Grant DeArmitt
News
Surprise! Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is making it to theaters after all... just not that many
Yes, it is cool that Paramount is giving the next chapter of the Avatar: The Last Airbender saga room on the big screen - but unless you live in NYC or LA, it's going to be very hard for you to catch it
July 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Todd McFarlane hasn’t named his new (and the first!) Spawn yet.. and hopes fans will come up with a meme name he can "borrow"
McFarlane's latest project in the image Comics Spawn-Verse hasn't gotten to the "assigning a codename" stage quite yet
July 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
How does Critical Role's Ashley Johnson get into character? Sometimes, by watching a really messed-up true crime doc
Critical Role's Johnson has gone to some dark places in media like The Killing and The Last of Us. So maybe it isn't a surprise that, for inspiration, she's worked her way through Netflix's true crime category
July 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel Studios picks Spider-Man: Brand New Day captain Stephen Wacker as new boss for Marvel Comics editorial
It's the beginning of a 'Brand New Day' era at Marvel Comics editorial.
July 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Deborah Ann Woll misses one thing about Netflix’s Daredevil: Karen Page’s quiet moments
Woll, who has been playing Karen Page in Marvel's TV sector since 2015, looks back fondly on the show's Netflix era for one particular character-focused reason
July 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
When Daredevil was at Netflix, Charlie Cox felt it was Marvel Studios' "unwanted stepchild"
These days, Daredevil feels like more of a priority at Marvel Studios than it did during its Netflix era, said Matt Murdock actor Charlie Cox
July 15, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
How the Spider-Verse movie helped Venom co-creator Todd McFarlane realize there weren't enough Spawns in comic books
Spawn creator and Image cofounder McFarlane wanted to make sure Al Simmons and other characters were rare in their universe. But now, he knows fans are willing to accept a lot of variants
July 15, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
James Gunn’s DC Universe already has one eager Poison Ivy candidate: Marisha Ray of Critical Role
Ray, who plays The Legend of Vox Machina's similarly plant-loving druid Keyleth, would portray DC's most eco-conscious villain in any medium she can
July 15, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's Laura Bailey explains why no other Vox Machina members were at Percy & Vex's wedding
Bailey, who plays The Legend of Vox Machina's Vex'ahlia, revealed the between-season shenanigans that got her and costar Taliesin Jaffe's character Percival de Rolo to the altar
July 14, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role is so successful because they were an adventuring party before they were a business, claims Laura Bailey
Before they were the folks producing The Legend of Vox Machina and The Mighty Nein, the Critical Role cast were the kind of plucky, ragtag team those adventures are about. And according to Bailey, that's the secret to their success
July 13, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stranger Things' season 5 finale meant the end of the Hawkins saga. And for Millie Bobby Brown, it meant a month of depression
For "the whole of January" this year, Eleven actor and Stranger Things star Brown went into a dark place
July 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Why X-Men legend Chris Claremont made Wolverine's claws a "natural" ability - and how it relates to Stan Lee
In an old interview with Jim Lee, Claremont recalled "taking Wolverine through moderate degrees of hell along the way, making him a more totally natural character just because this is one of the things that always bugged everybody"
July 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Spawn '77 will feature the very first cover Todd McFarlane ever drew. He's also considering publishing the first comic he ever completed
Spawn '77 is McFarlane's tribute to his work as a 16-year-old comics artist. So one of the book's variant covers will be, well, his work as a 16-year-old comics artist
July 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's Laura Bailey has been reading Dungeon Crawler Carl, and is already fancasting Marisha Ray and herself
Dungeon Crawler Carl fan and OG Critical Role cast member Bailey has the perfect role for Ray in Peacock's upcoming animated adaptation. Well, I guess 'perfect' is a rather subjective term...
July 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
M3GAN spin-off SOULM8TE is happening after all, and sooner than you think
Originally slated for theatrical release, Universal Pictures is unleashing SOULM8TE to viewers even before other VOD sites
July 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Apple TV's Pluribus is about how happiness isn't everything. Which is great, because we're not getting season 2 for a while
Vince Gilligan's Rhea Seehorn-starring scifi thriller Pluribus is getting a season 2, says Apple's programming head. But not for a minute
July 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Todd McFarlane's original Spawn mythos was heavily Star Wars-coded, explains Image founder - more "Silver Surfer" than Satan
At just 16, comic creator Todd McFarlane created a character called Spawn who sold his soul for the love of his love. In 1977, though, that deal was made with more of an Emperor Palpatine-type than Malebolgia
July 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Why is The Mighty Nein so much darker than The Legend of Vox Machina? Critical Role's Ashley Johnson has an idea
Johnson, who plays Yasha Nydoorin in Prime Video's second animated Critical Role adaptation, says that the darker tone of the series goes all the way back to the cast's character creation in Campaign 2
July 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Legend of Vox Machina season 4 fulfilled a lifelong dream for Critical Role's Taliesin Jaffe
Jaffe has done a lot of things over his Critical Role career - but until this season of The Legend of Vox Machina, he's never been a very specific part of a fantasy heist
July 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Todd McFarlane stepped away abruptly from writing Spawn & 3 spinoff comics for one simple reason: to draw more
Don't worry, Spawn fans. There was nothing negative about McFarlane passing the pen to other writers in the Spawn Universe. In fact, says the Image Comics cofounder, it was for extremely positive reasons
July 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
For Critical Role's Marisha Ray, recording The Legend of Vox Machina season 4 meant revisiting the "really bad day" of Campaign 1
Critical Role cast member Ray revisited one of the hardest days of her TTRPG actual play career in The Legend of Vox Machina season 4
July 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Lord of the Rings newcomer Anya Taylor-Joy feels like her Hunt for Gollum role is "validating"
Taylor-Joy, who joins the Andy Serkis-directed Lord of the Rings in-betweequel as elven warrior Seren, said "I feel like I've been an elf my whole life"
July 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Vin Diesel knows you've been waiting years for the last Fast and Furious movie (and he's grateful)
Fast Forever's release date is currently slated for early 2028. And Diesel, AKA Dom Toretto, knows that's a long way away from Fast X
July 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Todd McFarlane wants to give Spawn the Absolute Batman treatment... and already has a name for it
McFarlane, who is currently working on Spawn '77, has considered launching an alt-universe take on his most popular character, and even has thoughts as to why other comic companies have gone that route
July 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Buffy the Vampire Slayer's new era starts with a "big status quo shift" surprise, but one Redditor seems to have almost solved it
Comics staple Kelly Thompson is doing big things with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer mythos over at Dynamite... and fans are getting worryingly close to figuring out what
July 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Are you a Game of Thrones fan/Dragon Egg collector with a spare fortune? Boy, do I have good news for you
Yep, Daenerys Targaryen's dragon eggs from Game of Thrones season 1, episode 1 are going to be up for auction soon. But they'll be a Red Wedding on anyone's wallet
July 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Playstation gamers, the countdown has started. In less than two years, you won't own all the games you buy
PlayStation's phasing out of physical games by 2028 brings up a question of ownership that's all over the internet these days and, in some cases, in court rooms
July 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Critical Role writers have discussed a Taryon Darrington spinoff. Wayne Brady would reprise the role "in a heartbeat"
Does The Legend of Vox Machina's human artificer Darrington have a future beyond the climactic season 5? Brady isn't confirming that, but he is saying he'd be down
July 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
When Kentarou Miura began Berserk, he did so with one fear. That fear took six years to get over
Would the world accept a European medieval fantasy from a Japanese creator? That was the question that haunted Berser's Miura until at least the story's 177th (!) chapter
July 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Yellowstone inspired a cinematic universe, but Taylor Sheridan can't stand Marvel Studios' storytelling: "You know nothing."
From a cinematic perspective, Marvel's many interconnected films are "breaking all the very basic, fundamental rules of storytelling," said TV vet and Yellowstone creator Sheridan.
July 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Star Wars fired Lanterns' Damon Linedlof, he says, for an idea that "didn't feel necessarily that risky" - that is, the Protestant Reformation in Star Wars
Why was Damon Lindelof hired to make a Star Wars movie in 2022, then fired in 2023? According to The Leftovers creator, the answer to both questions is the same
July 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Dropout's Sam Reich reveals Game Changer season 9 will film this fall, has "short list" of episode ideas
From 15 ideas of how to torture his players, Dropout's Sam Reich will cut down to a list of 10. Maybe because 5 of them are too nice?
July 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Hellraiser has been added to Universal theme parks for Halloween, because people don't remember how horny Hellraiser was
Line up, folks! Take the family to the most BDSM-coded Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights yet, courtesy of Clive Barker's Hellraiser
July 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
How creative burnout on Marvel's Punisher led Jim Lee to one of comics’ greatest runs: X-Men
Legend of Marvel Comics art turned legend of DC Comics publishing Lee says that there are only so many ways you can draw a vigilante in a van before getting tired
July 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
House of the Dragon's Olivia Cooke auditioned for Rey in Star Wars: the Force Awakens. It did not go well
"I was really bad," says Cooke in regards to her audition for a major Star Wars character. Maybe she forgot to switch off her targeting computer
July 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Don't expect Resident Evil's main character to be a Leon Kennedy, Chris Redfield, or Jill Valentine. According to Weapons' Zach Cregger, he is just "an idiot"
Resident Evil's Bryan "not your typical game character," much like how Barbarian's Zach Cregger is not your typical game movie director
June 30, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
A decade before the X-Men movies even began, Jim Lee confirms he was making Charles Xavier Patrick Stewart
We've uncovered an old Marvel Age article in which artist-turned publisher Lee makes a bang-on prediction about the cinematic future of the X-Men's leader. And something about 'Geoffrey the Human Shark?' (Just kidding)
June 30, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 movie drops Scott Cawthon from script duties, replaces him with Annabelle writer
Cawthon, who created Five Nights at Freddy's and had script credits for the first and second Blumhouse films, is stepping aside for Gary Dauberman to write the script
June 29, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel Studios is heavily involved with the X-Men '97 season 2 prequel over at Marvel Comics, including stuff they couldn't fit in the cartoon
X-Men '97 Season Two comic writer Steve Foxe said Marvel Studios were "were incredibly generous with their time and insight, as well as with all sorts of scenes and character background that didn’t make it into the show"
June 29, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Invincible has already been renewed for Season 6 - and adds a veteran of The Boys to the cast
Invincible's at Annecy Animation Festival, and it's got some exciting news - The Boys star Quaid (AKA Hughie) is coming back to violent super-spoofs
June 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Spoilers!House of the Dragon's Ewan Mitchell always knew his character was capable of *that* scene with Alicent Hightower (but it was still "weird")
Spoiler warning, in case you haven't seen House of the Dragon season 3, episode 1, featuring Mitchell's Aemond and Olivia Cooke's Hightower. Heck, this is a warning even if you have seen it
June 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
That's not Matrix in the new Supergirl comic, despite DC's advertising text... but she is coming
The cover to DC's Supergirl #14 is misleading, but writer Sophie Campbell is clearing things up
June 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
DC's hit Absolute line isn't about being dark and edgy; Architect Scott Snyder explains the "core set of values" any Absolute pitch needs
"The overarching thesis of Absolute," says Absolute Batman's Scott Snyder, was not to just do DC but grittier and with indie artists. Although, as he admits, "All those things are there."
June 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Are you loving Wayne Brady in The Legend of Vox Machina season 4? You have Disney Junior to thank
OG Taryon Darrington Sam Riegel met current Legend of Vox Machina breakout star Wayne Brady not on the Critical Role set, but as a voice coach on a Disney princess series
June 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Traitors host Alan Cumming had his own moment of revelation off-set: He's playing Liberace in the Peacock reality hit
Cumming, who is bringing a dramatized rendition of Liberace's life to the stage this fall, connected with the entertainer while he was in Las Vegas for research
June 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
The Mighty Nein season 2 release date schedule (Updated June 2026): When the Critical Role series returns to Amazon's Prime Video
What time do new Mighty Nein episodes come out? Here's what we know so far about the season 2 schedule
June 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Is Critical Role taking a break after Campaign 4, episode 31? Yes and no
Go to any Critical Role Campaign 4 forum and you'll see an upcoming change in what's been a pretty regular release schedule. We're here to explain that
June 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Spoilers!Marvel said the Ultimate Universe was ending "forever" (including telling stores it'd be a lie if they didn't). Now, somehow, "The Ultimate Universe will return"
Ultimate Universe: Finale #1 is out now and, well, let's just say what we got and what Marvel Comics delivered are arguably pretty different
June 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
John Brick: Keanu Reeves might be making a new LEGO movie
Reeves is said to be circling the film, which will combine CGI and live-action
June 23, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Supergirl has Bilquis Evely to thank for her movie. Bilquis Evely has Supergirl to thank for her career
Evely's Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is the bedrock of the DCU's second film. And had the artist not found Kara Zor-El at a pivotal point in her life, neither the comic or the film would've been the same
June 23, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
They've tackled Critical Role's Briarwoods, Cassandra, & Ripley - now Marieke Nijkamp wants to write Percy & Vex's kid
With Dark Horse's The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3--The Briarwoods wrapping up their prequel OGN trilogy, Mijkamp is thinking of which Critical Role character would be the most fun to write next
June 23, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Amazing Digital Circus cast jumps from the Void to a Dungeons & Dragons one-shot with Caine as the DM (Updated)
[UPDATED JUNE 23] The Amazing Digital Circus cast might be done in the recording booth, but if the cast has their way, not at the TTRPG actual play table
June 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Horror comics legend James Tynion IV recounts the inhuman nightmare that haunted his childhood: Steven Spielberg's ET
"The scream that ET makes is like the least human noise that I've ever seen in a movie or heard in a movie." - Eisner-winning horror storyteller James Tynion IV
June 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The tragedy at the heart of Supergirl may date back to her creator’s real life and the death of his daughter
Kara Zor-El, the titular hero of both Craig Gillespie's 2026 DCU entry and the Woman of Tomorrow comic, is a character rooted in the fictional destruction of Krypton and, as Tom King recounts, the real-life tragedy of co-creator Otto Binder
June 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Still going up, up, up: K-Pop Demon Hunter has spent 52 full weeks in the Netflix Global Top Ten
Happy one year in Netflix's Top Spot, KPop Demon Hunters fans!
June 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Critical Role cast agrees: Out of every Campaign, Exandria Unlimited: Calamity is most deserving of a TV show
"It's some of the the best storytelling we've ever had" - says Travis Willingham, who just happens to play Calamity's fan-favorite birdperson Cerrit Agrupnin
June 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Critical Role’s Whispered One is even more dangerous than Vox Machina has shown
Nijkamp, who is wrapping up their Exandrian prequel trilogy with Dark Horse's The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3--The Briarwoods, has insight into The Legend of Vix Machina's big bad
June 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Why are Critical Role’s Briarwoods always associated with purple? One creator has a theory
Anime, real history, and good ol' magic went into the titular characters of The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3--The Briarwoods. And artist Aviv Or told us how
June 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
DC Comics' Lobo has become synonymous with superhero badassery. Ironically, that's exactly what he was created to spoof
When DC Comics legend Keith Giffen created Lobo, he wanted to make an "indictment" of ultra-violent superheroes. Then, he became the "poster boy" for exactly that
June 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Felicia Day's The Guild, the show that changed how entertainers play video games, is officially returning - and it wants you to be a part of it
The Guild: The Movie reunites Day with castmates Sandeep Parikh, Vincent Caso, Jeff Lewis, Robin Thorsen, and Amy Okuda for an all-new tale of the Knights of Good - and they're counting on you to help it come alive
June 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Critical Role's Darrington Brigade deserves its own longer story, according to Whitestone Chronicles artist Aviv Or
Aviv Or, the artist on The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3--The Briarwoods, ponders the future of Taryon Darrington's silly band of adventurers
June 17, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The exact moment James Tynion IV retired from superhero comics was while he was writing DC's flagship Batman title
"That was the moment," Department of Truth author Tynion told us at C2E2, "That it was just like, 'I need to lean in to my own worlds.'"
June 17, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Critical Role fans are about to see a side of Delilah Briarwood they’ve never seen before
The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3--The Briarwoods author Marieke Nijkamp teases a less-learned, less-evil (?) Deliliah ahead of the OGN trilogy's deadly conclusion
June 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Critical Role cast can’t agree on the franchise’s most misunderstood character, but their picks are eye-opening
In honor of Legend of Vox Machina season 4, Critical Role's Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jafe, Marisha Ray, Travis Willingham, Ashley Johnson, LIam O'Brien, and Sam Riegel sat down to debate which of their characters was least appreciated
June 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Why is queer hockey romance having a moment? Check, Please author Ngozi Ukazu knows, and can even predict which sport is next
Yeah, yeah, the TV world is talking about Heated Rivalry, but go to a book store and you'll find *way* more queer hockey romance than just that. At BookCon 2026, I asked expert Ukazu why
June 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
“Marvel treats creators like shit”: Rob Liefeld reignites feud over comic book credits after New Mutants collection de-emphasizes him as a writer
The New Mutants Omnibus Vol. 4 does not credit Rob Liefeld as a writer in its solicits, and the Deadpool creator says that's indicative of a larger problem at Marvel
June 12, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Lobo was supposed to be part of Supergirl comic the movie is based on, but DC Comics said 'No'
The original pitch for Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, upon which the upcoming film is based, was a Supergirl x Lobo comic book team-up. Then DC Comics requested the Main Man be axed
June 12, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Mighty Nein's Caleb Widogast & Essek Thelyss will stay together, says Liam O'Brien.... but may not say exclusive
Critical Role’s Liam O’Brien reveals a surprising new detail about Caleb and Essek’s future.
June 12, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
All Star Superman's Frank Quitely says superheroes should help us rethink what patriotism means, especially these days
We need "new scenarios for superheroes" says Grant Morrison staple Frank Quitely.
June 11, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Legend of Vox Machina is a chance for the Critical Role cast to make better choices than they did in Campaign 1, says Travis Willingham
Willingham, who plays The Legend of Vox Machina's Grog Strongjaw, says that the OG Rolers were ever "very interested in doing a a beat-for-beat retelling" of Critical Role campaign 1
June 11, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Michael Walsh reveals The Silver Coin’s next horror experiment: space
"I've got two issues drawn," teases Silver Coin creator (and artist) Michael Walsh, "And I've got all five scripts for the fourth volume." Count us in.
June 11, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Nice House on the Lake author James Tynion IV confirms what you've been thinking: that villain is based on himself
Self-inserts aren't terribly uncommon in fiction, especially in horror. But few scary scribes but as much of themselves into the actual villain of the piece as Tynion does The Nice House on the Lake's Walter
June 11, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Channing Tatum is definitely too old for high school as Sony announces 24 Jump Street
"It took so long to make we had to skip one," reads the announcement image for the next film in the Jonah Hill & Tatum starring 21 Jump Street saga
June 11, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Is Alien: Earth in the same universe as Blade Runner? Maybe not, but according to Timothy Olyphant, they share a synth sense of style
If Timothy Olyphant's robotic Kirsh looks more than a little like Blade Runner's Roy Batty to you, you're thinking along the same lines as the Alien: Earth actor himself
June 11, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Ari Aster wrote a Hereditary prequel, but he might never make it
The idea (and even script) for the Hereditary prequel exists, confirmed Midsommar director Aster. But there's one problem with him actually making it
June 11, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
House of the Dragon's Gayle Rankin confirms season 3 will explain who Alys Rivers is
Alys Rivers, who barely appears in George R.R. Martin's Fire and Blood, has been one of the biggest mysteries of HBO's House of the Dragon - but that will change in season 3
June 11, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Spoilers!Stranger Things' David Harbour has some pretty, er, staunch opinions on Eleven's survival
Argue all you want about Stranger Things' now infamously ambiguous ending; you're not going to change the mind of Sheriff Jim Hopper, AKA David Harbour
June 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Taskmaster's YouTube success has led to an invite to the Hollywood Bowl
Had Taskmaster not decided to put their full episodes on YouTube 6 years ago, it might not be playing one of the biggest venues in LA later this year
June 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder season 3 will adapt the third Holly Jackson book, but there's still one Pip story that Netflix hasn't touched
Netflix isn't surprising anyone by adapting Holly Jackson's third Pip novel, but one mystery that still remains is what, if anything, they're going to do with Jackson's prequel
June 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
What made House's Hugh Laurie snap back at an online critic? "I was very slightly drunk"
House's Laurie got into a tiff with journalist Janet Murray over the weekend, and as with so many unadvisable online posts, the Devil's Brew was at least a little to blame.
June 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
House of the Dragon is best when it's "a bloodbath," according to Matt Smith - and season 3 is its bloodbathiest
House of the Dragon season 3 is a "big bloodbath, really," says Matt Smith AKA Daemon Targaryen, "Which is absolutely where it’s needed to go."
June 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's Taryon Darrington is Wayne Brady's introduction to the Legend of Vox Machina... but he's not the kind of D&D character Brady usually plays
Ask the Critical Role cast and they'll all tell you that Wayne Brady is perfect as Vox Machina & Campaign 1's beloved artificer. But if the improv kind were to invent a new character himself, it would look very different than Taryon
June 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Whose D&D game is it anyway? Wayne Brady vs. Brennan Lee Mulligan on improv in liveplay
It's no surprise that Legend of Vox Machina season 4's Brady and and Critical Role Campaign 4's Mulligan, two titans of the improv comedy world, are well-versed in playing TTRPGs. What might be a surprise is that their philosophies differ
June 05, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
DC Comics made James Tynion IV a writer; Image Comics made him a businessman
Tynion's Tiny Onion, now his own comic book imprint, began as a newsletter - in part to help the Something is Killing the Children writer to promote his work
June 05, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Do you ship Booster Gold & Blue Beetle? So does DC Comics' Barda & Orion author Ngozi Ukazu
If given the chance, self-proclaimed Kevin Maguire superfan Ukazu would have to put Booster Gold and Blue Beetle in a relationship
June 05, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Arrow co-creator Marc Guggenheim would write a John Diggle comic for DC Comics "in a heartbeat"
Guggenheim would love to bring his co-creation Diggle, AKA Spartan, into the tapestry of DC Comics. At the same time, he has an idea as to why the character hasn't exactly caught on there yet
June 05, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
He-Man's most famous weapon was originally a reference to Golden Age Superman comics
Donald F. Glut, the writer who penned the first ever He-Man adventures via Mattel-produced mini-comics, points back to specific Superman storyline as inspiration for Eternia's mightiest blade
June 04, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
What happens to Dropout after its core cast moves on? Sam Reich isn't worried
I guess if you spend your days worried that Brennan Lee Mulligan is going to trap you in another escape room like Sam Reich does, you have a different priority set than most
June 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Is Billie Piper the new Doctor Who? If not, who is? We'll know in "a week, two weeks," promises showrunner Russell T. Davies
It's been over a year since Ncuti Gatwa's regeneration, but we still don't know who Doctor Who's Sixteenth Doctor will be. Thankfully, Davies says the wait should be over soon
June 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Scary Movie's Marlon Wayans is approaching edgy comedy differently this time: "Is it worth the goodness of your project to just be offensive?"
"I don't want any divisive scenes," claims Scary Movie originator Marlon Wayans. And he's even figured out a method to determine what constitutes one of those
June 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Magic: The Gathering has a "high barrier of entry," so MTG artist Michael Walsh is turning his Exquisite Corpses comic into a game (but that's not the only reason)
Tiny Onion's first card game (and Kickstarter sensation) Exquisite Corpses is similar to but easier to learn than Magic: The Gathering. Thank artist Michael Walsh for that
June 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
How Marvel quietly retconned Captain America to be on ice during 9/11, and why as a NYC-publisher it had to think long & hard about it
On the one hand, Zdarsky's choice to move Steve Rogers's de-icing to after 2001 in his Captain America run was a big deal for Marvel Comics. But on the other, it only makes sense with their sliding timeline
June 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Liam O’Brien wanted his new Critical Role character to be fantasy Faceman from The A-Team
There's a whole lot of Liam O'Brien's own past as a theater person in Critical Role Campaign 4's Halandil Fang. But there's some classic '80s TV in there as well
June 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stranger Things's Matt Duffer points to Backrooms and Obsession buzz as proof young audiences want new stories
While Stranger Things co-creator Duffer admits that the "experience we had is so very rare in this industry," he also points to recent horror hits Obsession & Backrooms as signs that the youths want more original storytelling
June 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Amazing Digital Circus finale has leaked online, but GLITCH has been fighting to keep it a surprise even before the theatrical run was announced
GLITCH fought to keep the ending from being spoiled even as it was negotiating one of the biggest deals in modern indie animated history
June 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
House of the Dragon's biggest season 3 battle was actually smaller than originally planned, says Steve Toussaint
Don't get us wrong - House of the Dragon's Lord Corlys Velaryon, AKA The Sea Snake, says season 3's biggest battle is very much a spectacle. It's just that it was supposed to be a spectacle shot on location
June 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Justice League director Zack Snyder goes from Batman v Superman to Snake v New York
Yes, the Zack Snyder of 300 and Rebel Moon fame is remaking John Carpenter's dystopian action thriller that somehow made the name 'Snake' cooler than it already was
June 02, 2026
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That Avengers: Doomsday "surprise" the Russo Brothers teased seems to actually be a promo for Robert Downey Jr.'s coffee brand
'Dom Latveria Coffee' is a cool concept, but when the Russos tease a Doctor Doom-releated "surprise" on social media, fans waiting for the Avengers: Doomsday trailer are naturally gonna think it's something else
June 02, 2026
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Obsession & Backrooms have paved the way for a horror peak we haven't seen since the 1970s, says Jason Blum
Box office sensations Obsession (Blumhouse) and Backrooms (A24) prove that horror isn't just having a moment. Horror *is* the moment. And Paranormal Activity producer Jason Blum would know
June 01, 2026
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Obsession's Bear had one more wish come true: voicing Cable in X-Men '97
Michael Johnston is going from twisted romantic terror to the world of X-Men, where relationships are always normal and good
June 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt