Grant DeArmitt
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Horror stories & cozy lit come from the same place, according to Better in Black author Cassandra Clare
Author Cassandra Clare, who has created her own dark fantasies in The Shadowhunter Chronicles, believes that there's a need we have as modern readers, and that both horror and cozy fiction fill it in different ways
April 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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These fantasy tropes need to die, according to fantasy authors Cassandra Clare, Sarah Mughal Rana, & Chelsea Abdullah
There were plenty of discussions at BookCon 2026 about the worst fantasy tropes, but none of them probably held the weight of the one between authors Clare (Shadowhunters), Rana (Dawn of the Firebird), & Abdullah (Sandsea)
April 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch The Language of Love with Jasmine Guillory, Casey McQuiston, & Tia Williams from BookCon 2026!
Authors Guillory (The Wedding Date), McQuiston (Red, White, and Royal Blue), and Williams (A Love Song for Ricki Wilde) dissected what makes the romance genre work at BookCon '26, and Popverse was there to learn (and film)
April 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch The Importance and Impact of Dystopian and Fantasy Fiction with Tahereh Mafi and Chloe Gong from BookCon 2026!
Mafi, author of the Shatter Me series, and Gong, author of the StrangeLoom series, shared their experience with the reigning champion of YA subgenres, and Popverse was filming their panel
April 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch Into the World of Romantasy with Adalyn Grace, Stacia Stark, & Elise Kova from BookCon 2026!
You've read All the Stars and Teeth, We Who Will Die, & A Deal with the Elf King. Now hear what their authors - Grace, Stark, & Kova, respectively - had to say at BookCon '26, where Popverse was filming their panel
April 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch The Alchemy of YA and New Adult Fantasy with Amélie Wen Zhao, Analeigh Sbrana, Jordan Ifueko, Tracy Deonn, & Claribel A. Ortega from BookCon 2026!
Popverse was there to record series authors Zhao (Blood Heir), Sbrana (Lore of the Wilds), Ifueko (Raybearer), Deonn (Legendborn), and Ortega (Witchlings) as they spoke about their history with and the future of YA Lit
April 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
What time do new Legend of Vox Machina episodes come out? Here's the season 4 release schedule for Critical Role's Prime Video series
What is The Legend of Vox Machina's season 4 release date? How many episodes will The Legend of Vox Machina season 4 be? We're here to tell you what we know about Prime Video's latest Critical Role adaptation
April 23, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role Campaign 4: Halandil Fang is Liam O'Brien's desperate attempt to break his sad boi streak
O'Brien, who played such traumatized characters as Vax, Caleb, & Orym in Critical Role's campaigns past, once heard that he didn't need tragedy to build a strong character. So he's testing that out
April 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' season 2 release date hasn't moved - despite the set being literally underwater
A flood has wrecked the sets for the HBO spin-off from Game of Thrones, but the show remains on schedule nonetheless
April 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch the Penning the Perfect Atmosphere panel with Alexis Henderson, Alix E. Harrow, & Olivie Blake from Bookcon 2026!
At BookCon 2026, the creators of The Year of the Witching, Starling House, and The Atlas Six - Henderson, Harrow, and Blake, respectively - presented a masterclass in setting the literary mood. Popverse was there to film it
April 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch You Had Me at Hockey with Rachel Reid, Ngozi Ukazu, Emily Rath, Bal Khabra, Stephanie Archer, & Kate Cochrane from Bookcon 2026!
Ice has never been hotter, as the authors of Heated Rivalry; Check, Please; Pucking Around; Collide; Behind the Net; and Wake Up, Nat and Darcy attested at BookCon, where Popverse was filming their panel
April 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
The Pitt season 3 release date: January 2027 window, cast, plot and what we know so far
Season 2 just ended, but that's all the more reason to start asking the important questions regarding The Pitt season 3's release date on HBO Max now
April 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
How Taylor Swift helped convince Veronica Roth to revive the Divergent series after almost a decade
Roth explained that she had a revelation when Swift played her old music at the Eras Tour - and that it led to the process that produced The Sixth Faction, the alt-reality return to Divergent
April 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Diabolical: The Boys pilot director Dan Trachtenberg was sneakily plotting Predator SFX on set
In both The Boys episode one and Prey, there's a very similar invisibility effect. And that's no mistake - Predator chief Dan Trachtenberg is behind them both
April 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch the Beaches, A New Musical - From Page to Stage panel with Iris Rainer Dart and Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso from Bookcon 2026!
Four decades after the novel Beaches hit shelves, author Dart was at BookCon to talk about its Broadway adaptation, alongside producer Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso. The Popverse gang was there too, and we brought our cameras along
April 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's Liam O'Brien refuses to create headcannon for Caleb & Essek's romance: "I don't want to limit the future"
We know that Caleb Widogast and Essek Thelyss get together at the end of Campaign 2, which is where we get the story of The Mighty Nein. But what happens next? Liam O'Brien doesn't want to narrow down the possibilities
April 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Hey New Line, give The Mummy's Lee Cronin the Lord of the Rings movie he wants to direct
Remember, before Peter Jackson adapted J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings for film, he was an experienced horror director - we're pretty sure that means that The Mummy and Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin deserves a shot, too
April 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch The Depths of Darkness: An Exploration of Dark Fantasy with Holly Black and Marie Lu from Bookcon 2026!
Authors of The Spiderwick Chronicles (Black) and the Legend series (Lu), explored the side of the fantasy left out of most fairy tales - and Popverse was there to film it
April 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Part of Avengers: Doomsday will be in theaters earlier than you thought, as Endgame rerelease to include new footage of next MCU mega-event
At Cinemacon 2026, Endgame director Joe Russo revealed that Marvel Studios will be rereleasing the film "with footage that is set in the Doomsday story."
April 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch the Heroines of Romantasy panel with Victoria Aveyard, Rachel Gillig, Carissa Broadbent, & Scarlett St. Clair from Bookcon 2026!
Aveyard (Red Queen), Gillig (Two Twisted Crowns), Broadbent (Crowns of Nyaxia), and St. Clair (Touch of Darkness) brought their romantasy expertise to NYC, and Popverse was there to record it
April 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch the Page to Screen panel with Andy Weir, Emily St. John Mandel, Robinne Lee, & May Cobb from Bookcon 2026!
Weir, Mandel, Lee, & Cobb - the minds behind Project Hail Mary, Exit Party, The Idea of You, & the Hunting Wives, respectively - talked having their prose adapted to screen with BookCon '26, and Popverse was filming
April 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch Shadow and Bone / Ninth House author Leigh Bardugo from Bookcon 2026!
Grishaverse creator and Six of Crows author Leigh Bardugo made BookCon '26 a must-quest for fantasy fans... and Popverse caught her panel on tape
April 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Veronica Roth has already finished the sequel to dystopian romance Seek the Traitor's Son
Roth's dystopian romance series, The Burning Empire, is not only getting a second entry after Seek the Traitor's Son, but at BookCon 2026, the author confirmed it was complete
April 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch the Horror as a Mirror, Horror as Escape panel with Chuck Tingle, Tananarive Due, Kylie Lee Baker, & Bethany C. Morrow from Bookcon 2026!
Fright fans at BookCon came out in droves for Horror as a Mirror, Horror as Escape: How Lived Experiences Shape Fictional Fears - featuring Tingle (Lucky Day), Due (The Reformatory), Baker (Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng), and Morrow (The Body) - and Popverse filmed it
April 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch Then/Now: The Evolution of Your Career Since That 1st Book with Melissa de la Cruz, Meg Cabot, Ann M. Martin, Libba Bray, & Kami Garcia from Bookcon 2026!
Cruz, Cabot, Martin, Bray, and Garcia (authors of the Blue Bloods, Princess Diaries, Baby-Sitters Club, Gemma Doyle, and Beautiful Creatures series, respectively) looked back on their decades=spanning careers at NYC's BookCon
April 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch the Spotlight on R.F. Kuang from Bookcon 2026!
Ground-breaking author of Babel and Katabasis R.F. Kuang came to NYC for this year's BookCon, and Popverse was there to film her panel
April 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch Game Changing TV: Celebrating Heated Rivalry with Rachel Reid & Jacob Tierney from BookCon 2026!
Game Changers author Rachel Reid and Heated Rivalry showrunner Jacob Tierney brought steam to melt a whole city full of hockey rinks, and Popverse was there to catch their BookCon spotlight
April 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Veronica Roth's Divergent series is back with the first new novel in 8 years, The Sixth Faction
The Sixth Faction will be the sixth entry into Roth's Divergent novel series, but will take place in an alternate timeline than her previous works.
April 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's Weird Kids, starring Ashley Johnson & Taliesin Jaffe, returns this May!
Former child actors turned actual play legends Johnson & Jaffe are back for 24 all-new episodes of Weird Kids, streaming on Critical Role's Beacon.tv next month
April 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Daggerheart's romantasy campaign is a "testing ground" to see what TTRPG audiences want, says Critical Role mastermind Matt Mercer
Daggerheart's new campaign, With Love and Magic, is expected to be a digital-first release sometime in 2026. And according to Critical Role's Mercer, it's a test to see how interested players are into that kind of release
April 15, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
How Critical Role's Sam Riegel would make a Phoenix Wright movie
"You can't handle the - OBJECTION!" Phoenix Wright fans, Critical Role mainstay (and voice of Wright himself) Sam Riegel has a movie pitch you're gonna want to hear
April 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Why is Critical Role Campaign 4 so different? According to Matt Mercer, it's partially that the original cast is "starting to pass the torch"
Matt Mercer says even parts of Critical Role Campaign 3 were the beginnings of a plan to "expand beyond just the eight of us" - that is, the OG cast members
April 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Why Fjord Stone's introduction in The Mighty Nein is different than in Critical Role Campaign 2 (and the Dark Horse Origin comics), according to Travis Willingham
Willingham, who plays Stone in both Critical Role Campaign 2 and Prime Video's The Mighty Nein, said that audiences entered the latter in "a deeper point canonically"
April 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Critical Role release schedule (Updated April 2026): What time do the new Critical Role episodes come out? Here's the Campaign 4 schedule
Critical Role's Campaign 4 is showing no signs of slowing down, but if you fall behind, don't fret. Popverse is here to catch you up on everything you need to know about the D&D actual play series' next episode release dates
April 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Is Critical Role developing a live-action show set in Exandria? Here's what Sam Riegel actually said
Is there a Critical Role live-action series in development? Yes and no - but to be clear, there's no chance we're heading to Exandria in anything but animation anytime soon
April 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Heated Rivalry might split its The Long Game adaptation into seasons 2 and 3, partially so it can add more material
Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney says there's a lot to adapt from Rachel Reid's The Long Game, but that isn't stopping him from adding even more. (And by the way, we're going to spoil what "more" means)
April 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Comic artists once again being as popular as comic writers is "good for the business" and "the artform" says superstar artist-turned-DC publisher Jim Lee
Lee, who comics fans know was at the heart of another artist superstardom phase in the 90s, says the balance of fame between writer and artist is righting itself again
April 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel's Sentry co-creator, Paul Jenkins, explains what made him the "breakout character" of the MCU's Thunderbolts*
Comic book writer Jenkins, who is currently working on the 2026 Sentry run for Marvel Comics, thinks neither the Golden Guardian or The Void are the key to the character
April 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
V for Vendetta co-creator Alan Moore believes comics is still "astonishing" and full of potential... but the comics business is a different story
It's not that Watchmen and Swamp Thing scribe Moore has given up on the comics art form "the full potential of which," he says, "Has been barely scratched." It's the comics *industry* that he's renounced
April 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's Sam Riegel confirms at least one Campaign 2 guest star is coming to The Mighty Nein... and we even have a list of who it might be
Critical Role Campaign 2 guest stars Deborah Ann Woll or Chris Perkins might just make an appearance in Prime Video's The Mighty Nein. But they're not the only possibilities...
April 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
No, Wuthering Heights' Emerald Fennell isn't rebooting Basic Instinct
There is a Basic Instinct reboot in development, just not with Fennell as the director. Even though you might've heard she was involved from one of the franchise's key players
April 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Despite rumors, Prime Video's Lord of the Rings looks set to run the full five years
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is running until season 5 as originally planned, says one source, since it is "under Bezos’ magical halo."
April 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
SpoilersAll the fan hate for the new husband of Spider-Man's ex Mary Jane means the story is working, says Marvel boss Tom Brevoort
Since Mary Jane's new husband debuted in 2022's The Amazing Spider-Man #1, fans have thrown a lot of heat his way. But according to Brevoort, there is an upside to all that outrage
April 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Scream co-creator Kevin Williamson wants to make one more great horror series before he dies
Williamson, one of the minds behind not just the Scream franchise but also I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Faculty, still wants one more iconic horror staple under his belt
April 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watchmen co-creator Alan Moore diagnoses the problem with comics: Prices are too high, the number of working class creators is too low
Comics were once "ignored by culture and regarded as a trash medium suitable only for children or the working classes," says Swamp Thing writer Moore. And the change from that status is maybe not a good thing
April 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
DC Batman: The Killing Joke is being reprinted in ultra-deluxe and ultra-rare limited edition, complete with camera case
Batman: The Killing Joke's Avant-Garde edition will feature both the original 1988 coloring and modern retouching, as well as a new forward by Brian Bolland. What's more - only 47 copies (!) will be produced
April 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Project Hail Mary and the Artemis II Spaceflight have started a new Space Age on screen - and viewers are tuning in
Project Hail Mary, the second-biggest non-franchise film of the decade, and the launch of Artemis II prove that the world is once again looking to the skies
April 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's The Mighty Nein showrunner, Tasha Huo, reveals a Campaign 2 scene that didn't make it into the Prime Video adaptation
There's a battle from Critical Role Campaign 2, episode 7, that was part of the original plan for The Mighty Nein season 1, says showrunner Huo, that ended up failing its last saving throw
April 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel is worried it's not going to print enough of Avengers: Armageddon #1, and is trying to break the news to retailers early
Marvel is expecting Avengers: Armageddon #1, which comes with a Magic: The Gathering promo card, to sell big. So big, in fact, they're warning retailers of a possible shortage in advance
April 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Boys season 5 is the bullet America didn't dodge, says showrunner Eric Kripke
Eric Kripke and The Boys writers room wrote the final season of the authoritarian allegory before Donald Trump won re-election in 2024. Now, says the showrunner, their script has become a reality
April 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel Comics' Tom Brevoort says "my greatest crime in comics" was deciding the winner of a Superman vs. Thor fight from JLA/Avengers
Fans demanded one thing from the JLA/Avengers crossover by George Pérez and Kurt Busiek. But when it actually happened, said Brevoort, fans gave him (and still give him) a lot of guff
April 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum has recast Aragorn, but it sure seems like another Tolkien king - Lee Pace's Thranduil - is coming back
Not only does Legolas's dad AKA Lee Pace make an appearance in the JRR Tolkien text being adapted into Hunt for Gollum, there's a recent quote from the movie's screenwriter that hints at his appearance in the movie itself
April 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
What's next for TTRPG actual play, according to Critical Role stars Matt Mercer, Travis Willingham, & Sam Riegel
From choreographed swordplay to underground rap battles, the future of D&D actual plays like Critical Role and Dimension 20 is a universe of possibilities, as some of the most important figures in the medium explain
April 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
How many seasons of Critical Role's The Mighty Nein will be on Prime Video? Sam Riegel says the team "could tell a story" in 5, but wants to do around 7
Despite the pun, says Critical Role's Riegel in a joint interview with Mighty Nein showrunner Tasha Huo, "nine seems excessive."
April 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Hellfire Murder sees the X-Men do Knives Out, with Wolverine as Benoit Blanc (but sluttier)
X-Men: The Hellfire Murder #1 is the next edition of Marvel's long-running annual Hellfire Gala event, but this time, there's a murder mystery twist. And also, a lot of skin from a certain Logan
April 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms creator George RR Martin told Lyonel Baratheon actor Daniel Ings that he had more plans for his character
If you, like me, became obsessed with Ings's Lyonel Baratheon, AKA The Laughing Storm, in HBO's latest Game of Thrones prequel, then George RR Martin has good news
April 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Weapons prequel Gladys adds Krampus and Monsterverse Godzilla scribe to cowrite script
Weapons director Zach Cregger will cowrite his prequel with Zach Shields, the man responsible for the Krampus and Godzilla vs. Kong film scripts
April 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel's original plan was for Cyclops to gain power over his eyes and lose the visor in the future, but the creators said "we're not doing that"
Jed MacKay and Ryan Stegman were pitched an idea to ditch Cyclops's most iconic feature for the future-set X-Men: Age of Revelation . And despite coming from the X-Men's line editor, Tom Brevoort, they ignored it
April 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
There's one bit of the Justice League / Avengers crossover that bugs its editor 20+ years later, and it involves an aborted plan to put trade DC and Marvel heroes in their universes
Brevoort says the Marvel & DC crossover title by George Pérez and Kurt Busiek had to ditch one of the coolest ideas they had in the planning stage
April 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Why Storm is now officially “Earth’s Mightiest Mutant” for Marvel, according to her writer Murewa Ayodele
Storm's current writer, Murewa Ayodele, says that Ororo's status as Marvel's Mightiest Mutant is about more than just her powers. Which, we should also clarify, are pretty damn mighty
April 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Fast & the Furious is heading home for it final lap, says Vin Diesel: "It's a gift"
That the Fast & Furious franchise's final film, Fast Forever, is headed back to LA is an effort to "close it out right," says star Vin Diesel
April 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Hulu's Buffy the Vampire Slayer update is dead, but its writers are rising again for Scream 8
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale scribes Lilla and Nora Zuckerman are going from ghost chases to ghost faces as the new writers of Paramount's Scream 8, now in development
April 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Something is Killing the Children's James Tynion IV reveals his fancast for a live-action Erica Slaughter: Maya Hawke
For Tynion, who created Something is Killing the Children's lead character Erica Slaughter, one facet of Erica in particular has him eyeing Stranger Things star Hawke
March 31, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
James Tynion IV's first attempt at Something is Killling the Children was a totally different story - "Me trying to do a Twin Peaks thing"
No, the original Something is Killing the Children didn't have any cherry pie or damn fine coffee, but it did feature rural mysteries and a detective with a very unorthodox way of investigating
March 30, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch the Cosplay Crown Championship Regional Qualifier and US Finals from Chicago's C2E2!
The latest chapter of the global Cosplay Crown Championship was at C2E2 2026 - see all the winners and their incredible cosplay right here!
March 30, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch You Have Failed This Panel: The Cast of Arrow with Emily Bett Rickards and David Ramsey from Chicago's C2E2!
Having both stared at saved the CW's classic Arrowverse, Arrow's own Felicity Smoake and John Diggle - Emily Bett Rickards and David Ramsey themselves - took the stage at C2E2 2026. And Popverse was there to film it
March 30, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch It's Clobberin' Time: The Cast of Fantastic Four with Ioan Gruffudd and Michael Chiklis from Chicago's C2E2!
Half of the OG cinematic Fantastic Four - Ioan Gruffudd and Michael Chiklis - brought a piece of the Baxter Building to C2E2 2026, and you can watch their panel right here, right now
March 30, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch Truth, Justice, and Family: The Cast of Superman & Lois with Tyler Hoechlin, Bitsie Tulloch, & Michael Cudlitz, from Chicago's C2E2!
Clark Kent, Lois Lane, & Lex Luthor - that is Tyler Hoechlin, Bitsie Tulloch, & Michael Cudlitz - soared to C2E2 2026 for a heroic Main Stage panel... and you can watch it here now
March 30, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch Welcome to Jurassic Park: A Reunion with the Original Cast with BD Wong, Ariana Richards, Joseph Mazzello, & Wayne Knight from Chicago's C2E2!
The original stars of Jurassic Park stomped their way into C2E2 2026, with Wu (Wong), Lex (Richards), Tim (Mazzello), and Nedry (Knight) joining forces for a (pre)historic panel! Watch it here
March 30, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
How Swamp Thing will enter the Something is Killing the Children universe, according to James Tynion IV
Despite the DC/BOOM! Studios collaboration's absolutely brilliant title, we couldn't fathom a good reason why Swamp Thing is Killing the Children. But as James Tynion IV let us know, it's not exactly him that's doing it...
March 29, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel Comics' recent One World Under Doom crossover event might've been too long, says top Marvel editor Tom Brevoort
One World under Doom, the Marvel event with a core book by Ryan North & R.B. Silva, lasted 10 months of 2025. Longtime editor Brevoort says the next event might be shorter
March 29, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch the Hell’s Kitchen Returns: Daredevil: Born Again with Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Elden Henson, & Wilson Bethel from Chicago's C2E2!
After the debut of Daredevil: Born Again season 2, Matt Murdock, Jessica Jones, Foggy Nelson & Bullseye themselves - that is, Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Elden Henson & Wilson Bethel, respectively - brought the action to C2E2 2026. And you can watch it now
March 29, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch The West Wing reunion panel with Martin Sheen & Dulé Hill from Chicago's C2E2!
Straight out of the presidential administration of our dreams, The West Wing's Jed Bartlet and Charlie Young - Martin Sheen & Dulé Hill, of course - stopped to stump at Chicago's C2E2 '2026. And we were there to film it
March 29, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
And the winners of the Cosplay Central Crown Championship Regional Qualifier and US Finals at C2E2 2026 are...
At C2E2 2026, during the Cosplay Central Crown Championship's latest exciting event, one incredible cosplayer took home the top trophy and will be heading to London for the Global Finals. Find out who it was here!
March 29, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel Comics shares rare insight to how the current economy is affecting superhero events and how big they are
Did you notice the tie-in issue count for Marvel's One World Under Doom was leaner than it was for Civil War? According to Tom Brevoort, that's because comic readers' wallets are leaner, too
March 27, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
What Critical Role looks for in a new cast member, according to Sam Riegel & Travis Willingham
"I think we don't all have to be voice actors," says Riegel, turning a familiar phrase for Critical Role fans, "But we have to be nerdy-ass."
March 27, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Are you coming to C2E2 2026 looking for an Artist Alley commission? Let Popverse put you in touch with your favorite artists
You're headed to C2E2 '26 to nab a commission from your favorite comics artist, but so are a *lot* of other people. Read on to learn how you can get your drawing of Nightwing and Jon Snow kissing (or whatever) faster and easier
March 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
C2E2 2026 is in the books, and we loved every moment of it (especially the dancing)
Chicago's finest weekend of the entire year has finished, and we're missing the magic that was C2E2 2026 already
March 20, 2026
Graeme McMillan
News
Where to find Popverse at Chicago's C2E2 2026
Heading to the midwest's premiere pop culture event of 2026? So are Popverse's Ashley, Jules, Chris , Grant, and Martin. We'll see you at C2E2!
March 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Coming to C2E2 2026? Think you know gaming, comics, TV & anime? Come prove it at the Popverse Pop Quiz!
Trivia is back, Popverse style, at Chicago's C2E2 - here's what you need to know
March 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Critical Role's Campaign 4 characters ranked (as of episode 18)
We've been with the PCs of Critical Role Campaign 4's Aramán long enough that we can start picking our favorites - but don't think for a second that means those favorites can't change
March 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Looking for C2E2's 2026 panel line-up? Allow us to recommend the can't-miss events
From the adventures of Uncharted to the shadows of Something is Killing the Children to a one-on-one with the Scarlet Witch herself, here's the biggest panels happening at C2E2 2026
March 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Dungeons & Dragons' 5E vampirism is changing forever with Axis Saga: The War of Silence
Axis Saga is a brand new horror D&D 5E campaign frame developed by Wyldwolf Games, and featuring partners like Roll20 and Dwarven Forge.
March 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Headed to C2E2 2026's Artist Alley? Here are Popverse's must-visits
Some of the biggest names in DC and Marvel Comics (plus plenty of indie darlings) are on their way to C2E2 - here are the Artist Alley tables Popverse will be sure to see
March 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Chicago's C2E2 2026 is just a few days away - here are the top exhibitor booths we won't be missing
Comedy, TTRPGs, and of course, comics, are on the showfloor at C2E2 '26. Here are the exhibitor booths Popverse is most excited about
March 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Even Marvel writers knew fans wouldn't like Spider-Man: One More Day's erasure of Pater & MJ's marriage
Marc Guggenheim recalls being in the room when Spider-Man: One More Day was pitched... and feeling trepidatious about how Marvel Comics fans were going to react
March 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Regular Show's Rigby didn't expect the character to grow - but noticed it as soon as it happened
Rigby himself, William Salyers, told us about when he suspected his half of the Regular Show lead characters "was maturing normally," as opposed to Mordecai
March 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
What the Critical Role Exandrian video game is taking from Dispatch, according to Travis Willingham
The hit game Dispatch was made with a lot of Critical Role support - and now the success of that game is informing Critical Role's first video game.
March 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Surprise, there's a Ghosts movie - and it's out this year (in the UK, at least)
If you're in the UK or Ireland, expect to find Ghosts: The Possession of Button House in a theater near you this Halloween
March 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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MCU synergy is "just common sense" for Marvel Comics, but it's "not following lock-step" says senior leader
Marvel's longtime editor Tom Brevoort admits that the comics line takes advantage of the "awareness" that comes from an MCU movie - but that's not the only thing the publisher considers
March 18, 2026
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What made Stranger Things' Jamie Campbell Bower "burst into tears" about the Season 5 finale
Jamie Campbell Bower, who you probably know as Henry Creel/Vecna, called Stranger Things' finale "a beautifully fitting and and poignant and emotional" end
March 18, 2026
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Is Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale not dead after all? “Welcome the mystery,” teases director Chloé Zhao
We're not trying to bring false hope into the apparent slaying of Zhao's Buddy sequel series, New Sunnydale, but one comment the Hamnet director made on the Oscars red carpet has our vampire senses tingling
March 17, 2026
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Vampires, zombies, and now Death Angels: Sinners star Jack O'Connell joins A Quiet Place Part III
Horror's new golden boy, Sinners and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple star O'Connell, joins lead Emily Blunt and director John Krasinski in the next installment in Paramount's A Quiet Place franchise
March 17, 2026
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Supergirl saves a baby Superman from Kypton's destruction in a new DC comic coinciding with her DC Studios movie
Supergirl: Survive by Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan, and artist Rod Reis sees a young Kara Zor-El and her baby cousin Kal escape the destruction of Kypton together, hitting comic shops right before the DCU's Supergirl hits the big screen
March 17, 2026
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One Piece star Inaki Godoy delved deep into the manga to preserve Luffy's spirit in the Netflix series
"Not everything goes as planned," says the One Piece protagonist's real-life avatar, "but I tried to stay true to Luffy’s words, movements, and spirit as much as possible."
March 13, 2026
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A Quiet Place: Day One director is tiptoeing toward an Alien: Romulus sequel
The Quiet Place prequel director, Michael Sarnoski, may be about to learn that in space, no one can hear you scream. Man, I bet his previous characters had those acoustics
March 13, 2026
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The Oscars producers are teasing a Marvel moment at Sunday’s show
The Oscars producer Katy Mullan promises some "superstar superheroes" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will take the Academy Awards stage, along with one mysterious "extraterrestrial" joining them
March 12, 2026
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Star Wars’ new boss, Dave Filoni, says fans shouldn’t compare The Mandalorian & Grogu to what's come before
Dave Filoni wants Star Wars fans to know that they're in for a different big screen experience when the Pedro Pascal/Baby Yoda-starring Mandalorian follow-up hits theaters this May
March 11, 2026
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Marvel’s Mole Man is rumored to be creeping into the new live-action Scooby Doo
Fantastic Four: First Steps' own Paul Walter Hauser might be in Netflix's upcoming live-action adaptation of the Mystery Inc. gang as Scooby's owner. And no, we're not talking about Shaggy...
March 11, 2026
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Marvel's new Cyclops writer thinks there’s a Biblical inspiration behind the X-Men hero
Cyclops writer Alex Paknadel points to an Old Testament inspiration for his current run on the X-Men leader's solo book, and explains how Marvel's Jed McKay got him to see the connection
March 11, 2026
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