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A Spider-Man cosplayer punched far-right activist Jake Lang, and his supporters have now raised over $100,000 to help support his legal issues
The Marvel-attired counterprotestor has received a surge of support after punching right-wing influencer Lang, who was in Minneapolis to support a woman who reportedly hurled racial slurs at an autistic child
Grant DeArmitt
Street Fighter led David Dastmalchian to study cults for his M. Bison role
Playing M. Bison is a big responsibility, so David Dastmalchian made sure he studied up before getting into character
Trent Cannon
The 10 best Alan Moore comics, ranked: From Watchmen to From Hell
Think Watchmen is Alan Moore’s masterpiece? These comics might change your mind.
Chris Arrant
Kentaro Miura didn't plan much of Berserk from the start... just Guts' desire for revenge and anger
When Berserk started, Kentaro Miura just wanted to see how angry he could make his main character.
Trent Cannon
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
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
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How an anarchic British sitcom made history on MTV
The Young Ones remains one of the most chaotic series to be produced by the BBC, which made it perfect for early MTV.
Marvel Studios launches its Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday podcast featuring Ms. Marvel herself, Iman Vellani
Disney+'s Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday podcast will look back on key moments in the Infinity Saga
Before Heated Rivalry, Rachel Reid turned her original hockey romance into Captain America fanfic just to post it on AO3
The story that would become Rachel Reid's Game Changer book was a Stucky hockey fanfic published on AO3, but she never intended it to be a Stucky story
Saoirse Ronan wants to be a Bond villain and now that's all we want too
In this next phase of her career, Saoirse Ronan "wants to go dark," and what's darker than a Bond villain?
Fan service has "just become a checkbox" in comic book movies after The Cap/Mjolnir moment in Avengers: Endgame, according to former Marvel Comics boss John Nee
John Nee, whose experience in the comics medium stretches across decades, says comic references on the big screen have gone "downhill" since Avengers: Endgame
Kyle Chandler's Comic-Con mission wasn't just promoting DC Studios' Lanterns... he also wanted to sneak onto the showfloor to read these Tom King comics he keeps hearing about
No evil shall escape his sight - but if you were at SDCC, DC Studios' own Hal Jordan might have escaped yours
Manifest spins off into a new Netflix show five years after NBC cancelled it the first time around
Arrivals: A New Manifest Mystery will reveal new elements of Manifest lore, promises the show's original creator
Marvel is giving us more homework before Avengers: Doomsday
The Russo Brothers are saying that Avengers: Endgame Encore is "required" viewing, adding to the reading list before Avengers: Doomsday comes out.
Insidious 6 was made because the franchise's psychic wouldn't let Sony cancel it
Lin Shaye, who has played Insidious's Elise Rainer since the first film, took immediate action after learning Sony had planned to pull Insidious: Out of the Further
Fate/Strange Fake Season 2 finally gets confirmed after 5 months of speculation
It took Aniplex almost half a year to explain what that cryptic message at the end of Fate/Strange Fake Season 1 meant
France announced a Dragon Ball theme park without bothering to secure the rights to Dragon Ball, according to new report
The Saudi-funded Dragon Ball theme park would be built outside Paris, but those pesky rights issues remain in the way
Marvel Cinematic Universe: The Infinity Saga ranked! All 23 films from worst to best
We rank every film in the MCU’s Infinity Saga! From Avengers to Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel, and more: who got first place, and which movie was the worst?
Man of Tomorrow's wrap photo from behind-the-scenes sparks fan speculation about the future of DC's Lex Luthor
DC fans are speculating that Lex Luthor is on the planet Salvation that Peacemaker was banished to
Manga is booming, but Weekly Shonen Jump's print circulation just hit a historic low. Here's why
The iconic manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump, has slipped below 1 million copies in circulation for the first time ever.
Delicious in Dungeon is about the community that food helps build [Popverse Jump]
Nothing brings people together like a good meal, which is why Delicious in Dungeon works.
Manga-ka Kentaro Miura wanted to work on historical manga after he finished Berserk
Though he never got to see Berserk finished, Kentaro Miura always wanted to work on a historical manga when it was done.
A Tim Curry classic leads the way for Popverse Playlist for August 29-September 4, 2026
We pay tribute to the late Tim Curry while also celebrating a new and unusual comic book, and a sitcom return to the small screen from a big screen movie star
Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man never met MJ because filmmakers though it would be too weird - even though it was filmed
Shailene Woodley filmed scenes as Mary Jane Watson for The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Adults 50 & Up have become the biggest manga readers in Japan, digitally
The manga demographic is skewing older as the industry becomes more popular.
Gantz manga-ka Hiroya Oku is retiring... not for lack of ideas, but lack of energy over how grueling it is mentally & physically
After nearly 40 years of making manga, Hiroya Oku is tired of the intense schedules and competitive market of the industry.
Magic: The Gathering's head designer regrets artifacts & enchantments as we know it, and his reasoning makes a lot of sense
The line between artifacts and enchantments in Magic: The Gathering today is "fuzzy," says the game's head of design, Mark Rosewater
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Delicious in Dungeon is about the community that food helps build [Popverse Jump]
Nothing brings people together like a good meal, which is why Delicious in Dungeon works.
Trent Cannon
A Tim Curry classic leads the way for Popverse Playlist for August 29-September 4, 2026
We pay tribute to the late Tim Curry while also celebrating a new and unusual comic book, and a sitcom return to the small screen from a big screen movie star
Graeme McMillan
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
British Week
How an anarchic British sitcom made history on MTV
The Young Ones remains one of the most chaotic series to be produced by the BBC, which made it perfect for early MTV.
Trent Cannon
The real horror of The Conjuring 2 is a demon called Margaret Thatcher
The Conjuring 2's depiction of the Enfield poltergeist is firmly rooted within the rise of Thatcherism
Jules Chin Greene
Black Mirror's Charlie Brooker isn't worried about AI taking writers' jobs - he's worried about AI dictating them
Charlie Brooker, the mind behind Black Mirror's many episodes dealing with artificial intelligence, had a unique perspective on generative AI
Grant DeArmitt
New James Bond actor narrowed down to one of three (very British) men, according to reports
Jack Barton is apparently the frontrunner for the role of 007, but nothing has been decided yet.
Trent Cannon
British Week
How an anarchic British sitcom made history on MTV
The Young Ones remains one of the most chaotic series to be produced by the BBC, which made it perfect for early MTV.
Trent Cannon
The real horror of The Conjuring 2 is a demon called Margaret Thatcher
The Conjuring 2's depiction of the Enfield poltergeist is firmly rooted within the rise of Thatcherism
Jules Chin Greene
Black Mirror's Charlie Brooker isn't worried about AI taking writers' jobs - he's worried about AI dictating them
Charlie Brooker, the mind behind Black Mirror's many episodes dealing with artificial intelligence, had a unique perspective on generative AI
Grant DeArmitt
New James Bond actor narrowed down to one of three (very British) men, according to reports
Jack Barton is apparently the frontrunner for the role of 007, but nothing has been decided yet.
Trent Cannon
Critical Role Productions
Critical Role's Matt Mercer has an irrational fear of skiing
Critical Role's usual GM Mercer fears skiing because, in real life, failing an agility check can kill you
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role's Matt Mercer is a huge House of Leaves fan... but doesn't want to see a film adaptation
Mark Z. Danielewski's experimental horror novel House of Leaves is only created for "the book medium," says Critical Role's Mercer
Grant DeArmitt
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
Grant DeArmitt
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
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Marvel is giving us more homework before Avengers: Doomsday
The Russo Brothers are saying that Avengers: Endgame Encore is "required" viewing, adding to the reading list before Avengers: Doomsday comes out.
Trent Cannon
Marvel Cinematic Universe: The Infinity Saga ranked! All 23 films from worst to best
We rank every film in the MCU’s Infinity Saga! From Avengers to Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel, and more: who got first place, and which movie was the worst?
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Ghost Rider gets official release date as Marvel firms up its post-Secret Wars MCU
2028 marks an important year for Marvel Studios, with three MCU movies coming without Spider-Man or Avengers in the title
Trent Cannon
Kingpin hasn’t fought Spider-Man in the MCU (yet), but Vincent D’Onofrio has a pretty good idea on how the fight would play out
Vincent D’Onofrio is already planning for a potential Kingpin vs Spider-Man and Daredevil fight (and it doesn’t go well for the heroes)
Joshua Lapin-Bertone