Chris Arrant
Editor-in-Chief
Chris Arrant is the Popverse's Editor-in-Chief. He has written about pop culture for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, Newsarama, TOKYOPOP, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop News, and CBR. He is the author of the book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, co-authored Art of Spider-Man Classic, and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology Pros and (Comic) Cons. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. (He/him)
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Premium accessWho is the ultimate Waifu? Watch Nerds Know & Emerald City Comic Con search for an answer
Tears shall be shed and hearts will be broken in this heated bracket competition! No one is safe in this tournament of waifu champions!
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Marvel, DC, VIZ, HBO Max, Star Trek, The Walking Dead, more lead New York Comic Con 2022 big panels
Outlander, DC, Star Trek, Marvel, and more (including Weird Al) are coming to NYCC 2022
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Legion chooses a side in X-Men vs. Eternals battle in Legion of X #6 preview
A preview of the A.X.E.: Judgment Day tie-in, Legion of X #6
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Batman vs. Spawn: the full details on Todd McFarlane and Greg Capullo's DC crossover event
The Court of Owls have a new champion in their battle against Batman... Spawn
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Premium accessDisney Don't Forget The Lyrics (Nerds Know)
So you know the lyrics to every Disney song ever made? Well then it’s time to prove it!
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Cartoonist Eric Jones remembered as a husband, friend, and comics advocate after his death at age 51
Supergirl artist Eric Jones has died at age 51
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Upcoming movie release dates for Marvel, DC, and other superhero films
Every release date for the next superhero films from Marvel, DC, Sony/Columbia, Netflix, Amazon, and more
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Vault's The Nasty delayed six months
A group of friends make their own slasher film - and then realize they've brought a slasher to life in The Nasty
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All the best cosplay from Disney's D23 Expo 2022
Whether it's the Magic Kingdom, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or Star Wars' Galaxy Far, Far Away, the best cosplay from every world can be found here
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Full Panel VideoWatch Disney D23 Expo 2022's Walt Disney Imagineering panel live!
Watch Walt Disney Imagineering: 70 Years of Making the Impossible, Possible panel filmed at D23 Expo in Anaheim, California
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Watch Disney Parks' D23 Expo panel live for "exciting news and surprises"
Join Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D'Amaro for a look at Disney's boundless future.
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Watch D23 Expo's Disney Stars Trivia Showdown with Nina West live!
Join the iconic Nina West (RuPaul’s Drag Race, Hairspray on Tour, D23 Mousequerade 2022) as she hosts hopeful celebrity contestants and audience members through a kaleidoscopic world of larger-than-life Disney Games!
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Watch Disney’s Epic Entertainment Showcase: The Musical: The Extravaganza! panel from D23 Expo 2022
Look for news from Disney+, Disney Channel, and Disney Junior in Disney’s Epic Entertainment Showcase: The Musical: The Extravaganza! panel
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Full panel videoWatch Marvel's Celebrating 60 Years of the Amazing Spider-Man panel live from D23 Expo
Watch the D23 Expo 2022 Spider-Man 60th year anniversary panel like you were there!
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Marvel Studios' Captain America: New World Order has a villain - The Leader
14 years later, Tim Blake Nelson is back as the Leader for Captain America: New World Order
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Full Panel VideoWatch the Bob's Burgers panel from D23 Expo live!
The cast and creative team of Bob's Burgers talk about the tv show, movie, and more at D23 Expo 2022
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Full Panel VideoWatch D23 Expo 2022's Talkin’ Pets with the Vets of National Geographic panel
Dr. Pol and wife Diane, Critter Fixer Dr. Vernard Hodges and Dr. Geoff, Dr. Jen and animal keeper Rain talk pets at D23 Expo 2022
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Disney reveals surprise 2023 film: Wish
An all new major Walt Disney Animation Studios film is coming in just a few months
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Disney's live action Little Mermaid shimmers in first teaser trailer
From the looks of it, the live-action Little Mermaid could brake the curse of bad animation-to-live-action films for Disney
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Watch D23 Expo's Disney Legends in Conversation live from Anaheim
Listen in as members from the newest class of Disney Legends partake in an enlightening conversation about their storied careers
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Full Panel VideoWatch D23 Expo 2022's Disney & Marvel Games Showcase live!
Look for the latest game news from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios
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Full Panel VideoWatch D23 Expo 2022's Disney Legends Awards Ceremony live!
Disney CEO Bob Chapek reveals the 2022 Disney Legends award winners - along with a few surprises
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Premium accessCursed Commercials From Around The World (Nerds Know)
Gathering the most bizarre commercials from around the world. They are weird. They are crude. They just might be banned.
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Disney+ Day: Full list of debut films & TV shows, special discounts, and $1.99/month offer
Disney is doubling down on Disney+ Day in 2022
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Premium accessWatch Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond, & Max Mittelman present Super Happy Kawaii Fun Time at ECCC '22
Watch Emerald City Comic Con's Super Happy Kawaii Fun Time panel with Max Mittleman, Ray Chase, and Robbie Daymond
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Premium accessUnvarnished, truthful convention horror stories from Jim Zub
Watch an Emerald City Comic Con tradition - the Convention Horror Stories panel with Jim Zub
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ExclusiveA Knives Out-style murder mystery in space targets the ultra-rich in Know Your Station
Sarah Gailey and Liana Kangas pair up for a horror/murder mystery thriller in space called Know Your Station
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Premium accessCringe together as Dragonball Evolution and other live-action films based on anime are lampooned
Enjoy bad cinema as we take you on a tour of the worst live-action adaptations of anime
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Pro badges now available for San Diego Comic Con 2023 (but you better be quick!)
We'll be at 2023 Comic-Con International: San Diego... will you?
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Premium accessWatch a showcase of the best cosplay from Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Full recording of Seattle's ECCC Cosplay Central Showcase
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From One Piece pirate ships to Gene Ha: empowering the next generation of comic creators
Inside the Asian and Pacific American cultural component of Chicago's C2E2
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Premium accessThe Making of Transformers: Beast Wars
A discussion with the original toy designers and television show creators of the classic Transformers: Beast Wars and Transformers: Beast Machines toy lines and television shows
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If you like Outlander, you'll love these TV shows, movies, and comics
Come what may, for those waiting on the next Outlander fix we've got you covered
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Netflix movies, TV shows, and comedy specials coming in September 2022
Cobra Kai, Patton Oswalt, and more are streaming to you from Netflix in September 2022
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Premium accessKat Leyh, LL McKinney, and Margaret Owen talk about how queer stories are here to stay at ECCC '22
Watch the full 'Queer Stories are Here to Stay' panel from Emerald City Comic Con 2022 with LL McKinney, Kat Leyh, and Margaret Owen
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Premium accessIndie Darlings: What To Know About Working With Independent Publishers
David F. Walker, Julio Anta, Liana Kangas, Robert Wilson IV, DJ Kirkland, and Jazzlyn Stone talk indie comics publishing at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
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Celebrate the winners of ECCC 2022's Cosplay Central Championships of Cosplay!
The winners and photos of the amazing costumes from the Cosplay Central Championships of Cosplay tournament at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
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Premium accessWatch the voices behind Pinky & the Brain - Rob Paulsen and Maurice Lamarche - at ECCC '22
Maurice Lamarche and Rob Paulsen talk about the epic Pinky & The Brain in a panel from Emerald City Comic Con 2022
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All the best cosplay from Emerald City Comic Con 2022!
All of Emerald City Comic Con's very best cosplay
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Star Trek Day returns, going head-to-head with Disney+ Day
Boldly going up against with Disney, but hey - Star Trek had the date first!
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Watch the Remembering Tim Sale panel from ECCC 2022
Friends and family of the late Tim Sale gather at Emerald City Comic Con to memorialize and celebrate him
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The Lord of the Rings franchise rights acquired by owner of Dark Horse Comics & THQ Nordic
After all... why shouldn't someone buy the Lord of the Rings franchise?
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Premium accessWatch Jinkx Monsoon & BenDeLaCreme live in ECCC's A Terminally Delightful Monsoon Season!
BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon all drag star all-stars in the ECCC event A Terminally Delightful Monsoon Season
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Premium accessWatch Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme Q&A panel from ECCC 2022
RuPaul's Drag Race all-stars BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon do a tell-all Q&A for those at Emerald City Comic Con '22
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Full Panel VideoA beginner's guide to Yaoi manga - watch Emerald City Comic Con's Boy's Love panel
Nerds Know helps you get to know Yaoi at ECCC
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Premium accessWatch Saturday Morning Cartoons with Nerds Know at ECCC
Tune in to Emerald City Comic Con's Saturday Morning Cartoons panel
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Premium accessWatch the full ECCC Crown Championships of Cosplay competition from your home!
The Crown Championships of Cosplay competition returns to ECCC
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Premium accessWatch live as Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook reunite for She's all That panel at ECCC!
The stars of the 1999 romcom classic She's All That - Rachael Leigh Cook and Freddie Prinze Jr. - reunite, and you can watch it live!
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Premium accessWatch the Ready to Roll cast play D&D from the ECCC 2022 stage!
DM Roz and the Ready to Roll cast roll into Emerald City Comic Con '22 for their own live D&D adventure
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Premium accessWatch the How to Survive a Horror Movie panel from ECCC 2022!
The gang from Nerds Know did into how a person could (and should) survive being in a horror movie
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Premium accessWatch Emerald City Comic Con's Oh Japan, What Have You Done?! panel
Taking a look at Japanese television from a North American perspective
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Premium accessWatch Christopher Eccleston regenerate into a Doctor Who panel at Emerald City Comic Con 2022 live!
Christopher Eccleston holds court for a Doctor Who panel at ECCC '22 - and you can watch live
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Premium accessWatch the Norse mythology panel Tales from Yggdrasil from Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Get schooled on Norse mythology with Nerds know in ECCC's Tales from Yggdrasil panel
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Watch the Our Flag Means Death panel with Con O’Neil, Nathan Foad, and Kristian Nairn from ECCC 2022
Con O’Neil, Nathan Foad, and Kristian Nairn hoist the flag of Our Flag Means Death at Emerald City Comic Con '22
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Premium accessWatch Tracy & Laura Hickman and Jim Zub's Tabletop RPGs design panel from ECCC '22
Level up your RPG design skills with Jim Zub and Tracy & Laura Hickman with this panel filmed at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
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Premium accessWatch Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond, & Max Mittelman bring L.A.V.A. Live show to ECCC!
L.A.V.A. Live comes to Emerald City Comic Con with Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond, & Max Mittelman
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Premium accessWatch the Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons panel with Jim Zub from Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons - the hit comic book crossover turned tabletop RPG is now a comics panel
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Premium accessWatch Funkon 2 invade Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Funko returns to Emerald City Comic Con with surprises, giveaways, and announcements... and you can watch the whole event!
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Premium accessWatch Genshin Impact's Cristina Vee, Erika Harlacher, Todd Haberkorn live on stage from ECCC '22
The big voices of Genshin Impact - Erika Harlacher, Cristina Vee, and Todd Haberkorn - tell secrets and stories
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Beyondtopia Legends brings Indonesian folklore & heroes into modern superheroics
A new superhero universe begins in Beyondtopia Legends comic book series
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Premium accessWatch Amy Chu, Jim Zub, Zack Kaplan, and Jim Krueger's comics writing workshop at ECCC 2022
Watch Emerald City Comic Con's How to Write Comics Workshop panel with Amy Chu, Jim Zub, Zack Kaplan, and Jim Krueger
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How to watch panels from Emerald City Comic Con (and other ReedPop shows) from anywhere
Stream the big panels from New York Comic Con, Emerald City Comic Con, C2E2, MCM Comic Con, Florida Supercon, and more
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DC recruits Geoff Johns to usher in a 'New Golden Age' with JSA and Stargirl comic book titles
Geoff Johns makes a big return to DC Comics with the most comics work he's done for them in over a decade
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Creepshow welcomes Francesco Francavilla, Ariela Kristantina, more
Ariela Kristantina, Jorge Corona, L Marlow Francavilla, and Francesco Francavilla join Skybound's Creepshow anthology
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Full Panel VideoWatch Jackbox Games C2E2 2022 panel like you were there
If you remember You Don't Know Jack, now is the time to know Jack - we filmed Jackbox Games' panel at C2E2 2022!
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Premium accessWatch C2E2 2022's Having Fun Isn't Hard When You've Got A Library Con panel
Librarians get together to talk about libraries' position in comics reading, Library cons, and more
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Full Panel VideoWatch Comics vs. Politics: The C2E2 '22 panel digging into how comics broach socio-political topics
The Full C2E2 2022 panel Comics vs. Politics: Using Graphic Novels to Broach Socio-political Topics in the Classroom
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Emerald City Comic Con already has its 2023 dates - March!
Springtime in Seattle - the 2023 ECCC dates are announced
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Premium accessWatch Marvel Family Feud - fans test their trivia knowledge in C2E2 2022 panel
Family Feud, Marvel style at C2E2 2022
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Premium accessWatch voice actor Erika Harlacher's C2E2 2022 spotlight panel!
One of the key voices behind Toradora!, Seven Deadly Sins, Hunter x Hunter, and more talks with fans for an hour at C2E2 2022
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And the nominees for the 2022 Harvey Awards are...
The best comics, manga, and comics adaptations are highlighted in the 2022 Harvey Awards nominees
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Premium accessWatch C2E2's the Future is Queer panel with Kat Leyh, Kelly McKernan, and Blue Delliquanti
Blue Delliquanti, Kat Leyh, and Kelly McKernan talk about LGBTQAIU issues in comics
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Save the date: The Chicago comic convention C2E2 has revealed its 2023 dates
The Chicago staple C2e2 returns in 2023 - and returns to spring!
