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Matthew Lillard got his Daredevil: Born Again role because he's DM to the showrunner
Matthew Lillard plays Dungeons & Dragons with Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane
Jules Chin Greene
Livestream Critical Role, The Boys, and more panels from Seattle's ECCC 2026 free thanks to Signet Collectibles!
Emerald City Comic Con 2026 Main Stage panels will stream free
Chris Arrant
DC is developing a new Batman comic with Cliff Chiang & Brian Azzarello, reuniting the 'New 52' Wonder Woman duo
DC's 'New 52' Wonder Woman creators Cliff Chiang & Brian Azzarello reuniting for new Batman project
Jules Chin Greene
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Why Chainsaw Man creators Tatsuki Fujimoto's best manga still isn't an anime
Fire Punch is easily one of the best manga that no one is planning to turn into an anime - and for good reason.
Trent Cannon
Bridgerton season 4 ending explained - did Benedict and Sophie make it work, and who's leaving the show for good?
Netflix's hit period romance has finished its latest season, but if you don't have time to check it out, we've got the answers to your burning questions right here
Graeme McMillan
The next Berserk manga release date has been confirmed by Dark Horse: and it's this year!
Berserk Volume 43 gets an October 2026 release date as the series marks more than 10 million English copies sold so far.
Trent Cannon
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Follow along live to DC Comics' What's Next panel with Batman and more from Seattle's ECCC 2026
DC brings Absolute, Vertigo, and Next Level to Emerald City Comic Con 2026 with major panel led by Batman editor Rob Levin.
Critical Role, The Boys, Ming-Na Wen & more - our most anticipated ECCC 2026 panels
Just like you, your favorite TV and gaming stars are getting ready to head to Emerald City Comic Con 2026; here are the panels Popverse won't be missing
Critical Role & Prime Video reveal The Legend of Vox Machina season 4 release date, reveal the first image of Vecna... er, The Whispered One
Critical Role's The Legend of Vox Machina season 4 premieres this summer, and it's bringing with it a popular villain from Campaign 1. What's that character's name? Er, we don't want to get the lawyers involved
DC’s cancelled Zatanna movie would’ve been a “demented” look at a woman going through a nervous breakdown
Why DC’s Zatanna movie was never made, according to screenwriter Emerald Fennell
Chris Pratt won’t say if Star-Lord is in Avengers: Doomsday, but he has some hints for the character’s MCU future
Chris Pratt has pitched some ideas to Marvel Studios for Star-Lord’s future
Marvel's lost Last Starfighter comic returns ... just in time for the sequel to the movie
The Last Starfighter comic book has been out of print but it is coming back just as the long-awaited sequel comic hits shelves this summer.
Critical Role’s Sam Riegel reveals why the group has never broken up (and it makes total sense)
Critical Role’s Sam Riegel compares the cast to a rock band, and reveals how they avoid the infighting most bands do
You can now submit your comics for the annual Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics
The Static Shock writer left a huge impact on American comic books and the Dwayne McDuffie Award aims to continue that legacy.
Cillian Murphy asked to make this the headline: He's "categorically not" in the Harry Potter TV series
The Oppenheimer and Peaky Blinders actor isn't interested in playing Voldemort for the HBO Max Harry Potter show.
Ryan Gosling avoided big franchises until Star Wars: Starfighter but he couldn’t say no to the Deadpool & Wolverine director
The upcoming Star Wars movie marks Ryan Gosling's biggest franchise role to date but Shawn Levy's enthusiasm sold him on the project.
How the Marvel Universe handbook saved Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy from obscurity in the '90s
How Jim Valentino rescued the Guardians of the Galaxy from Marvel obscurity
Where to find Dark Horse Comics at Emerald City Comic Con 2026
Dark Horse reveals plans for its Emerald City Comic Con 2026 return with a booth, free signings, and a panel
The real story behind the Daredevil cameo in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, from Klaus Janson & Frank Miller themselves
Daredevil himself, Matt Murdock, is lurking within the pages of Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, and Lynn Varley's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Heading to ECCC 2026's Artist Alley for a commission? We may be able to help you get your art faster
Emerald City Comic Con is one of the best, but also one of the most difficult, places to snag art from your favorite comic creators. Allow Popverse to provide another way
Feast your eyes upon the deluxe edition of Masters of the Air from The Folio Society
The Folio Society will print a 728-page deluxe edition of the WWII war epic Masters of the Air by Donald L. Miller, which inspired the Apple TV series from Steven Spielberg
Heading to ECCC 2026? Here are the Artist Alley booths we won't be missing
Artist Alley is always packed full of the best comics creators at Emerald City Comic Con, and 2026 is no exception
Chris Pratt reveals what Marvel Studios told him before firing Guardians of the Galaxy's James Gunn
Chris Pratt opens up about his private conversations with Marvel Studios when they fired James Gunn
Arrow’s sleeveless costume was Stephen Amell’s idea - but he came to regret it in those Vancouver winters
Why Arrow star Stephen Amell came to regret one of the show’s iconic costume redesigns
The Dungeon Crawler Carl TV show is real, is (probably) happening, and it might happen sooner than you think
Matt Dinniman gives a quick, hopeful update on the Dungeon Crawler Carl TV show at last.
Goodbye, Lara, an original anime from the studio of My Happy Marriage and Rising of the Shield Hero, gets July 2026 release date
Anime studio Kinema Citrus are celebrating their 15th anniversary by bringing us a magical adventure with a mermaid.
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Follow along live to DC Comics' What's Next panel with Batman and more from Seattle's ECCC 2026
DC brings Absolute, Vertigo, and Next Level to Emerald City Comic Con 2026 with major panel led by Batman editor Rob Levin.
Graeme McMillan
Why Chainsaw Man creators Tatsuki Fujimoto's best manga still isn't an anime
Fire Punch is easily one of the best manga that no one is planning to turn into an anime - and for good reason.
Trent Cannon
Why anime can't resist the allure of the isekai [Popverse Jump]
If you've been following anime for the past few years, you're probably wondering where all these isekai anime come from
Trent Cannon
Emerald City Comic Con
Follow along live to DC Comics' What's Next panel with Batman and more from Seattle's ECCC 2026
DC brings Absolute, Vertigo, and Next Level to Emerald City Comic Con 2026 with major panel led by Batman editor Rob Levin.
Graeme McMillan
Critical Role, The Boys, Ming-Na Wen & more - our most anticipated ECCC 2026 panels
Just like you, your favorite TV and gaming stars are getting ready to head to Emerald City Comic Con 2026; here are the panels Popverse won't be missing
Grant DeArmitt
Where to find Dark Horse Comics at Emerald City Comic Con 2026
Dark Horse reveals plans for its Emerald City Comic Con 2026 return with a booth, free signings, and a panel
Chris Arrant
Heading to ECCC 2026's Artist Alley for a commission? We may be able to help you get your art faster
Emerald City Comic Con is one of the best, but also one of the most difficult, places to snag art from your favorite comic creators. Allow Popverse to provide another way
Grant DeArmitt
Emerald City Comic Con
Follow along live to DC Comics' What's Next panel with Batman and more from Seattle's ECCC 2026
DC brings Absolute, Vertigo, and Next Level to Emerald City Comic Con 2026 with major panel led by Batman editor Rob Levin.
Graeme McMillan
Critical Role, The Boys, Ming-Na Wen & more - our most anticipated ECCC 2026 panels
Just like you, your favorite TV and gaming stars are getting ready to head to Emerald City Comic Con 2026; here are the panels Popverse won't be missing
Grant DeArmitt
Where to find Dark Horse Comics at Emerald City Comic Con 2026
Dark Horse reveals plans for its Emerald City Comic Con 2026 return with a booth, free signings, and a panel
Chris Arrant
Heading to ECCC 2026's Artist Alley for a commission? We may be able to help you get your art faster
Emerald City Comic Con is one of the best, but also one of the most difficult, places to snag art from your favorite comic creators. Allow Popverse to provide another way
Grant DeArmitt
Absolute Martian Manhunter
DC's Absolute Martian Manhunter is ending, but the finale is setting up another collaboration for Deniz Camp & Javier Rodríguez
“I love this book so much”: Deniz Camp reflects on ending Absolute Martian Manhunter.
Chris Arrant
DC Comics sends Absolute Batman, Absolute Wonder Woman, and the entire Absolute Universe back to press for a massive March rollout
50 single issues of the Absolute Universe are headed back to stores in March as DC Comics meets customer demand
Graeme McMillan
Behind the psychedelic colors of Absolute Martian Manhunter lies a deeply human story about connection and fear
Absolute Martian Manhunter writer Deniz Camp says the comic was influenced by timeless struggles he’s seen in the real world
Jules Chin Greene
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.
Carl Waldron
HAZBIN HOTEL
Hazbin Hotel creator Vivienne Medrano admits the show pumped the brakes on the Lilith storyline... but they're coming back to it in season 3
According to Medrano, Charlie Morningstar's mother "is the one thing if people notice like, 'Oh, yeah, they really set her up and then didn't do anything.' I'm like, 'Yeah, we Yeah, we did. Sorry.'"
Grant DeArmitt
What makes Hazbin Hotel so popular? It could be that it's "a power fantasy for a theater kid," as songwriter Sam Haft puts it
Haft, who is also responsible for one of the most recognizable numbers on the Five Nights at Freddy's soundtrack, reminds us that Hazbin Hotel really is a show where people sing to solve their problems
Grant DeArmitt
Helluva Boss's Prime Video deal doubled the animation budget, says creator Vivienne Medrano
"I think the biggest genuine joy I have," says Hellaverse creator Vivienne "Vivziepop" Medrano, "is that this success hopefully really opens the door for other really cool indie projects"
Grant DeArmitt
Hazbin Hotel cast puts on “mini concerts” for each other, says Erika Henningsen
How does Hazbin Hotel's cast prepare for each season's musical performances? By... performing for each other in behind the scenes concerts, it turns out
Grant DeArmitt
Robert Kirkman
One of the reasons Image Comics greenlit Invincible was because they had a lack of superheroes in their line
In 2003, Image Comics realized it was barely publishing superhero comics - then came Invincible.
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Image Comics was going to cancel Invincible in the first year, until Robert Kirkman hotshotted Omni-Man's betrayal up 2 years early
Omni-Man’s betrayal was supposed to happen in Invincible #25, but Image Comics told Robert Kirkman they needed a big move to save the book from cancelation
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The Walking Dead was originally pitched by Robert Kirkman under the name Dawn of the Dead, but Image convinced him to be different
Robert Kirkman was told zombie books don’t sell, so he pitched The Walking Dead as a survival book to Image Comics.
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Invincible ending explained: What happens to Invincible, Omni-Man, the Viltrum Empire, and everyone else in Robert Kirkman’s original comic series
Here's what happened at the end of Invincible by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley & Cory Walker.
Joshua Lapin-Bertone