Chris Arrant
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Chris Arrant
Editor-in-Chief
Chris Arrant: 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)
News
After his MCU debut, Marvel's Dogpool is getting his own comic (and introducing Catpool and Mousepool!)
Merc's best friend Dogpool is going bigtime, thanks to subscription service Marvel Unlimited
July 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel Studios' Werewolf by Night ending with a surprise Man-Thing is finally getting a sequel - as a buddy comic
Ted and Jack face the horrors of the comic book Marvel U in Beastly Buddies
July 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel is giving Spider-Man a new suit, and magic powers to boot
Spider-Man's closet must be huge to keep all these costumes by this point
July 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Doctor Doom is Marvel's new Sorcerer Supreme, and you wouldn't believe who he's working with
Move over Dr. Strange, we have a new Sorcerer Supreme in the house: Doctor Doom
July 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Batman has a new boss: DC's next Gotham editor has been chosen
DC has finally chosen the next Batman group editor in Rob Levin
July 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel reveals big changes are coming to the Fantastic Four in 2025
After a mysterious tease at the Diamond Comics Distributors lunch at San Diego Comic Con, we four-see (ha!) big things in the future
July 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel is killing Deadpool and replacing him with his daughter
Just as Deadpool makes his MCU debut in Deadpool & Wolverine, he's being replaced in Marvel's comics
July 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Dan Mora is one of the most popular superhero artists of this era - and he's also one of the fastest
Dan Mora's skill and speed is talked about at the DC Absolute Power panel here in San Diego Comic-Con 2024
July 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Why Robert McCammon's Stinger was changed so much for the TV adaptation Teacup
The basic premise of the story might be the same, but bringing the classic horror novel to the screen meant that Yellowstone veteran Ian McCulloch reimagined and rebuilt the details
July 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Sci-fi horror series Teacup (based on Robert McCammon's Stinger) now has a release date on Peacock
Get ready for some southern sci-fi horror with Peacock's Teacup, coming to screens this fall
July 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Star Wars: The Acolyte's unlikely breakout star Yord is starring in his own "coming of age" style YA prose novel in 2025
Yord Horde, this one's for you.
July 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Prepare to fear the Jedi, as Star Wars turns our favorite heroes dark for High Republic finale
Lucasfilm and Marvel are partnering for a 2025 event called Star Wars: The High Republic - Fear the Jedi.
July 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Star Wars: The Acolyte prequel with Jedi masters Vernestra Rwoh and Indara coming in 2025 to bookstores
Being a Jedi isn't all cool lightsaber fights and Force tricks, as we saw in The Acolyte and now in its prequel, Star Wars: Wayseeker.
July 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Move over Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman... the Flash is coming to DC's Absolute Universe.
Move over Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman... the Flash is coming to DC's Absolute Universe.
July 25, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Marvel Studios may be secretly starting a new Comic-Con tradition: releasing a big movie
Are you busy San Diego Comic-Con weekend? You will be now, even if you can't make it to San Diego - thanks to Marvel
July 25, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Gail Simone and Todd McFarlane are working together to finally tell She-Spawn's origin - beyond, you know, killing Spawn.
Jessica Priest, aka She-Spawn, is finally getting her story told.
July 25, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
An up-close look at Captain America: Brave New World's helmets for Cap & Falcon
Protect ya head, say Captain America and Falcon
July 25, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
San Diego Comic-Con has announced its 2025 dates
Book your flights and your hotel, because the Comic-Con International: San Diego 2025 dates have been announced.
July 24, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel's former big boss Ike Perlmutter has cashed out of Disney to the tune of $2.9 billion dollars
Ike Perlmutter was the chairman of Marvel from 1997 to 2023, but after being laid off, he's now cut all ties to the company.
July 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
Guides
SDCC 2024: Day One is over, here are all the big news & surprises we heard (and still expect to) from San Diego Comic Con
Whether you're here, there or anywhere, here's what we've learned and what we expect to learn from SDCC 2024
July 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
Guides
How to watch the 2024 Paris Olympics: livestreams, schedule, opening ceremony, more
Take part in the classic celebration of sports from the comfort of your very own home (it's easier that way)
July 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Marvel Comics sees "a booming new audience" in the readers of "youth-driven" manga and OGNs according to its publisher
A new newstand comics era is here, and its not in comic books but in OGNs.
July 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
"Like the Little Rascals that were having sex and taking drugs": The story of San Diego Comic-Con's origin, according to a co-founder
San Diego Comic-Con co-founder Scott Shaw! reveals what it was like creating the epitome of comic conventions.
July 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Amazon Prime Video's Fourth Wing TV show has found its dragon rid-- err, we mean, showrunner
From Breaking Bad to breaking dragons - the live-action Fourth Wing TV series has found its boss
July 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Amazon just bought the UK film studio behind Rocky Horror Picture Show, Alien, the Hammer films, and more to be its new UK "creative home"
Don't dream it, buy it - and Amazon did.
July 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Follow along to DC's Absolute Power (And Absolute Universe & All-In) panel from San Diego Comic-Con 2024 live!
Don't miss a moment from DC's Absolute Power panel from SDCC 2024 with Popverse's live reporting.
July 20, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Roblox welcomes Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo for new game in its Chibi Time universe
Roblox's Chibi Time: The Adventures of Chibi Usagi brings Stan Sakai's samurai rabbit into video games.
July 19, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
And the winners of the 2024 Cosplay Central Crown Championships from Florida Supercon 2024 are...
Meet Jettie Media and the other master cosplayers from Florida Supercon's 2024 Cosplay Central Crown Championships.
July 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The most famous, infamous, and forgotten aborted Marvel TV shows
Remember Guillermo Del Toro's Hulk? The MCU New Warriors show starring the AT&T lady? How about that Ghost Rider show? Of course you don't, because they only ALMOST happened
July 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Going to NYCC? Get first access to Josh Brolin, Hayley Atwell, Paul Bettany, & more celeb Photo Ops & Autographs with a Popverse Superfan membership
Sign up here and become a Popverse Superfan to get access to the NYCC Photo Op & Autograph presale - you won't want to miss this one!
July 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch the casts of Star Trek: Discovery, Baldur's Gate 3, One Piece, Ted Lasso, and more with full panel videos from MCM Comic Con 2024!
Watch all of the big panels from MCM Comic Con May 2024 here, free!
July 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen return to Descender for new art book
This sci-fi AI space opera begs for a re-read, especially with the Art of Descender book now on its way
July 09, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Iconic artist Mitsuhiro Arita is coming to San Diego Comic-Con with Stan Sakai
He's drawn art that has been part of pop culture for 3 decades, and now you can meet Mitsuhiro Arita at SDCC 2024
July 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Superstar superhero writer Dwayne McDuffie to be remembered in a star-studded San Diego Comic-Con panel with friends and family (and you!)
Dwayne McDuffie's widow Charlotte is going to share stories about Dwayne with some of his celebrity friends
July 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
All the upcoming TV shows on streaming and broadcast television
Check out our upcoming TV schedule for details on when your favorite shows return
July 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Who are Our Flag Means Death's best kissers? Con O'Neill kisses & tells
How does each member of the Our Flag Means Death crew make out in the smooch rankings?
July 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
Guides
MTG Arena Codes July 2024
Free Magic: The Gathering Arena booster packs and cosmetics
July 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Anime Last Stand codes July 2024
How to redeem Roblox's Anime Last Stand codes - and the best ones to use!
July 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
There's only room for one X-Men member in the Avengers, according to a Marvel boss
Only one mutant at a time, please says former Avengers boss
July 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Upcoming comic cons, pop culture conventions, and more
There are comic conventions happening weekly around the world - here's a list of many of them, so you can make plans to be there yourself!
July 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
How to watch The Crow movies & TV shows
Real love is forever, and so is The Crow
July 05, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
DC's Black Label mature readers imprint was originally called Jokerverse, according to Brian Azzarello
DC is named after Batman's founding title, and DC's other imprint was almost named after the Dark Knight's archnemesis, the Joker
July 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Zoe Thorogood's ingenious way for Artist Alley creators to spend money with their fellow creators
Artist's Alley is the lifeblood of any good convention - but if you're one of the actual artists with a table there, how do you have time to shop?
July 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Brian Azzarello has given up waiting for a 100 Bullets movie or TV series, and "maybe I wouldn't even see it" if it did happen
Brian Azzarello doesn't let movie & TV adaptations guide him on what comics are successful or not, even 100 Bullets
July 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Marvel's comic book boss is calling for a "reset" of his company, and the entire comics system
"We as a group need to step back and accept that the world we are operating in is very different than the one before February 2020," says Marvel publisher Dan Buckley
July 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel Studios is teasing Kingpin's rise to NYC mayor for Daredevil: Born Again
Wilson Fisk is on the ballot for MCU mayor of NYC in Disney+'s upcoming series Daredevil: Born Again
July 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Is Marvel Studios' What If...? ending with season 3? A new interview calls it "the completion of a trilogy" and an end for the Watcher
Marvel Studios' first animated series What If...? could be ending soon
July 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Meet Popverse's new staff writer, Grant DeArmitt
Popverse is entering year 2 with a new staff writer (and old face): Grant DeArmitt
July 02, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
A DeviantArt killer for comics is under development called Bindings
A software start-up developing apps just for comics? Sign us up
July 02, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
DC's Kingdom Come is getting the documentary movie treatment, with Alex Ross, Todd McFarlane and more involved
An older Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman is getting the documentary treatment
July 02, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Upcoming superhero & comic-based TV release dates for Marvel, DC, Prime Video, Netflix, and more
For upcoming superhero TV shows and upcoming superhero TV seasons from Marvel, DC, My Hero Academia, The Boys, and more!
July 02, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
How the Batman: Damned controversy damned Brian Azzarello's relationship with DC, according to the writer himself
Brian Azzarello reveals how Batman: Damned fractured his relationship with DC, and showed him what the company was becoming
July 02, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
How to watch the Harry Potter movies in order
You won't need a spell to cast your self in a 11-movie (and one play) movie marathon with Harry Potter and Newt Scamander
July 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
All the new & upcoming movies coming in 2024, 2025, and beyond
Coming soon - all the major new movies on the horizon to watch at home or in the theater
July 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
New superhero movies: All the Marvel, DC, and comic book movie in your future
Every release date for upcoming superhero films from Marvel, DC, Sony/Columbia, Netflix, Amazon, and more
July 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Moon Knight, She-Hulk, and other new MCU heroes' future is no longer at Disney+ with new seasons - it's in movies
Marvel is assembling their next crop of Avengers, and its recruiting from its Disney+ shows
July 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew should be released as a movie instead of a Disney+ TV series (and Lucasfilm has done it before)
Star Wars has turned TV projects into movies before, so what if they did it for Jude Law's Skeleton Crew?
July 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
All the upcoming WWE, AEW, NJPW, and other major wrestling events - be they PLEs, PPVs, or streaming spectacles
Let's geeeeeet ready to watch wrestling - BE THERE for WWE, AEW, NJPW, and more.
July 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
DC's Orion is "the new emo king" in Ngozi Ukazu's upcoming sequel to Barda
Check, Please! artist/writer Ngozi Ukazu is working on a second New Gods book called Orion, after the success of Barda.
June 30, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Follow along to the 'Discover DC' panel from the 2024 ALA Annual here!
DC opens up about its upcoming plans for comics for kids and teens.
June 30, 2024
Gary Catig
News
DCeased, Static, Kingdom Come, Batwoman, and more announced as part of DC Compact Comics wave 2
DC is betting big on Batwoman, Static, Superman, and some zombie superheroes with DC Compact Comics wave 2.
June 30, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
A complete guide to DC Comics' Compact Comics line of greatest hits, for only $9.99
The DC Compact Comics line will include All-Star Superman, Watchmen, and Far Sector in its launch line-up
June 30, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Follow Image Comics' mega-panel with Saladin Ahmed, Tim Seeley, Ethan Sacks, and more from the 2024 ALA Annual!
Expect big things from the Image Comics Summer Spectacular at the ALA Annual.
June 29, 2024
Gary Catig
Features
Discover DC Comics' 2025 plans and more by following along to the DC's New Reads panel from the ALA Annual
DC is coming to San Diego early for the ALA Annual!
June 29, 2024
Gary Catig
News
The final two issues of DC's Justice Society of America have been delayed again
This new Golden Age for the JSA is taking an age to finish
June 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Local Comic Shop Day 2024 is coming: Here's when it is, what to expect, and where to find your local comic store
It's record store day but for comics fans. What's not to love?
June 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The Bear's Ebon Moss-Bachrach says the indie comic Elfquest fueled some of his "earliest sexual visions"
The soon-to-be MCU star Ebon Moss-Bachrach reveals his comic fandom
June 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Comics giants Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud are teaming up to create the comic they wish they had (and we had) when they were kids
The creators of Smile and Understanding Comics are working on a book to inspire the next generation of comic creators
June 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel revives the Avengers Academy franchise to train the next generation of superheroes
Meet the first new class of Avengers Academy students in over a decade.
June 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The most famous, infamous, and forgotten Marvel vacation spots
Wish you were here - Marvel's top vacation spots
June 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel says X-Men legend Chris Claremont isn't working on a main X-Men book again because he's X-Men legend Chris Claremont
Marvel's X-Men editor explains why the writer who shaped the franchise into the juggernaut it became isn't working on a core X-Men book
June 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel Studios' Deadpool & Wolverine to have some surprise "worlds and flavors" says Kevin Feige
Kevin Feige says Marvel Studios' Deadpool & Wolverine ending will beg for an immediate rewatch
June 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel Studios' Fantastic Four to begin filming July 29, Kevin Feige just needs to do San Diego Comic-Con first
Marvel Studios has a big month in July - Deadpool & Wolverine, San Diego Comic-Con, and then the Fantastic Four movie
June 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Kevin Feige confirms Marvel Studios' Fantastic Four is a period piece - and it's not set in New York City (at least as we know it)
The MCU Fantastic Four is apparently starting outside the MCU.
June 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel Studios' Wonder Man is "extremely different than anything" the MCU has done before says Kevin Feige
Lights... camera.... action! Meet Marvel's first actor superhero, Wonder Man
June 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
The 1989 Batman movie almost had secret Marvel & Archie Comics easter eggs, until DC's top editor killed it
The first victims of Jack NIcholson's Joker gas could've been some of Marvel and Archie's earliest heroines
June 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Marvel icon Stan Lee once tried to get a cameo in DC's Batman Returns movie, according to DC's former publisher
Stan Lee is known for his movie cameos - but DC's Batman?!
June 25, 2024
Chris Arrant
Guides
All 17 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
Guides
All of the Marvel Studios movies, ranked from best to worst!
From Iron Man to Spider-Man, Wakanda to the Quantum Realm, Guardians of the Galaxy to Earth's mightiest heroes, here's our ranking of all the MCU films!
June 25, 2024
Austin Gorton
Guides
All of the Brie Larsen movies, ranked from best to worst!
From Sleepover to Room, Scott Pilgrim to Captain Marvel, all the films of Brie Larson ranked!
June 25, 2024
Austin Gorton
Guides
Poll: What is the best Planet of the Apes movie? Tell us!
With there now being 10 Planet of the Apes movie, we need help deciding which one is the best.
June 25, 2024
Chris Arrant
Guides
Marvel's Daredevil actors, ranked from Charlie Cox to Ben Affleck and even Rex Smith!
From the most recent Daredevil Charlie Cox, to the most name-recognized Daredevil Ben Affleck, and the most forgettable Daredevil in Rex Smith, we are ranking Marvel's best live-action actors without fear
June 25, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
How Marvel changed Avengers: Twilight to avoid comparisons to the January 6 attacks (even though it was written a year before)
Marvel writer Chip Zdarsky talks about plans for Avengers: Twilight and how it pre-saged the January 6 attacks
June 24, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Marvel Studios & Marvel Comics are now working "much more closely" this year to get MCU fans into comic stores says publisher
The House of Ideas has a good idea - selling Marvel Comics to fans of the Marvel Studios movies & TV shows.
June 24, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
One company has revolutionized comic con snacking...
...as long as you like popcorn
June 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel Studios' one-time Dominic Fortune Delroy Lindo has been dropped from his second MCU project, Blade
Marvel Studios' Blade decides it doesn't need Delroy Lindo like they originally planned
June 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
IDW undergoing more changes as majority owner changes, its Editor-in-Chief leaves, and one of its publishers moves to a different position
14 months after IDW's self-described "reset", things are changing again
June 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
IDW Publishing former EiC Jamie S. Rich speaks for the first time on his exit, and the "know-nothings" who twisted the story
It's a big story that IDW's top editor is leaving, but then a segment of the internet made it even weirder
June 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel Studios built a "massive train set" for an upcoming movie that it'll never use, but Disney hopes someone else will
Marvel Studios made a massive train set for the upcoming Blade movie, but now doesn't need it. What do you do?
June 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
The Yellowstone patriarch Kevin Costner has changed his mind, and quits the show (and any spinoffs or movies)
On the eve of his new movie, Kevin Costner goes full John-Dutton on the Yellowstone show
June 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Fallout star Ella Purnell is coming to Miami's Florida Supercon!
Fresh from the apocalypse, Ella Purnell is coming to Florida Supercon in Miami
June 20, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The 2024 Harvey Awards are coming...
The biggest comic con in North America is preparing to honor the best comics of the year in this year's Harvey Awards
June 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
How to watch panels from New York 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, and more
June 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Star Wars: The Acolyte's inconvenient truth: the Jedi are the cops (for all the good and all the bad that comes with it)
Having trouble with Star Wars' Jedi as cops? You must unlearn what you have learned
June 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Hulu's The Bear: The cast, plot, release date, trailer, and even a look at the real restaurant the show is based on
Beat the dinner rush and discover what's coming in The Bear season 3
June 17, 2024
Veronica Valencia
Features
Disney boss says Deadpool & Wolverine will save the Marvel Studios slump, calling it the biggest MCU movie "in a long time"
Disney CEO Bob Iger thinks Deadpool & Wolverine will give Marvel Studios tis groove back
June 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Watch nowMoana herself Auliʻi Cravalho is bringing poi to Nick's The Tiny Chef Show - and we have a free first taste!
Auliʻi Cravalho is coming to Nickelodeon's The Tiny Chef Show
June 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
The TMNT comic revamp by Paramount & IDW is doing double Last Ronin's numbers, leading to calls for pizza parties
Last Ronin was the best-selling TMNT comic in decades, and now the TMNT relaunch is doing twice that comic's early numbers
June 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
How DC is reviving The Authority's Jenny Sparks with the September 11 attacks (and how its personal for writer Tom King)
When Jenny Sparks died, she told us if we didn't "Save the world" she'd return and "kick our heads in" and now she is.
June 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Popverse is coming to 22 conventions in 2024 - where will we see you at?
The Popverse team is going on a road trip in 2024! (Well... lots of road trips, really)
June 14, 2024
Chris Arrant