Harvey Guillén Spotlight panel

Harvey Guillén was not an overnight success

Harvey Guillén on making his own way—all the way back when he was a kid

Tiffany Babb

ECCC Cosplay Central Championships of Cosplay photo

Celebrate the winners of ECCC 2022's Cosplay Central Championships of Cosplay!

The winners and photos of the amazing costumes from the Cosplay Central Championships of Cosplay tournament at Emerald City Comic Con 2022

Chris Arrant

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Guillermo and Nightwing: Stepping out of the shadows of others and out of the closet with award-nominated actor Harvey Guillén

Harvey Guillén chats being at the height of his power as a performer, creator, and advocate for queer representation.

Ashley V. Robinson

Pinky & the Brain panel

Watch the voices behind Pinky & the Brain - Rob Paulsen and Maurice Lamarche - at ECCC '22

Maurice Lamarche and Rob Paulsen talk about the epic Pinky & The Brain in a panel from Emerald City Comic Con 2022

Chris Arrant

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All the best cosplay from Emerald City Comic Con 2022!

All of Emerald City Comic Con's very best cosplay

Chris Arrant

Jae wearing her Poison Ivy costume against a tan wall

This cosplayer crochets her cosplays!

Jae showed off her new Poison Ivy costume at Emerald City Comic Con

Tiffany Babb

She Prop display table

SheProp! celebrates female, non-binary, and transgender cosplayers by building a supportive cosplay community

SheProp! is an inclusive community for people of marginalized genders of all levels of cosplay expertise

Tiffany Babb

Mike Huddleston, Mike Del Mundo, and Jonathan Hickman

Watch Jonathan Hickman, Mike Del Mundo, and Mike Huddleston's VIP Three Worlds Three Moons panel from ECCC!

Popverse gets you into the closed-door VIP 3 Worlds 3 Moon panel with Jonathan Hickman, Mike Del Mundo, and Mike Huddleston

Chris Arrant

Tim Sale

Watch the Remembering Tim Sale panel from ECCC 2022

Friends and family of the late Tim Sale gather at Emerald City Comic Con to memorialize and celebrate him

Chris Arrant

Eric Reynolds and Peter Bagge on a panel stage

"Everybody hates something" Peter Bagge describes how he named his classic alternative comic

A look inside the 30 Years of Hate panel at Emerald City Comic Con

Tiffany Babb

Hope Larson and Liana Kangas

Watch as YA cartoonists unite! Hope Larson and Liana Kangas talk about the writer/artist/colorist triple threat at ECCC

Hope Larson and Liana Kangas take part in the Cartoonists: The Triple Threats of YA Graphic Novels panel at Emerald City Comic Con 2022

Chris Arrant

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Watch the full ECCC Crown Championships of Cosplay competition from your home!

The Crown Championships of Cosplay competition returns to ECCC

Chris Arrant

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Watch Cait May, LL McKinney, Liana Kangas, Lauren Walsh talk about the evolution of queer stories for teens at Emerald City Comic Con 2022

Cait May, LL McKinney, Liana Kangas, and Lauren Walsh talk queer stories for teens at ECCC '22

Chris Arrant

Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme

Watch Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme Q&A panel from ECCC 2022

RuPaul's Drag Race all-stars BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon do a tell-all Q&A for those at Emerald City Comic Con '22

Chris Arrant

Brendan Fraser and Oded Fehr

Brendan Fraser and Oded Fehr reminisce about The Mummy at their reunion panel

The stars of The Mummy return to their years ago experience at an Emerald City Comic Con panel

Tiffany Babb

Boy's Love

A beginner's guide to Yaoi manga - watch Emerald City Comic Con's Boy's Love panel

Nerds Know helps you get to know Yaoi at ECCC

Chris Arrant

Rocko's Modern Life

Watch Saturday Morning Cartoons with Nerds Know at ECCC

Tune in to Emerald City Comic Con's Saturday Morning Cartoons panel

Chris Arrant

Headlocked: Wrestling & Comics Collide

Watch wrestling and comics collide with Headlocked with Michael Kingston and the Bollywood Boyz at ECCC 2022

Michael Kingston and the Bollywood Boyz talk wrestling, comics, and wrestling comics at Emerald City Comic Con 2022

Chris Arrant

Foundations by Mike del Mundo

Follow along with Jonathan Hickman, Mike Huddleston and Mike del Mundo's private ECCC event, live and direct!

Popverse is liveblogging the 3 Worlds/3 Moons ticketed event in Seattle, just for you

Graeme McMillan

Christopher Eccleston

Watch Christopher Eccleston regenerate into a Doctor Who panel at Emerald City Comic Con 2022 live!

Christopher Eccleston holds court for a Doctor Who panel at ECCC '22 - and you can watch live

Chris Arrant

Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook

Watch live as Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook reunite for She's all That panel at ECCC!

The stars of the 1999 romcom classic She's All That - Rachael Leigh Cook and Freddie Prinze Jr. - reunite, and you can watch it live!

Chris Arrant

Ready to Roll

Watch the Ready to Roll cast play D&D from the ECCC 2022 stage!

DM Roz and the Ready to Roll cast roll into Emerald City Comic Con '22 for their own live D&D adventure

Chris Arrant

How to Survive a Horror Movie

Watch the How to Survive a Horror Movie panel from ECCC 2022!

The gang from Nerds Know did into how a person could (and should) survive being in a horror movie

Chris Arrant

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Find local artists and makers at Emerald City Comic Con's Homegrown

A tiny spotlight on local artists featured at Emerald City Comic Con

Tiffany Babb

Oh Japan, What Have You Done?!

Watch Emerald City Comic Con's Oh Japan, What Have You Done?! panel

Taking a look at Japanese television from a North American perspective

Chris Arrant

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Watch Barry Gordon, Cam Clarke, Rob Paulsen, & Townsend Coleman's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reunion at ECCC 2022

Watch the livestream Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reunion panel at Emerald City Comic Con

Tiffany Babb

Emerald City Comic Con Cosplay Friday 2022

Jim Zub, Rod Reis, Tini Howard, and Danny Khazem talk about breaking into comics - the Marvel way at ECCC '22

The Marvel creators discussed their comic origins, and what keeps them in the industry at the Seattle convention

Graeme McMillan

Twisted Toonz

Watch the Twisted Toonz panel with Grey Delisle, Rob Paulsen, and Maurice Lamarche from Emerald City Comic Con 2022!

Voice actors Grey Delisle, Rob Paulsen, and Maurice Lamarche get twisted with ECCC '22's Twisted Toonz panel

Chris Arrant

Super Comic Fun Time

Watch Zack Davisson, G. Willow Wilson, Terry Dodson, Valentine Barker, Jim Zub embark in super comics fun time on stage at ECCC '22

Super comics fun time with Zack Davisson, G. Willow Wilson, Terry Dodson, Valentine Barker, Jim Zub at Emerald City Comic Con 2022

Graeme McMillan

Spider-Man Blue by Tim Sale

Follow the Remembering Tim Sale panel live from ECCC '22

Friends, collaborators, and peers of the late artist remember his life and work at the Seattle event

Graeme McMillan

Steve Burns

Watch Steve Burns chat about why he left Blues Clues live from Emerald City Comic Con!

Livestreamed panel of Steve Burns' 'What Happened to Steve' panel

Tiffany Babb

Panel at ECCC featuring Kyle Higgins, Kyle Strahm, Daniel Warren Johnson, David F Walker, Mirka Andolfo

How to create an Image comic (and the worldbuilding, thematic layout, and structure involved)

On the Image Comics 30 years of storytelling panel at Emerald City Comic Con featuring Julio Anta, Kyle Strahm, Daniel Warren Johnson, David F. Walker, Kyle Higgins, and Mirka Andolfo

Tiffany Babb

Norse Mythology panel

Watch the Norse mythology panel Tales from Yggdrasil from Emerald City Comic Con 2022

Get schooled on Norse mythology with Nerds know in ECCC's Tales from Yggdrasil panel

Chris Arrant

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Watch Tracy & Laura Hickman and Jim Zub's Tabletop RPGs design panel from ECCC '22

Level up your RPG design skills with Jim Zub and Tracy & Laura Hickman with this panel filmed at Emerald City Comic Con 2022

Chris Arrant

Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond, & Max Mittelman

Watch Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond, & Max Mittelman bring L.A.V.A. Live show to ECCC!

L.A.V.A. Live comes to Emerald City Comic Con with Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond, & Max Mittelman

Chris Arrant

Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons

Watch the Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons panel with Jim Zub from Emerald City Comic Con 2022

Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons - the hit comic book crossover turned tabletop RPG is now a comics panel

Chris Arrant

Comics 101: The Art of Building Compelling Worlds and Characters

Learn the art and science behind building worlds and characters from Janet Lee and Amy Chu at ECCC '22!

Watch the two acclaimed creators discuss the secrets behind creating new worlds live from the comfort of your own home

Graeme McMillan

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Watch Hope Larson, Isaac Goodhart, and Kat Leyh talk YA comics at ECCC '22

Popverse brings the Breaking Into YA Comics panel to you live and direct from ECCC

Graeme McMillan

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Watch Funkon 2 invade Emerald City Comic Con 2022

Funko returns to Emerald City Comic Con with surprises, giveaways, and announcements... and you can watch the whole event!

Chris Arrant

Skyraiders of Abarax

Watch Tracy and Laura Hickman talk Skyraiders of Abarax from ECCC '22 live!

The creators of the Kickstarter RPG funded in less than 90 minutes share all live from ECCC

Graeme McMillan

Dubs vs. Subs

Which is better: dubbed anime or subtitled anime? The Dubs. vs Subs debate goes live from ECCC '22 stages

The gang from Nerds Know hold court to decide the winner of Dubs vs. Subs

Chris Arrant

Genshin Impact cast

Watch Genshin Impact's Cristina Vee, Erika Harlacher, Todd Haberkorn live on stage from ECCC '22

The big voices of Genshin Impact - Erika Harlacher, Cristina Vee, and Todd Haberkorn - tell secrets and stories

Chris Arrant

Lara and Shawn Steele posed next to their droids

These are the droids you're looking for-- Lego droids, that is, at Emerald City Comic Con

Lara and Shawn Steele build working droids out of Lego

Tiffany Babb

Doug Jones spotlight

Watch Doug Jones' Spotlight panel from ECCC 2022 live!

Watch the legendary actor and contortionist Doug Jones chat all about his fabled career live from Emerald City Comic Con

Tiffany Babb

Big superhero fight scene with giant Lego Galactus

Visit Emerald City Comic Con's Brick Nation to see scenes from all corners of pop culture in Lego form

Yes, there is a giant Lego Galactus

Tiffany Babb

Marissa Meyer Spotlight

Novelist Marissa Meyer spills the bean on her writing secrets (and secret origin) at ECCC '22

The Lunar Chronicles and Gilded author shared all with fans at the Seattle convention

Graeme McMillan

The Burden of Truth in YA

Watch Tochi Onyebuchi, Alys Arden, Kami Garcia, LL McKinney, DJ Kirkland's discussion of the book censorship from ECCC '22

Watch Emerald City Comic Con's The Burden of Truth in YA panel featuring Kami Garcia, Alys Arden, LL McKinney, and Tochi Onyebuchi

Tiffany Babb

How to Write Comics Workshop at ECCC '22

Jim Zub, Amy Chu, Zack Kaplan, and Jim Krueger reveal the secrets of comics writing at ECCC '22

What does it take to make it in the industry, and what should writers remember at all times? Four leading writers explain all.

Graeme McMillan

How to Write Comics Workshop panel from ECCC 2022

Watch Amy Chu, Jim Zub, Zack Kaplan, and Jim Krueger's comics writing workshop at ECCC 2022

Watch Emerald City Comic Con's How to Write Comics Workshop panel with Amy Chu, Jim Zub, Zack Kaplan, and Jim Krueger

Chris Arrant

ECCC '22 Art of Collaboration (YA Edition) panel

Kami Garcia, Alys Arden, LL McKinney, Isaac Goodhart, and Julio Anta talk the Art of Collaboration in YA for ECCC '22 panel

Watch the Art of the Collaboration (YA Edition) panel with Kami Garcia, Alys Arden, LL McKinney, Isaac Goodhart, and Julio Anta from Emerald City Comic Con

Chris Arrant

Oni Press booth at the 2021 Emerald City Comic Con

Oni Press confirmed to exhibit at Emerald City Comic Con after SDCC cancellation, layoffs, staff exits

The beginning of a new era for Oni Press?

Chris Arrant