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Image Comics & Warren Ellis have been developing new comics together since 2023, with Ellis joking back then the publisher was "trapped"
Warren Ellis' Image Comics comeback was quietly underway just two years after the publisher publicly broke ties with him over sexual misconduct allegations.
Chris Arrant

The live-action version of Disney’s Gargoyles is definitively dead, says creator
Greg Weisman revealed that the future of Gargoyles will not be in live-action
Jules Chin Greene

Marvel Midnight hasn't even launched yet, and Marvel is already talking internally about more books
Marvel Midnight is saving some major heroes for later: "I don't want to waste an opportunity for someone else"
Chris Arrant

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

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

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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
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MCU’s Red Skull has a Captain America show he’s been pitching to Marvel
Ross Marquand wants to explore the "defeated persona" of Red Skull that we see in Avengers: Infinity War

Critical Role's Laura Bailey recorded "almost the whole game" of Dispatch as Blonde Blazer before becoming Invisigal
Dispatch spent seven episodes trying to find its Invisigal before realizing it already had her.

Alex Ross hid a 32-page comic inside Marvel Dimensions, but marketing told him to announce it early
The title Marvel Dimensions makes a lot more sense once you know what's hiding inside.

Marvel Comics have tried to get Rick Remender to come back to relaunch the X-Men twice, he says
Rick Remender walked away from Marvel's X-Men because he wanted to make comics "without anybody telling me" what he could do.

An ambitious US manga store chain wants to fill the hole left by Waldenbooks, B. Dalton, and the mall bookstores you still miss
This growing manga chain wants to become the Waldenbooks of a new generation.

Marvel kept Phoenix away from the X-Men comics for 2 years because she upset the balance, but in 2027 they want to upset the balance of the Marvel U
The X-Men comics are getting a new leader, a new lineup, and the Phoenix back as Marvel prepares for its modern mutant era.

Kentaro Miura wanted Berserk readers to feel "even the layers of air," which explains those impossibly detailed pages
Reading Berserk, it is impossible not to marvel at the detailed artwork of Kentaro Miura, but it definitely wasn't healthy.

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?
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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
Magic: The Gathering

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
Jules Chin Greene

Magic: The Gathering wants to make bigger cards, but reality keeps getting in the way
There are a few obstacles standing in the way of making bigger Magic: The Gathering cards, though
Jules Chin Greene

Two corrections officers allegedly stole $3,000 in Magic cards and LEGO. Now they're the ones behind bars.
An alleged Walmart theft spree involving two corrections officers, $3,000 in Magic cards, and a whole lot of LEGO.
Chris Arrant

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
Jules Chin Greene
Avengers: Doomsday

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
Jules Chin Greene

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 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

What's the Endgame of the running joke about Deadpool and Wolverine asking for Doomsday roles?
After an appearance by Hugh Jackman and (kinda) Ryan Reynolds at D23, we're wondering what the punchline to this ongoing MCU joke is going to be
Grant DeArmitt
Warren Ellis

Image Comics & Warren Ellis have been developing new comics together since 2023, with Ellis joking back then the publisher was "trapped"
Warren Ellis' Image Comics comeback was quietly underway just two years after the publisher publicly broke ties with him over sexual misconduct allegations.
Chris Arrant

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





