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Critical Role's Laura Bailey recorded "almost the whole game" of Dispatch as Blonde Blazer before becoming Invisigal
Dispatch spent seven episodes trying to find its Invisigal before realizing it already had her.
Grant DeArmitt
The Dragon Ball Super manga's return hasn't been announced, but suddenly everyone involved is talking like it's happening.
We've had more hints than usual that Shueisha may be ready to bring back the Dragon Ball Super manga.
Trent Cannon
Comics are one of "the last bastions of bespoke media in the world," says former Marvel Comics boss
Former Marvel Comics publisher, John Nee, hasn't felt this "optimistic" about the state of comics in years
Jules Chin Greene
Tom Hardy makes a surprise return as Bane... on his new rap album?
Tom Hardy might not have been born in the hip hop world, but Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer listeners will probably consider it his ally
Grant DeArmitt
Chris Hansen buys adtime before screenings of Primetime, the movie about Chris Hansen
Primetime dramatizes Hansen's history on To Catch a Predator - a story that arguably portrays the newscaster in a less than positive light
Grant DeArmitt
There's an official One Piece x Jurassic Park crossover, but only in Japan
We didn't know we needed a One Piece x Jurassic Park collaboration, but here we are.
Trent Cannon
Latest
Boom-Boom fills Cable’s enormous shoulder pads in Marvel’s Fugitive X-Force
Cable is missing, X-Force is wanted for crimes and is ostracized from mutantkind, and Boom-Boom is calling the shots.
Mina Murray leads an army of monsters against Dracula in a wild new graphic novella
Dracula meets his match in the manga-inspired horror comic Miss Mina and the Midnight Guardians.
We're having a Labor Day sale on pre-signed celebrity items from Florida Supercon, and more... and Popverse members get first dibs!
Attention fans of: Marvel's Defenders, Amazing Digital Circus, Frieren: Journey's End, Chainsaw Man, and Disney's Beauty & The Beast.
One of VIZ Media's parent companies, Shogakukan, committed "human rights violation" by secretly rehiring sex offender, according to independent third-party investigator it hired
The publisher behind VIZ Media issued another formal apology and announced changes in policy following committee's report.
Spider-Man's radioactive spider origin is "a little dishonest" to Phillip Kennedy Johnson, so he's revising it with Midnight Spider-Man
Spider-Man's radioactive spider disappeared after one bite. Marvel's new horror universe is finally asking what happened to it.
DC offered Rick Remender Batman and the Absolute Universe, but he says he turned them down: "It feels like playing cover songs to me."
DC offered Rick Remender Batman, but there's one obscure superhero team he'd actually consider.
Why Marvel Comics doesn't publish Marvel comics like John Byrne's X-Men: Elsewhen and Alex Ross' new Marvel Dimensions
Some of the most interesting new Marvel comics aren't actually being published by Marvel.
Best gifts for Naruto fans in 2026: 6 picks we actually recommend [Pop Shop]
Best gifts for Naruto fans in 2026 (Editor's Picks)
Dragon Ball Super: Beerus release date announced, with an advanced screening for fans at New York Comic Con
Want to see the first episode of Dragon Ball Super: Beerus early? Get yourself to New York Comic Con next month.
The Wile E. Coyote AMA on Reddit turned out to be the most inspirational thing you'll read today
As we all fall in love with Coyote vs. Acme, the film's star takes to Reddit to deliver the the motivation we all needed
Critical Role's Taliesin Jaffe knows what's going on between Campaign 4's Bolaire and Vaelus (and seems to enjoy that we don't)
Jaffe gets awful sly when speaking about the relationship between his and Ashley Johnson's Critical Role Campaign 4 characters
Absolute Batman next to Akira? The growing manga store chain Manga Spot thinks today's comics readers don't care about old boundaries
Manga Spot isn't just selling manga. Absolute Batman and Invincible are finding an audience there too.
The manga giant behind VIZ Media announces "sweeping reforms" after scandal over secretly rehiring a convicted sex offender creator
Shogakukan says its recent creator scandal wasn't one bad decision; it exposed problems with how the manga giant operates.
How does the Critical Role cast decide on an opening sequence for each campaign? Let Laura Bailey tell you
Why did Critical Role Campaign 1 begin with everyone in character cosplay, when Campaign 2 began with a retro tabletop ad? The cast will explain
Wolverine can die in Insomniac's game. Fortunately, rage is apparently a life-saver.
Marvel's Wolverine puts a hard limit on Logan's healing factor: "If his heart stops, then his healing factor stops."
13 years after first suggesting it, Andrew Garfield still believes in a gay Spider-Man
"You don’t see skin color, you don’t see gender, you don’t see sexuality," says The Amazing Spider-Man's Andrew Garfield, "Anyone can project themselves into that suit"
You wanted an Absolute Zatanna book? Good news: Absolute Wonder Woman's Kelly Thompson does too, and has an idea for it
Yenom Ym Ekat! Writer Thompson says for an Absolute Zatanna to happen, "the timing will need to be right"
Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible movies have a secret: everyone’s terrified on set, aside from one man
Tom Cruise is as fearless as Ethan Hunt on the set of the Mission: Impossible films - unlike everyone else he's acting beside
The Sopranos stars reunited for a new mob story - this time, in audio format (Oh, and it's about 9/11)
UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob will star Michael Imperioli (Christopher Moltisanti) and Steve Schirripa (Bobby Bacala), alongside The Sopranos' Ray Abruzzo and Arthur Nascarella
Marvel's Vision actor Paul Bettany says there are basically two kinds of robot story - and VisionQuest is the MCU's Frankenstein
Are you Pinocchio or are you Frankenstein? That's how the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Vision believes every great robot story begins
Uncanny X-Force's Deadpool was secretly a creator-owned character for writer Rick Remender, because he never read a Deadpool comic before
Rick Remender had never read a Deadpool comic before writing Uncanny X-Force
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Delicious in Dungeon is about the community that food helps build [Popverse Jump]
Nothing brings people together like a good meal, which is why Delicious in Dungeon works.
Trent Cannon
A Tim Curry classic leads the way for Popverse Playlist for August 29-September 4, 2026
We pay tribute to the late Tim Curry while also celebrating a new and unusual comic book, and a sitcom return to the small screen from a big screen movie star
Graeme McMillan
Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is a chance to clean up the messy state of the series' canon [Popverse Jump]
The upcoming remaster of Dragon Ball Super will help clarify what is canon between the anime and the manga.
Trent Cannon
British Week
How an anarchic British sitcom made history on MTV
The Young Ones remains one of the most chaotic series to be produced by the BBC, which made it perfect for early MTV.
Trent Cannon
The real horror of The Conjuring 2 is a demon called Margaret Thatcher
The Conjuring 2's depiction of the Enfield poltergeist is firmly rooted within the rise of Thatcherism
Jules Chin Greene
Black Mirror's Charlie Brooker isn't worried about AI taking writers' jobs - he's worried about AI dictating them
Charlie Brooker, the mind behind Black Mirror's many episodes dealing with artificial intelligence, had a unique perspective on generative AI
Grant DeArmitt
New James Bond actor narrowed down to one of three (very British) men, according to reports
Jack Barton is apparently the frontrunner for the role of 007, but nothing has been decided yet.
Trent Cannon
Magic: The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering's head designer regrets artifacts & enchantments as we know it, and his reasoning makes a lot of sense
The line between artifacts and enchantments in Magic: The Gathering today is "fuzzy," says the game's head of design, Mark Rosewater
Jules Chin Greene
Magic: The Gathering wants to make bigger cards, but reality keeps getting in the way
There are a few obstacles standing in the way of making bigger Magic: The Gathering cards, though
Jules Chin Greene
Two corrections officers allegedly stole $3,000 in Magic cards and LEGO. Now they're the ones behind bars.
An alleged Walmart theft spree involving two corrections officers, $3,000 in Magic cards, and a whole lot of LEGO.
Chris Arrant
MTG's head designer wants to change the way we talk about mana
Mark Rosewater, Magic: The Gathering's head of design, has "spent so much time" trying to get players to read mana costs differently
Jules Chin Greene
Avengers: Doomsday
Marvel Studios launches its Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday podcast featuring Ms. Marvel herself, Iman Vellani
Disney+'s Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday podcast will look back on key moments in the Infinity Saga
Jules Chin Greene
Marvel is giving us more homework before Avengers: Doomsday
The Russo Brothers are saying that Avengers: Endgame Encore is "required" viewing, adding to the reading list before Avengers: Doomsday comes out.
Trent Cannon
Marvel says the quiet part out loud: Endgame Encore trailer promises special look at Doomsday
Avengers: Endgame Encore next month will give you an "exclusive look" at Doomsday
Jules Chin Greene
What's the Endgame of the running joke about Deadpool and Wolverine asking for Doomsday roles?
After an appearance by Hugh Jackman and (kinda) Ryan Reynolds at D23, we're wondering what the punchline to this ongoing MCU joke is going to be
Grant DeArmitt
Warren Ellis
Image Comics & Warren Ellis have been developing new comics together since 2023, with Ellis joking back then the publisher was "trapped"
Warren Ellis' Image Comics comeback was quietly underway just two years after the publisher publicly broke ties with him over sexual misconduct allegations.
Chris Arrant
After Image Comics welcomed him back, Warren Ellis says he's doing a new essay for an upcoming DC Comics collection
Warren Ellis' return to comics now includes DC, which pulled a planned story after sexual misconduct allegations.
Chris Arrant
Warren Ellis speaks out as Image Comics reverses its decision not to work with him over sexual misconduct allegations until accountability is achieved
Warren Ellis says "I hurt people, I'm sorry" as he returns to Image Comics, but some of his sexual misconduct victims have told a different story about his "amends."
Chris Arrant
DC is giving another Warren Ellis comic back to him, and Image is publishing them despite unanswered questions about his return
First Desolation Jones, now Ocean: Warren Ellis' DC comics are finding a new home at Image.
Chris Arrant