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One Piece Film God Valley will be the first canon film in the series history
Every other One Piece film has avoided events from the manga, but God Valley will be different.
Trent Cannon
What Zainab Akhtar learned from taking a year away from ShortBox Comics Fair, and why she's excited for 2027's return
Zainab Akhtar believes readers will follow great comics. ShortBox Comics Fair keeps proving her right.
Chris Arrant
Critical Role's Matt Mercer on what makes great occult (and for that matter, cosmic) horror
Matt Mercer, the mind behind Critical Role's Daggerheart setting Age of Umbra, knows a thing or two about how to build dread in an audience
Grant DeArmitt
Star Wars is especially British, despite what it may claim about a galaxy far, far away
The United Kingdom has a long history of cultural dominance, and we can look to Star Wars for proof
Graeme McMillan
Daredevil’s business card in Spider-Man: Brand New Day has the wrong area code in his phone number
A graphics assistant who worked on Spider-Man: Brand New Day unveiled a business card for Matt Murdock that was in Peter Parker's wallet
Jules Chin Greene
Vixen writer Stephanie Williams is aiming for at least 47 issues to mark a milestone for the character
It took Vixen 47 years to get her own ongoing title, and writer Stephanie Williams wants a 47 issue run to pay homage
George Marston
Latest
Marvel says the quiet part out loud: Endgame Encore trailer promises special look at Doomsday
Avengers: Endgame Encore next month will give you an "exclusive look" at Doomsday
Lanterns is a superhero show with no big bad, according to showrunner Damon Lindelof
There's a reason why Sinestro has a Hannibal Lecter-like role in HBO's Lanterns, explains Lindelof
The re-translations of the first and third Witcher books have been delayed, but we have the new release dates
Before you reread The Witcher, you might want to wait for these new English translations.
Philomena Cunk star's new robot comedy almost broke her (literally)
Diane Morgan had to see a physio after filming new sitcom Ann Droid
Doctor Who's Billie Piper really isn't the next Doctor, she clarifies
Despite what we all saw at the end of the last episode of Doctor Who, Billie Piper insists she is not playing the Sixteenth Doctor.
Kentaro Miura understood something important about trauma: Casca remembering wasn't the same as Casca healing
Recovering from something like Casca's trauma wouldn't be easy for anyone, so it couldn't be easy for her.
Black Mirror's Charlie Brooker recalls challenging himself to dive into new territory: a positive ending
The beginning of Black Mirror's San Junipero, says Brooker, was the notion that doing too many bleak endings would make the show "predictable"
Sherlock could return, if the BBC can convince Benedict Cumberbatch
Sherlock co-creator and co-writer Steven Moffat would love to explore Holmes and Watson as middle-aged men
Marvel left Jon Favreau's Iron Man comic with Adi Granov unfinished for 18 years, but now there's "lots of talk" about bringing it back
Jon Favreau and Adi Granov's unfinished Iron Man comic might finally be coming back after 18 years in Marvel's vault.
The 10 most dangerous Doctor Who monsters - ranked!
Daleks, Cybermen, and Weeping Angels - the BBC's Doctor Who has introduced all manner of deadly alien threats in its 60+ year history, but which are the most dangerous? We lay it out
Best gifts for Batman fans in 2026: 7 picks we actually recommend [Pop Shop]
Best gifts for Batman fans in 2026 (Editor's Picks)
Nathan Fillion isn't an anchor of the DCU, despite appearances in Lanterns, Superman and more
Nathan Fillion views his Green Lantern role as a "thread being" within the DC Universe
Happy Popverse British Week - Black Mirror season 8 is shooting right now
Once again, we're wondering how Black Mirror knew exactly where we'd be right now
The man who isn't MCU's Professor X is glad he didn't get the role
Ozark's Tom Pelphrey describes the "very long, serious commitment," of working in a space like the MCU's X-Men franchise
Explaining the complicated racebending of Psylocke
So, how did the mind of a white British woman like Betsy Braddock end up in the body of a Japanese ninja named Kwannon?
Nerdy media is getting darker... and Critical Role's Matt Mercer knows why
Why are projects like Mercer's own Age of Umbra actual play making such waves in geek spaces? Critical Role's usual GM has thoughts
Marvel Phase 7: Everything we know about X-Men, Ghost Rider and Black Panther 3
The future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe begins in 2028 with the all-new all-different X-Men, a new Black Panther, and a new take on Johnny Blaze
MTG's head designer wants to change the way we talk about mana
Mark Rosewater, Magic: The Gathering's head of design, has "spent so much time" trying to get players to read mana costs differently
Sean Murphy is bringing the Justice League to DC's Batman: White Knight franchise
"Get ready," said Punk Rock Jesus's Sean Murphy, "For WW, Flash, GL, Hawkgirl, and a few others..."
DC recruits Frank Quitely, Chris Bachalo, Nicola Scott & more for Watchmen 40th anniversary festivities
DC is celebrating Watchmen's 40th anniversary with something Alan Moore famously isn't fond of: Nostalgia.
Absolute Batman's Scott Snyder teases a massive twist in #25 that "will spin the book in a direction I don't think anyone will guess"
Absolute Batman writer Snyder says something is coming this October that even the biggest fans of the series won't see coming
Tower of God release schedule (Updated August 2026): When will Season 4 of the hit Webtoon manhwa come out?
We're in a bit of a break between Tower of God chapters, but more is on the way.
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Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is a chance to clean up the messy state of the series' canon [Popverse Jump]
The upcoming remaster of Dragon Ball Super will help clarify what is canon between the anime and the manga.
Trent Cannon
Batman takes on a week of alternate reality and consumer product lawsuits: Popverse Playlist for August 22-28, 2026
As Gotham City gets overrun by plants and evil, one coyote takes a stand for justice... and a man deals with his alternate reality self in another dimension, as you do
Graeme McMillan
Jujutsu Kaisen ended before it let its main character be the main character [Popverse Jump]
Just when Yuji Itadori had the chance to tell his own story, Jujutsu Kaisen ended.
Trent Cannon
British Week
Philomena Cunk star's new robot comedy almost broke her (literally)
Diane Morgan had to see a physio after filming new sitcom Ann Droid
Trent Cannon
Doctor Who's Billie Piper really isn't the next Doctor, she clarifies
Despite what we all saw at the end of the last episode of Doctor Who, Billie Piper insists she is not playing the Sixteenth Doctor.
Trent Cannon
Black Mirror's Charlie Brooker recalls challenging himself to dive into new territory: a positive ending
The beginning of Black Mirror's San Junipero, says Brooker, was the notion that doing too many bleak endings would make the show "predictable"
Grant DeArmitt
Sherlock could return, if the BBC can convince Benedict Cumberbatch
Sherlock co-creator and co-writer Steven Moffat would love to explore Holmes and Watson as middle-aged men
Jules Chin Greene
Warren Ellis
After Image Comics welcomed him back, Warren Ellis says he's doing a new essay for an upcoming DC Comics collection
Warren Ellis' return to comics now includes DC, which pulled a planned story after sexual misconduct allegations.
Chris Arrant
Warren Ellis speaks out as Image Comics reverses its decision not to work with him over sexual misconduct allegations until accountability is achieved
Warren Ellis says "I hurt people, I'm sorry" as he returns to Image Comics, but some of his sexual misconduct victims have told a different story about his "amends."
Chris Arrant
DC is giving another Warren Ellis comic back to him, and Image is publishing them despite unanswered questions about his return
First Desolation Jones, now Ocean: Warren Ellis' DC comics are finding a new home at Image.
Chris Arrant
What changed? Image Comics is working with Warren Ellis again after publicly cutting ties in 2021 due to sexual misconduct allegations
Warren Ellis returns to Image Comics years after sexual misconduct allegations, and Image Comics doesn't want to comment on what changed.
Chris Arrant
Marvel Studios
Marvel says the quiet part out loud: Endgame Encore trailer promises special look at Doomsday
Avengers: Endgame Encore next month will give you an "exclusive look" at Doomsday
Jules Chin Greene
The man who isn't MCU's Professor X is glad he didn't get the role
Ozark's Tom Pelphrey describes the "very long, serious commitment," of working in a space like the MCU's X-Men franchise
Grant DeArmitt
Marvel Phase 7: Everything we know about X-Men, Ghost Rider and Black Panther 3
The future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe begins in 2028 with the all-new all-different X-Men, a new Black Panther, and a new take on Johnny Blaze
Graeme McMillan
Daredevil’s business card in Spider-Man: Brand New Day has the wrong area code in his phone number
A graphics assistant who worked on Spider-Man: Brand New Day unveiled a business card for Matt Murdock that was in Peter Parker's wallet
Jules Chin Greene
Berserk
Kentaro Miura understood something important about trauma: Casca remembering wasn't the same as Casca healing
Recovering from something like Casca's trauma wouldn't be easy for anyone, so it couldn't be easy for her.
Trent Cannon
Berserk creator Kentaro Miura drew every background character like they mattered: "They have souls, after all."
Kentaro Miura found himself struggling with Berserk Volume 39 as he tried to give countless tiny creatures individual expressions.
Trent Cannon
Kentaro Miura knew the reason Berserk kept being delayed: his own perfectionism
The long delays between new Berserk chapters were almost always because Kentaro Miura couldn't trust anyone else to draw as well as he could.
Trent Cannon
Berserk is basically a shoujo manga wrapped in Fist of the North Star, according to Kentaro Miura
Despite the depictions of blood and violence, Kentaro Miura thought there was a certain "fluffiness" to Berserk.
Trent Cannon