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Norman Reedus explains the real meaning of The Walking Dead: “Look to your friends for help”
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon star Norman Reedus says that in the end, the franchise is all about friendship
December 02, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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From The Walking Dead to Guts & Glory: Greg Nicotero breaks down his live-shot, no-second-take horror series for Shudder
Walking Dead director Greg Nicotero wants to capture authentic reactions when he scares his Guts & Glory contestants
December 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Scott Snyder admits he was “terrified” to write Absolute Batman — and almost quit unless Nick Dragotta said yes
Scott Snyder was scared to do Absolute Batman, and says he was secretly hoping Nick Dragotta would turn down the book
December 02, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Two Scorpios walk into Gotham: Babs Tarr and Tini Howard promise a flirty, chaotic, "very spicy" Sirens: Love Hurts
DC Comics artist Babs Tarr promises flirty and spicy fun in Sirens: Love Hurts
December 02, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Norman Reedus reveals how he wants The Walking Dead to end — and his idea is absolutely brutal
Norman Reedus wants the Walking Dead franchise to end with Daryl and Carol as the last survivors of the walker outbreak
December 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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From shapes and colors to death, sex, and taxes: Blue's Clues host Steve Burns explains how his audience has grown up
Former Blue's Clues actor Steve Burns reflects on the way his audience has matured alongside him.
December 02, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Watch Alien stars Sigourney Weaver and Veronica Cartwright reunite at NYCC 2025
Four decades after their landmark film changed horror forever, Alien stars Weaver (Ellen Ripley) and Cartwright (Joan Lambert) crashed New York Comic Con 2025 for an unmissable panel... that Popverse just happened to film
December 01, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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How playing the Jak and Daxter games, helped me open up to my girlfriend and eventual wife [Gamify My Life]
She didn't want to play them herself, but it felt important that she understand Naughty Dog's Jak and Daxter if she was going to understand me.
December 01, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Why 1987 was a turning point for animation, Disney, and the future of TV cartoons
Animation historian Jerry Beck looks back on how 1987 was a turning point in animation history, even if no one knew it at the time.
November 30, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Joker's Last Hunt: The rejected Batman story that became a Spider-Man classic and informed a secret sequel back at DC
Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt began life as a rejected Batman story
November 29, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Inside the grim genius of Kraven’s Last Hunt, the Spider-Man comic that hunted the Marvel hero’s soul
I answered a phone call at my comic shop from a Sony Pictures exec looking for Kraven comics, and I had one answer: Kraven's Last Hunt.
November 28, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Watch Apple TV+ sneak the cast of Slow Horses - Saul Metzstein, Ruth Bradley, Nick Mohammed, James Callis, Christopher Chung - to NYCC 2025
The actors behind Emma Flyte (Bradley), Zafar Jaffrey (Mohammed), Claude Whelan (Callis), and Roddy Ho (Chung) joined director Saul Metzstein to chat about Apple TV+'s hit spy thriller at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there to film it
November 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role just broke the rules of villain design in Daggerheart — now the whole table builds the dragon queen
Forlorn, the central antagonist of upcoming Daggerheart campaign Reign of the Weredragon, is a creation not just of the GM, but of the whole table. We asked Elise Rezendes, Rowan Hall, and Spenser Starke t explain more
November 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Scott Snyder explains why DC K.O. turns the reboot cycle like 'New 52' into a punchline — and a promise of new stories
Inside the playful “take that” at the New 52 Scott Snyder put in DC K.O. #1
November 28, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Midsommer Murders season 25: Episode schedule, release date, cast, and more
Here's everything you'll need to know about Midsomer Murders season 25, including the rather punny episode titles and their release dates
November 28, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Narrative games aren't as niche as people think, says Dispatch developers
Dispatch proves the narrative adventure isn’t dead — and AdHoc hopes the industry is paying attention.
November 28, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Percy Jackson season 2: Episode schedule, release time
It's time to return to Camp Half-Blood with season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Disney+
November 28, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Why Fist of the North Star is the most influential anime you rarely hear about [Popverse Jump]
Dragon Ball changed anime forever, but Fist of the North Star helped change who it was for.
November 28, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Flambae in Dispatch was originally more of a bully until Lance Canstopolis made him hilarious
AdHoc Studio devs explain that it isn't until the infamous karaoke scene in Dispatch that people see the real fun of Flambae.
November 28, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The Twenty-Sided Tavern proves live D&D is unbeatable — especially in an age when we’re not sure who’s human online
Why The Twenty-Sided Tavern is selling out: D&D, theater magic, and the power of real human connection.
November 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Hoist the colors high and watch the Our Flag Means Death panel, featuring Con O'Neill, Nathan Foad, and Kristian Nairn from ECCC '22!
Izzy Hands (O'Neill), Lucius Spriggs (Foad), and Wee John Feeney (Nairn) were on-deck at Emerald City Comic Con 2022, and Popverse is offering you a looking glass back in time
November 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Prime Video’s Wytches aims for Invincible-level animation quality, showrunner/co-creator Scott Snyder teases
Wytches writer Scott Snyder says there are some “big people” voicing the characters for the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series
November 27, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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How farts can help you find your soulmate, according to Bob's Burgers cast
Forget love languages: Bob’s Burgers stars say the only dating rule that matters is “don’t fear the fart”.
November 27, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The Daggerheart romantasy campaign With Love and Magic is coming “fast” as Critical Role tests a digital-first release strategy
After Critical Role's Matt Mercer announced it earlier this year, we've been waiting on details regarding Daggerheart's With Love and Magic campaign. And at PAX unplugged 2025, we got to ask for details from the developers
November 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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To me, my X-Men cast! Watch as Professor X star James McAvoy and Kitty Pryde Eliot Page reunite at NYCC 2025
Kitty Pryde (Page) and Charles Xavier (McAvoy) made New York Comic Con 2025 their own X-Mansion, and Popverse was there to record it
November 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The future of live play isn’t “another Critical Role” or Dimension 20 says Anjali Bhimani— it’s whatever wild new thing creators dare to try
Why the next era of TTRPG live play will reward the weird, the risky, and the unapologetically original.
November 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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DC Comics' Absolute Batman succeeds because “new and legacy can coexist” — unlike the 'New 52' era says Scott Snyder
Scott Snyder believes DC went against its instincts with the New 52 and those mistakes are being avoided with the Absolute line
November 27, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Predator was defined by the man behind the effects of Aliens, Terminator and Jurassic Park
The only monster ugly enough to make a xenomorph look cuddly could've have had an entirely different (and probably worse) design. Thankfully, the man who designed the Terminator, Stan Winston, had other plans
November 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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DC never stopped making Vertigo books, the only thing that disappeared was the logo says DC's Chris Conroy
Vertigo editor Chris Conroy says the DC imprint never went away; they just stopped using the logo
November 27, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Critical Role's Matt Mercer and a bit of restraint are the secret sauce to making Shroud the biggest villain of Dispatch Season 1
AdHoc Studio devs say they're surprised they're "not getting more shit for" how little Shroud is in Dispatch Season 1, but they found the right amount of Matt Mercer to give us.
November 27, 2025
Trent Cannon
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AdHoc Studio explains why the Dispatch game's comics are still canon — even when they contradict the game
AdHoc Studio knows that the comics present the death of Mecha Man differently than the Dispatch game, but that doesn't mean they aren't canon.
November 27, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Is Predator a horror franchise? The original filmmakers had to keep it from slipping into a different genre
Predator producers did not want audiences thinking they were watching a war movie despite hiring actual soldiers, the A-Team stunt guy, and the folks that did Commando
November 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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DC Comics' Absolute bosses "touched live wires" during the 'New 52' — now they’re using those lessons to avoid old mistakes
DC’s Absolute imprint is soaring, and its editors credit hard-won experience during 'The New 52' for shaping a smarter relaunch.
November 26, 2025
Chris Arrant
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DC Comics has a message for the Absolute Batman TikTok guy: “We love it. Thank you.”
The team behind Absolute Batman has been overwhelmed by the series success on TikTok
November 26, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Why DC thinks 2026 is the perfect time to bring Vertigo Comics back: "It’s for all the genres superheroes can’t touch"
DC bets on a bold Vertigo relaunch as Chris Conroy says comics still need a home for the strange, smart, and unruly.
November 26, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Inside the secret vote to bring Gwen Stacy back to Marvel Comics, and why Marvel changed their mind at the last minute
Marvel Comics was set to revive Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man: One More Day, until one editor pulled a Hail Mary to stop it
November 26, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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How Disney used DuckTales to launch its TV animation empire — and why Carl Barks’ comics made it possible
The real story behind DuckTales: Disney’s high-risk 65-episode gamble that transformed 1980s animation.
November 26, 2025
Trent Cannon
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DC Comics’ Absolute line is taking off because readers are starving for comics with vision — not corporate spin-offs, Scott Snyder says
Scott Snyder says what we’re all thinking about the success of DC’s Absolute line
November 26, 2025
Chris Arrant
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WATCH: Tubi presents Breaking Bear, starring Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Annie Murphy, and Elizabeth Hurley, at NYCC 2025
Before they star in Tubi's newest animated adult comedy, Breaking Bear, Fraser, Gellar, Murphy, and Hurley were at New York Comic Con 2025 to tell fans all about it. Popverse was there too, and we were filming
November 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Dispatch game devs say fan distrust of Blonde Blazer shows how cynical modern superhero stories have become
What Dispatch and Superman say about our increasingly cynical world.
November 26, 2025
Trent Cannon
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How the Dispatch season 1 ending was changed at the last second to call players out for their romance choices
Dispatch devs reveal the hilarious late-game twist they added after players tried romancing everyone.
November 26, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The hidden hardware hack that made the original Legend of Zelda a breakthrough for the NES and all game systems
Being able to save your game seems totally normal now, but Nintendo had to work around the limitations of the NES cartridges to make it happen.
November 26, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Inside Date Everything: Ms. Marvel co-star Anjali Bhimani on voicing a bathtub woman in the year’s weirdest romance game
Bhimani, who plays Bathsheba in the game where you get to... well, Date Everything, figures she probably got a similar call to all of the other Critical Role and Dimension 20 stars that are in the dating sim
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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How MCU and Overwatch star Anjali Bhimani avoids revealing spoilers — even for her own characters
Miss Marvel star Anjali Bhimani isn't worried about getting in trouble for spoiling her many, many voice acting projects. I guess that's a benefit of being able to "Men in Black" yourself
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Darrington Press turns limitation into invitation with new TTRPG - "If it doesn't fit on a card, it's not Daggerheart"
I'm quoting producer Elise Rezendes and lead codesigner Rowan Hall here - both of whom explained Daggerheart's less is more philosophy at PAX Unplugged this year
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role’s Daggerheart team explains what makes a great TTRPG adversary in new monster pack reveal
Specifically, we asked designers Rowan Hall and Spenser Starke, plus producer Elise Rezendes, what makes for the best beast. And it isn't the "tiny numbers" on their stats page
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Daggerheart is perfect for horror, say the Dungeon Dudes (which is why they're moving Dungeons of Drakkenheim over to it)
Dungeons of Drakkenheim, the longrunning 5e campaign that's been core to the Dungeon Dudes' YouTube channel, is officially coming to Critical Role's D&D rival. And apparently, it's got a lot to do with the fear factor
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Dungeon Dudes' Kelly McLaughlin has already run a cozy TTRPG campaign in D&D's Forgotten Realms - you'll just never see it
The Dungeon Dudes' next campaign, Seasons of Silence, will start their characters in a cozy, Shire-like setting. And for McLaughlin, that won't be an unfamiliar place at all
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Tales from Woodcreek creators want a bigger, bolder season 2... if the show can secure a budget for it
Dungeon Dudes Kelly McLaughlin and Monty Martin would love to team up with Deborah Ann Woll for another adventure in Woodcreek, but even a high Charisma modifier won't change real-world production expenses
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Superman's optimism, the possibility of Dispatch season 2, and the Matt Mercer effect - What the Dispatch developers say about the hit superhero game
Adhoc Studio's Dispatch devs explain how optimism, streamers, and risk shaped their breakout success.
November 25, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The 1987 Justice League reboot that made superheroes weird, hilarious, and unexpectedly human
If you've ever thought DC's Justice League was a bunch of buttoned-up superheroes who never have any fun, Justice League International would like a word
November 25, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Inside the chaotic rise and fall of The Lost Boys TV series that never made it to air
From the creator of Veronica Mars and the director of the first Twilight film - The CW almost reimagined cult hit The Lost Boys for the small screen. Here's what went wrong
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch Marvel's Fantastic Four movie reunion with Ioan Gruffudd & Michael Chiklis from NYCC 2025
New York Comic Con 2025 obviously took place in the hometown of the Fantastic Four, and while Gruffudd and Chiklis were there to reminisce about their time in the blue suits, Popverse was there to capture the conversation
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Predator producers killed Shane Black’s character because he was too busy acting beside Arnold Schwarzenegger to rewrite the screenplay
That is, they killed Rick Hawkins, Shane Black's role in the OG Predator movie, who wasn't so much a victim of Yautja bloodthirstiness as he was studio necessity
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Star Trek: The Next Generation is iconic now, but few were impressed when it first debuted
The initial critical and fan response to the second Star Trek television series was not a good one, based on the reviews for its 1987 pilot episode
November 25, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Why Captain America quit: The political crisis that reshaped Marvel’s most iconic patriotic symbol
Steve Rogers quit being Captain America to show the US hero doesn't always agree with the US government
November 25, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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How NBC panicked after Diane left Cheers — and why Kirstie Alley’s casting sparked a quiet battle inside the hit show
Inside the chaos Shelley Long’s departure unleashed on Cheers, from cast tensions to a secret finale.
November 24, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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The surprising low-tech genius behind the original Predator movie's shimmering camouflage reveal
The Predator filmmakers wanted to give their titular monster an 'almost invisible' power, leaving the audience just a bit more cued in that Arnold Schwarzenegger and the gang. Hynek explains how they pulled it off
November 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Inside Spider-Man’s chaotic 1987 bachelor party that Marvel turned into a real-life spectacle
The unbelievable true story of Spider-Man’s 1987 bachelor party, from zingers to Green Goblin mayhem.
November 24, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Why Arnold Schwarzenegger's The Running Man feels shockingly accurate — and even more disturbing — in 2025
The Running Man’s dystopian satire hits harder than ever in today’s reality-TV obsessed America.
November 24, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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How Stranger Things season 5 could be waking up in an American Chernobyl for the town of Hawkins, Indiana
The end of Stranger Things season 4 featured ominous imagery reminiscent of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
November 24, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Watch the Bob's Burgers team - H. Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal, Eugene Mirman, Dan Mintz, Larry Murphy and creator Loren Bouchard - grill up memories at NYCC 2025
The Belchers - that is Bob (Benjamin), Linda (Roberts), Louise (Schaal), Gene (Mirman), Tina (Mintz), and pal Teddy (Murphy) - joined creator Loren Bouchard at New York Comic Con 2025 to talk about what's coming to Bob's Burgers, and Popverse was there too, hungry for more
November 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Why the Princess Bride’s iconic duel is an even better swordfight than you remember
How the Princess Bride’s cliffside duel became a masterclass in movie swordfighting.
November 24, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Made in '87: Rewinding to the movies, comics, games, and TV shows that define pop culture to this day
Why 1987 became one of pop culture’s most important years across movies, games, TV, and comics.
November 24, 2025
Chris Arrant
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How anime’s punk era in the US 1980s set the stage for today’s global fandom
Before anime went mainstream, it survived as underground punk — and one producer saw its future first.
November 24, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Getting inside Calliope Games' Tsuro 20th Anniversary Edition and new games Martian Dice and Roll For It! Going Big
Calliope Games' art director Nicki Wiehrs joined Popverse backstage at PAX Unplugged and talked about the new games Martian Dice and Roll For It! Going Big, and the highly anticipated 20th anniversary edition of their flagship game, Tsuro.
November 22, 2025
Chris Arrant
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A board game for cat lovers is here in Purrramid, and we got an early demo at PAX Unplugged
Got a cat lover in your life (or are you one yourself)? Lucky Duck Games has a new board game that'll be catnip for many of us in 2026 called Purrramid.
November 22, 2025
Chris Arrant
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The iconic game Catan has a new look with the classic playstyle we love, and we played it at PAX Unplugged 2025
Catan fans: there's a new edition, with new art and more!
November 22, 2025
Chris Arrant
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GET OVER HERE and watch the Mortal Kombat II panel from NYCC 2025, featuring Adeline Rudolph, Ed Boon, Jeremy Slater, Karl Urban, Martyn Ford, Simon McQuoid, and Tati Gabrielle!
Kitana (Rudolph), Johnny Cage (Urban), Shao Kahn (Ford), and Jade (Gabrielle) joined writers Boon and Slater and director McQuoid at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there to film the action
November 21, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The people crave a new Berserk anime but the story's bizarre structure makes that nearly impossible [Popverse Jump]
I love the Golden Age arc as much as anyone but there is so much more to Berserk that should be in an anime adaptation.
November 21, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Cross-eyed: Watch Prime Video's hit detective series investigate NYCC 2025
As the team is hard at work on Cross season 2, the creatives behind the series were at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there with a camera
November 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Heal your inner child by watching longtime Blue's Clues host Steve Burns at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Laughter, memories, and more than a few tears were all there for Steve Burns legendary ECCC '22 spotlight panel. And now, you can relive the heartwarming moments for yourself
November 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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All the Stranger Things melee weapons ranked using Dungeons & Dragons rules
The characters in Netflix's Stranger Things have used all kinds of weapons to fight monsters. Which one is the best melee weapon?
November 20, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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How young Boba Fett actor Daniel Logan tried to warm up to Christopher Lee by trying to make a love connection with his Nana
In a true Boba Fett move, Daniel Logan told Christopher Lee that he was old
November 19, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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How DC is embracing the darkness of the "space weirdo" Green Lantern Hal Jordan in its Absolute Universe
In Absolute Green Lantern, writer Al Ewing is putting Hal Jordan through the wringer
November 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Watch the Star Trek Universe panel celebrate Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy at NYCC 2025!
Space may be the final frontier, but Popverse knows you ain't done exploring. Watch our footage of the Star Trek Universe panel at New York Comic Con 2025 right here
November 19, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Karl Urban really drove that boat in The Boys season 3... and he really made Jack Quaid puke
The cast of The Boys has done some wild things, but making Jack Quaid puke during filming is a memorable one.
November 19, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Sadie Sink's Max Mayfield Is the True Hero of Stranger Things — And could be the heart of the show’s series finale
Sadie Sink's character, Max, is Stranger Things's most heroic character, because of her fight against Vecna in season 4
November 18, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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How to write Marvel & DC Comics like you make pottery, according to Al Ewing
For Al Ewing, each series he writes for Marvel and DC Comics "suggests a vibe"
November 18, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Watch The official Vampire Lestat, Talamasca & Anne Rice Immortal Universe panel from NYCC 2025
Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches are making their return to AMC quite soon, along with the debut of Talamasca: The Secret Order. Popverse was at New York Comic Con 2025's Anne Rice panel to snatch up all the secrets the creatives were there to tease
November 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss could be eyeing an Earth-based spinoff — here’s what Brandon Rogers thinks it could be about
Vivienne Medrano has gone on record hinting at WHERE third Hellaverse series could be set. And now Brandon Rogers, star and cowriter of Helluva Boss, is talking about WHO he could see it being about
November 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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How The Office co-star Jenna Fischer helped James Gunn build his DC Universe
One of James Gunn’s biggest supporters is his first wife, The Office’s Jenna Fischer
November 18, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Marvel writer Ben Percy shows off the Wolverine claws he always keeps "within arm's reach" [Popversations]
Longtime Wolverine writer Benjamin Percy dishes on his love of Predator and his upcoming collaboration with Stephen King
November 17, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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Watch Prime Video's official Invincible panel from NYCC 2025, with Steven Yeun, Gillian Jacobs, Robert Kirkman, and Lee Pace
Yeun (Mark Grayson), Jacobs (Sam Wilkins), and co-creator, co-showrunner, executive producer Kirkman turned up the violence at New York Comic Con 2025 (well, in an animated sense), with an unmissable Invincible showcase
November 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The surprising story of Christopher Reeve’s abandoned lead role in Running Man — and how Arnold Schwarzenegger changed everything
When Christopher Reeve was signed on to star in The Running Man, the story was more dour than the Arnold Schwarzenegger film
November 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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From Bryce Tankthrust to Blitzo: Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel star Brandon Rogers breaks down his leap from live YouTube comedy to animation
"You're not selling it with your body or your gestures or your costumes or your hair," says Rogers, who's on Helluva's sister show Hazbin Hotel as Katie Killjoy
November 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Moreso than even Dragon Ball, Chrono Trigger represents the best work of Akira Toriyama [Gamify My Life]
The JRPG classic Chrono Trigger came out when Akira Toriyama had spent more than a decade creating Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump.
November 17, 2025
Trent Cannon
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What to Watch December 2025: Stranger Things, Fallout, and Percy Jackson are decking the halls this streaming season
Take a peak underneath the tree to see what's coming to Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Paramount+ and more as 2025 finally winds down
November 14, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Before Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin remembers being fan number one at the very first New York comic con
The Game of Thrones author talks about meeting Steve Ditko, the sudden growth of New York Comic Con, and compares it to the wild ride that the current show is.
November 14, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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The Green Lantern reboot in Absolute DC is built on one thing: we don't know who the Green Lanterns are
The writer of Absolute Green Lantern, Al Ewing, unpacked what makes the Absolute Universe's version of the character different
November 14, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Watch The Walking Dead's Daryl Dixon stars and producers - Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Scott M. Gimple, David Zabel, and Greg Nicotero - infect the Big Apple at NYCC 2025
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon continues to slice through hordes of the undead on AMC, but at New York Comic Con 2025, Reedus (Daryl), Melissa McBride (Carol), and producers Scott M. Gimple, David Zabel, and Greg Nicotero took a minute to sit down and chat
November 14, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Spy x Family season 3 and My Hero Academia return strong, but new Fall 2025 anime like Gnosia are the real surprises [Popverse Jump]
The Fall anime season has the best mix of returning shows, with more Spy x Family, the final season of My Hero Academia, and May I Ask for One Final Thing? all capturing my heart.
November 14, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Helluva Boss finds new life on Amazon Prime — and Brandon Rogers says it’s restored his faith in mainstream media
Rogers, who both plays titular Helluva Boss Blitzo and cowrites the series, said the move reminded him "good art can still go big." Not to mention, the actor feels his family can now enjoy his work "on a more frequent level"
November 14, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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How the Joker and DC's Absolute villains' cadre are upsetting the balance of what a DC superhero universe 'should' be
The heroes aren't banding together in the Absolute Universe, but the villains are, says Absolute Evil writer Al Ewing
November 14, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Helluva Boss is getting to be its most honest, craziest, goriest, and horny self with Prime Video
Helluva Boss's Brandon Rogers says new streamer Prime Video is totally "mitts off" when it comes to creative control
November 13, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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WATCH: Out of The Adventure Zone and into Emerald City Comic Con: The McElroys on nerding out, audible art, and of course, family
Clint, Justin, Travis, Teresa, Griffin, and Rachel McElroy were all at ECCC '21 for a special event called The First Family of Podcasting. And thanks to Popverse, you can watch it here now
November 13, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch Toei Animation present the cast and creatives of One Piece - series director Wataru Matsumi, producer Ryuta Koike, and English voice actors Ian Sinclair and Madeleine Morris - at NYCC 2025
Matsumi, Koike, and Sinclair and Morris (who play Brook and Lilith, respectively) took time out of their busy pirating schedule to be at New York comic Con 2025. And obviously, we weren't gonna miss it
November 13, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Even George R.R. Martin is frustrated with Marvel retconning Spider-Man and Mary Jane's wedding
George R. R. Martin says Spider-Man’s erased marriage still “annoys the hell” out of him.
November 12, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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Before DC Studios' Lanterns: The lost Green Lantern HBO Max TV series that almost was
In 2019, Warner Bros. was developing "a multi-generational two-timeline space epic" called Green Lantern for HBO Max. Here's what it was, what happened, and what went wrong.
November 12, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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X-Men star Magik teams with brother Colossus for healing, horror, and halva in new 2026 Marvel Comics series
Feast your eyes upon the cover of Magik and Colossus #1 from Marvel Comics - and a word with writer Ashley Allen!
November 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene