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Comic conventions: a comprehensive guide of all of the upcoming major comic cons

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!

April 24, 2024 Chris Arrant

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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 Chris Arrant

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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 Chris Arrant

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Rebecca Yarros explains how Fourth Wing transitioned from books to a live-action Amazon Prime Video TV show

"I know that they'll honor the diversity in the cast and we're not gonna see it whitewashed," the author says of the upcoming television adaptation

April 9, 2024 Graeme McMillan

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Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros reveals THIS SCENE almost didn't happen

The author discusses scenes that weren't originally in the book

April 9, 2024 Veronica Valencia

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Livestream Josh Brolin, One Piece, Brandon Sanderson, & more C2E2 2024 panels live from Chicago!

The 13 biggest panels of Chicago's C2E2 2024 will be able to be watched live from anywhere, straight into your home or phone.

April 8, 2024 Chris Arrant

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Watch now! | Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn & Stormlight Archive author, is taking fan questions at C2E2 '24 - stream it live

Ahead of his latest novel, Wind and Truth, Brandon Sanderson will be at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo - and you can livestream his panel here!

April 2, 2024 Ashley V. Robinson

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American Rust: That time Broken Justice star Maura Tierney slapped a cellphone on set

"And I whacked it one, and it hit her in the face." Tierney says

April 1, 2024 Ashley V. Robinson

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Members Access | Watch Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros' full panel conversation with Popverse

The author of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame took to the stage to talk about her globally successful Empyrean series

March 30, 2024 Veronica Valencia

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Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney chat the surprisingly difficult scene to film in American Rust season 2

"Alright, so I'll get 110% behind this, kind of, really outrageous behaviour by my character." Tierney says

March 29, 2024 Ashley V. Robinson

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Rebecca Yarros has revealed The Empyrean book 3 release date, title, and has even teased the plot

We're ready to ride the dragon one more time.

March 28, 2024 Trent Cannon

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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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Members Access | Watch Marissa Meyer, Jasmine Skye, Kendare Blake, & Margaret Owen match wits in... Battle of the Tropes

Authors of over 25 books across ten fantasy realms converge to debate the pros and cons of the most famous of fantasy tropes

March 28, 2024 Ashley V. Robinson

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Members Access | 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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Members Access | Watch the Divergent series author Veronica Roth's full panel conversation from Seattle's ECCC 2024

The Divergent, Chosen Ones, and Arch-Conspirator author Veronica Roth answered fan questions and discussed her work at ECCC '24

March 28, 2024 Ashley V. Robinson

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Members Access | Watch Veronica Roth & Terry Brooks discussion on building bestselling worlds from ECCC 2024

The authors of the Shannara Chronicles and Divergent series know what sells - listen as they tell you

March 28, 2024 Ashley V. Robinson

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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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How Alien inspired American Horror Story season 12 with its focus on "physical gruesomeness" of pregnancy

Danielle Valentine explained how her novel Delicate Condition, which is the basis for season 12, owes some inspiration to Ridley Scott's scifi classic

March 26, 2024 Grant DeArmitt

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Fourth Wing and Iron Flame author Rebecca Yarros reveals what her signet would be

We love lightning and shadows but that's not what Yarros wants her own signet to be

March 22, 2024 Veronica Valencia

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Fourth Wing's Rebecca Yarros became a writer to deal with sleepless nights

"I read thousands of books... so by the time I started writing my book, I had a good idea what story structure was," she explains

March 18, 2024 Graeme McMillan

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Dune: Part Three isn't greenlit yet, with studio exec saying director needs to "gets the script right"

CEO Josh Grode also said that "we have to have all creative stakeholders aligned and support the vision"

March 5, 2024 Grant DeArmitt

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Six movies to watch after you've finished Dune: Parts One and Two

Science fiction, epic history, and some more Denis Villeneuve fare - there's plenty to see after you've seen Dune

March 4, 2024 Grant DeArmitt

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What Instant Karma author Marissa Meyer notices about meeting readers

“There is a difference sort of energy at a convention centre full of people,” Meyer says

March 2, 2024 Ashley V. Robinson

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The upcoming Lord of the Rings movies would be great with Chris Evans, and Sean Astin gives him his blessing

He is the gatekeeper, after all

March 2, 2024 Grant DeArmitt

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Watch it here! | Watch the Lord of the Rings reunion panel from ECCC with Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, and John Rhys-Davies

23 years after the fellowship first set out for Mordor, the cast of LotR came Emerald City Comic Con 2024, and you can watch it here!

March 2, 2024 Grant DeArmitt

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Where's Waldo is the definition of fun for the whole family at ECCC '24

At this year's Emerald City Comic Con, he most sought after character isn't a superhero

March 1, 2024 Grant DeArmitt

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What Cinder author Marissa Meyer loves seeing most at conventions

"Oh! People watching and seeing the cosplay," Meyer says

Feb. 28, 2024 Ashley V. Robinson

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Lunar Chronicles' Marissa Meyer loves cosplay - and has certain cosplays she'd love to see at Seattle's ECCC this weekend

I may not be exactly into the thing that you're into, but we are already on a similar ground in that we are fans of something and we love something and we are here to just be excited about whatever that is," Meyer says

Feb. 26, 2024 Ashley V. Robinson

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Ghosts' The Captain is the best character the franchise has to offer

Let us tell you why The Captain deserves to be your favorite Ghosts UK character

Feb. 13, 2024 Ashley V. Robinson

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Anne Rice: How to read the overarching universe of the Vampire Chronicles, Mayfair Witches, and more in order

Step into the Immortal Universe of Anne Rice.

Feb. 4, 2024 Trent Cannon

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History is fun! | Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks war movies & shows: How & where to watch Saving Private Ryan, Masters of Air, and more (and how it all fits together)

These historical dramas are pretty accurate, down to the dates and times of major events in World War 2

Feb. 3, 2024 Mason Downey

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Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson returns to LA Shakespeare cabaret Shakes on the Rocks this February

It's Shakespeare, but faster, funnier, and with a two-drink minimum

Feb. 1, 2024 Ashley V. Robinson

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House of Flame and Shadow is out now! Watch Sarah J. Maas discuss 'Crescent City' and more

Watch the full panel from New York Comic Con 2019

Jan. 30, 2024 Veronica Valencia

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Seattle's ECCC 2024 welcomes Penguin Random House, Oni Press, Clarion West, and more

The full list of exhibitors at the 2024 Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle has been revealed.

Jan. 30, 2024 Chris Arrant

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Alex Segura returns to the scene of the comic book crime with new novel Alter Ego

The November title from Flatiron Books is a follow-up to his award-winning Secret Identity

Jan. 24, 2024 Graeme McMillan

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If you liked Saltburn, then Netflix's upcoming stylish queer thriller may be for you

It's Andrew Scott's turn.

Jan. 23, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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Veronica Roth is coming to Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024

The bestselling novelist will be a literary guest at 2024's Emerald City comic Con

Jan. 12, 2024 Tiffany Babb

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Fantasy is forever, The British Library argues

The current exhibit at the London institution takes a holistic approach to what fantasy means (and can mean)

Jan. 12, 2024 Graeme McMillan

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians Poll: Which Camp Half-Blood cabin would you be in?

Sure, you may not be a god's kid, but if you could choose - where would you live?

Jan. 11, 2024 Tiffany Babb

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You can add 'prose author' to Keanu Reeves' resume

The Book of Elsewhere, which takes place in the same universe as Reeves's comic BRZRKR, will be published by Random House's Del Rey

Jan. 10, 2024 Grant DeArmitt

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Even Percy Jackson & the Olympians: star Walker Scoball forgets his lines sometimes (and tells us about it cheekily)

"I don't, like, forget lines a lot, but when I do, it's bad."

Jan. 8, 2024 Ashley V. Robinson

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Percy Jackson's creators share what it was like working with Rick Riordan

"There was never a conversation with Rick and Becky where there was any sense of this must or must not be." says Jon Steinberg

Jan. 4, 2024 Ashley V. Robinson

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Even Percy Jackson & the Olympians: star Walker Scoball forgets his lines sometimes (and tells us about it cheekily)

"I don't, like, forget lines a lot, but when I do, it's bad."

Jan. 3, 2024 Ashley V. Robinson

Rebecca Yarros alongside Iron Flame and Fourth Wing covers

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Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros is going to Emerald City Comic Con 2024

The NYT bestselling author of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame is coming to ECCC 2024 in Seattle

Dec. 22, 2023 Illianna Gonzalez-Soto

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J.R.R. Tolkien reworked The Hobbit after Moomin creator illustrated an edition of the novel

What did Tove Jansson do that upset fans and surprised Tolkien?

Dec. 21, 2023 Graeme McMillan

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Yes, Zendaya will have a much bigger role in the second Dune film according to its director

Chani gets to shine this time around.

Dec. 19, 2023 Fran Ruiz

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V.E. Schwab on a literary trope she wishes she could stop

Fragile Threads of Power author V.E. Schwab criticizes authors for continuing to deny queer characters happy endings

Dec. 18, 2023 Jim McDermott

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V.E. Schwab wishes Buffy the Vampire Slayer had more diverse queer representation

Bestselling fantasy author V.E. Schwab talks why it’s so important to have a wide variety of queer characters in pop culture

Dec. 18, 2023 Jim McDermott

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How Rick Riordan worked with Disney+'s Percy Jackson creators to stay true to the books (while being open to inspiration and creativity)

"There was never a conversation with Rick and Becky where there was any sense of this must or must not be." says Jon Steinberg

Dec. 14, 2023 Ashley V. Robinson

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Rachel Smythe, Raina Telgemeier, and Kazu Kibuishi talk continuity in series writing

Three acclaimed graphic novelists discuss the challenges of creating long stories

Dec. 12, 2023 Jim McDermott

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Getting Camp Half-Blood t-shirts right required trying 20 shades of orange

The costume department had to dye 350 shirts, 19 at a time.

Dec. 7, 2023 Avery Kaplan

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How to read The Lord of the Rings canon

J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth books reading order

Dec. 2, 2023 Ashley V. Robinson

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Get started on The Sandman comics with this magical Black Friday deal

It's hard to fall asleep while reading this one.

Nov. 24, 2023 Fran Ruiz

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Get all the Twilight Saga books without sucking your wallet dry in the Black Friday Sale

Either edition will satisfy even the most die-hard Twilight fan in your life.

Nov. 24, 2023 Trent Cannon

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Disability isn't evil: Why Doctor Who is changing one of its most iconic villains, Davros

The classic Whovian villain appeared, sans wheelchair, in a Children in Need sketch also featuring David Tennant's Fourteenth Doctor

Nov. 22, 2023 Grant DeArmitt

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How to read Goosebumps in order

Here's how to read all of the original Goosebumps series in order.

Nov. 20, 2023 Avery Kaplan

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Poll: What is your favorite Hunger Games book?

Vote in our fan poll, and let us know!

Nov. 17, 2023 Tiffany Babb

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The Hunger Games: Every district of Panem explained

Explore Panem ahaed of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Nov. 16, 2023 Ashley V. Robinson

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What to watch after Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher

If you've finished Mike Flanagan's latest horror miniseries but need some more Edgar Allan Poe in your life, we've got you covered

Nov. 15, 2023 Grant DeArmitt

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Five Nights at Freddy's: Take an exclusive look at the first chapter of the FNAF movie novelization

Can't wait until December to check out the Five Nights at Freddy's official movie novel? We've got you covered.

Nov. 14, 2023 Tiffany Babb

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Audible's Moriarty podcast understands what makes Arthur Conan Doyle's arch-villain survive

Season Two, The Silent Order, continues a 130-year cultural obsession with Sherlock Holmes's nemesis. But why does he continue to fascinate?

Nov. 13, 2023 Grant DeArmitt

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David Tennant insists on calling The Scottish play by name, defying 400 years of theater tradition

While talking about his next theatrical role as the lead in Shakespeare's Scottish Play, David Tennant scoffed at the idea of it being cursed to call it by name.

Nov. 9, 2023 Jim McDermott

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Critical Role is doing even more Bells Hells - with a prequel!

Critical Role returns to print with Bells Hells: What Doesn't Break

Nov. 9, 2023 Tiffany Babb

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Jane Austen fans will fall in love with these new Puffin In Bloom covers

These beautiful new covers are illustrated by Rifle Paper Co.'s Anna Bond

Nov. 8, 2023 Tiffany Babb

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How did Taylor Swift influence The Fourth Wing? Rebecca Yarros tells us all about it

With the second book in the Empyrean saga, Iron Flame, out in stores now, Yarros talks to Popverse about her musical inspirations

Nov. 8, 2023 Grant DeArmitt

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Watch the Goosebumps Anniversary celebration with R.L. Stine and Tim Jacobus from New York Comic Con

Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine and Goosebumps cover artist Tim Jacobus talk about the legacy of Goosebumps books

Nov. 2, 2023 Ashley V. Robinson

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Members Access | Watch Footsteps director Janine Pipe and executive producer Neil Marshall in conversation at MCM

Frequent collaborators Pipe and Marshall spoke about the making of the werewolf short, and we caught it on camera

Nov. 2, 2023 Grant DeArmitt

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Did you want a different Game of Thrones ending? So did Cersei actor Lena Headey for her character and Arya

One that involved less falling bricks.

Oct. 30, 2023 Fran Ruiz

Goosebumps The Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium

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Goosebumps The Musical: Everything you need to know about Phantom of the Auditorium

Ready to get some spooky thrills musical-style?

Oct. 26, 2023 Tiffany Babb

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The Fourth Wing official pronunciation guide, according to author/creator Rebecca Yarros

You've been saying Basgiath wrong the whole time, but don't worry Rebecca Yarros can help

Oct. 25, 2023 Veronica Valencia

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My night of romance at NYCC

Ali Hazelwood's panel on pop culture and romance turned into something so much more

Oct. 23, 2023 Jim McDermott

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The Simpsons: After last Halloween, the bar for this year's Treehouse of Horror is high

Treehouse of Horror XXXIV, which will air on Fox November 5, needs to be great to top 2022's Death Tome or Not It

Oct. 20, 2023 Grant DeArmitt

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Christopher Paolini teases many more books to come in the Eragonverse

At NYCC Christopher Paolini says new book Murtaugh is “the beginning” of a whole new series of Eragon books

Oct. 18, 2023 Jim McDermott

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Martin Scorsese-produced crime thriller enlists Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, and Gerard Butler

Three big stars who are familiar with bloody action sign on for a new movie produced by the iconic filmmaker

Oct. 17, 2023 Fran Ruiz

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Mark Hamill is the terrifying breakout from Fall of the House of Usher

Playing family enforcer Arthur Pym in Fall of the House of Usher, Mark Hamill is a transfixing menace

Oct. 13, 2023 Jim McDermott

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Watch now! | Watch the Disney+ Goosebumps panel from New York Comic Con 2023

R.L. Stine's legendary tales of terror came to Disney+, after they made a stop at New York Comic Con. Watch the panel here, presented by DoorDash.

Oct. 13, 2023 Grant DeArmitt

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Netflix's Fall of the House of Usher: All the major Edgar Allan Poe references you might have missed

We'll take you through the places, people, and poems that Mike Flanagan & Co have worked into the latest Netflix horror series. Be warned, spoilers ahead

Oct. 12, 2023 Grant DeArmitt

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Bill Watterson calls collaboration with The Mysteries' artist John Kascht “appallingly inefficient and wasteful”

Bill Watterson and John Kascht wrestled with radically different ideas and art styles in creating their new book The Mysteries.

Oct. 11, 2023 Jim McDermott

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Dr. Seuss' world expands to comics with a brand-new line at Random House Graphic

Random House Graphic and Dr. Seuss Enterprises are teaming up for a brand-new Dr. Seuss graphic novel line

Oct. 10, 2023 Tiffany Babb

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Banned Book Spotlight: The Magic Fish shows how people communicate when they feel like they can’t

Trung Le Nguyen's The Magic Fish weaves fairy tales into a story about a young man struggling to come out to his parents

Oct. 6, 2023 Tiffany Babb

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Banned Books Week: Four ways to take action against book bans

Want to get your voice heard about the rising wave of book bans in the United States? Here are four easy ways.

Oct. 4, 2023 Tiffany Babb

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Neil Gaiman is back to work on Good Omens 3

Recently, the Good Omens co-author took to Tumblr to answer questions about the status of the third chapter of Prime Video's adaptation

Sept. 27, 2023 Grant DeArmitt

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Free! | Watch the full Leigh Bardugo and Dani Pendergast panel from at NYCC 2022 for free!

Demon in the Wood takes the stage at the Javits Center as author Leigh Bardugo and Dani Pendergast take fan questions.

Sept. 14, 2023 Grant DeArmitt

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Romance author Chuck Tingle on how his audience "saved" him

"I just want to say, from the bottom of my heart, before I get too dang emotional: you have all saved my life.”

Sept. 12, 2023 Greg Silber

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Watch now! | NYCC 2023: Watch the Disney+ Percy Jackson and the Olympians panel here!

Upcoming Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians was at New York Comic Con 2023, and you can watch the panel here, brought to you by Tumblr. Welcome back.

Sept. 7, 2023 Grant DeArmitt

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Neil Gaiman almost prevented Terry Pratchett’s unfinished work from being steamrolled (almost)

Pratchett’s biographer Rob Wilkins shared this strange story of carrying out Terry Pratchett's wishes with fans at MCM 2022

Aug. 28, 2023 Avery Kaplan

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Good Omens season 2: What Aziraphale's plight says about religion and goodness

Good Omens season 2 tempts the audience to question what they've been taught

Aug. 15, 2023 Jim McDermott

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A new Meg book takes everything you love about the Meg movies, and gives you more

The Meg creator Steve Alten explained about the new boxset on Enter the Popverse

Aug. 10, 2023 Graeme McMillan

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Aug. 4, 2023 Chris Arrant

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Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage are coming to prose starting in 2024, thanks to Marvel Crime

The new line comes from Marvel and Disney sibling, Hyperion Avenue

Aug. 1, 2023 Graeme McMillan

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The Meg creator Steve Alten boards a shark-themed Enter the Popverse

Prose novelist and The Meg creator Steve Alten comes to talk about the franchise ahead of The Meg 2: The Trench

Aug. 1, 2023 Chris Arrant

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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, American Booksellers Association, and more sue over new Texas rating law

“The Reader Act” is set to require booksellers to rate book based on “current community standards of decency”

July 28, 2023 Tiffany Babb

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MCM Comic Con: Watch Our Flag Means Death, Star Trek, Yu-Gi-Oh, and other panels from the London May 2023 event!

Our Flag Mean Death and the stars of Witcher, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and more are here at MCM Comic Con

July 24, 2023 Chris Arrant

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Get ready, the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con dates have been confirmed (and its a busy weekend)

What are you doing in late July 2024, anyway? We're doing Comic-Con International: San Diego

July 22, 2023 Chris Arrant

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SDCC 2023: What to expect at San Diego Comic-Con this year

Everything you need to know about this year's San Diego Comic-Con

July 14, 2023 Chris Arrant

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The Witcher returns to it season 1 form (and the novels) with the bewitching 'Act of Illusion' episode

In "The Act of Illusion," The Witcher returns to the playful, complex narrative style of the first season and also celebrates the storytelling of the novels

July 7, 2023 Jim McDermott