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Meet Popverse's new staff writer, Grant DeArmitt
Popverse is entering year 2 with a new staff writer (and old face): Grant DeArmitt
July 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Why aren't there more black heroes at Marvel? The company's X-Men editor explains
The Marvel Comics Editor Tom Brevoort answered an email inquiry about dearth of black heroes in the X-Men besides those from Wakanda
July 01, 2024
Avery Kaplan
News
Marvel explains why Magneto keeps getting older but other Marvel heroes stay the same age
Marvel Comics executive editor Tom Brevoot says Magneto has a secondary superpower that’s right in front of our faces.
July 01, 2024
Avery Kaplan
Features
All of the upcoming major comic cons and shows coming in the US and abroad
There are comic conventions happening weekly around the world - here's a list of many of them, so you can make plans to be there yourself!
July 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
A Latina Snow White inspired tale with the gay equivalents of the seven dwarves blossoms in Eat Your Heart Out
Eat Your Heart Out is about an aspiring big city fashionista with her seven supportive gay roommates.
June 30, 2024
Gary Catig
Features
Ariana Grande's official comic was fueled by watching "a lot of music videos," says the writer
Terry Blas reveals what it was like working on the comic Ariana Grande vs. Sargeant Shade and the Clonebot Brigade
June 29, 2024
Gary Catig
Features
Follow Image Comics' mega-panel with Saladin Ahmed, Tim Seeley, Ethan Sacks, and more from the 2024 ALA Annual!
Expect big things from the Image Comics Summer Spectacular at the ALA Annual.
June 29, 2024
Gary Catig
Features
The creators at MCM May 2024 know what it takes to make it through a show (and it's a surprisingly healthy answer from most)
Hamish Steele, Khary Randolph, Kit Buss, Marc Laming, and Rachael Smith tell all about the con must-haves in a new Artist Alley Asks
June 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Watch the casts of Star Trek: Discovery, Baldur's Gate 3, One Piece, Ted Lasso, and more with full panel videos from MCM Comic Con 2024!
Watch all of the big panels from MCM Comic Con May 2024 here, free!
June 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Local Comic Shop Day 2024 is coming: Here's when it is, what to expect, and where to find your local comic store
It's record store day but for comics fans. What's not to love?
June 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The Bear's Ebon Moss-Bachrach says the indie comic Elfquest fueled some of his "earliest sexual visions"
The soon-to-be MCU star Ebon Moss-Bachrach reveals his comic fandom
June 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Comics giants Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud are teaming up to create the comic they wish they had (and we had) when they were kids
The creators of Smile and Understanding Comics are working on a book to inspire the next generation of comic creators
June 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Something is Killing the Children and lots of other things in Hello Darkness, the new horror anthology including work from The Boys co-creator Garth Ennis, James Tynion IV, and many more
Popverse has an exclusive sneak peek at the first issue of Boom! Studios' new horror anthology series, launching in July
June 26, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
The Boys was originally a DC Comics superteam: Inside the secret origin of the r-rated superheroes created to stop the Justice League
The secret history of The Boys by Garth Ennis and Darrick Robertson, before it became an Amazon Prime Video hit franchise - or even a comic book
June 26, 2024
Matt Brady
Features
Queer comics for people (of all ages) who are not into superheroes
Looking for some queer comics that aren't about super heroes? Here are some great places to start.
June 26, 2024
Jim McDermott
Guides
Top 7 Robins from DC Comics, ranked from Batman's best to worst!
Ranking all the Robins of the Batman family from worst to best
June 25, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
11 Queer superhero comics to help you get your Pride on
THEY’RE HERE! THEY’RE QUEER! THEY WEAR CAPES AND PUNCH BAD GUYS AND ALSO SOMETIMES HAVE DANCE PARTIES!
June 25, 2024
Jim McDermott
Features
Chip Zdarsky, a massive Popverse Con-versation
We interviewed Chip at C2E2 for a wide-ranging conversation about all his comics!
June 25, 2024
Dave Buesing
Features
Godzilla and other (Teen) Titans lead the way for dream projects from MCM Artist Alley Asks
Hamish Steele, Khary Randolph, Kit Buss, Marc Laming, and Rachael Smith share their dream projects in another Artist Alley Asks
June 21, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Inside the pioneering LGBTQIA+ comics non-profit Prism Comics
Inside the queer comics organization that has grown and blossomed as the comics industry has grown
June 21, 2024
Rebecca Oliver Kaplan
News
IDW undergoing more changes as majority owner changes, its Editor-in-Chief leaves, and one of its publishers moves to a different position
14 months after IDW's self-described "reset", things are changing again
June 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
IDW Publishing former EiC Jamie S. Rich speaks for the first time on his exit, and the "know-nothings" who twisted the story
It's a big story that IDW's top editor is leaving, but then a segment of the internet made it even weirder
June 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Eats for Geeks: Jarrett Melendez brings Pokémon, Percy Jackson, & Wednesday recipes to Miami's Florida Supercon
Feed your fandom at the 'From Screen to Kitchen: Creating Recipes Inspired by Pop Culture/Media' panel series
June 20, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Monstress artist Sana Takeda dives into the emotions, the origin, and yes, the monsters of her and Marjorie Liu's hit comic
Monstrous work: Sana Takeda talks craft, Monstress, and Night Eaters
June 19, 2024
Frederik Hautain
Features
THANK THE DARK GODS! Dark Horse Comics announces The Headless Horseman Halloween Annual 2024
All this sunlight got you down? Don't worry, goths and ghouls: David Dastmalchian, Leah Kilpatrick, Lukas Ketner, and more macabre masters have you covered
June 19, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
LIVE ON KICKSTARTER: Epiphany Engine brings together 33 publishers for single, multiverse-spanning event
Spearheaded by publisher Tony Kittrell and editor Joseph P. Illidge, Epiphany Engine unites Black superheroes from across the indie comics world - and you can bring the project to life!
June 19, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
11 times LGBTQ+ superheroes made national headlines (and where they are now)
A brief history of queer superheroes in the news
June 19, 2024
Kate Willaert
Features
Muslim nerds and geeks gathered at MCM London Comic Con for Super Salaam! - and we filmed the entire panel!
Panelists Dr. Jaasir Jabbar, HRH Prince Fahad Al-Saud, Headbanger Hijabi, Helalipop, and Hijabi Hoo join moderator Dr. Shamika Mitchell to talk culture and comic con
June 19, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Artist's Alley Asks: Tim Seeley reveals his quest every convention (Clue: it involves the Power of Grayskull)
Who doesn't love "He-Man guys"?
June 19, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Come meet Popverse at Miami's Florida Supercon 2024!
What, did you think we were just *not* going to go?
June 18, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The 2024 Harvey Awards are coming...
The biggest comic con in North America is preparing to honor the best comics of the year in this year's Harvey Awards
June 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
How to watch panels from New York Comic Con (and other ReedPop shows) from anywhere
Stream the big panels from New York Comic Con, Emerald City Comic Con, C2E2, MCM Comic Con, and more
June 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Image Comics' most unkillable comic returns, as X-Men writer Gerry Duggan revives Dead Eyes in new series The Empty Frames
Co-creator John McCrea is back for the new five-issue go-around
June 14, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Something is Killing the Children prequel is coming from James Tynion and Werther Dell'Edera on five-year anniversary of BOOM! hit's debut
This September, Something is Killing the Children #0 reveals what happened just before the first issue for Erica Slaughter
June 13, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Upcoming comics, manga, and graphic novels from Marvel, DC, VIZ, Scholastic, and more
All of the upcoming comics that we think you should keep an eye out for
June 11, 2024
Tiffany Babb
Features
How two comic con fans found true love (& each other) at New York Comic Con
Comic conventions have it all, including true love
June 11, 2024
Veronica Valencia
Features
Are Marvel's X-Men too powerful? X-Men boss warns of "power-creep" and quotes The Incredibles' villain
"And when everyone's super," pause for evil laugh, "No one will be"
June 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Oni Press reveals plans for San Diego's 2024 ALA Annual with Subzero, Night Mother, and Eat Your Heart Out creators
Oni Press is bringing their big upcoming books to the pinnacle of library conventions, the ALA Annual
June 07, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Alison Bechdel's influence on comics & pop culture, explained
The last 40 years of Alison Bechdel's career have altered not just the fabric of comics, but of media and pop culture as well.
June 07, 2024
Samantha Puc
News
Image Comics' Petrol Head gets optioned for a movie from the company behind X-Men: Days of Future Past's VFX
Rob Williams and Pye Parr's future dystopian post-apocalyptic racing comic is headed for the big screen
June 05, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
A Year in Queer: The best LGBT+ comics of 2024
In honor of Pride Month 2024, here are 12 comics (one per month) than span the breadth of queer experience
June 02, 2024
Eileen Gonzalez
Features
Eating Fish and Chips, visiting the Tower, and more: what MCM Artist Alley celebrity creators want to get up to in London
Hamish Steele, Khary Randolph, Kit Buss, Marc Laming, and Rachael Smith have some extra-curricular plans for the UK capital
May 31, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Dog Man returns with an unexpected announcement of a second book in 2024, just weeks before the movie
Big Jim Begins will hit shelves this December
May 30, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
DC Comics creators Dustin Nguyen, Tini Howard, Jackson Lanzing & Jeff Parker reveal the one and only time you a comic creator should work for free
If anyone offers to pay you in exposure, don't forget "you can expose yourself," said creators at ECCC 2024
May 30, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Invisibility, super-eating, and making people nice; MCM Artist Alley celebrity creators share the superpowers they want
Hamish Steele, Khary Randolph, Kit Buss, Marc Laming, and Rachael Smith tell us their dream superpowers in another Artist Alley Asks.
May 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Local Comic Shop Day is moving dates in 2024 (and may be canceled), as organizers look for changes
Local Comic Shop Day is coming sooner than you think - and its could be changing too
May 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Todd McFarlane is working with Marvel again (just not how you might expect)
McFarlane Toys has partnered with Marvel for a new line of posed figures based on iconic artwork (including Todd's, of course)
May 24, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
This Hellboy candle feels like a personal gift from Mike Mignola to me (and you)
I've never eaten pancakes by candlelight, but soon, thanks to Hellboy, I will.
May 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
And the 2024 Eisner Award nominees are...
SDCC 2024 will feature the biggest night in comics - who will be up for an award?
May 23, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
EC Comics is returning after 68 years - and so is its iconic lettering font & style, with a 21st century upgrade
A classic EC Comics hallmark returns - but not just for nostalgia
May 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Comics will soon be inflight entertainment on your next flight (if you choose the right airline)
There's now more comics to read on airplanes than those emergency comics
May 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Imagine Fight Club but as a '90s shojo anime with motorbikes, and you have Fell Hound's S.I.R.
Commander Rao creator Fell Hound is coming to BOOM! Studios
May 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Archie magics a forgotten comic book hero back into the spotlight with Kardak the Mystic this August
The spooky one-shot will reintroduce a character who originally appeared in the 1940s
May 22, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
The best Miami beach dining options for when you're here for Florida Supercon
Wondering where to grab a meal around Miami's Florida Supercon? We've got you covered and smothered
May 21, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
If you're going to a comic con, you'll need this (and this, and this)
It's dangerous to go alone - take this! A comprehensive guide of things to bring to a comic convention
May 20, 2024
Lauren Sisselman
News
Fallout Boy's Pete Wentz is back with a suicide-turned-magical-salvation story in Dying Inside
Dying Inside artist Lisa Sterle opens up her sketchbook to look at designs and character art
May 20, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Marvel partners with King Charles III for new art-driven merch line (no, not that artwork)
Some of the products are pretty rad.
May 17, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Let love rule: Give Archie Comics the Bridgerton treatment, you cowards
If period romances are all the rage, then surely we can let Archie Andrews be the All-American dreamboat he was originally intended to be?
May 16, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Like all major comic heroes, the Eisner Award for comics journalism is back from the dead
Congratulations to the nominees of the 2024 Eisner Awards - especially our journalism colleagues.
May 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The iconic children's show Sesame Street is debuting a new comic book artist character (and he already has his first fan)
First Jim Lee appeared on Sesame Street, now this!
May 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
A guide to disability & ADA services to expect at comic conventions
Conventions are for everyone - here's how it can work for you
May 16, 2024
Lauren Sisselman
Features
Here's how (and when) to get New York Comic Con 2024 tickets... and how to get them early
It's time to get your ticket to the biggest comic con in North America - NYCC 2024.
May 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
The Traitors star Kevin Kreider brings his Bling Empire to comics
Kevin Kreider has wanted to be a comics creator since he was a child - and now that he's a reality show star, he can do it
May 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The best Post-Apocalyptic Comics: From nuclear fallout to gender-centric genocide, comics love to end the world in big ways
Y: The Last Man, Kamandi, Judge Dredd and more show up on our list of the best dystopian comic book stories
May 14, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
James Tynion IV's First Decade at Boom! Studios Kickstarter is now live... and there's a brand new book as part of the campaign
The Art of Something is Killing the Children is a previously unannounced addition to the anniversary campaign
May 14, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
The GalaxyCon comic convention chain is about to expand to more cities
Miami and more are about to have a new comic con!
May 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Artist's Alley Asks: Cully Hamner has some very simple needs for surviving a comic convention
What are the two things that the co-creator of the Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle needs to make it through a con?
May 13, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Miraculous' Ladybug & Cat Noir are going Chibi again, this time with pizza!
What happens when Ladybug and Cat Noir share a pizza - and Cat Noir runs off with it?!
May 13, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Artist's Alley Asks: Gene Ha reveals all about his Chicago must-sees, convention must-haves, and potential arch-nemesis
The artist behind Wonder Woman: Historia - The Amazons is very familiar with the Windy City
May 11, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
News
James Tynion's Tiny Onion doubles in size just three months after launch
James Tynion IV staffs up with a new editor, a new production person, a talent manager, and an executive assistant to help manage it all
May 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
If you have an Android phone or tablet, you now have a dazzling new app to read most of your favorite comics: Omnibus
The digital comics reader/store Omnibus has finally come to our Android devices
May 09, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Comics are a dream job, but for Bishop creator Whilce Portacio it wasn't his initial dream
The comic creator aspired to work in another creative profession
May 09, 2024
Veronica Valencia
Features
C2E2 2023: Watch most of the big panels on VOD, read the biggest news, and more thanks to Popverse
It's time to make our way to Chicago for one of our favorite comic conventions
May 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Meet Popverse's new editor, Graeme McMillan
Wait, what? Graeme McMillan is becoming a bigger part of Popverse
May 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
The official Magic: The Gathering manga is finally coming to North America - with a new, exclusive card!
Tap this for manga.
May 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
How Superman and TMNT's Raphael would get along, according to Darren Criss
The Man of Steel and Ninja Turtle voice actor makes a crossover happen
May 08, 2024
Dave Buesing
Features
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees creator and editor on the series' surprise success and whether fans can expect to see more
Popverse got to chat with Patrick Horvath and Maggie Howell about all things Beneath the Trees
May 07, 2024
Tiffany Babb
News
Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham's Miracleman collaboration for Marvel has been reworked to become "a new work" for modern times, says the artist
Buckingham detailed the ways in which the two creators are working together to finish their story after 30 years
May 06, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
SpoilersDC's Absolute Power FCBD special introduces the "final piece of the puzzle" for Amanda Waller's master plan against the former Justice League
Things do not go well for one villain in the prelude to the big summer 2024 event including Superman, Batman, and the DC heroes
May 04, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
The Smurfs are going to the Olympics (and more) in 2024
Smurfs sports comics. Smurfs farming comics. Smurfs cooking comics. And more!
May 02, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
All 8 of DC's Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month variant covers for 2024
Characters Cassandra Cain, Monkey Prince, Kong Kenan, and more are part of DC's celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage
May 01, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Free Comic Book Day arrives at the U.S. Capitol, thanks to Congressman Robert Garcia
The head of the Popular Arts Caucus brought the annual event (and, of course, some free comics) to Capitol Hill Wednesday
May 01, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
If you're wondering what James Tynion IV is scared of, look to his comics
Well, that and E.T. (Yes, the Extra-Terrestrial)
April 29, 2024
Tiffany Babb
News
Popverse went to C2E2 2024 and all we got was this amazing cavalcade of stories for you
We had a very packed weekend in Chicago's McCormick Place
April 28, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Artist's Alley Asks: Who (or what) is the arch-nemesis of Gene Ha, Cully Hamner, Jarrett Melendez, Rachael Stott, Soo Lee, and Tim Seeley?
Everyone has their own worst enemy, and C2E2 2024's AA All-Stars reveal theirs
April 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
James Tynion IV confirms that Something is Killing the Children is still in the works at Netflix
Tynion IV updated C2E2 audiences on the progress of the comics adaptation
April 28, 2024
Dave Buesing
Features
Marvel Studios' Namor originally looked much different, until they saw DC's Aquaman movie
Artist Adi Granov shares the influence of Aquaman on designs for Namor
April 28, 2024
Dave Buesing
Features
Artist's Alley Asks: Gene Ha, Cully Hamner, Jarrett Melendez, Rachael Stott, Soo Lee, and Tim Seeley share their dream comic book projects
What comic book character (or title) would make some of C2E2 2024's top artists drop everything to work on?
April 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Artist's Alley Asks: What do you need to make it through a convention? Gene Ha, Cully Hamner, Jarrett Melendez, Rachael Stott, Soo Lee, and Tim Seeley reveal all
Popverse asks C2E2 creators what their must-haves are for each con appearance, and it's not always what you'd expect
April 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: If you're collecting this hit comic, you can now collect its card as well
Fans of Patrick Horvath's new horror comic might want to pick up a collector's card of that already-iconic first cover
April 28, 2024
Tiffany Babb
Features
James Tynion IV teases what's next for Something is Killing the Children at C2E2
The Slaughterverse will be expanding with the Book of Cutter, while SIKTC continues to mine its history throughout 2024
April 27, 2024
Dave Buesing
Features
Artist's Alley Asks: Gene Ha, Cully Hamner, Jarrett Melendez, Rachael Stott, Soo Lee, and Tim Seeley share their Chicago tips while at C2E2
What's the favorite thing for creators including Gene Ha, Rachael Stott, and Cully Hamner to do in the Windy City? Find out here!
April 26, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
News
James Tynion IV and Boom! Studios celebrate their 10th anniversary together, and we're the ones getting the gifts
The publisher and Tynion announced a new project celebrating a decade of collaboration at C2E2, with the book launching on Kickstarter
April 26, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Transformers 40th anniversary theatrical event to open with comic book trailer
This is one nostalgia trip that's... more than meets the eye
April 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
C2E2 2024 is here, and here's where you can find Popverse at the show!
3 days, 4 staff members, and more fun than you could stuff even in a deep dish
April 26, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Garth Ennis, James Tynion IV, Becky Cloonan, R.L. Stine and more say Hello Darkness with a new horror project from BOOM!
BOOM! Studios says Hello Darkness with a new ongoing horror anthology series launching this summer
April 25, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
How comic creators really feel about convention commission sketches
Sometimes, the pressure (or choice of subject) of a con sketch can prove to be too much
April 25, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Congrats to Hellboy creator Mike Mignola on the birth of a whole new monster universe (and an imprint for his whole family of fiction)
We didn't even know Mignola and collborator Ben Stenbeck were expecting!
April 25, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Chicago, get ready: the C2E2 2025 dates are here
We haven't even celebrated C2E2 2024 yet, and we're already making plans for C2E2 2025
April 24, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Stan Lee once drew Usagi Yojimbo in a Spider-Man costume as a gift for Stan Sakai
Who doesn't love Spider-Man? Who doesn't love Usagi Yojimbo?
April 24, 2024
Tiffany Babb