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Marvel Studios picks Spider-Man: Brand New Day captain Stephen Wacker as new boss for Marvel Comics editorial
It's the beginning of a 'Brand New Day' era at Marvel Comics editorial.
Grant DeArmitt
DC's Absolute Batman cartoon will be an "expansion" of the comic, says Scott Snyder
Absolute Batman writer Scott Snyder said the show "stays true to the core values and aesthetics" of the DC Comics series
Jules Chin Greene
After nearly a decade, Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski is being sent to Japan for a new role
C.B. Cebulski, who has been Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief since 2017, will move to Japan to develop Marvel's manga offerings
Jules Chin Greene
The Amazing Digital Circus cast says bringing Jax back would ruin the story
Is Jax’s abstraction reversible on The Amazing Digital Circus? Michael Kovach gives his thoughts
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Superhero fatigue isn't real says Invincible co-creator Robert Kirkman... it's just a dearth of good superhero stories that can't rely on the novelty of superheroes anymore (Sorry, Iron Man!)
Who’s afraid of superhero fatigue? Not Robert Kirkman
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Critical Role is so successful because they were an adventuring party before they were a business, claims Laura Bailey
Before they were the folks producing The Legend of Vox Machina and The Mighty Nein, the Critical Role cast were the kind of plucky, ragtag team those adventures are about. And according to Bailey, that's the secret to their success
Grant DeArmitt
Latest
The secret origin of the Todd McFarlane cape as seen in Batman and Spawn, according to Todd McFarlane
At this point in comicdom's history, a Todd McFarlane cape is recognizable from a mile away. Now, the Spawn co-creator explains how those dynamic shapes came together
The Legend of Vox Machina's Marisha Ray & Liam O'Brien thought it would be so cool to write a heist. Then they got to De Rolo's Eleven
Writing The Legend of Vox Machina's season 4, episode 5 was harder than the Keyleth and Percy voice actors thought it was going to be
What are Jax, Ragatha, and Caine’s secret guilty pleasures? The Amazing Digital Circus cast give their thoughts
The Amazing Digital Circus cast reveal their character’s guilty pleasures
Absolute Batman is Berserk without the Guts [Popverse Jump]
Absolute Batman plays it too safe to really embrace what makes Berserk a generational comic.
The Vampire Lestat showrunner always aims to deliver for the book fans first
For producers and writers of AMC's The Vampire Lestat, Anne Rice book fans are given special thought
DC's mega-hit Absolute Batman is changing after #25, as the series switches from developing everything to "letting these pieces really clash and interact and grow" says Scott Snyder
Scott Snyder says the road to Absolute Batman #50 won’t give you any time to catch your breath
There's a new, gold foil Berserk skate deck... but you have to get in line behind me at San Diego Comic-Con to get it
Berserk’s Skull Knight is getting an ultra-rare SDCC-exclusive skate deck.
Sports comedies, Star Treks and Supermen make mid-summer fly by: Popverse Playlist for July 18-24, 2026
Two pop culture icons make their return this week as Superman comes back to comic books and Star Trek comes back to our screens - but we're distracted by pickleball, of all things
Surprise! Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is making it to theaters after all... just not that many
Yes, it is cool that Paramount is giving the next chapter of the Avatar: The Last Airbender saga room on the big screen - but unless you live in NYC or LA, it's going to be very hard for you to catch it
How Rachel Bilson and Wilson Bethel’s chemistry with Rachel Bilson changed the Hart of Dixie finale
Hart of Dixie was originally going to end up with Zoe ending up with George, but plans changed when the producers saw the chemistry between Wilson Bethel and Rachel Bilson
Todd McFarlane hasn’t named his new (and the first!) Spawn yet.. and hopes fans will come up with a meme name he can "borrow"
McFarlane's latest project in the image Comics Spawn-Verse hasn't gotten to the "assigning a codename" stage quite yet
How does Critical Role's Ashley Johnson get into character? Sometimes, by watching a really messed-up true crime doc
Critical Role's Johnson has gone to some dark places in media like The Killing and The Last of Us. So maybe it isn't a surprise that, for inspiration, she's worked her way through Netflix's true crime category
How manga freed American comics from being so focused strictly on superheroes to be successful, according to James Tynion IV
The rising popularity of manga has allowed American comic companies like Marvel, DC, and Image to experiment with non-superhero books
Rosario Dawson wants to join the X-Men (Yeah, she knows she's already in the MCU as Claire Temple)
Rosario Dawson is hoping to return to the Marvel Universe – this time as one of the X-Men
Leonardo voice actor Cam Clarke tried to make the turtle a comedic character on the 1987 TMNT series, but the director shot him down
Cam Clarke secretly tried to make Leonardo into a buffoon on the 1987 TMNT cartoon (but the director wasn’t having it)
What's the secret first DCU movie in James Gunn's new era? 2023's Blue Beetle
Xolo Maridueña is back as Blue Beetle in DC Studios' Man of Tomorrow film next summer
Deborah Ann Woll misses one thing about Netflix’s Daredevil: Karen Page’s quiet moments
Woll, who has been playing Karen Page in Marvel's TV sector since 2015, looks back fondly on the show's Netflix era for one particular character-focused reason
There's already a bible in development for the Absolute Batman cartoon, and comic creators Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta are writing it
Scott Snyder talks about the Absolute Batman animated series, how it will look, and how the storytelling will differ from the comic
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Absolute Batman is Berserk without the Guts [Popverse Jump]
Absolute Batman plays it too safe to really embrace what makes Berserk a generational comic.
Trent Cannon
Sports comedies, Star Treks and Supermen make mid-summer fly by: Popverse Playlist for July 18-24, 2026
Two pop culture icons make their return this week as Superman comes back to comic books and Star Trek comes back to our screens - but we're distracted by pickleball, of all things
Graeme McMillan
The Devil May Cry anime isn't necessarily good... but I love it anyway [Popvese Jump]
No show that heavily features Limp Bizkit can be taken seriously, but Devil May Cry still manages to be fun to watch
Trent Cannon
New York Comic Con
Star Wars, Superman, Scream stars and more headline the first wave of NYCC 2026 guest announcements
Want to see Hayden Christensen, Clair Obscur's Jennifer English, Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan, and comic book legend Frank Miller all in one place? Get yourself to New York Comic Con 2026 this October
Graeme McMillan
In honor of 20 years of NYCC, we're opening the Vault (and Popverse Superfans get 10% off and first access!)
We are opening the NYCC Vault with classic merch & first dibs on 2026 exclusives, like official Crocs.
Chris Arrant
NYCC 2026: Guests, dates, ticket pre-sale info and everything you need to know about October's hottest pop culture event
With the first wave of NYCC 2026 guests announced, here's everything you need to know about the year's biggest pop culture event ahead of its October debut at the Javits Center.
Grant DeArmitt
New York Comic Con 2026 is already on its way, and we have the dates for the big show
Clear your second week of October 2026, because New York Comic Con is coming back to the Javits Center
Graeme McMillan
Image Comics
The secret origin of the Todd McFarlane cape as seen in Batman and Spawn, according to Todd McFarlane
At this point in comicdom's history, a Todd McFarlane cape is recognizable from a mile away. Now, the Spawn co-creator explains how those dynamic shapes came together
Grant DeArmitt
Todd McFarlane hasn’t named his new (and the first!) Spawn yet.. and hopes fans will come up with a meme name he can "borrow"
McFarlane's latest project in the image Comics Spawn-Verse hasn't gotten to the "assigning a codename" stage quite yet
Grant DeArmitt
How the Spider-Verse movie helped Venom co-creator Todd McFarlane realize there weren't enough Spawns in comic books
Spawn creator and Image cofounder McFarlane wanted to make sure Al Simmons and other characters were rare in their universe. But now, he knows fans are willing to accept a lot of variants
Grant DeArmitt
Spawn '77 will feature the very first cover Todd McFarlane ever drew. He's also considering publishing the first comic he ever completed
Spawn '77 is McFarlane's tribute to his work as a 16-year-old comics artist. So one of the book's variant covers will be, well, his work as a 16-year-old comics artist
Grant DeArmitt
Five Nights at Freddy's
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 movie drops Scott Cawthon from script duties, replaces him with Annabelle writer
Cawthon, who created Five Nights at Freddy's and had script credits for the first and second Blumhouse films, is stepping aside for Gary Dauberman to write the script
Grant DeArmitt
Five Nights at Freddy's peels back the mysteries of movie-making with new book co-written by Scott Cawthon
FNAF creator Scott Cawthon will be contributing to a behind-the-scenes book about the making of the Blumhouse Five Nights at Freddy's movies
Graeme McMillan
How a FNAF movie leak "disheartened" creator Scott Cawthon, but the FNAF fans helped him regain his faith in humanity
Learning that the Five Nights at Freddy's movie was leaked online left FNAF creator Scott Cawthon feeling "really, really disheartened."
Jules Chin Greene
A Five Nights at Freddy’s star thought she was auditioning for a Freddy Krueger movie, even after she got hired
Kat Conner Sterling thought that Five Nights at Freddy’s was a Freddy Kruegger movie, and couldn’t understand why fans kept sending her bear emojis
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The Mighty Nein
Why is The Mighty Nein so much darker than The Legend of Vox Machina? Critical Role's Ashley Johnson has an idea
Johnson, who plays Yasha Nydoorin in Prime Video's second animated Critical Role adaptation, says that the darker tone of the series goes all the way back to the cast's character creation in Campaign 2
Grant DeArmitt
The real inspiration behind Sam Riegel's Mighty Nein character? Parenting
Parenting is tough, but parenting in the middle of a Critical Role campaign is something else entirely.
Trent Cannon
The Mighty Nein season 2 release date schedule (Updated June 2026): When the Critical Role series returns to Amazon's Prime Video
What time do new Mighty Nein episodes come out? Here's what we know so far about the season 2 schedule
Grant DeArmitt
The Critical Role cast can’t agree on the franchise’s most misunderstood character, but their picks are eye-opening
In honor of Legend of Vox Machina season 4, Critical Role's Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jafe, Marisha Ray, Travis Willingham, Ashley Johnson, LIam O'Brien, and Sam Riegel sat down to debate which of their characters was least appreciated
Grant DeArmitt