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The entire DCU goes ape (and other animals) in December
The Dawn of DC event continues to spread across the DCU in December and January, and Popverse has an exclusive look at the titles affected by the animal outbreak
September 15, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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Fables, one of DC's biggest new projects of the 21st century, may have just been released to the public domain
Fables creator Bill Willingham has just announced that he's releasing Fables into the public domain
September 14, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Lead, ink, and legacy: In conversation with artist Klaus Janson
"The bottom line is, it's always about storytelling"
September 14, 2023
Chloe Maveal
Features
Indiana Jones actor John Rhys-Davies is making a comic
Actor John Rhys-Davies of Indiana Jones and The Lord of the Rings is discovering comics for the first time
September 14, 2023
Zach Rabiroff
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Free!Watch the full Leigh Bardugo and Dani Pendergast panel from at NYCC 2022 for free!
Demon in the Wood takes the stage at the Javits Center as author Leigh Bardugo and Dani Pendergast take fan questions.
September 14, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
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Joshua Williamson talks G.I. Joe, Cobra, and Hasbro's Energon Universe on Enter the Popverse
You'll know "more you know" if you tune in Friday, you know
September 13, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
2000 AD is killing off a fan-favorite character (for real, this time)
The death of former [spoiler] is part of a new Dredd storyline
September 13, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Batfamily: Which Robin is the true Bi icon?
Tim Drake may be the only officially "out" member of the Bat-Family, but that doesn't mean he's the family's only bi-con
September 12, 2023
Greg Silber
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Green Lantern: Why Sinestro is DC’s most criminally underused villain
As DC plans its future for film and television, Sinestro could finally break from obscurity as a larger threat
September 12, 2023
Sam Stone
Features
Stan's Soapbox: A close reading of racial representation in the Stan Lee era of Marvel
A look at racial representation in Amazing Spider-Man #68
September 12, 2023
Donovan Grant
Features
Strange Sports Stories: Five of the greatest comic book cameos from real life sports heroes
If you play sports, you might have to save the world alongside a superhero, based on these examples
September 11, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Todd McFarlane doesn't care what you think about his comic books (and that's okay)
"I’m not negotiating with the fanbase on any level," says the Spawn creator
September 08, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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Spawn's Todd McFarlane shares his tips for creating new characters fans want to read
Learn from the man who came up with one of the most successful new comic book characters in the past three decades
September 08, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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Charles Soule is mixing vampires, jailbreaks and sci-fi for new series The Bloody Dozen
The Bloody Dozen is the latest in Soule's Shrouded College horror cycle
September 08, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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Chris Claremont returns to write Wolverine's 50th birthday miniseries
Captain America and Black Widow team up with Wolverine to celebrate the cranky Canadian's 50th anniversary
September 08, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
NYCC 2023: The first day of Pro Track panels, signings, and events for industry pros at New York Comic Con revealed
Exclusive retailer signings, deep conversations on the state of the comic industry, and more are coming for the NYCC 2023 Pro Track
September 08, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Peach Momoko is in orbit for her new Space Usagi variant cover
Both Stan Sakai and Peach Momoko are teasing more collaborations to come
September 08, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
DC editor-in-chief Marie Javins to lead first-ever ReedPop Industry Summit at NYCC 2023
The first-ever ReedPop Industry Summit is coming to New York Comic Con 2023
September 07, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Spawn creator Todd McFarlane explains it all on Enter the Popverse this week
Want to know how to think like the Image Comics founder?
September 07, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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NYCC 2023: Discover some of the big panels from this year's New York Comic Con
Animation, horror, and non-fiction comics about ending world hunger: NYCC 2023 is packed
September 07, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Who was Steve Ditko? His family will answer that question at NYCC 2023
The family of Steve Ditko step up to tell their truths about their iconic relative, and dispel what you think you know about the man
September 07, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
A survivor's guide to being a working comic book creator
Living and dying in four-color time: the ballad of the working comic creator
September 07, 2023
Joseph Illidge
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Batman Day is almost here, and DC isn't the only company celebrating this year
Want some free Batman comics? Wait until September.
September 06, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Dragon Con's 2024 dates have been announced
Hope you didn't have any other plans for Labor Day 2024
September 05, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Marvel Studios' Loki is about to introduce a Zaniac to the MCU - but just who is he?
The trailer for Loki Season 2 features a monstrous antagonist that, in the comics, is responsible for the Jack the Ripper murders
September 05, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Spoilers!DC is launching a buzzy new hero with ties to the Golden Age
The DC Universe boasts a wide bench of generational heroes, and the next wave is already here
September 05, 2023
Sam Stone
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Marvel launches exclusive Nova Hasbro figure for Unlimited plus members only
This year's Marvel Unlimited membership kit includes Skottie Young Rocket Raccoon pin, Hasbro Nova figure, and more
August 31, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Iconic Sandman artist Dave McKean delves into the world of AI art
"It’s a disruption and recalibration of our fundamental definition of art and of creativity."
August 31, 2023
Chloe Maveal
Features
Marvel taps Ernanda Souza for Hispanic Heritage Month variant covers
Incredible Hulk and X-Men Red are on the list of titles getting Comunidades covers, with more to be announced later.
August 30, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
DC's Hispanic Heritage Month variant covers from Pablo Villalobos feature Bane, Blue Beetle and more
Jessica Cruz and Pedro Peña also appear in the series of variants, which will be released over the course of September.
August 30, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
News
Acclaimed rom-com The Bromance Book Club comes to comics next month
The new series will adapt the acclaimed and popular 2019 novel by Lyssa Kay Adams
August 30, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
DC's Knight Terrors ending explained: How the crossover event goes beyond the nightmares
The 2023 crossover event Knight Terrors carries steep consequences for DC's heroes beyond scary dreams. Here's the story's bigger impact.
August 29, 2023
Sam Stone
News
Image Comics' Antarctica gets an upgrade with its sixth issue
The Top Cow sci-fi miniseries becomes an ongoing series this December
August 29, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Cosmic wrestling comic The Fourth Rope is being adapted into an anime
“We were able to partner with a studio in The Philippines that does a lot of work for Netflix." O'Bryant says
August 25, 2023
Ashley V. Robinson
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DC's new Fire & Ice series is a "superhero Schitt's Creek," says writer Joanne Starer
Also, it features Hot Lobo on the variant cover to the fourth issue (You're welcome)
August 25, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Happiness is for sale in new middle-grade OGN The Happy Shop by Brittany Long Olsen
An upcoming kids comic from Oni Press is exploring how happiness is great (but other emotions are OK too)
August 25, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Snoopy and the Peanuts gang are about to change the Apple Watch (and maybe the world)
Sometime this fall, Apple is releasing adorable Peanuts animations that will play across the screen of its Apple Watch.
August 24, 2023
Jim McDermott
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Moon Knight artist Declan Shalvey is showing off the bones of his latest project, Old Dog
Old Dog, New Trick: Declan Shalvey is sharing the behind-the-scenes of his latest creator-owned project
August 24, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
ExclusiveAnimal Farm is rewritten for today's political reality in Tom King and Peter Gross's new comic
The new series, which takes a fresh look at the classic political allegory, launches in December
August 24, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Starfield: Five movies, TV shows, and comics to enjoy before/during/after you play the game
While you wait for Starfield, here are our top picks for how to get in a Starfield state of mind.
August 23, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The rich get creamed in new dark satire Rumpus Room
The struggle of the rich vs. the poor summed up in facial cream with Rumpus Room by Mark Russell and Ramon Rosanas from AWA Studios
August 23, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Oni Press wants to fight "boring" comics by focusing on art and the comic artists who make them
There's a new mission at Oni: let comics be comics instead of pitches for movies or TV
August 22, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Santa Claus was a serial killer: Inside the harsh holiday crime thriller by James Tynion IV and Joshua Hixson
Tynion is creating a new horror for the holidays with artist Joshua Hixson starting this November
August 21, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Blue Beetle beats Barbie, but that's not the full story on the DC superhero's opening weekend
Jaime Reyes underperformed in its first weekend, continuing DC's streak of bad luck at the box office
August 21, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Lotus Land brings future dystopia and existential heartbreak together on the comic page
The new series comes from the co-creator of Image Comics' critically acclaimed Little Bird
August 21, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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Tom King teases a new creator-owned series announcement at NYCC 2023
"I think it will be the most popular of any creator-owned [comic] I've ever done," the writer teases
August 18, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Amazon is jumping into the webtoons game in a big way (and without comIXology)
Webtoons are getting so big that Amazon wants a piece of it
August 18, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel is teasing that Chris Claremont's original intentions for Nightcrawler's parents might be about to come true
X-Men: How the love that dare not speak its name became the "greatest love story in mutant history"
August 18, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Boom! Studios' Zawa + The Belly of the Beast takes a tasty approach to contemporary fables
The new series marks the writing debut of Wynd artist Michael Dialynas
August 18, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
WEBTOON is ready to take on Apple and Amazon (and win)
The CEO of the company says that even tech giants can't compete with what WEBTOON has to offer fans
August 17, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Maia Kobabe's unique tree-based approach to cartooning
"My process tends to be very non-chronological."
August 17, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Todd McFarlane on the problem with (still) being relevant
"You don’t let people stay on the stage until they’re sixty or seventy!"
August 17, 2023
Chloe Maveal
Features
Scott Pilgrim anime features a reunion cast that is surprisingly superhero-studded
Brie Larson is Captain Marvel, Chris Evans is Captain America, Michael Cera is Allan... and so on
August 17, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
News
Archie has found its next heroine, dark academia style
A forgotten 80s hero is being revamped to be your next dark academia obsession
August 17, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Wonder Woman's becoming an even bigger deal in the DCU - Tom King explains it all
Tom King is putting Wonder Woman in the center of the DCU, and he's coming on Enter The Popverse to talk about it
August 17, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: Everything we know about Netflix's anime adaptation
The Bryan Lee O'Malley comic heads to Netflix as an anime, and it's bringing much of the Edgar Wright film cast along. Here's all you need to know
August 16, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Is Rafael Grampá the next Frank Miller? The Batman artist/writer responds to fan comments
Ahead of the release of Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham, Grampá speaks about crafting his own Dark Knight
August 15, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Todd McFarlane created a universe of Spawn variants. Now he’s murdering them all, as babies.
“It’s baby on baby violence”: Todd McFarlane announces Spawn Kills Every Spawn.
August 15, 2023
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Stranger Things: How the Russians got the demodogs could be explained in new comic spin-off
Demogorgons on a ship to be explored in Stranger Things: The Voyage
August 15, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Supergirl: Superman's cousin's tangled history and bright future
After decades of convoluted history, Supergirl is poised to become bigger than ever. Here's the long road to Supergirl's resurgence.
August 15, 2023
Sam Stone
Features
Baron von StreubenInside the life of the US Revolutionary War hero who was also revolutionary and flamboyantly gay
Washington's Gay General: the comic biography of the US Revolutionary War hero
August 15, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Ahead of its second season, Disney Channel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur get an all-ages graphic novel
Wreck and Roll will come from Scholastic in April
August 14, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Jason Aaron returns to DC Comics with a new Batman limited series
Batman: Off-World is a new six issue limited series debuting in November 2023
August 14, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
And the nominees for the 2023 Harvey Awards are...
Every year a select group of comics and creators are chosen as the best of the best in the world of comics. It's time for the Harvey Awards.
August 11, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Calvin & Hobbes - coming soon in books you can fit in your backpack (OR your bookshelf)
The new Calvin and Hobbes release will consist of seven two-volume sets
August 10, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Dog Man sees red in Dav Pilkey's next guaranteed best-selling comic from Scholastic Graphix
What happens when Dog Man gets sprayed by a skunk?
August 10, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound: Exclusive sneak peek into Dave Chisholm's newest jazz comic
Dave Chisholm's newest graphic novel follows Miles Davis as he recovers from a stroke
August 09, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
After layoffs, IDW backs away from Originals line
Creator Will Robson has confirmed that his upcoming title was one of those killed by the publisher
August 09, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Batman's Rafael Grampá on "bringing in ugliness when trying to make something beautiful"
Ugly can be beautiful, and beauty can be ugly: Rafael Grampá sits down to talk with Popverse
August 09, 2023
Chloe Maveal
Features
Detective Comics' Ram V is talking about his Batman western in this week's Enter the Popverse
Ram V comes on Enter the Popverse to talk about his Batman western arc in Detective Comics
August 08, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Superman: How the Daily Planet changed the superhero game
The Daily Planet is more than a staple in the Superman mythos - it's also a foundational trope in the superhero genre
August 08, 2023
Sam Stone
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Marvel's Tom Brevoort teases a new mission that has his head "whirling with ideas and concepts"
Something is afoot in the House of Ideas
August 07, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
DC Comics' architect Joshua Williamson chats Knight Terrors on Enter The Popverse
Enter the Popverse celebrates our first birthday!
August 07, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Spider-Man's Preeti Chhibber and The Nib's Matt Bors Enter the Popverse
Enter the Popverse welcomes a Spider-Man YA author and one of the world's most popular political cartoonists
August 07, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
psychedelic trek thrSloane Leong returns to to the strikingly beautiful and surreal worlds of Prism Stalker with The Weeping Star
Returning to the world of Prism Stalker with Sloane Leong’s latest: The Weeping Star
August 05, 2023
CK Stewart
Features
Badder blood, even worse planning: how you just can't fault Rob Liefeld for missing his own panel
It's just impossible to be upset with him! He's too nice!
August 05, 2023
Chloe Maveal
Features
Big pirate adventure, bigger emotional journey in the sapphic swashbuckler The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl
What if the gods answered your prayers... with a surprise? Find out in The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl
August 05, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
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August 04, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Without Hall H, every SDCC panel became Hall H: A travelog of Comic-Con International: San Diego
A trojan horse of hope for comics? Time will tell more than anything else.
August 04, 2023
Chloe Maveal
News
Image Comics signs bookstore distribution deal with Simon & Schuster for 2024 and beyond
The mainstream book distributor will take over Image's output outside of comic stores starting in January
August 04, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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Combined WGA/comic writers picket line shows the connection between industry woes
Comic writers support WGA members in their fight, seeing a reflection of their own concerns
August 03, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Vault Comics wants to have the best-selling comic of 2023 - and they're willing to give it away for free to do it
Vault Comics biggest launch yet is Unnatural Order - and they're pulling out the stops to make it that way
August 03, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Head back to the 2000s with this excerpt of Kate Leth's Mall Goth
A throwback to the days where the mall was the place to be
August 03, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
How Spawn’s confrontation with Donald Trump earned Todd McFarlane an angry phone call from Breitbart
Todd McFarlane recounts the angry phone call he got from Breitbart after Spawn attacked Donald Trump.
August 03, 2023
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
An afternoon with the archbishop of fun: In conversation with Howard Chaykin
"I'm not going to compete for the attention of an audience that is perfectly happy with a template"
August 02, 2023
Chloe Maveal
News
Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage are coming to prose starting in 2024, thanks to Marvel Crime
The new line comes from Marvel and Disney sibling, Hyperion Avenue
August 01, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Batman: Dispelling the myth of the loner Dark Knight
Batman has one of the biggest superhero families in comics. Here’s why the Caped Crusader has always been a team player
August 01, 2023
Sam Stone
Features
If you like Indiana Jones, you'll love these recommended comics, movies, and TV shows
Before, after, or during your Indiana Jones lovefest, here are some other movies, TV, shows and comics you'll enjoy
July 31, 2023
Leon Miller
Features
Cartoonshow: An exclusive look into Derek M. Ballard's debut graphic novel
"Call Security" will make you giggle, and then maybe cry a bit.
July 31, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Guardians of the Galaxy co-writer Andy Lanning wants to see Nova in the MCU
More Marvel cosmic, please!
July 31, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
SDCC 2023: Kate Beaton asks for "more diverse perspectives" from working class and industrial voices in comics
The Ducks cartoonist's Eisner acceptance speech uses the opportunity to invite more stories from "hidden' perspectives
July 28, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, American Booksellers Association, and more sue over new Texas rating law
“The Reader Act” is set to require booksellers to rate book based on “current community standards of decency”
July 28, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
Spider-Verse success rushes two sold-out Spider-books back to press at Marvel
Gwenverse and Miles Morales: Spider-Man Vol. 1 will be reprinted immediately to meet demand
July 28, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Daniel Warren Johnson's Transformers #1 ashcan was the hottest book of SDCC 2023
The Energon Universe is off to a good start
July 28, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Chip Zdarsky launches CHIPCLASS to share everything he knows about comics
What can you learn from the writer of Daredevil and Batman? You'd be surprised (maybe)
July 28, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
SDCC 2023: Was Hall H's loss everyone else's gain?
Without the big movies to distract attendees, panel attendance elsewhere at the show was significantly up
July 27, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
US Congressional Popular Arts Caucus: Everything we know about Congressman Robert Garcia's new initiative
Congressman Robert Garcia just launched the Congressional Popular Arts Caucus at San Diego Comic Con this week. Here's everything you need to know about it.
July 27, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Congressman Robert Garcia on the Popular Arts Caucus, SDCC, and Superman
After his panel at this year's SDCC, Popverse had a chance to chat with Congressman Robert Garcia on his new initiative, his return to SDCC, and more
July 27, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Big Spawn movie news is coming, Blumhouse and Todd McFarlane are just waiting for the strikes to end
Todd McFarlane teases an exciting update for the Spawn movie, but he can’t reveal it until the Writers and Actors Strike ends.
July 27, 2023
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
San Diego Comic-Con says it "never worried about the strike," and fan feedback on-site seems to agree
For some the writers and actors strike was a dark cloud over SDCC ahead of time, but the organizers say they weren't worried at all.
July 26, 2023
Graeme McMillan