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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Watch the official Borderlands 4 panel from Gearbox Software at PAX West 2024!
The makers of Borderlands, Gearbox Software hosted a main stage panel at PAX West 2024.
August 30, 2024
Chris Arrant

Features
Watch Capcom's PAX West 2024 panel livestream for Monster Hunter Wilds, Street Fighter 6, Ace Attorney, more news
Join Capcom at PAX West 2024 for an in-depth look at some of our most anticipated upcoming releases. Don’t miss this chance to witness the next chapter in Capcom’s legendary lineup!
August 30, 2024
Chris Arrant

Guides
Show up and show off with the full NYCC 2024 Meetups schedule
Looking to connect with people who share your interests? Join them at the NYCC 2024 meetups to make new friends and be part of a vibrant community!
August 29, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Watch Xbox boss Phil Spencer's PAX West Storytime event!
A rare chance to hear what Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has to say about Xbox, Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, and more.
August 29, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Baldur's Gate 3's Neil Newbon, Devora Wilde, Jennifer English, and Aliona Baranova are coming to Chicago's C2E2 2025
Assemble your party to meet the Baldur's Gate 3 party at C2E2.
August 29, 2024
Chris Arrant

News
Jim Lee is coming to New York Comic Con - and Popverse can get you in to meet him first!
Once-in-a-generation comic creator Jim Lee is ready to see you at NYCC 2024.
August 28, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Psych's Maggie Lawson, Timothy Omundson & Kurt Fuller are coming to NYCC 2024!
The psychics are fake, but this Psych event at New York Comic Con 2024 is real.
August 28, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Marvel Comics gives the Fantastic Four a 2-month break before a big 2025
A "scheduling issue" is giving the Fantastic Four comics a two-month vacation.
August 25, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Report: The fast food chain Wendys is making an official Spongebob Squarepants' Krabby Patty burger (and tie-in Frosty)
Square burgers.... squarepants?! Wendy's and Spongebob Squarepants could be working together again.
August 24, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Ted Lasso is staging for an upset win as it returns from its series finale (but with it could come massive changes)
Is Ted Lasso's owners looking to pull a season one Rebecca Welton on us?
August 24, 2024
Chris Arrant

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A Portland anime con moved its Artist's Alley to a parking garage three days before it opened (and now regrets it)
Wasabicon PDX's Artist Alley was dubbed DungeonCon after a surprise move to a hotel parking garage.
August 24, 2024
Chris Arrant

Guides
Dan Da Dan movie & season 1 release date: Here's when you can see First Encounter & stream the show on Crunchyroll & Netflix
Aliens aren't real, but ghosts are in the anime Dan Da Dan.
August 24, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Dan Da Dan cast includes English-language actors from Demon Slayer, Final Fantasy, FLCL, and more
The English language Dan Da Dan voice cast is revealed.
August 24, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Ciarán Hinds is playing a mysterious new (old?) character in Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power - who could he be?
Unpacking the lore of the rings for the Lord of the Rings prequel.
August 23, 2024
Chris Arrant

Features
Marvel once planned to retcon the Hulk's origin to include Skrulls and a space laser - until they retconned the retcon
Hulk's origin was almost like an an episode of Ancient Aliens.
August 23, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Chicago, put some up in your giddy up! C2E2 2025 tickets are about to go on sale - and Popverse can give you first dibs
Whether you be good, bad, or ugly, there's a place on the ranch for you at Chicago's C2E2
August 23, 2024
Chris Arrant

News
Does the MCU Multiverse include Marvel Comics' 616 universe? It does, and Deadpool & Wolverine almost went there
LFG to the Marvel Comics Universe
August 23, 2024
Chris Arrant

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NYCC '24 is hosting an author brunch with Carissa Broadbent, Danielle L. Jenson, Elisa Kova, Brigid Kemmerer - and possibly you!
Carissa Broadbent (Six Scorched Roses), Danielle L. Jensen (Bridge Kingdom), Elise Kova (Arcana Academy), and Brigid Kemmerer (Forging Silver into Stars) are coming to NYCC - and you could have an intimate breakfast with them!
August 23, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Marvel has set up a separate office for all the Deadpool & Wolverine comics (and X-Force too!)
Marvel is doubling down on the Deadpool & Wolverine business. (Wouldn't you?)
August 19, 2024
Chris Arrant

News
The Librarians sequel series the Next Chapter gets weeded out by CW - with no idea on when (or if) it'll ever debut
We may never be able to check out the Librarians: The Next Chapter
August 16, 2024
Chris Arrant

Guides
Watch the full NYCC 2024 Retailer Day full presentations from the likes of DC Comics, Image Comics, Kickstarter, and more
ReedPop partnered with ComicsPRO, Lunar Distribution, Tiny Onion and more on comics industry-centric programming a day before New York Comic Con opened to the public
August 15, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Why didn't Colin Farrell, Olivia Munn, Kevin Nash, and more return in Deadpool & Wolverine? The writers said Marvel Studios never asked them
Deadpool & Wolverine gave a lot of pre-MCU characters a finale - but not all of them
August 15, 2024
Chris Arrant

News
Get a NYCC Exclusive copy of Young No'madds #1 for free with Battle Quest Comics
NYCC Exclusive: Battle Quest Comics' Young No'madds #1 coming with a rare cover and a 2025 preview of another new book
August 14, 2024
Chris Arrant

News
Meet the cast of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds at Seattle's ECCC 2025!
Anson Mount (Christopher Pike), Ethan Peck (Spock), Celia Rose Gooding (Nyota Uhura), and Melissa Navia (Erica Ortegas) are planning an away mission to Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con 2025.
August 14, 2024
Chris Arrant

News
And the winners for the 2024 Harvey Awards are...
As if you needed a reason to read more comics, here are the best comics of the past 12 months in the Harvey Awards winners
August 14, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Sarah J. Maas' A Court of Thorns & Roses, Craig Thompson's Blankets, and more part of state-wide Utah schools book ban
Craig Thompson's Blankets and more are part of first ever state-wide blanket ban
August 12, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Frank Quitely's New X-Men costumes are coming to Marvel Animation's X-Men '97
Can we rename X-Men '97 to X-Men '01?
August 10, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Before becoming the MCU Doctor Doom, Robert Downey Jr. was asked to return as Iron Man one last time for Deadpool & Wolverine
If Chris Evans can play his old Marvel role, Robert Downey Jr. could too in Deadpool & Wolverine... right? Wrong.
August 10, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Disney's first trailer for the live-action Snow White promises the real-life version of what we grew up on as children
And Gal Gadot is stunning as Snow White's Evil Queen.
August 10, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Woody, Buzz, and the gang will face their biggest threat yet in Pixar's Toy Story 5: our phones & tablets
It's toys vs. electronics in Toy Story 5.
August 10, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Disney is working on a Monster Jam movie with the Rock
It's time to roll out with the Rock's next surprise move
August 10, 2024
Chris Arrant

News
Load up on fun and bring your friends - Tickets to Seattle's ECCC 2025 are about to go on sale!
Get your Emerald City Comic Con 2025 tickets early with Popverse.
August 10, 2024
Chris Arrant

News
The hints and teases for an Inside Out 2 sequel are already underway by Disney (in addition to the already planned Pixar TV series)
An Inside Out 2 sequel? I third that emotion (Get it?)
August 10, 2024
Chris Arrant

News
Nintendo joins PAX West 2024 booth line-up that already includes Bandai Namco, Final Fantasy XIV, and Larian Studios
With Nintendo joining PAX West 2024, there's something for you - no matter what kind of controller you use.
August 08, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Marvel Studios quietly cancels plans for San Diego Comic-Con 2026 and a tie-in MCU movie release
Marvel Studios bet big with Deadpool & Wolverine at SDCC 2024, but it's not doing it in 2026 anymore
August 06, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Will Eisner's John Law returns after 20 years in new collected edition
Will Eisner's other crime hero, John Law, returns with a new collection
August 06, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Pacific Rim 3 is happening - just no longer as a movie, but as a comic - with Charlie Hunman, John Boyega, and more
The Pacific Rim trilogy is being completed - but not as a movie
August 05, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Colin Kaepernick wants to help people make comics - by eliminating the people who actually make comics, using AI
Before launching Lumi, a company that "leverages advanced AI technology" to make comics, Kaepernick was made aware of comic artists' misgivings
August 02, 2024
Grant DeArmitt

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The original name of DC's summer event Absolute Power would've connected it to a nearly-forgotten DC TV show
I could've used a Vanessa Hudgens appearance in DC's Absolute Power
August 01, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Imagine a Superman comic book by Daniel Warren Johnson and Riley Rossmo. It almost happened
The roots of the pair's upcoming Image Comics collaboration came from a Superman story that never happened
July 30, 2024
Chris Arrant

News
When Grumpy Bear became too grumpy for Care Bears' owners
Care Bears: Unlock the Magic unlocked an even grumpier side of Grumpy Bear - a side its owners had to lock back up
July 29, 2024
Chris Arrant

Features
Marvel's Jeff the Land-Shark is officially the funniest comic this year according to Eisners
Jeff the Land Shark co-creator Kelly Thompson reveals the origins of the award-winning cutie, and how much fans had to do with its success
July 28, 2024
Chris Arrant

News
... Spoilers?Chris Evans reveals how & why he returned to the MCU in Marvel Studios' Deadpool & Wolverine
Marvel revealed their biggest Deadpool & Wolverine cameo even as people head to theaters
July 28, 2024
Chris Arrant

Guides
One of the most secretive traditions of comic cons explored: the dead dog party
There's the convention, then there's the party AFTER the convention
July 28, 2024
Chris Arrant

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San Diego's skyline is wrapped with ads due to Comic-Con International, but did you know they are mostly illegal?
San Diego Comic-Con's Hotel bulding wraps cost over $100k each, which makes the fact they're technically illegal only a small nuisance
July 28, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Marvel Studios has convinced Russo brothers to return to direct Avengers 5 & 6
After trying other directors, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige ended up just asking the directors of the last two Avengers movies to do two more
July 28, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Harrison Ford answers the MCU mustache question
Do you miss MCU Thunderbolt Ross' mustache? Harrison Ford gets asked what happened to it
July 28, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Missing the Sopranos? HBO has something for you: DC's The Penguin
The Penguin isn't like other DC supervillains. He's a mob boss.
July 28, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Minnie Driver is the new Penguin in DC's Batman: Caped Crusader
The Good Will Hunting co-star is now being the Bad Oswalda Cobblepot.
July 27, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Former Marvel boss Joe Quesada launches his next chapter: an Ultimate version of Shakespeare's Hamlet
The man who led Marvel's reinvention is stepping out to reinvent himself and William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
July 27, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Big Barda, Orion, Mister Miracle and more join DC's 'All In' era with New Gods ongoing comic
DC's New Gods are all in.
July 27, 2024
Chris Arrant

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DC to relaunch Justice Society of America with new JSA ongoing (with a side of Infinity Inc.)
The JSA and Infinity Inc. are joining DC's 'All In' initiative.
July 27, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* logo revealed
The MCU debut of the Thunderbolts in Thunderbolts* is gonna have a lot of bullets
July 27, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Soon you can get a Justice League membership card as part of DC's 'All In' initiative
A Justice League membership card could soon be yours
July 27, 2024
Chris Arrant

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How Becky Cloonan lost her drive to draw comics and found it again after four years.Becky Cloonan shares personal story of being burnt out on drawing comics but returning to win an Eisner Award
How Becky Cloonan lost her drive to draw comics and found it again after four years.
July 27, 2024
Chris Arrant

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Transformers writer/artist Daniel Warren Johnson celebrates his parents in moving Eisner Awards speech after winning 'Best Writer/Artist'
DWJ reveals how he bonded with his mom over Transformers and art at a young age
July 27, 2024
Chris Arrant

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
All the big news & surprises from San Diego Comic-Con 2024
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

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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

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"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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
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 (August 2024)
Free Magic: The Gathering Arena booster packs and cosmetics
July 08, 2024
Chris Arrant

Features
Anime Last Stand codes (August 2024)
How to redeem Roblox's Anime Last Stand codes - and the best ones to use!
July 08, 2024
Chris Arrant

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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

Guides
All the big 2026 & 2027 comic convention dates, including NYCC, SDCC, C2E2, WonderCon, 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

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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

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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