Chris Arrant

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)
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The best costumes and cosplay we saw at Chicago's C2E2 2024
The best dressed at Chicago's C2E2 2024
April 29, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch the Hannibal reunion, Brandon Sanderson, Ted Lasso, One Piece cast, and more panels from Chicago's C2E2 2024!
The 12 biggest panels of Chicago's C2E2 2024 are available to watch from anywhere, straight into your home or phone.
April 29, 2024
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And the winner of the 2024 Cosplay Central Crown Championships' Global Finals is...
Meet Matthew, Cosplay Central's ultimate champion, from Chicago's C2E2!
April 28, 2024
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Follow Funko's C2E2 2024 panel 'Future Flight of Fun' here for news, sneak peeks, and more
Funko has big plans for C2E2 2024, and if you can't make it you can follow here to see what you missed.
April 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Marvel, Star Wars, and Disney are ending their relationship with shirt company TeeTurtle
For many the people behind their favorite Marvel, Disney, or Star Wars shirts is going to stop doing it.
April 27, 2024
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Marvel warns of "subtle spoilers" on cover to Blood Hunt 'explicit content' editions
Marvel Comics prepares for new territory with Blood Hunt
April 26, 2024
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UPDATE: Josh Brolin will not attend Chicago's C2E2 2024
Some call him Thanos. Others call him Gurney or Cable. But everyone calls him Josh Brolin.
April 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
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There's one big reason Warner Bros will never put all its TV shows and movies on Max
Why aren't all of Warner Bros.'s TV shows and movies on Max, TBS, and TNT? They never have been, and there's a reason for that
April 25, 2024
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Congrats to Hellboy creator Mike Mignola on the birth of a whole new monster universe (and an imprint for his whole family of fiction)
We didn't even know Mignola and collborator Ben Stenbeck were expecting!
April 25, 2024
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A 7-year old was run over by a truck, but Superman helped him through it - and now he's drawing the hero for DC
Action Comics artist Eddy Barrows shares his personal connection with DC's Superman
April 25, 2024
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Marvel has wanted its own Batman: Dark Knight Returns for almost a decade, and now they have one
Frank Miller re-defined Batman with Dark Knight Returns, and Marvel wanted the same for its Avengers
April 25, 2024
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The Next Generation ISN'T the most popular Star Trek show of all time, according to Popverse fans
Ever boldly into the final frontier of contrarianism, us Star Trek fans
April 25, 2024
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Chicago, get ready: the C2E2 2025 dates are here
We haven't even celebrated C2E2 2024 yet, and we're already making plans for C2E2 2025
April 24, 2024
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Marvel is preparing a new Deathlok project for 2024
Deathlok the Demolisher, this is your 50th birthday.
April 23, 2024
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Ah-ah, this Flash Gordon kids comic will save every one of us!
On its 90th birthday, Flash Gordon prepares to meet the next generation of fans
April 23, 2024
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Riverdale High plays Truth or Dare with a horror twist in new Archie Comics special
From supernatural to psychological horror with Archie Comics' Truth or Dare
April 23, 2024
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Meet your newest Pokémon friends in the new line Monpoké
Monpoké is the first-ever Pokémon line for kids and toddlers
April 23, 2024
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MCM Comic Con and EGX are teaming up for a massive Fall 2024 event in London
The biggest comic con in the UK teams up with the biggest gaming con in the UK for MCM x EGX 2024.
April 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Birmingham, England - prepare for MCM's return in 2024
MCM Comic Con returns to Birmingham this fall.
April 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
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If Deadpool & Wolverine isn't the centerpiece of San Diego Comic-Con, they're doing it wrong
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman's Deadpool & Wolverine is primed to be the big SDCC Hall H panel this year
April 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
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When Stan Lee met Chuck Norris, & more to be revealed in stunning new San Diego Comic-Con documentary
SDCC co-founder Scott Shaw! talks about the upcoming documentary.
April 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Ryan Reynolds wants to save Fox's X-Men Cinematic Universe from the MCU in new Deadpool & Wolverine trailer
In many ways, Deadpool & Wolverine is X-Men: Endgame.
April 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Win a C2E2 2025 badge, merch, and Popverse annual memberships at our C2E2 2024 Trivia panel!
Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson and Tiffany Babb want you to compete for prizes using your nerd knowledge!
April 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Chris ArrantThis Wolverine comic keeps selling out, and that's before Hugh Jackman's return in Deadpool & Wolverine
This Marvel comic has been a steady seller for 42 years, and doesn't seem to be stopping.
April 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's We3 returns for a big anniversary edition (with a new cover)
We3 is Homeward Bound meets Terminator, in all the right (and wrong ways)
April 19, 2024
Chris Arrant
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DC's ongoing The Penguin comic is no longer ongoing - it's ending this July
DC's The Penguin by Tom King and Rafael De Latorre is ending
April 19, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Deadpool & Wolverine: Read the comic book stories that Marvel recommends
The 12 comics that Marvel recommends before, after, and during Deadpool & Wolverine
April 19, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Full panel videoWatch as Star Wars' Billy Dee Williams shares stories, cheats a kid at Sabacc, and more
Star Wars actor Billy Dee Williams sits down for a rare hour-long spotlight at C2e2
April 19, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Flash, and more get new costumes for DC summer event Absolute Power
The one-time Justice League have new clothes - and they'll need them, as they're losing their powers.
April 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
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How you sign in to Popverse is changing ever so slightly
April 18, 2024
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The reason Marvel is changing the name of X-Men's Oya is surprisingly honest, direct, and all business
This new name for Idie Okonkwo would look good on a t-shirt.
April 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Marvel sees green with 'red band' comics, and dives into more Rated-R projects
Werewolf by Night is Marvel's next 'red band' comic
April 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Follow James Tynion IV and BOOM! Studios' C2E2 2024 panel here
James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas and Werther Dell'Edra will be talking about Something is Killing the Children, Memetic, Wynd, and more
April 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
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C2E2's gaming area gets an upgrade as Side Quest: TTRPGs, an Escape Room, LARPing, video games, and more
Whether you prefer dice, a joystick, or being in the game yourself, C2E2's Side Quest area has something for you
April 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Hasbro's former G.I. Joe and Transformers publishing boss launches his own creative development company
Popverse has said Michael Kelly is the hottest free agent in the comics business - and now he's going into business for himself
April 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Coheed & Cambria's Amory War saga is ending - and we have a first look
Spend your time well before the Amory Wars goes
April 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Solo Leveling movie release date: It's time to level up this January
Solo Leveling anime is coming - and you don't even have to leave your house to watch it!
April 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Upcoming Space Ghost reboot to "reclaim" the franchise "for a brand-new generation of fans"
Writer David Pepose talks about his upcoming Space Ghost comic with Jonathan Lau for Dynamite & Warner Bros.
April 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Wicked: We got up & close with the movie's costumes (and now so can you!)
Check out Elphaba's dress from Wicked, as displayed in Las Vegas' CinemaCon
April 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch nowWatch the full Sailor Moon anime panel with the Cast Reunion from C2E2 '21 free!
Sailor Guardians Amanda C. Miller (Sailor Jupiter) and Cristina Vee (Sailor Mars) talk about the hit anime
April 12, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Marvel Studios aims to outdo Dune 2's Sandworm popcorn bucket with Deadpool 3
MCU boss Kevin Feige says there's been "lewd and crude" popcorn buckets, but wait until you see Deadpool's
April 11, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Deadpool & Wolverine stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman have filmed a R-rated 'turn off your phones' movie theaters video, in character
Please do not SNIKT! in the movie theater, either.
April 11, 2024
Chris Arrant
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X-Men con no more: The Marvel fan convention MutantCon has been cancelled
X-Men fan conventions are becoming a thing in the U.S. - but not this one in Orlando
April 11, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Blumhouse's Wolf Man reboot first look debuts at CinemaCon
The first footage from the 2025 horror reboot Wolf Man was debuted at the Las Vegas industry event
April 11, 2024
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Fallout: How a category-5 hurricane and its aftermath soured me on dystopian stories... until, maybe, now
Dystopian fiction only works when real life isn't worse
April 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Amazon hasn't ordered a Fallout season 2 (yet), but the showrunners already have ideas
It's the end of the world as we know it, but can Fallout go for more than just one season?
April 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch Baldur's Gate, Legend of Zelda, Overwatch, Kingdom Hearts, and 22 more panels from MCM BIrmingham for free!
Birmingham's big pop culture event of the fall was MCM Comic Con - and you can watch all the big panels here with Popverse
April 10, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Fallout: why the Amazon Prime Video show is set in the game's continuity (and not rebooting the whole thing)
Fallout co-showrunner Graham Wagner reveals when it was decided, and why
April 09, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Fallout: How the COVID-19 pandemic shaped Amazon Prime Video's show
We're all Vault-dwellers according to Fallout's showrunners
April 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Full panel videoWatch the full X-Men: The Animated Series Cast Reunion from C2E2 '23
The cast of X-Men: The Animated Series celebrate their 30 year anniversary and look forward to the show's revival at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2023, and you can livestream it here.
April 05, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier is 10 years old today, and Chris Evans is telling us why its his favorite Marvel movie yet
Chris Evans reflects on Marvel Studios' Captain America: The Winter Soldier on its 10th anniversary
April 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Star Trek: Boldly go and pick your favorite Star Trek TV show of all time
As Discovery heads to its final voyage, we ask what the best Star Trek show of all time is.
April 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
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SpoilersInvincible season 2 post-credits scene explained
The final moments of Invincible season 2 sets up season 3 in a major way
April 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Chip Zdarsky, Alyssa Wong, Jill Thompson, Art Adams, Ryan Stegman, and more: the full C2E2 2024 Artist Alley line-up
The people who make your favorite things are artists - and many of them are coming to Chicago for C2E2 2024.
April 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Uncanny X-men relaunch revamps it as a creepy Southern Gothic tale set in Louisiana
Wolverine, Rogue, Gambit, Nightcrawler, and Jubilee are being joined by four new mutants in Uncanny X-Men
April 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
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A frank explanation of why Marvel's X-Men is being revamped (and why the Krakoan era must end) from the man in charge
Marvel explains why X-Men's Krakoan era is ending after five years, and why it'd be foolish not to revamp the franchise
April 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Revisit USA's hit show Psych with Maggie Lawson and Timothy Omundson's full convo from Seattle's ECCC 2024
Get psyched.
April 02, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Wonder Woman welcomes back Gail Simone - but the pair aren't teaming up for comics
Could Gail Simone be working on the long-simmering Wonder Woman video game? We think so
April 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Godzilla vs. King Kong vs. all of the MonsterVerse - Which is the best?
Help us settle the debate - which is the best MonsterVerse movie?
April 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
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After Godzilla x Kong, the next MonsterVerse movie could be Son of Kong
What's next for the Kaiju movie franchise? A baby Kaiju movie, possibly
April 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The X-Men's new Alaska base will be a former Sentinel factory - and debuts this week in Avengers
The X-Men relaunch begins early in Avengers #12.
March 31, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Marvel's X-Men and Uncanny X-Men comics to ship 18 issues a year each
Prepare for a double volley of X-Men comics beginning this fall from Marvel.
March 31, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Zack Snyder wants a Rebel Moon spin-off for Doona Bae's Nemesis with Gail Simone
Zack Snyder wants to team up with Gail Simone.
March 31, 2024
Chris Arrant
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King Kong gets a baby brother (and a robot arm) in first Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire trailer
Godzilla and Kong have a bigger threat to worry about now
March 30, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The Boys co-creator Darick Robertson is launching his next franchise: Greaser
Here's what to expect next.
March 30, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Godzilla Minus One left theaters early and is avoiding streaming & home video, and we think Godzilla x Kong: New Empire is to blame
Godzilla Minus One is one of the best films in recent memory, but right now no one in the world can see it. And we think its Godzilla's fault.
March 29, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Comics fans deserve "more interesting" marketing of comics, and Vault aims to deliver with Barbaric's Crowdbuilding plans
Inside Vault Comics' Crowdbuilding Campaign program with Zoop for Barbaric: Born in Blood
March 29, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Wonder no more - we have the WonderCon 2025 dates (and its not Easter weekend next year)
California's OTHER big comic convention returns in 2025
March 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Crunchyroll is giving us That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 a week early
The time to watch That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime season 3 is coming early - this weekend!
March 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch the Critical Role, Lord of the Rings, Jodie Whittaker, and 15+ more panels from Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024
Watch nine panels from the ECCC 2024 Main Stage powered by Xfinity.
March 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch Rebecca Yarros' discussion on Romantasy with Saara El-Arifi, Danielle L. Jensen, & Leia Stone
Join these critically acclaimed and bestselling authors as they discuss how the combination of romance and fantasy is one of the hottest trends in lit right now.
March 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Watch Jodie Whittaker, Rebecca Yarros, Mike Flanagan, and more new panels filmed at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024
Watch full-length panel conversations about Doctor Who, The Strangers: Chapter One, Fourth Wing, the Flanaverse, and more.
March 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch Doctor Who herself Jodie Whittaker's full panel conversation with Popverse
Get up to caffiene level ten and get ready to watch and hour-long conversation with Doctor Who's Jodie Whittaker
March 28, 2024
Veronica Valencia
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Charles Addams & The Addams Family are the black sheep of comics (and it's disgraceful)
It's time we remember Addams Family as a comic before it was a franchise
March 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Big Marvel: All 27 of Skottie Young's summer variant covers (and a huge poster to boot!)
Skottie Young is known for making little versions of Marvel's greatest characters, but now he's going 'big.'
March 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Disney's D23 Expo tickets are on sale now!
After 140k people attended 2022's D23 Expo by Disney, the next question is simple: how can we do it again?
March 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
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X-Men power couple Rachel Summers and Betsy Braddock to star in new fall Marvel comic
The one-time Psylocke and one-time Phoenix are going forward in love this fall for an X-Men spinoff
March 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Marvel celebrates Pride Month 2024 by focusing on LGBTQIA+ characters & straight allies
Here's what to expect in June
March 22, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Every Batcave needs a Batman, and soon comic shops will have a life-size Dark Knight of their own thanks to DC & Jorge Jimenez
A Batman standee built to sell comics. It seems like a no-brainer.
March 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Ridley Scott & James Cameron are among first viewers of the new Alien sequel Romulus - and they love it!
Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez talks about advance screenings with Alien's Ridley Scott and Aliens' James Cameron
March 21, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Patrick Stewart's Jean-Luc Picard to return in a Star Trek movie of his own
Make it so, Paramount Pictures.
March 19, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Star Trek: Discovery finale appears to going for a Fifth Element vibe
Sonequa Martin-Green's Michael Burnham is someone I'd happy see going full Bruce Willis/Korben Dallas
March 19, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Star Wars: The Acolyte teases the origin of the Sith, and asks who deserves to use the Force
"This is about power," the first trailer for the new series from Russian Doll creator Leslye Headland announces, "and who can use it"
March 19, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel partners with NFT company for new digital comics platform to rival Amazon's digital comics market
Would you like your Marvel digital comics with a side of NFTs? Disney's premiere comics publisher is the first client in a new kind of digital comics app
March 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Stjepan Šejić quit DC (and most of the comic industry) four years ago, but now he's on his way back
Harleen co-creator Stjepan Šejić returns to DC four years after quitting and saying he'd never return
March 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
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After 61 years and 700 comics, Gail Simone is Uncanny X-Men's first solo female writer
This X-Men fact is the epitome of the word 'uncanny'.
March 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Marvel's X-Men are setting up bases in three US States as part of massive revamp
And no, it's not Xavier's School and it's not in New England.
March 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Be Batman's boss: DC's hunt for the next Batman group editor
One of the most important job in comics is now up for grabs: DC's Batman group editor position
March 14, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Chicago's C2E2 2024 welcomes Bandai, Citizen Watch, Silver Sprocket, more exhibitors
The first wave of C2E2 2024 booths have been revealed.
March 13, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The comics industry's hottest free agent executive isn't who you think
If comic book publishers are looking for someone to transform their business, this could be the dark horse candidate
March 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Crowdfunding platform Zoop to launch crowdfund campaign with ownership stakes in the company as perks
Zoop isn't only a crowdfunding platfom itself, it's also a client of crowdfunding platforms!
March 07, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Vault Comics is looking for the next generation of crowdfunding - and its crowdbuilding
Vault's hit series Barbaric will return this spring, as the flagship in a new partnership with crowdfunding platform Zoop
March 07, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Michael Chabon's Fantastic Four: The movie and two comics projects that almost had him write Marvel's first family
Michael Chabon almost wrote Marvel's Fantastic Four three times - twice in comics, and once in movies
March 07, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Marvel's upcoming Blood Hunt event will be "too explicit" for some readers, leading to uncensored version being withheld from digital readers & bookstores
To see Marvel's Blood Hunt in "all its goriest glory," you'll need to skip bookstores and digital apps and go to a comic shop
March 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Scout Comics to re-launch the company with help from a new corporate business partner
Just days after public outcry from Scout comics creators alleging financial issues with the company, Scout Comics makes a major change
March 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Celebrate the winners of the Cosplay Central Crown Championships at Seattle's ECCC 2024!
Gaze upon the victors of ECCC 2024's Cosplay Central Crown Championships
March 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Save the date: Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con is returning in 2025, and we have the deets
Ask off from work or school, begin your cosplay plans, and get ready for ECCC 2025.
March 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Emerald City Comic Con 2024's best cosplayers, from Spider-Men to Hazbin Hotel and more
The best dressed at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024.
March 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch now!Watch the Avatar: The Last Airbender cast panel from Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024
Dante Basco, Jack De Sena, Mae Whitman, and Zach Tyler Eisen represented their nations at the Avatar: The Last Airbender panel in Seattle
March 04, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Frodo Baggins actor Elijah Wood endorses our idea for Lord of the Rings weedstrains like Pipe-Weed (and 'Hobbit Mushrooms' too!)
"An officially licensed weed strain would be great," Lord of the Rings' Elijah Wood tells Popverse
March 03, 2024
Chris Arrant