Chris Arrant

Chris Arrant
Editor-in-Chief
Chris Arrant: Chris Arrant is the Popverse's Editor-in-Chief. He has written about pop culture for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, Newsarama, TOKYOPOP, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop News, and CBR. He is the author of the book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, co-authored Art of Spider-Man Classic, and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology Pros and (Comic) Cons. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. (He/him)
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The heads of VIZ Media, BOOM! Studios, WEBTOON, and DSTLRY are coming together for Popverse Think Tank at NYCC 2024!
Be in the room with the decision-makers behind the biggest comics in the world with Popverse Think Tank, at NYCC 2024
September 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
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It's Marvel vs DC with Arrow showrunner Marc Guggenheim & Deadpool co-creator Fabian Niciezaa at the first-ever Popversus at NYCC 2024
It's time to settle the biggest debates in pop culture. But we aren't settling it behind closed doors and in smoke-filled rooms, we're doing it with you - and some celebrity guests.
September 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Join us for the Popverse Focus panel at NYCC 2024 with DC's Belén Ortega, Dan Mora, Dani Sampere, and Jorge Jiménez
We partner with DC for a new comic convention panel series called Popverse Focus, launching at New York Comic Con 2024.
September 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Marvel Comics, House of the Dragon, Blumhouse, and SNL added to full New York Comic Con 2024 line-up
The full NYCC 2024 panel schedule has been unveiled.
September 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Prison Break's success on Netflix has me excited for the Disney relaunch sequel
Netflix has gotten me (and a million or so others) interested in Prison Break again.
September 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Deadpool v Zack Snyder: Dawn of Jokes about DC in Marvel movies & comics
In this week's Marvel-ous, we delight in Deadpool's meta Marvel jokes about Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, Justice League, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movies.
September 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
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All the introverted humor (and cats) of the Sarah's Scribbles comic is now available as a game
Your favorite comic to read on your phone, Sarah's Scribbles, has a surprise game out right now.
September 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
BOOM! Studios has found a new boss in the hottest free agent exec in the comic biz
Penguin Random House has bought itself a big league comic company in BOOM!, and has found the person to lead it.
September 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Batman is everything, but he's just Bruce as Barbie comes into the picture with new franchise partnership
Batman and Barbie are teaming up again, but this time DC's Dark Knight is taking second billing
September 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Marvel's new Dazzler relaunch has an album's worth of songs in the actual comic
Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Alanis Morissette, and now Dazzler.
September 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
Guides
What else to do in New York City during NYCC (in addition to New York Comic Con)
After you got your NYCC tickets confirmed, here's what else you can do in the area during the weekend
September 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
Guides
A comic con surival kit, from convention experts to you ahead of San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic Con, and more
Here it is - the ReedPop insider's con survival guide. Accumulated and documented over years of con travel by numerous people here at ReedPop, this isn't the basics - this is the #protip of all pro tips on making your con travels easier.
September 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Phil Coulson is the heart of the MCU (and it's time it starts beating again)
Move over Robert Downey Jr., the real center of Marvel Studios' Avengers franchise is right here
September 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
HBO's dark superhero movie comedy The Franchise is coming to New York Comic Con 2024
All big superheroes come to comic con, so a Veep-style comedy about the making of them should definitely come to NYCC 2024.
September 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
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DC Studios is bringing Colin Farrell and the Penguin cast & creatives to NYCC 2024
HBO's The Penguin is coming to roost at New York Comic Con 2024.
September 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Dan Mora, Scott Snyder, and Frank Miller lead an all-star line-up in Artist Alley for New York Comic Con 2024
Want to see the full line-up of talent at NYCC 2024? Get ready: it's stacked with people you're going to want to see.
September 13, 2024
Chris Arrant
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NYCC 2024 Writer's Block authors include R.J. Halbert, John Jackson Miller, and more
At New York Comic Con, writer's block is actually a good thing - a great thing even
September 13, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Horror directors Eli Roth and Ti West are coming to New York Comic Con 2024
Horror movie at a comic convention? NO! But horror directors Ti West and Eli Roth AT a comic con? YES!
September 13, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The Walking Dead - both Dead City and Daryl Dixon: The Book of Carol - are coming to New York Comic Con 2024
The heroes (and villains) of The Walking Dead universe are returning to NYCC for our 2024 event.
September 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V is hosting a world premiere at NYCC 2024 - and you are invited
Season 5 of Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? is coming this fall, and you can watch the English dub first at New York Comic Con 2024.
September 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Shudder is bringing David Dastmalchian, Flying Lotus, Natasha Kermani, and more to New York Comic Con 2024
The premiere horror streaming service Shudder is returning to NYCC 2024.
September 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Summon your coven, Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches series is coming to New York Comic Con 2024
Alexandra Daddario and AMC's Mayfair Witches are returning to NYCC.
September 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
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DC Studios' James Gunn is coming to NYCC 2024, and he's bringing his Creature Commandos with him
DC is bringing out the big guns - James Gunn, Frank Grillo, David Harbour, Zoe Chao, Sean Gunn, Dean Lorey and Steve Agee - for New York Comic Con 2024.
September 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Arise, arise, riders of Rohan, as the Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim rides to New York Comic Con 2024
Let this be the hour when we draw swords together, as the next Lord of the Rings movie is coming to NYCC 2024.
September 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Chris Pratt, Millie Bobby Brown, and the Russo brothers are coming to NYCC 2024 for Netflix's The Electric State
It's an Electric State of Mind at NYCC with Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, and Joe and Anthony Russo.
September 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
Guides
What is Thrilljoy? A look at former Funko owner Brian Mariotti's next big thing, debuting at NYCC 2024
Brian Mariotti helped build Funko into what it is today, and he is looking to do it again with Thrilljoy.
September 11, 2024
Chris Arrant
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HBO's Dune: Prophecy prequel series is coming to New York Comic Con 2024
Beginnings are such delicate times, and so begins the Dune prequel Prophecy.
September 11, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
How Emma Myers got the part (and the British accent) to star in Netflix's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
How a Florida girl like Emma Myers turned into a convincing British teen detective named Pip for A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.
September 11, 2024
Chris Arrant
Guides
Popverse convention panel archive: Watch panels from NYCC, MCM, C2E2, ECCC, and more on-demand!
Be there from anywhere and watch full panels form New York Comic Con, MCM Comic Con, Emerald City Comic Con, and more!
September 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
John Cassaday, a true artist in superhero comics art, dies at age 52
The artist behind Astonishing X-Men and Marvel's Star Wars, and co-creator of Planetary, has died.
September 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel Studios hires TV villain Todd Stashwick as an assassin for the Vision spinoff series
When you need a bad guy that's cool, you hire Todd Stashwick - and Marvel Studios just did.
September 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
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IDW Publishing loses its fourth publisher in four years as Mark Doyle is laid off
IDW is having a problem finding a publisher it likes.
September 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Disney is rebooting Phantom of the Opera as a YA movie - 24 years after trying with Phantom of the Megaplex
The waiting begins now for the YA fantasy that is Phantom (of the Opera).
September 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
House of the Dragon's Fabien Frankel to join co-stars Matt Smith & Tom Glynn-Carney at NYCC 2024!
Raise your banners - green and black are coming head-to-head at New York Comic Con 2024.
September 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
When a black metal band kills a metalhead, she comes back for revenge in The Creeping Below
If The Crow remake left a bad taste in your mouth, prepare for the brutally beautiful female-led revenge thriller The Creeping Below
September 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Disney just read the Alien: Romulus prequel from Marvel, and they are now making it adults-only
Marvel tried to make a non-R-rated Alien: Romulus comic - and they couldn't do it.
September 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Legendary X-Men creator Chris Claremont has a new 5-issue Marvel Comics series with the mutants coming
Chris Claremont is once again working on an X-Men book, with an announcement imminent
September 05, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
NYCC 2024 showfloor to include Marvel, Funko, HBO, Her Universe, and more
410k square feet of movies, tv, comics and more awaits at NYCC 2024's show floor.
September 05, 2024
Chris Arrant
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As sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman mount, Disney puts The Graveyard Book movie on hold
Neil Gaiman reportedly sexually assaulted five women, and now Disney has taken notice.
September 05, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Just like Jurassic Park, Barney is returning - as Barney's World
The purple dinosaur known as Barney is looking to once again be kids' favorite thing.
September 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Alex Toth had a major gripe with Batman: The Animated Series, and Bruce Timm reveals he listened to it for Caped Crusader
Bruce Timm changed his Batman style after an Alex Toth critique - and once you see it, you'll never miss it.
September 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
PAX West 2025 dates: We have the details on the gaming expo's return to Seattle
Celebrate gaming with the gaming mecca known as PAX West.
September 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Capcom reminds fans there's more to Monster Hunter Wilds than just Gemma
Fans are smitten for Monster Hunter Wilds' Gemma the Smithy - so much so that Capcom is reminding you there's other characters in the game
September 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Monster Hunter Wilds creators stress how (and how much) weather will change your hunt
That's a monster of a storm out there in Monster Hunter Wilds.
September 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The four Duskmourn: House of Horror commander decks revealed for Magic: The Gathering's newest set
M:TG's horror-themed deck Duskmourn has three final girl (and boy) commanders, and one horrific villain.
August 31, 2024
Chris Arrant
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A new homage version of DC's Sandman has been created in Magic: The Gathering
There's an unofficial Sandman variant in the newest Magic: The Gathering set
August 31, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Magic: The Gathering has created a whole new plane that is a haunted house in first Duskmourn: House of Horror trailer
Meet the new MTG villain that is a plane in Duskmourn: House of Horror.
August 31, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Four new Vault Hunters are being created for 2025's Borderlands 4
Gearbox reveals plans for the four new heroes of Borderlands 4
August 30, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
How Gears of War defined the development of Xbox 360 for Microsoft, according to Phil Spencer
How big was Gears of War for Xbox 360? Actually, without it the system wouldn't be half as strong
August 30, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch the official Borderlands 4 panel from Gearbox Software at PAX West 2024!
The makers of Borderlands, Gearbox Software hosted a main stage panel at PAX West 2024.
August 30, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch Capcom's PAX West 2024 panel livestream for Monster Hunter Wilds, Street Fighter 6, Ace Attorney, more news
Join Capcom at PAX West 2024 for an in-depth look at some of our most anticipated upcoming releases. Don’t miss this chance to witness the next chapter in Capcom’s legendary lineup!
August 30, 2024
Chris Arrant
Guides
Show up and show off with the full NYCC 2024 Meetups schedule
Looking to connect with people who share your interests? Join them at the NYCC 2024 meetups to make new friends and be part of a vibrant community!
August 29, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch Xbox boss Phil Spencer's PAX West Storytime event!
A rare chance to hear what Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has to say about Xbox, Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, and more.
August 29, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Baldur's Gate 3's Neil Newbon, Devora Wilde, Jennifer English, and Aliona Baranova are coming to Chicago's C2E2 2025
Assemble your party to meet the Baldur's Gate 3 party at C2E2.
August 29, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Jim Lee is coming to New York Comic Con - and Popverse can get you in to meet him first!
Once-in-a-generation comic creator Jim Lee is ready to see you at NYCC 2024.
August 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Psych's Maggie Lawson, Timothy Omundson & Kurt Fuller are coming to NYCC 2024!
The psychics are fake, but this Psych event at New York Comic Con 2024 is real.
August 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel Comics gives the Fantastic Four a 2-month break before a big 2025
A "scheduling issue" is giving the Fantastic Four comics a two-month vacation.
August 25, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Report: The fast food chain Wendys is making an official Spongebob Squarepants' Krabby Patty burger (and tie-in Frosty)
Square burgers.... squarepants?! Wendy's and Spongebob Squarepants could be working together again.
August 24, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Ted Lasso is staging for an upset win as it returns from its series finale (but with it could come massive changes)
Is Ted Lasso's owners looking to pull a season one Rebecca Welton on us?
August 24, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
A Portland anime con moved its Artist's Alley to a parking garage three days before it opened (and now regrets it)
Wasabicon PDX's Artist Alley was dubbed DungeonCon after a surprise move to a hotel parking garage.
August 24, 2024
Chris Arrant
Guides
Dan Da Dan movie & season 1 release date: Here's when you can see First Encounter & stream the show on Crunchyroll & Netflix
Aliens aren't real, but ghosts are in the anime Dan Da Dan.
August 24, 2024
Chris Arrant
Guides
Dan Da Dan cast includes English-language actors from Demon Slayer, Final Fantasy, FLCL, and more
The English language Dan Da Dan voice cast is revealed.
August 24, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Ciarán Hinds is playing a mysterious new (old?) character in Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power - who could he be?
Unpacking the lore of the rings for the Lord of the Rings prequel.
August 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Marvel once planned to retcon the Hulk's origin to include Skrulls and a space laser - until they retconned the retcon
Hulk's origin was almost like an an episode of Ancient Aliens.
August 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Chicago, put some up in your giddy up! C2E2 2025 tickets are about to go on sale - and Popverse can give you first dibs
Whether you be good, bad, or ugly, there's a place on the ranch for you at Chicago's C2E2
August 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Does the MCU Multiverse include Marvel Comics' 616 universe? It does, and Deadpool & Wolverine almost went there
LFG to the Marvel Comics Universe
August 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
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NYCC '24 is hosting an author brunch with Carissa Broadbent, Danielle L. Jenson, Elisa Kova, Brigid Kemmerer - and possibly you!
Carissa Broadbent (Six Scorched Roses), Danielle L. Jensen (Bridge Kingdom), Elise Kova (Arcana Academy), and Brigid Kemmerer (Forging Silver into Stars) are coming to NYCC - and you could have an intimate breakfast with them!
August 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel has set up a separate office for all the Deadpool & Wolverine comics (and X-Force too!)
Marvel is doubling down on the Deadpool & Wolverine business. (Wouldn't you?)
August 19, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
The Librarians sequel series the Next Chapter gets weeded out by CW - with no idea on when (or if) it'll ever debut
We may never be able to check out the Librarians: The Next Chapter
August 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
Guides
Watch the full NYCC 2024 Retailer Day full presentations from the likes of DC Comics, Image Comics, Kickstarter, and more
ReedPop partnered with ComicsPRO, Lunar Distribution, Tiny Onion and more on comics industry-centric programming a day before New York Comic Con opened to the public
August 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Why didn't Colin Farrell, Olivia Munn, Kevin Nash, and more return in Deadpool & Wolverine? The writers said Marvel Studios never asked them
Deadpool & Wolverine gave a lot of pre-MCU characters a finale - but not all of them
August 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Get a NYCC Exclusive copy of Young No'madds #1 for free with Battle Quest Comics
NYCC Exclusive: Battle Quest Comics' Young No'madds #1 coming with a rare cover and a 2025 preview of another new book
August 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Meet the cast of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds at Seattle's ECCC 2025!
Anson Mount (Christopher Pike), Ethan Peck (Spock), Celia Rose Gooding (Nyota Uhura), and Melissa Navia (Erica Ortegas) are planning an away mission to Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con 2025.
August 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
And the winners for the 2024 Harvey Awards are...
As if you needed a reason to read more comics, here are the best comics of the past 12 months in the Harvey Awards winners
August 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Sarah J. Maas' A Court of Thorns & Roses, Craig Thompson's Blankets, and more part of state-wide Utah schools book ban
Craig Thompson's Blankets and more are part of first ever state-wide blanket ban
August 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Frank Quitely's New X-Men costumes are coming to Marvel Animation's X-Men '97
Can we rename X-Men '97 to X-Men '01?
August 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Before becoming the MCU Doctor Doom, Robert Downey Jr. was asked to return as Iron Man one last time for Deadpool & Wolverine
If Chris Evans can play his old Marvel role, Robert Downey Jr. could too in Deadpool & Wolverine... right? Wrong.
August 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Disney's first trailer for the live-action Snow White promises the real-life version of what we grew up on as children
And Gal Gadot is stunning as Snow White's Evil Queen.
August 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Woody, Buzz, and the gang will face their biggest threat yet in Pixar's Toy Story 5: our phones & tablets
It's toys vs. electronics in Toy Story 5.
August 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Disney is working on a Monster Jam movie with the Rock
It's time to roll out with the Rock's next surprise move
August 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Load up on fun and bring your friends - Tickets to Seattle's ECCC 2025 are about to go on sale!
Get your Emerald City Comic Con 2025 tickets early with Popverse.
August 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The hints and teases for an Inside Out 2 sequel are already underway by Disney (in addition to the already planned Pixar TV series)
An Inside Out 2 sequel? I third that emotion (Get it?)
August 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Nintendo joins PAX West 2024 booth line-up that already includes Bandai Namco, Final Fantasy XIV, and Larian Studios
With Nintendo joining PAX West 2024, there's something for you - no matter what kind of controller you use.
August 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel Studios quietly cancels plans for San Diego Comic-Con 2026 and a tie-in MCU movie release
Marvel Studios bet big with Deadpool & Wolverine at SDCC 2024, but it's not doing it in 2026 anymore
August 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Will Eisner's John Law returns after 20 years in new collected edition
Will Eisner's other crime hero, John Law, returns with a new collection
August 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Pacific Rim 3 is happening - just no longer as a movie, but as a comic - with Charlie Hunman, John Boyega, and more
The Pacific Rim trilogy is being completed - but not as a movie
August 05, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Colin Kaepernick wants to help people make comics - by eliminating the people who actually make comics, using AI
Before launching Lumi, a company that "leverages advanced AI technology" to make comics, Kaepernick was made aware of comic artists' misgivings
August 02, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
The original name of DC's summer event Absolute Power would've connected it to a nearly-forgotten DC TV show
I could've used a Vanessa Hudgens appearance in DC's Absolute Power
August 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Imagine a Superman comic book by Daniel Warren Johnson and Riley Rossmo. It almost happened
The roots of the pair's upcoming Image Comics collaboration came from a Superman story that never happened
July 30, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
When Grumpy Bear became too grumpy for Care Bears' owners
Care Bears: Unlock the Magic unlocked an even grumpier side of Grumpy Bear - a side its owners had to lock back up
July 29, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Marvel's Jeff the Land-Shark is officially the funniest comic this year according to Eisners
Jeff the Land Shark co-creator Kelly Thompson reveals the origins of the award-winning cutie, and how much fans had to do with its success
July 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
... Spoilers?Chris Evans reveals how & why he returned to the MCU in Marvel Studios' Deadpool & Wolverine
Marvel revealed their biggest Deadpool & Wolverine cameo even as people head to theaters
July 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
Guides
One of the most secretive traditions of comic cons explored: the dead dog party
There's the convention, then there's the party AFTER the convention
July 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
San Diego's skyline is wrapped with ads due to Comic-Con International, but did you know they are mostly illegal?
San Diego Comic-Con's Hotel bulding wraps cost over $100k each, which makes the fact they're technically illegal only a small nuisance
July 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel Studios has convinced Russo brothers to return to direct Avengers 5 & 6
After trying other directors, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige ended up just asking the directors of the last two Avengers movies to do two more
July 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Harrison Ford answers the MCU mustache question
Do you miss MCU Thunderbolt Ross' mustache? Harrison Ford gets asked what happened to it
July 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Missing the Sopranos? HBO has something for you: DC's The Penguin
The Penguin isn't like other DC supervillains. He's a mob boss.
July 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Minnie Driver is the new Penguin in DC's Batman: Caped Crusader
The Good Will Hunting co-star is now being the Bad Oswalda Cobblepot.
July 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Former Marvel boss Joe Quesada launches his next chapter: an Ultimate version of Shakespeare's Hamlet
The man who led Marvel's reinvention is stepping out to reinvent himself and William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
July 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Big Barda, Orion, Mister Miracle and more join DC's 'All In' era with New Gods ongoing comic
DC's New Gods are all in.
July 27, 2024
Chris Arrant