Chris Arrant
News
The Boys co-creator Darick Robertson is launching his next franchise: Greaser
Here's what to expect next.
March 30, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Godzilla Minus One left theaters early and is avoiding streaming & home video, and we think Godzilla x Kong: New Empire is to blame
Godzilla Minus One is one of the best films in recent memory, but right now no one in the world can see it. And we think its Godzilla's fault.
March 29, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Comics fans deserve "more interesting" marketing of comics, and Vault aims to deliver with Barbaric's Crowdbuilding plans
Inside Vault Comics' Crowdbuilding Campaign program with Zoop for Barbaric: Born in Blood
March 29, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Wonder no more - we have the WonderCon 2025 dates (and its not Easter weekend next year)
California's OTHER big comic convention returns in 2025
March 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Crunchyroll is giving us That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 a week early
The time to watch That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime season 3 is coming early - this weekend!
March 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch the Critical Role, Lord of the Rings, Jodie Whittaker, and 15+ more panels from Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024
Watch nine panels from the ECCC 2024 Main Stage powered by Xfinity.
March 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch Rebecca Yarros' discussion on Romantasy with Saara El-Arifi, Danielle L. Jensen, & Leia Stone
Join these critically acclaimed and bestselling authors as they discuss how the combination of romance and fantasy is one of the hottest trends in lit right now.
March 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Watch Jodie Whittaker, Rebecca Yarros, Mike Flanagan, and more new panels filmed at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024
Watch full-length panel conversations about Doctor Who, The Strangers: Chapter One, Fourth Wing, the Flanaverse, and more.
March 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch Doctor Who herself Jodie Whittaker's full panel conversation with Popverse
Get up to caffiene level ten and get ready to watch and hour-long conversation with Doctor Who's Jodie Whittaker
March 28, 2024
Veronica Valencia
Features
Charles Addams & The Addams Family are the black sheep of comics (and it's disgraceful)
It's time we remember Addams Family as a comic before it was a franchise
March 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Big Marvel: All 27 of Skottie Young's summer variant covers (and a huge poster to boot!)
Skottie Young is known for making little versions of Marvel's greatest characters, but now he's going 'big.'
March 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Disney's D23 Expo tickets are on sale now!
After 140k people attended 2022's D23 Expo by Disney, the next question is simple: how can we do it again?
March 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
X-Men power couple Rachel Summers and Betsy Braddock to star in new fall Marvel comic
The one-time Psylocke and one-time Phoenix are going forward in love this fall for an X-Men spinoff
March 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel celebrates Pride Month 2024 by focusing on LGBTQIA+ characters & straight allies
Here's what to expect in June
March 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Every Batcave needs a Batman, and soon comic shops will have a life-size Dark Knight of their own thanks to DC & Jorge Jimenez
A Batman standee built to sell comics. It seems like a no-brainer.
March 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Ridley Scott & James Cameron are among first viewers of the new Alien sequel Romulus - and they love it!
Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez talks about advance screenings with Alien's Ridley Scott and Aliens' James Cameron
March 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Patrick Stewart's Jean-Luc Picard to return in a Star Trek movie of his own
Make it so, Paramount Pictures.
March 19, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Star Trek: Discovery finale appears to going for a Fifth Element vibe
Sonequa Martin-Green's Michael Burnham is someone I'd happy see going full Bruce Willis/Korben Dallas
March 19, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Star Wars: The Acolyte teases the origin of the Sith, and asks who deserves to use the Force
"This is about power," the first trailer for the new series from Russian Doll creator Leslye Headland announces, "and who can use it"
March 19, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Marvel partners with NFT company for new digital comics platform to rival Amazon's digital comics market
Would you like your Marvel digital comics with a side of NFTs? Disney's premiere comics publisher is the first client in a new kind of digital comics app
March 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Stjepan Šejić quit DC (and most of the comic industry) four years ago, but now he's on his way back
Harleen co-creator Stjepan Šejić returns to DC four years after quitting and saying he'd never return
March 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
After 61 years and 700 comics, Gail Simone is Uncanny X-Men's first solo female writer
This X-Men fact is the epitome of the word 'uncanny'.
March 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel's X-Men are setting up bases in three US States as part of massive revamp
And no, it's not Xavier's School and it's not in New England.
March 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Be Batman's boss: DC's hunt for the next Batman group editor
One of the most important job in comics is now up for grabs: DC's Batman group editor position
March 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Chicago's C2E2 2024 welcomes Bandai, Citizen Watch, Silver Sprocket, more exhibitors
The first wave of C2E2 2024 booths have been revealed.
March 13, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
The comics industry's hottest free agent executive isn't who you think
If comic book publishers are looking for someone to transform their business, this could be the dark horse candidate
March 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Crowdfunding platform Zoop to launch crowdfund campaign with ownership stakes in the company as perks
Zoop isn't only a crowdfunding platfom itself, it's also a client of crowdfunding platforms!
March 07, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Vault Comics is looking for the next generation of crowdfunding - and its crowdbuilding
Vault's hit series Barbaric will return this spring, as the flagship in a new partnership with crowdfunding platform Zoop
March 07, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Michael Chabon's Fantastic Four: The movie and two comics projects that almost had him write Marvel's first family
Michael Chabon almost wrote Marvel's Fantastic Four three times - twice in comics, and once in movies
March 07, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel's upcoming Blood Hunt event will be "too explicit" for some readers, leading to uncensored version being withheld from digital readers & bookstores
To see Marvel's Blood Hunt in "all its goriest glory," you'll need to skip bookstores and digital apps and go to a comic shop
March 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Scout Comics to re-launch the company with help from a new corporate business partner
Just days after public outcry from Scout comics creators alleging financial issues with the company, Scout Comics makes a major change
March 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Celebrate the winners of the Cosplay Central Crown Championships at Seattle's ECCC 2024!
Gaze upon the victors of ECCC 2024's Cosplay Central Crown Championships
March 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Save the date: Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con is returning in 2025, and we have the deets
Ask off from work or school, begin your cosplay plans, and get ready for ECCC 2025.
March 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Emerald City Comic Con 2024's best cosplayers, from Spider-Men to Hazbin Hotel and more
The best dressed at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024.
March 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch now!Watch the Avatar: The Last Airbender cast panel from Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024
Dante Basco, Jack De Sena, Mae Whitman, and Zach Tyler Eisen represented their nations at the Avatar: The Last Airbender panel in Seattle
March 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Frodo Baggins actor Elijah Wood endorses our idea for Lord of the Rings weedstrains like Pipe-Weed (and 'Hobbit Mushrooms' too!)
"An officially licensed weed strain would be great," Lord of the Rings' Elijah Wood tells Popverse
March 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
'Oh, it's me?!' Chris Evans reveals when and how he found out he was playing Knives Out's murderer
After being America's hero for a decade, Chris Evans went dark - and loved it
March 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Chris Evans Spotlight panel from Seattle's ECCC 2024
Chris Evans appeared at Seattle's ECCC
March 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Chris Evans wants a fantasy movie like Lord of the Rings
Chris Evans says he can wear "pointy ears" and shoot a "bow & arrow"
March 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld's creator-owned blood is flowing again (but not Youngblood, and not at Image)
Rob Liefeld revives Prophet, Bloodstrike, Brigade and more for a very limited edition comic called Last Blood
March 02, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Scout Comics: Why creators are calling out the publisher over non-payment, threats & ghosting (and how the company has responded so far)
Scout Comics admits to ghosting creators after public outcry over alleged non-payment and threats
March 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
IDW's upcoming TMNT: Last Ronin sequel Re-Evolution is on-sale a week early at Seattle's ECCC 2024
Be the first to get the Last Ronin sequel as IDW is selling the TMNT book early in Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con
March 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Timey-Wimey get in line-y: Doctor Who herself, Jodie Whittaker, will be at ECCC '24
Jodie Whittaker, the Thirteenth Doctor, will be at Emerald City Comic Con 2024 for photo ops and signings
March 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Sadly, we all must wait 4 more months than we thought for DC's Teen Titans: Starfire
The fifth book in DC's hit Teen Titans YA OGN series isn't coming until November.
March 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
NCIS's Ziva and Tony are returning full-time in a spin-off starring Cote de Pablo & Michael Weatherly
Tony and Ziva are back for NCIS... Europe?!
February 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Avatar: The Last Airbender doesn't need a reboot or revamp - the sequels are already thriving in comics
Avatar: The Last Airbender never ended - just the cartoons did.
February 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Shōgun: How Disney almost lost the rights to the hit FX/Hulu show
Hiroyuki Sanada, a horse, and a fire saved the TV series's 11-year production.
February 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
The Eisner Awards' comic journalism category isn't dead (yet), keep submitting
The Eisner Awards first decision was not to give comics journalism an award, but there could be a chance for a re-do.
February 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
Guides
The Handmaid's Tale season 6 release date is coming now to finish their story
One story ends and another one begins in the final season of The Handmaid's Tale.
February 28, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Nickelodeon's Double Dare taught me about real life
Who knew green slime would be such a big part of our life?
February 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Come meet Popverse at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024!
4 days, 5 Popverse personnel, and a dozen panels - this is our ECCC 2024.
February 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Drinks, dungeons, dragons and delights await you at Emerald City Comic Con's The Tavern in Seattle
A thematic lounge with everything, including adult drinks
February 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
UpdatedThe Texas anime con staple A-Kon has been canceled due to funding issues, but is no longer in forfeiture
The longest-running anime con in North America isn't running this year.
February 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
The McElroys' Adventure Zone comics are ending in 2025, according to the publisher
The end of the arc is the end of the series for the McElroys' The Adventure Zone comics it seems
February 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel to begin sending free comic based on MCU heroes to comic shops next month
Try before you buy is Marvel's new plan for success.
February 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Upstart digital comics service Omnibus loses its co-founder (and head software engineer)
With over a million dollars in VC money, the digital comics platform Omnibus seems to suffer a setback
February 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Is DC's Justice League returning? Absolute Power tie-in hints at the return of the Big Seven (or a Seven)
The Seven are coming this summer from DC. But is it the Big Seven of the Justice League?
February 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Suicide Squad's Amanda Waller is leading DC's Trinity of Evil, and that means trouble for Batman, Superman and the good guys
DC's Trinity has been hard to match, in-store or across the industry, but coming soon, another group will try
February 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels once co-owned a comic company
Live, from New York, it's.... Saturday night comics?
February 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
DC Comics' former boss Dan DiDio describes his favorite time there (and his fight to change the company culture)
Dan DiDio was one of DC's top bosses for almost two decades, and re-visits his high points
February 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Heathcliff is getting into the fashion, lifestyle, & cat treat business for his 50th birthday
On his 50th birthday, Heathcliff is branching out
February 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch the Avatar: The Last Airbender reunion panel with Zach Tyler Eisen, Dante Basco, and Jack De Sena
Zach Eisen, Dante Basco, and Jack De Sena reunited to talk Avatar at C2E2 2023 - watch it here before the Netflix adaptation comes out
February 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Fargo season finale leads to a unique baking partnership with Bisquick
Now you can make Dot's Tiger biscuits at home!
February 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Disney cancels the Buffy: The Vampire Slayer spin-off Slayers after one season from Amazon's Audible
Disney just staked the Buffyverse one more time, as Slayers is over according to its co-creator
February 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
How My Hero Academia, Haikyu!!, and other anime get to the heart of school life
Popverse's Veronica Valencia schools us on the human and relatable elements behind school anime
February 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
BOOM! Studios is bringing a Power Ranger, a Coheed & Cambria solo concert & more to ComicsPRO
BOOM! is prepping to celebrate four major anniversaries and announce its big plans for 2024
February 20, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The best streaming deals for Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and more
Here's how to get more for less, with the best streaming prices for Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, and more.
February 20, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
It's official: Captain Marvel is now a Disney Princess
Pilot. Hero. Avenger. Princess. Who says you can't have it all?
February 20, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
WWE gets into the convention business with a 5-day WrestleMania tie-in con with Fanatics
WrestleMania has grown from one day to two days, and now to five days.
February 19, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
DC is taking Damian Wayne dark in Robin's first adults-only comic, The Boy Wonder
Like father, like son - Damian Wayne is becoming even more darker, like his father Batman
February 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
DC is finally giving Kurt Busiek's Superman comics the special treatment it deserves
DC is giving the fan-favorite Astro City co-creator's Superman comics the special treatment
February 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
DC is republishing Tom King's Supergirl ahead of his work on DC movies with James Gunn
Imagine Supergirl in a space western, and you're not too far off
February 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
DC is reviving Mister Miracle by Tom King & Mitch Gerads for an all new hardcover Absolute edition
This new Mister Miracle edition will go great on your coffee table, right next to the veggie dip Darkseid loves
February 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
The Marvel comic hidden in Deadpool & Wolverine's first trailer has now sold out according to the publisher, so they're printing more (a lot more, we reckon)
The secret is out on Secret Wars importance to the upcoming Marvel storylines after that Deadpool & Wolverine trailer
February 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Madame it! Marvel & Sony cut the Madame Web meme from the movie
Do you remember that time Madame Web's mom was in the Amazon researching spiders before she died?
February 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Is Marvel's Madame Web movie secretly a prequel? If so, to what? The possibilities are intriguing (especially to the MCU)
What a tangled web Marvel, Sony, and Columbia Pictures are weaving with their Spider-Man movies.
February 13, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch now!Watch the UK Ghosts show panel from London's MCM!
BBC and CBS' Ghosts: The Button House Archives crew & cast came to haunt your screens here at Popverse.
February 13, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Imagine Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett with DC's Batman. Now see it for real!
It's Gotham Days for Gorillaz and Tank Girl co-creator Jamie Hewlett
February 13, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Say hello to DC's newest villain: Little Joker in Rafael Grampá's Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham
Rafael Grampá has been growing the Batman mythos by leaps and bounds, and he's not stopping yet
February 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Final Destination with superheroes: what Marvel's Madame Web movie could be
Most people have dreams. For Madame Web, this is real.
February 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Loudermilk season 4: What could have been (and still might be) according to creators after Netflix success
Spoilers ahead for Loudermilk season 4.
February 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Portland's WasabiCon shrinks back to two days to make the show floor bigger
Stuck between a choice to grow in length or size, WasabiCon chooses size.
February 09, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Madame Web release date: When the Spider-Man spinoff debuts in movie theaters
Spider-Man's movie web is about to get complicated with Madame Web.
February 09, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Jurassic Park/World: How to watch the beloved dinosaur act in its (two trilogies and a TV show) entirety
It's time for everyone to rediscover the Alan Grant inside of them
February 09, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Rare Superman: The Movie storyboards to go on display this weekend (and we have pictures!)
Superman: The Movie storyboards featuring a young Kal-El and his Kryptonian parents to go on display
February 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Osamu Tezuka's precious anime unicorn hero Unico is being reborn with new Awakening comic - and we have a first look!
Tezuka Productions has partnered with Graphix for this revival of the classic (and cute) manga character
February 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
The NYC school system is publishing its own comics, including the story of social justice hero Dolores Huerta
Imagine the U.S.'s biggest public school system is a comic publisher.
February 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
DC has sold out of Batman's Joker: Year One comic (but there's more coming)
Batman #142 has sold out, leading DC to reprint it - and has given retailers 3 days to make their orders
February 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
The unlikely team of Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up to change TV sports as we know it
Imagine ESPN, Fox Sports, TNT, and more - all available in one streaming sports app.
February 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
UpdatedManga giant Kodansha partners with upstart new company AMP to develop comic/manga/anime juggernauts
The leaders in two segments of worldwide comic publishing are teaming up.
February 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The Transformers defined IDW for almost two decades - but originally it was too pricey for IDW's then-owners
Hasbro's Transformers transformed IDW from a horror publisher to a media giant, but it almsot didn't happen.
February 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel's Black Panther comics reboot is already more popular than the publisher expected (and it hasn't even come out yet)
A new Africa is emerging in Marvel Comics, beginning with Ultimate Black Panther #1.
February 05, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Super Bowl commercials: Patrick Stewart, Jenna Ortega, and more star in the best ads (and thankfully, no Crypto or AI)
The best Super Bowl ads have football players - and Sir Patrick Stewart as a quarterback.
February 05, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Steamy romantic fantasy Webtoon SubZero by JunePrrr is coming to comic books this fall
3 million people read SubZero online - and now its coming to comic stores & bookstores.
February 05, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld is retiring from the Marvel character (but how long will it last?)
Rob Liefeld says no more Deadpool after 2024, for him at least.
February 05, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
C-3PO Anthony Daniels says his Star Wars hotel scene was never seen (but it actually was)
Everyone has memories of Disney World's doomed Star Wars hotel - everyone except C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels it seems.
February 04, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
MegaCon 2025 dates are here - and it's head-to-head with the Superbowl & the San Diego Comic-Con's Cruise Ship
Fan Expo's MegaCon vs. Comic-Con International: San Diego - the battle in the deep south of Florida.
February 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Netflix's Loudermilk is a hit - and its backstory is even more tragic (and meta) than its Ron Livingston's character's
This Seattle-based post-grunge sitcom is like your favorite band - they broke up before you ever heard of them.
February 02, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
The sleeper Netflix hit Loudermilk is so popular now that people are recommending the show to its co-creator
Loudermilk co-creator Bobby Mort says he and the cast & crew are as surprised by you as the show's new life on Netflix.
February 02, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Five shows to watch after you've finished watching Loudermilk on Netflix
Let's follow weird with weird
February 02, 2024
Tiffany Babb