Alex Jaffe
Features
The funniest character deaths in television history, from White Lotus to Mad Men, Cheers, Seinfeld, the Simpsons, and more
It hurts to say goodbye when your sides are in stitches.
July 22, 2024
Alex Jaffe
Features
LEGO Star Wars: A brick-by-brick guide to all of the LEGO Star Wars movies, shows, and specials
With LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy on the horizon, let's take a look at the shows and specials that have come before
July 10, 2024
Alex Jaffe
Features
Every Star Wars TV series ranked, From The Mandalorian show to the Ewoks cartoon (and more!)
Find your next Star Wars watch with our guide to the best TV shows, from Andor through Ahsoka and The Acolyte!
June 25, 2024
Alex Jaffe
News
“There are so many different ways to be gay!” Our Flag Means Death's Kristian Nairn & Nathan Foad share their connection with the queer community
“Being different is your power.”
June 21, 2024
Alex Jaffe
Features
The Penguin: A guide to DC's Oswald Cobblepot ahead of The Batman spinoff show on Max
Ahead of the new Max series, get to know Batman's most underrated villain.
May 07, 2024
Alex Jaffe
Features
What was George Lucas's Star Wars Sequel trilogy really about?
And did he ever even intend to make it?
April 18, 2024
Alex Jaffe
Guides
Wonder Woman: The best comics of DC's amazing Amazon
Wondering where to wander with Wonder Woman? Wonder no longer.
February 14, 2024
Alex Jaffe
Features
For Star Wars to live, the CGI actor must die.
Kill it, if you have to.
January 30, 2024
Alex Jaffe
Features
Where does Han Solo go to the bathroom?
A pictorial history of bathrooms in Star Wars.
January 22, 2024
Alex Jaffe
Features
Marvel's New York City: The five best places to get a slice of pizza
Don't be like Luke Cage. Show your pizza some respect.
September 19, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
Star Wars: Following Luke Skywalker's entire canon journey in chronological and release order
Following the journey of Luke Skywalker
September 15, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
Life After Yahoo: How the McElroys' My Brother, My Brother and Me survived the death of their platform
The McElroy brothers built their flagship podcast around a website that no longer exists. But they're still here.
September 15, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
Star Wars: What happened to Sabine's FIRST mission with Ahsoka to find Ezra Bridger?
Sabine Wren's return in Ahsoka feels like a reprisal of the Star Wars: Rebels finale. But is it?
August 30, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
Star Wars: Can you be a Jedi without using the Force? Surprise you, Yoda's answer might
On Ahsoka, Sabine Wren is training as Ahsoka Tano's apprentice. Don't assume that means she can use The Force.
August 28, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
Star Wars: Who and what the Empire's Inquisitors are
The problem with Darth Vader is that he can’t be everywhere at once. That's where the Empire's Inquisitors come in
August 22, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
Star Wars: The most important planets (and moons) in the franchise
The Star Wars Galaxy has a lot more to offer than Tatooine.
August 22, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
Star Wars' Ahsoka: Who is the mysterious Inquisitor?
There's a major new Star Wars baddie in our midst - and they may be a familiar face turned to the Dark Side.
August 22, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
Star Wars: "There is another" - Could Yoda have been talking about the other Jedi - Ahsoka?
Could Ahsoka have been Yoda's real last hope during the original trilogy?
August 21, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
Time travel in Star Wars? It happened, and Ahsoka did it
Time travel? In Star Wars? It's more likely than you think.
August 21, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Guides
How to watch the Venture Bros. in order
The Venture Bros. is over. Watch it all over again as the creators intended... or not.
August 17, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
A P.I. state of mind: The best detective show in every U.S. state
True Detective is slowly conquering America one state at a time. Which shows stand in its way?
August 02, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
Vampires, pirates, nazis and gods: What We Do in Waititi's Shadow
Taika Waititi gets much praise for giving us What We Do in the Shadows. What you may not realize is that he doesn't have that much to do with the show.
July 10, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
The tragedy of Funnyman: How the the creators of Superman tried to make lightning strike twice
The 75th anniversary of the Siegel and Shuster comeback that never came.
May 18, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
Doctor Aphra: Explaining Star Wars' biggest off-screen star
Star Wars' best bad girl is strictly comics-only... for now.
April 05, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
Star Wars comics: A complete guide to the ongoing Star Wars comic saga
Everything you need to know to read Star Wars comics
April 04, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
At NYCC, Shadow and Bone's Leigh Bardugo has rediscovered that books are important
Author Leigh Bardugo reflects on 10 years in the Grishaverse, the perils of adaptation, and learning to let people you trust take the wheel.
March 20, 2023
Alex Jaffe
News
How to shop for the Star Wars fan in your life at Galaxy's Edge at Disney World and Disneyland
What do you get the Star Wars fan who has everything? Here are some do’s and don’ts on what to pick up if you’re shopping theme parkside.
March 20, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
Where does The Mandalorian season 3 take place in the Star Wars timeline?
If you feel like you're missing something going into the next season of The Mandalorian, let us help you get prepared.
March 13, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
Star Wars character Merrin from Jedi: Fallen Order revealed to be pansexual in Jedi: Battle Scars
Get to know The Fifth Brother in the new book between the Star Wars Jedi: video games with author Sam Maggs.
March 06, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
The real pirates behind Our Flag Means Death
If you've watched the first season of this HBO Max series, you may have accidentally learned something about real pirate history.
March 04, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
This Month in Comics History, March 2023 - Lore Olympus, Dragon Ball goes west, and The Night Gwen Stacy Died
When America met Frederic Wertham, Iron Man joined the Guardians of the Galaxy, and Batman and Robin met Frankenstein.
March 01, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
In Februaries past..This Month in Comics History, February 2023 - Robin dies, Hägar sets sail, Garfield ditches Garfield and more
Webcomics enter a softer world, Superman enters the Silver Age, and we follow The Way of the Househusband.
February 01, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
The signature word balloons of DC and Marvel characters
What your favorite comic characters have to say is just as important as how they say it.
January 31, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
In Januaries past...This Month in Comics History for January 2023 - Uzumaki, Bucky-as-Cap, Invincible, Nubia's origin and more
Bucky Barnes takes up the shield, Junji Ito makes a spiral splash, and Snagglepuss exits stage left.
January 01, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
This Month in Comics History, December 2022
Scrooge McDuck, Batgirl, and Streak the Wonder Dog, oh my!
December 01, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
James Earl Jones’ greatest line deliveries as Darth Vader
James Earl Jones will play Darth Vader no more. These are the line deliveries we’ll miss most.
November 04, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
Comic artist Simon Roy returns to his webcomic roots with Griz Grobus
A holy robot, a war god goose, and their comic that hit its Kickstarter goal in under a day.
November 02, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
This Month in Comics History: Mephisto grants Peter Parker One More Day
Not to mention the first openly lesbian character in comics turns 50
November 01, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
Comics are under attack. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund shows us how to fight back.
At NYCC, The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund celebrates recent victories for free speech, while preparing for its most challenges to date.
October 26, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
IDW has a humble mission: to be the best publisher in comics
Unveiling the four pillars of IDW at this year's NYCC
October 21, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
NYCC: ICv2 gives comic professionals a glance at the state of the comic book industry by the numbers.
A peek into this year's ICV2 Insider event at NYCC
October 20, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
NYCC’s Stories from a Galaxy Far, Far Away give us a glimpse at what’s to come from the publishing world of Star Wars
Inquisitors, ex-girlfriends, and other dangers on the way from Star Wars publishing.
October 19, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
Inside the success of Pokémon with the person who literally wrote the book on the monster-hunting franchise
How Pokémon taught a generation to catch them all - an interview with the author of Monster Kids.
October 13, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
The High Republic Phase II takes us back to an even further into Star Wars history
(Popverse presents: the High Republic Phase II spelling bee challenge.)
October 12, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
One Piece Film RED is a celebration of "the greatest story ever told"
The Straw Hat Crew assembles at New York Comic Con.
October 11, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
Avatar Legends, Abrams Books, Dark Horse Comics continue the Avatar legacy
The Last Airbender was just the first story.
October 09, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
NYCC: Are New York's Trash Taste podcast fans as feral as Florida's?
A second (calmer) visit to a Trash Taste podcast panel
October 07, 2022
Alex Jaffe
News
Vox Machina announces release date and season 3 renewal at New York Comic Con
The Vox Machina had plenty of great news for fans-- and even some singing!
October 07, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
October 2022 - This month in comic history, from 100 years ago to now
In Octobers past, revisit Batman: Hush, the debut of Thanos, Seven Deadly Sins, Fritzi Ritz, and more
October 03, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
I am dismayed to inform you that I am losing my mind over a Star Wars: Andor Easter Egg
Yes, Star Wars: Andor has some Easter Eggs, but one of them stands out
September 29, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
Disney+'s Andor features the first onscreen use of Star Wars' BBY/ABY timeline. Let's dive into that.
The first episode of Andor opens with the legend '5 BBY.' That's something we've never seen on screen in a Star Wars film or TV show before. What does it mean?
September 20, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
September 2022 - This month in comic history, from 100 years ago to now
In Septembers past, remember Stan Lee retires from active Marvel Comics writing duties, Zero Day at DC, and more - including the debut of The Wizard in the UK
September 01, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
August 2022 - This month in comic history, from 75 years ago to now
Shonen Jump debuts in the US, Swamp Thing lives, and the tragic passing of comic book great Mike Wieringo
August 04, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
Johnny Yong Bosch takes his lucky breaks wherever they come, no matter how unlikely
An afternoon with voiceover royalty Johnny Yong Bosch
July 29, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
Trash Taste's CDawgVA and the Anime Man in search of Florida Man at Supercon
Moderating a friendship between CDawgVA and The Anime Man at Supercon
July 12, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
James and Oliver Phelps work the old Weasley magic at Florida Supercon
The Phelps brothers are up to their old tricks (and some new ones) at Miami Beach's Florida Supercon
July 12, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
Cooper Andrews, Ross Marquand, and Seth Gilliam look back on the post-apocalyptic journey of The Walking Dead
Friendships at the end of the world in the Walking Dead panel at Florida Supercon
July 11, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
Brian Azzarello speaks on the decline of corporate comics at Florida Supercon 2022
Brian Azzarello never writes a character he likes (except once)
July 09, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
One Piece turns 25, and more comics history for the month of July 2022
Diving into the most important anniversaries that we're hitting this month in comics history
July 01, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Guides
Star Wars: a guide to the Jedi survivors of Order 66 and where they are now
Not every Jedi perished after Order 66 in Star Wars, here's a list of the ones who made it out
June 27, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
The Queer history of Star Wars: A comprehensive timeline
The future of Star Wars is looking queerer than ever.
June 27, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
June 2022 - This month in comic history, from 75 years ago to now
Celebrating the milestones of some of the most important events in comics
June 21, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
Everything we know about Princess Leia Organa's childhood in Star Wars
You have a lot of questions for a kid - but hey, so do we!
June 02, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
"I don't like sand"; What Anakin Skywalker really meant by that memorable line in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
Revisiting Star Wars' "I don't like sand" line in the wake of Attack of the Clones' 20th anniversary
May 27, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
What your Star Wars lightsaber color says about you
Everything you've ever wanted to know about lightsaber colors and symbolism in Star Wars
May 18, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
Everything we know about Obi-Wan Kenobi's exile on Tatooine
This is just about everything we know about Obi-Wan Kenobi after he lost everything – all but a single hope for the galaxy’s future
May 18, 2022
Alex Jaffe