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After being struck down 27 yeas ago, Star Wars' answer to Goosebumps is ready to become more powerful than we as kids could have imagined
If Lucasfilm and Disney want to tap into YA, 90s nostalgia, there may be a better option than what they went with in Skeleton Crew
May 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Marvel Matters: What Thunderbolts* says about the MCU
How Marvel Studios' Beef-ed up the MCU Phase 5 with Thunderbolts* and what it means for the new Avengers movies to come.
May 06, 2025
Chris Arrant
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This AAPI Month, let's hope Marvel Comics begins to think about the Pacific Islander (PI) characters and creators
Marvel Comics' attempts to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month have largely left out Pacific Islander characters and creators, and I'm tired
May 06, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Watch the Tomb Raider reunion panel with Lara Croft voice actor Jonell Elliott and her Angel of Darkness co-star Eric Lauren
The primary voice of Tomb Raider's Lara Croft for the past 26 years, Jonell Elliott, opens up about the role at London's MCM x EGX 2024
May 05, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Popverse Picks: The best military and war movies, according to a US Army veteran
Movies like The Hurt Locker or Full Metal Jacket might not be truly accurate depictions of the military, but there are parts of it that will stick with you forever.
May 05, 2025
Trent Cannon
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SpoilersGod over greed: HBO's The Righteous Gemstones finds true faith amidst false idols in its series finale ending
How HBO's Righteous Gemstones found true faith amidst the false gods in season 4 series finale ending.
May 05, 2025
Alex Zalben
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Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* movie puts the final nail in the coffin for the Joss Whedon-era superhero film
Thunderbolts* has freed the MCU from the prison of Joss Whedon-esque dialogue dating back to 2012's The Avengers
May 02, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The gold standard of a comic book artist for DC & Marvel and more, Jackson 'Butch' Guice dies at age 63
Jackson Guice, who brought the worlds of Superman, Captain America, and the Flash to life for four decades, has passed after a period of ill health, his family has announced
May 02, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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A love letter to the Yu Yu Hakusho English dub - the first great dub Funimation made [Popverse Jump]
With a cast that includes Laura Bailey, Christopher Sabat, and Linda Young, Yu Yu Hakusho remains one of the best dubs in anime history and certainly an early example of how good anime voice acting could be.
May 02, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Livestream all of Boston's PAX East 2025 free with Popverse
Watch the big panels from Magic: The Gathering, Larian Studios, and more with Popverse's PAX East 2025 livestream.
May 02, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Hazbin Hotel's Alex Brightman talks Broadway, Beetlejuice, and whether or not he has an extra vocal cord at Emerald City Comic Con!
Alex Brightman walks our staff writer Grant DeArmitt through his illustrious career on Broadway and in animation with shows like Hazbin Hotel
May 01, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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After a string of bad & canceled DC Comics games, Warner Bros. (and Hollywood) need to trust independent game studios more (without having to own them)
Warner Bros's struggles to make video games shows that Hollywood needs to treat their brands like t-shirts
May 01, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Before Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*, here are some great stories of bad guys turned good [For Your Consideration]
Everyone loves it when a bad guy does the right thing, and we're here to enjoy Clint Eastwood, Kurt Russell, and an entire Suicide Squad doing that very thing in honor of Marvel's Thunderbolts*
April 30, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Who created Marvel's Sentry? The simmering Marvel Comics (and Marvel Studios) drama deepens as Paul Jenkins weighs in amid Thunderbolts* theatrical debut
In 2000, Marvel announced that Stan Lee and Artie Rosen created the Sentry. In the 25 years since, it's gotten more and more complicated
April 30, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Actually, the new Sherlock Holmes LEGO set from Barnes & Noble DOES count as a business expense
I'm just saying, when I put the Sherlock Holmes: Book Nook down in my taxes next year, I better not hear a damn peep from the IRS
April 30, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Spoilers! The Last of Us Part II ending explained: What happens - and who survives - in the game that inspired HBO's post-apocalyptic hit?
If you don't want to be emotionally blindsided like you were by The Last of Us season 2, episode 2, heres one way to prepare
April 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Here's every Sherlock Holmes story that's been used in CBS's Watson (so far)
Speaking in doctor terms, Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmesian canon doesn't make up the entire body of CBS hit medical mystery series Watson, but it is the backbone
April 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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How Star Wars and Luke Skywalker helped me learn to live with my mother's addiction and her death
Watching the original Star Wars trilogy after my mother died allowed me to process my own feelings of abandonment and hurt in a way that nothing else had.
April 29, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Lore Corner: Who are the Washington Liberation Front, and what do they mean for The Last of Us season 2?
The Last of Us season 2, episode 3 introduced a violent organization that played an important part in the games. Learn who the WLF are (and their connection to Abby Anderson) right here
April 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Sentry co-creator Rick Veitch calls Marvel "the House of Stolen Ideas" after his stake in the character overlooked for past 25 years - including in Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* movie
"Cut out" and "thrown under the bus": Marvel Comics' Sentry co-creator Rick Veitch opens up about his omission for the past 25 years and in the Thunderbolts* movie.
April 29, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Marvel Studios needs to create an evil Avengers for RDJ's Doctor Doom to match all those heroes of Doomsday (and he has a gameplan already in comics with the Cabal) [Marvel Matters]
MCU fans have spent all this time speculating on the next Avengers, but we need to think about the villains creating their own Avengers.
April 29, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Matthew McConaughey & Christian Bale made a ferocious dragon movie 2 decades ago - and it's time you saw it
Years before we knew who he really was, Matthew McConaughey played the most American of Americans, complete with a shaved head, tribal tattoos, and his own personal tank, in Reign of Fire.
April 29, 2025
Chris Arrant
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The Life of Chuck is the latest proof that Stephen King isn’t ‘just’ a horror writer
While King’s reputation may be for horror novels, to dismiss him as 'only' a horror writer is to overlook some of his best work such as Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption to The Life of Chuck.
April 28, 2025
Avery Kaplan
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Relive the action: VIZ Media's Ninjas, Samurai & Roosters panel from ECCC '25 is available to watch now
Didn't get enough of all the excited anime teases from VIZ media at this year's Emerald City Comic Con? Missed the panel altogether? Don't worry, Popverse has your back
April 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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From Golden Boy to Stuntman actor & 'Serious' actor: The three eras of Tom Cruise movies across his career
The three faces of Tom Cruise, from Risky Business to Mission: Impossible and into his more serious movies like Born on the Fourth of July.
April 28, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Popverse Picks: My favorite horror movie franchises (besides Scream)
Of course my favorite horror franchise is Scream - everyone's favorite horror franchise is Scream. What we're going for here is my favorite you *don't* already know
April 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Lore Corner: The Last of Us season 2 episode 3 changes the "bigot sandwich" moment from the game
In a minor but interesting departure from The Last of Us Part II game, HBO's The Last of Us series gave Seth, Jackson's resident homophobe, a chance to be a better man
April 28, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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Ms. Marvel & Overwatch 2's Anjali Bhimani discusses staying hungry as an artist, what it's like working on Critical Role, and the best X-Men to play in a video game
If you're a gamer, you've heard Anjali Bhimani's work, especially as Symmetra in Overwatch 2. But Bhimani's career stretches far beyond the recording booth, and Popverse got an exclusive window into the many mediums it covers
April 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Star Wars & Marvel are telling an '80s style continuation of Return of the Jedi (and defining what Luke Skywalker REALLY did before The Force Awakens)
Star Wars has kept the post-Return of the Jedi Luke Skywalker adventures secret for over a decade - now Marvel is filling in the blanks.
April 25, 2025
Leon Miller
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Berserk depicts swordfighting much more accurately than you might think, and I would know; I used to teach it [Popverse Jump]
Kentaro Miura knew how to fight with a sword and I can prove it with one page from Berserk.
April 25, 2025
Trent Cannon
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From Starship Troopers to Batgirl & SAW, Dina Meyer dishes on her favorite roles - and her favorite song to dance to
Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson talks with Dina Meyer about it all.
April 24, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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DC & New Yorker were once concocting a landmark Superman comic with Steven Spielberg, Bruce Springsteen, Maya Angelou, Howard Stern, and more
In an exclusive interview with Popverse, former DC Art Director Mark Chiarello revealed his greatest Elseworlds Superman project that might have been.
April 24, 2025
Dave Buesing
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Star Trek vs. Star Wars as creators from both sides face-off in Popversus: The pop culture fight club
We boldly went to a galaxy far far away and goaded two Star Wars and Star Trek creators to fight it out.
April 24, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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V.E. Schwab, Ella McLeod, & Veronica Roth face off in Celebrity Author Trivia at London's MCM x EGX
A live taping of Celebrity Author Trivia with Ella McLeod, Veronica Roth, & V.E. Scbwab recorded at MCM x EGX 2024 in London.
April 24, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Watch Divergent author Veronica Roth's spotlight panel from MCM x EGX 2024 in London
Veronica Roth talks about Divergent, her new series Curse Bearer, and how much her work owes itself to Chicago.
April 23, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Andor got you in a rebellious mood? Here are 3 more Star Wars stories to keep that going [For Your Consideration]
Even before Andor, from the Prequels to The Last Jedi, Star Wars has always been a political story... some times more than others. We're here to celebrate the 'more' of it all
April 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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SpoilersForget a blaster, the people skills of Cassian Andor are his greatest weapon as seen in Star Wars: Andor season 2 premiere
We get to really explore the cynicism and optimism of Diego Luna's Cassian Andor in Star Wars: Andor season 2.
April 23, 2025
Gavia Baker Whitelaw
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J.R.R. Tolkien or C.S. Lewis? Shades of Magic author V.E. Schwab reveals the two kinds of fantasy fiction, and which she writes
Watch Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil author V.E. Schwab's spotlight panel from London's MCM x EGX 2024.
April 22, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Marvel Matters: The cursed chalice of Marvel Studios' success, and the broken cinematic universe dreams it gave Hollywood
The Icarus effect of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and how cost Warner Bros., Sony, Universal Pictures and more billions of dollars.
April 22, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Ahead of Netflix reboot, here's how the historical fiction anime Rose of Versailles helped me revisit my own history as a 'tomboy' and my "gender troubles"
How the Rose of Versailles anime helped me overcome being typecast as a teenage tomboy and encouraged me to question my gender identity.
April 22, 2025
Caroline Cao
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Ortegas or Melissa: We play Who Is More Likely To? with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Melissa Navia
Beam aboard with Popverse video producer Ashley V. Robinson for a conversation on the difference between actor Melissa Navia and her Starfleet character, helmsman Erica Ortegas
April 21, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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The Donald Trump tariffs could scare off Halloween (and the costume industry) as we know it, with your favorite Halloween costumes set to double in price
Pixar's Inside Out characters were a big hit for Halloween 2024, and now in 2025 we may need to DIY it with these tariffs come October 31, 2025.
April 21, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Popverse Picks: From Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man to Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel, our favorite all-time MCU castings
Who knew that Batman would make the perfect Spider-Man villain? Or that we'd fall in love with Peggy Carter in all her multiversal appearances.
April 21, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Spoilers!Just like the best parts of Star Wars, Andor season 2 episode 1 shows how easy it is to give in to fascism
Star Wars has always been about rebellion, but Andor season 2 is set to show us how easy it is to give into fascism.
April 21, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Ryan Gosling's Starfighter just overtook Daisy Ridley's New Jedi Order project to map the Star Wars future post-Rise of Skywalker
Inside the fight for the future of Star Wars
April 19, 2025
Chris Arrant
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What to Watch May 2025: Netflix, Max, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu & more take you to the ATM (Animation, Travel, & Murder)
From Love, Death + Robots to an actual Murderbot, from Conan O'Brian's journeys to a Galaxay Far, Far Away, and from Fear Street to The Chi, May is perfect for a very, very niche set of streamers
April 19, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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What to Watch June 2025: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+ & more bring blockbuster entertainment to streaming
Hearts of Iron, Islands of Love, and Games of... Squid. It's not your local theater's lineup, it's what to stream in June
April 19, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps' retro New York City is a wonder to my eyes as a New Yorker
New Yorkers are notoriously hard to please when it comes to representing our city onscreen, but The Fantastic Four: First Steps offers an intriguing look at The Big Apple
April 18, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Our charming prince Hugh Dancy dishes on Hannibal, Ella Enchanted, Downton Abbey, and more
Hugh Dancy answers our questions - and one from one of our Popverse members.
April 18, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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Popverse Jump: Star Wars: Visions has convinced me that we don't need a new trilogy - we just need to let the galaxy be weird
The galaxy far, far away was never weird enough for me until Star Wars: Visions showed how vast and diverse it really was.
April 18, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Andor before Andor: How George Lucas' unrealized Star Wars TV series would've been "Deadwood in space"
Inside the aborted plans for the Star Wars: Underworld TV series, and to be everything George Lucas' Star Wars movies weren't.
April 18, 2025
Leon Miller
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The best movie and TV Westerns, according to Ransom Canyon's Jack Schumacher
Ready to ride into the Western genre? Jack Schumacher from Netflix's latest Western, Ransom Canyon, has some recommendations
April 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Lore Corner: The Daredevil: Born Again season 1 finale sets up John Bernthal's Punisher for a special that's straight out of Marvel Comics
It sure seems like Frank Castle is heading toward a confrontation with [SPOILER], a plotline that takes heavy inspiration from
April 16, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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For Your Consideration: Sherlock & Daughter isn’t enough Holmes for us, so here are three more TV twists on Sherlock lore
We have American Holmes, American Houses, and a Japanese Holmes for good measure in our suggested alternatives to the classic London edition
April 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The gentleman villain Mads Mikkelsen tells us how he balances being charming and despicable in our favorite movies & TV series
The Hannibal star sits down for a conversation with Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson.
April 16, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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Javier Rodriguez's art style for DC's Absolute Martian Manhunter is as alien as its lead. And that's a great thing to behold
DC's Absolute Martian Manhunter by Javier Rodriguez: Using art to reinforce themes and depicting sanity through color.
April 15, 2025
Carl Waldron
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Popverse Picks: Best underdog characters like Cassian Andor in Star Wars
Star Wars is full of underdog characters, and we offer our favorites who are absolutely worth your time in this week's Popverse Picks
April 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Marvel Matters: What to read ahead of (and after) Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*
Get justice (and a little bit of lightning) with these five best Thunderbolts comics recs ahead of Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*.
April 15, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Broadway's new Betty Boop musical homages the color & the chaos of New York Comic Con in the Javits Center
How a Fleischer flapper cartoon icon Betty Boop finds friendship at New York Comic Con in a Broadway musical.
April 15, 2025
Caroline Cao
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C2E2 is the cure for the common comic con pains of diminishing comics presence, with the largest Artist Alley in North America and the charm of Midwest comics fans
Didn't get badges for SDCC this year? No problem, C2E2 provides a better experience
April 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Watch NowStar Wars and Attack the Block star John Boyega was at C2E2 2025 for The Force of Talent Spotlight panel, and you can watch the whole thing right now
Watch the uninterrupted John Boyega spotlight panel from Chicago's premiere pop culture event, thanks to your pals at Popverse
April 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Popverse Jump: Buggy the Clown represents the best part of One Piece - no one's story is ever as simple as it seems
From throwaway villain to Emperor of the Sea, Buggy the Clown is evidence that Eiichrio Oda isn't afraid to play the long game with One Piece.
April 11, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Minecraft changed my life, and it helped me change the lives of the kids I care for (even after they grow up)
How Minecraft helped me become a better childcare provider & mentor
April 11, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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C2E2 2025 Artist Alley tables to look for
The biggest artist alley in the US returns with creators including Tom King, Arthur Adams, Steenz, Kat Leyh, Cara McGee, Gene Ha... and Foxtrot's Bill Amend!
April 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Uhura or Celia: We play Who Is More Likely To? with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Celia Rose Gooding
In this inaugural edition of Who Is More Likely To?, we asked Strange New Worlds star Celia Rose Gooding about the similarities and differences between herself and her character, Starfleet officer Nyota Uhura.
April 10, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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If Warner Bros. & movie theaters don't do special A Minecraft Movie audience participation screenings, they're missing out
It's time for Warner Bros. to be the chicken jockey with A Minecraft Movie
April 10, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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For Your Consideration: If the Handmaid’s Tale isn’t bad enough, here are 3 more dystopian TV shows to worry we're slipping towards
After The Handmaid's Tale, we have fascist regimes, pandemic destruction, and a smorgasbord of existential terror awaiting in shows like Years and Years, Station Eleven, and The Man in the High Castle
April 09, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Sticker shock from the Nintendo Switch 2 price? We think we've figured out why
Get ready for a bit of math and a Nintendo history lesson as we dive into the logic behind the Switch 2's much-discussed price tag.
April 08, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Marvel Matters: The MCU's Loki series is a meta take on all of Marvel Studios' troubles over the past 10 years, with Kevin Feige at the center of it (and its hopeful success)
Kevin Feige is Loki - but he's not the god of mischief, he's Marvel's god of MCU stories (just like in the comics).
April 08, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Watch ABC's Once Upon A Time reunion panel with Lana Parrilla, Sean Maguire, & Rebecca Mader from MCM x EGX 2024
Lana Parrilla (Regina/Evil Queen), Sean Maguire (Robin Hood), and Rebecca Mader (Zelena/Wicked Witch of the West) reunite to talk ABC's Once Upon a Time on the London main stage of MCM Comic Con.
April 08, 2025
Chris Arrant
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This is where you'll find all the best of Chicago's C2E2 2025 cosplay photos
The best cosplay of C2E2 2025.
April 07, 2025
Chris Arrant
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DC Comics architect Mark Waid opens the door to the first All In crossover event 'We Are Yesterday' with Justice League Unlimited
The future of DC Comics lies in a battle between the villains of DC's past versus the heroes of DC's present, and Mark Waid tells us all about it.
April 07, 2025
Pierce Lydon
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Follow along live to Outlander star Sam Heughan's panel at Chicago's C2E2 2025!
Outlander's Sam Heughan has an evening Q&A with fans at Chicago's C2E2 - and we'll be there.
April 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Follow along live to the official Marvel Matters panel with Declan Shalvey, Chris Condon, Mark Morales, and Jeffrey Brown from Chicago's C2E2 2025
The creators behind Mystique, Ultimate Wolverine, New Avengers, and X-Men: Days of Future Fun come to talk comics in C2E2's Marvel Matters panel.
April 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Follow along live to the official DC: Celebrate Superman panel from Chicago's C2E2 2025
Superman boss Paul Kaminski and some surprise guests are coming to Chicago to talk all things Man of Steel - and we'll be there live.
April 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Follow along live to the official Critical Role panel with Matt Mercer & friends from Chicago's C2E2 2025
Matthew Mercer, Laura Bailey, Travis Willingham, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Taliesin Jaffe are talking Critical Role at C2E2 2025 - follow along live!
April 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Skibidi Toilet reflects the state of warfare in the 21st century, if you're willing to look
Walk with me here, there's a lot worth unpacking about why Skibidi Toilet is popular among Gen Z and Gen Alpha
April 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Popverse Picks: The best Invincible characters (according to me!)
Sorry Mark, but the best Invincible characters are behind you.
April 07, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Follow along live to the official Ahsoka panel from Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025!
Join creator Dave Filoni and some "surprise guests" (Rosario Dawson, is that you?) to talk about the past, present and future of Star Wars' Ahsoka live from Star Wars Celebration 2025.
April 07, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Follow along live to the official Andor season 2 panel from Star Wars Celebration 2025 in Japan!
Andor star Diego Luna, creator Tony Gilroy, and more reveal the full scale and scope of Star Wars: Andor season 2 - the finale of the hit streaming series - at Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025.
April 07, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Follow along live to the Mandalorian & Grogu movie panel from Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025!
Live from Star Wars Celebration 2025 in Japan, its the official The Mandalorian & Grogu movie panel with Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and more.
April 07, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Super Star Wars for the SNES is the most ambitious Star Wars game ever and I'm not joking
They made a video game that looks and sounds like a Star Wars movie with a system that had less processing power than your phone.
April 07, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Follow along live to the Lord of the Rings reunion panel with Elijah wood, Andy Serkis, and more from Chicago's C2E2 2025
Elijah Wood (Frodo), Sean Astin (Sam), Dominic Monaghan (Merry), Billy Boyd (Pippin), John Rhys-Davies (Gimli), and Andy Serkis (Gollum) are reuniting to talk Lord of the Rings - and you can follow it live from C2E2 2025 here with our liveblog.
April 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Popverse Jump: I've been slowly working my way through the Berserk manga for more than five years and I refuse to go any faster
Berserk is a story of trauma, pain, and the slow process of healing, with artwork so good I want to stare at it for hours, which is why I couldn't read it any faster if I wanted to.
April 04, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Chicago's C2E2 2025 Recap: The ultimate weekend to embrace your favorite fandoms brought the Breakfast Club, some Starship Troopers, John Boyega and more to the Windy City
No matter which character from The Breakfast Club you identify with, C2E2 has something for you (including the stars from The Breakfast Club!)
April 03, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Popversations: James Tynion IV peels back the layers on his creator-owned empire with Department of Truth, Something is Killing the Children, and more
James Tynion IV, writer extraordinaire and onion-in-chief of Tiny Onion, sits down with Ashley Victoria Robinson to talk all things comics publishing
April 03, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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Somewhere Beyond the Sea author TJ Klune on "the magic of being able to see yourself in the written word" and more
Klune, the author of The House in the Cerulean Sea and The Bones Beneath My Skin, sat down with Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson to talk representation, romance, and of course, the symbiotic nature of ravens and wolves
April 03, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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With Russia's war against the Ukraine going on now, Call of Duty: Warzone and its plan to return to the Ukraine-inspired Verdansk is discomforting
The US military has long used Call of Duty for recruitment. With military enlistment low, could the return of Verdansk be part of yet another recruitment effort?
April 03, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Could Marvel's Kingpin Wilson Fisk really become mayor Of New York City? A NYC political insider talks about how it could (or couldn't) happen
It’s a done deal in the MCU... All hail Mayor Fisk. But what about real life?
April 02, 2025
Alex Zalben
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Stephen Graham Jones' The Buffalo Hunter Hunter features horror’s scariest vampires since Stephen King's Salem’s Lot
Sick of vampires? Stephen Graham Jones' The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is here to ignite new nightmares
April 02, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Lore Corner: Let's talk about Muse, the most nerfed character in Daredevil: Born Again
Heads up, some major spoilers here for the Muse storyline of Daredevil: Born Again. You've been warned
April 02, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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For Your Consideration: Building off Minecraft, here are some other great video game movies
There have been many great video game movies, even if they weren't necessarily what audiences might have expected at the time. We're singing the praises of Doom, Super Mario Bros. and Sonic right here
April 02, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Inside an actor's crash course to horseback riding for Netflix's hot new modern western Ransom Canyon
Jack Schumacher from Ransom Canyon answers all our questions about what it's like working with horses on TV sets
April 01, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Raina Telgemeier & Scott McCloud's The Cartoonist Club is for all the indoor kids (past and present)
Were you an indoor kid like me? The Cartoonist Club is probably for you. If you have an indoor kid? It's definitely for them.
April 01, 2025
Carl Waldron
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Set phasers to Yes, And: The Star Trek parody USS Improvise came back at Emerald City Comic Con, and Popverse filmed the whole thing
Join Riker, Data, and Picard as you've never seen them before (literally, there's no script) as the hysterical cast of the USS Improvise returns to Seattle's ECCC '25
March 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Relive the Emerald City Comic Con 2025 talent show, filmed on the Seattle Convention Center's Pine Stage!
Dancers, singers, and at least one wizard of Yo-Yo brought their honed skills to ECCC 25, and if you missed it at the convention, we've got you covered
March 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Popverse Picks: My favorite zombie things, including a Christmas musical, an Image Comics adaptation, and more
The Last of Us season 2 is clicking its way onto Max pretty soon; here's how to enjoy the genre even if you don't do shrooms
March 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Popverse Jump: Netflix & Crunchyroll control 80% of anime streaming outside Japan, and they are more allies than enemies: here's what is going on
Both Netflix and Crunchyroll stand poised to profit off a growing international appetite for anime. Despite seeming to have a symbiotic relationship, there is evidence that they are not quite as friendly as they'd like us to believe.
March 28, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Horror is "a great place to practice being scared," says Chuck Tingle, Seanan McGuire, and other leading authors in the genre
"I am actually out to traumatize you," McGuire told fans at Emerald City Comic Con 2025, but for good reasons. (Honest.)
March 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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FYC: Severance withdrawals hitting? From The Prisoner to FROM, here are some great Mysterybox TV shows to help out
Lost isn't the only great Mystery Box show that came before Severance blew us all away. We've got a list of three of our favorites to help you wean yourself off those Lumon cravings
March 26, 2025
Graeme McMillan