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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
August 01, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
If you like Indiana Jones, you'll love these recommended comics, movies, and TV shows
Before, after, or during your Indiana Jones lovefest, here are some other movies, TV, shows and comics you'll enjoy
July 31, 2023
Leon Miller
News
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
News
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 24, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
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
Features
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
Features
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 07, 2023
Jim McDermott
News
A Game of Thrones con has been canceled due to Florida's latest laws
Westeros ain't got nothing on Florida, according to the organizers of a major Game of Thrones convention
July 07, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Andrzej SapkowskiThe Witcher reading order: How to read Andrzej Sapkowski's books in chronological and release order
There are Three Different Ways to Read the Witcher—Chronologically, Original print order and by U.S. release order.
July 03, 2023
Jim McDermott
News
Miami! Get ready for the next Florida Supercon, as we have the 2024 FSC dates
Florida Supercon is heading back to Miami next July. Here are the deets.
June 29, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
MCM Birmingham returns in winter 2023 - Here's the dates for the UK show!
MCM is returning to Birmingham, England this winter - but with later dates than you might expect.
June 16, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
One of America's greatest novelists, Cormac McCarthy, has died at age 89
Cormac McCarthy may be dead, but his stories are too tough to die.
June 13, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Popverse: Year One - our most popular articles, as decided by YOU!
From controversy in comics to cartoons that make you say 'Woooo!', Popverse's first year was great. Here are the most popular news, panels, features, and guides from year one.
May 30, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Pokemon, Heartstopper's Rhea Norwood, Witcher's Eamon Farren, or The Boogeyman: Which May MCM Comic Con panel did fans choose to watch first
Which May 2023 MCM Comic Con panel do you want to watch here first?
May 26, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Dog Man is the perfect introduction to comics, especially Grant Morrison's
Could Dav Pilkey's wildly successful book series be even more meta than Morrison?
May 23, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Popverse: Year One - the big surprises, the big successes, and the big deals you should know about
It's the first birthday of our tour guide to pop culture, Popverse
May 18, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Game of Thrones: Everything we know (so far) about The Winds of Winter
There's a lot we don't know about The Winds of Winter, but here's everything we do know.
May 17, 2023
Danielle Baranda
News
We've just made it easier for you to keep up with your favourite things
Spend less time searching for the things you love, and more time reading about them.
May 09, 2023
Craig Munro
News
Bay Area comic convention SiliCon cancels this year's event due to "financial hardship"
Reports indicate one of SiliCon's major financial backers pulled out of this year's event
May 06, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Los Angeles Comic Con boasts it beat all its area competitors to be the biggest in the LA area
Los Angeles Comic Con says it just bested others as the biggest LA-area comic convention around
May 05, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
ReedPop VP (and Popverse co-founder) Mike Armstrong is exiting the company after nearly 14 years
After nearly 14 years, ReedPop's Mike Armstrong is leaving the company
May 04, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Fan Expo St. Louis quietly canceled after nine-year run
As Fan Expo St. Louis closes its doors, St. Louis loses its annual comic convention
April 19, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Comic con on a cruise ship? It's coming in 2024
Comic convention + cruise ship? Imagine it all, especially the cosplay with Comic Con Cruise
April 13, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Thrawn: Everything you need to know about the Star Wars Grand Admiral and upcoming villain of Ahsoka
Grand Admiral Thrawn makes his live action debut in the upcoming Ahsoka series on Disney +, but it's hardly his first Star Wars.
April 08, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
News
Brazil's CCXP announces 2023 dates - and its earlier in the year than previous years
The Brazilian event, the biggest comic festival in the Americas, will take place November 30 through December 3
April 04, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
This is Popverse by ReedPop
Bridging the pop culture multiverse.
April 04, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Dog Man 11: Everything you need to know about the new Dog Man book by Dav Pilkey, Twenty Thousand Fleas Under The Sea
Who is Dog Man? Who is Petey? And what does Twenty Thousand Fleas Under The Sea really mean?
March 28, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
WonderCon 2024 dates are announced (and its slightly later next year)
The LA area's big comic convention, WonderCon, is returning in 2024
March 24, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel portfolio reviews, B2B panels, retailer-only events and a new creator breakfast highlight C2E2 2023 Pro track
C2E2 2023 to feature new wave of Creator, Retailer and Professional programming including Lunar Distribution, Dan Mora, retailer breakfast, new creator breakfast, and more
March 21, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Emerald City Comic Con: All the greatest coverage from Popverse at the first big convention of 2023!
Springtime in Seattle, and Popverse is back on the convention circuit with the 20th annual Emerald City Comic Con
March 20, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Full Panel VideoShadow and Bone's Leigh Bardugo takes the stage at NYCC ‘22
A decade after Shadow and Bone invaded bookstores everywhere, creator of the Grishaverse Leigh Bardugo heads to the Javits Center for a retrospective and look at what’s to come.
March 20, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
At NYCC, Shadow and Bone's Leigh Bardugo has rediscovered that books are important
Author Leigh Bardugo reflects on 10 years in the Grishaverse, the perils of adaptation, and learning to let people you trust take the wheel.
March 20, 2023
Alex Jaffe
News
Dog Man creator Dav Pilkey has created an all new comic just for indie bookstores
Indie bookstores in the US, Canada and the UK have an exclusive free comic waiting for fans...
March 16, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson joins the LA Shakespeare cabaret Shakes on the Rocks
It's Shakespeare, but faster, funnier, and with a two-drink minimum
March 15, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Popverse celebrates Black creators and characters for Black History Month
Looking for some awesome articles to read? Check out these great Popverse articles this Black History Month and beyond.
February 24, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
10 Books By Black Authors To Add To Your TBR List
Seek to diversify your bookshelf beyond the month of February.
February 17, 2023
Kylie Mason
Features
Spring in Seattle: What to do when you're in town for Emerald City Comic Con
What to do near the Seattle Convention Center
January 30, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Emerald City Comic Con 2023: A first look at the Seattle comic convention's big panels for this year's event
ECCC '23 will have big guests from movies, TV, comics, and more!
January 27, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
What are we all enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
January 27, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Full Panel VideoWatch as Brandon Sanderson, Alex Aster, Alina Boyden, Wesley Chu, and GennaRose Nethercott talk fantasy at NYCC 2022!
Watch the full Improbable Imaginings: AKA Flights of Fantasy Fiction panel from New York Comic Con 2022
January 26, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Murder, sexism, and comics: Alex Segura talks up his latest novel, Secret Identity (and the comic spin-off!)
Alex Segura talks inspirations behind his new book, and the future of his noir-comics hybrid
January 24, 2023
Hussein Al-wasiti
Features
Op Ed: Is it ever okay to work for free as a creator?
Everyone has heard the adage "Don't work for free," but does that advice always apply?
January 20, 2023
Sara Century
Features
What are we all enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
January 20, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Morning tea with the Outlander cast proves fandom is still thirsty and alive at NYCC 2022
Fandom is alive and well for those in the time traveling Scotsman business.
January 19, 2023
Chloe Maveal
News
Comics vet Cullen Bunn is bringing the horror with his new Outer Shadows imprint
The new line at indie publisher Outland Entertainment will feature comics, prose, and more
January 17, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Black Horror as Function, Jordan Peele, and The Keeper: Inside the Ethnogothic panel at San Diego Comic Con
The SDCC panel The Ethnogothic: Horror and Conjure in Storytelling examines the renaissance of horror works in Black speculative fiction
January 13, 2023
Christine Pasalo Norland
Features
What are we all enjoying this weekend?
The comics, TV, and movies that the Popverse team is planning on check out this weekend
January 13, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Looking ahead at 2023 with Popverse
Popverse Editor-in-Chief Chris Arrant gives you a preview of what's to come in 2023 at Popverse
January 10, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
The Los Angeles Public Library brings library cards and free short stories to L.A. Comic Con
The Los Angeles Library had a big booth full of fun surprises at this year's L.A. Comic Con
December 07, 2022
Tiffany Babb
Features
MCM Comic Con London 2022: Be there from anywhere with filmed panels, celebrity interviews, and showfloor reports
MCM returns, and Popverse is here in London covering the news, panels, guests, cosplay, and more
November 21, 2022
Chris Arrant
News
Save the date: The Chicago comic convention C2E2 has revealed its 2023 dates
The Chicago staple C2e2 returns in 2023 - and returns to spring!
November 17, 2022
Chris Arrant
Features
Mary Pope Osborne chats Magic Tree House, graphic novels, and literacy
Time travel and tree houses: An interview with Mary Pope Osborne
November 10, 2022
Tiffany Babb
Features
Streaming VideoR.L. Stine terrorizes NYCC - stream his Goosebumps panel here!
Watch as R.L. Stine looks back on three decades of Goosebumps. Watcher beware, you’re in for a scare!
November 09, 2022
Grant DeArmitt
News
Federal judge blocks merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster
On Monday, Judge Florence Pan blocked the proposed merger between two publishing industry giants
November 01, 2022
Tiffany Babb
Features
Streaming VideoWatch Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells record Intentionally Blank podcast at NYCC!
Fantasy author Brandon Sanderson and horror author Dan Wells are at the Javits Center recording a live episode of their hit podcast, Intentionally Blank
October 31, 2022
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Streaming VideoWatch - Lucasfilm Publishing presents Star Wars: Stories from a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Get transported across space and time as the creators behind today’s biggest Star Wars stories share their experiences and hint at what’s to come.
October 27, 2022
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Streaming VideoOutlander creator Diana Gabaldon holds court in packed NYCC 2022 panel - watch the entire thing!
Outlander author and New York Times bestseller Diana Gabaldon heads to Room 401 in the Javits Center - watch Popverse’s coverage here!
October 27, 2022
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Streaming VideoWatch Omar Epps speak about Nubia: The Awakening at this year's NYCC
Star of silver screen Omar Epps spoke at NYCC about telling the Afrofuturist story Nubia: The Awakening
October 26, 2022
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Streaming VideoBookTok is at London Comic Con - watch the panel here!
Travis Baldree, Tiffani Angus, and Tasha Suri head to London for a panel on the uses TikTok has for readers and writers.
October 26, 2022
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Writing Tips from Brandon Sanderson
Want to Learn to Be a Better Writer? Brandon Sanderson was at NYCC with lots of suggestions
October 25, 2022
Jim McDermott
Features
New York Comic Con 2022: Watch 30+ filmed panels, read numerous interviews and news reports, and hear conversations with celebrities
NYCC is here, and Popverse is in full force covering the news, panels, guests, and more
October 24, 2022
Chris Arrant
Features
Enjoy Popverse without any ads
All the things you love from Popverse - without the ads.
October 17, 2022
Chris Arrant
Features
2022's most terrifying tales to read this Halloween season
Six scary comics and two prose novels for your Halloween reading list
October 13, 2022
Matthew Jackson
Features
Full Panel VideoBrandon Sanderson is at NYCC for a reading and Q&A, watch it here!
Author of the Mistborn series and Stormlight Archive is onstage in Room 405 for a reading and to answer some fans’ burning questions. Don’t miss it.
October 11, 2022
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Full Panel VideoWatch Brandon Sanderson, Diana Gabaldon, Terry Brooks, Shawn Speakman from NYCC's Titans of Fantasy panel live!
Brandon Sanderson, Diana Gabaldon, and Terry Brooks are taking over Room 405 at the Javits Center to discuss what it’s like creating far-off and magical worlds
October 11, 2022
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Streaming VideoFX brings Mallori Johnson and the cast of Kindred to NYCC for Q&A and exclusive footage - watch it on Popverse
Octavia Butler’s time-warping drama Kindred is headed to FX this fall, but not before stars Mallori Johnson, Micah Stock, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, Sophina Brown and Sheria Irving join executive producer and writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on stage in Room 405.
October 09, 2022
Grant DeArmitt
News
Elvira herself, Cassandra Peterson, is coming to NYCC ... and is launching an exclusive Funko Pop edition of her autobiography
A Funko Pop + Elvira crossover - at New York Comic Con 2022
September 30, 2022
Chris Arrant
News
Free livestreamWatch many New York Comic Con 2022 panels live with Popverse, for FREE!
Be there from anywhere with Popverse's free livestream of many major New York Comic Con 2022 panels
September 29, 2022
Chris Arrant
Features
Fan Fiction: How to (and why you SHOULD) read fan fic
TLDR on 'How to read fan fic?': Carefully, then voraciously.
September 28, 2022
Johanna Draper Carlson
Features
Full Panel VideoWatch fantasy authors Tracy & Laura Hickman bring their stories to life with Dragonhearth panel at ECCC 2022
Watch the full Emerald City Comic Con 2022 panel Dragonhearth live with Tracy & Laura Hickman
September 16, 2022
Chris Arrant
Features
Grant Morrison on the differences between Luda's Luci and The Invisibles' Lord Fanny
Yes, both are gender queer magicians, but as Morrison explains, there's a lot more that's different than similar between them
September 15, 2022
Graeme McMillan
Features
Marvel, DC, VIZ, HBO Max, Star Trek, The Walking Dead, more lead New York Comic Con 2022 big panels
Outlander, DC, Star Trek, Marvel, and more (including Weird Al) are coming to NYCC 2022
September 14, 2022
Chris Arrant
Features
Full Panel VideoWatch D23 Expo 2022's Disney Legends Awards Ceremony live!
Disney CEO Bob Chapek reveals the 2022 Disney Legends award winners - along with a few surprises
September 12, 2022
Chris Arrant
Features
"It's about a way of seeing that transforms the world": Grant Morrison on Luda and everything else
The iconic writer talks about their first prose novel, drag, what fills the nothingness at the heart of things, and growing old gracefully
September 08, 2022
Graeme McMillan
Features
Who is the Stranger from Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power?
Our five picks on who Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power's The Stranger is
September 02, 2022
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Re-Live Emerald City Comic Con 2022 with 40 filmed panels, over 20 articles, and video interviews with Jinkx Monsoon, Bendelacreme, Harvey Guillén
Popverse went to Emerald City Comic Con, and has alot to show for it
September 01, 2022
Tiffany Babb
Features
Full Panel VideoWatch Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe lead Outlander cast & crew in talk about show from New York Comic Con 2021
Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, John Bell, Lauren Lyle, Cesar Domboy, Diana Gabaldon and Maril Davis talk about Outlander
August 31, 2022
Veronica Valencia
Features
Queer As In “More, Please”: Discussing Queer YA at ECCC
Setting the Standard for Queer YA at ECCC
August 31, 2022
Chloe Maveal
Features
Full panel videoKat Leyh, LL McKinney, and Margaret Owen talk about how queer stories are here to stay at ECCC '22
Watch the full 'Queer Stories are Here to Stay' panel from Emerald City Comic Con 2022 with LL McKinney, Kat Leyh, and Margaret Owen
August 29, 2022
Chris Arrant
Features
Full Panel VideoWatch Cait May, LL McKinney, Liana Kangas, Lauren Walsh talk about the evolution of queer stories for teens at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Cait May, LL McKinney, Liana Kangas, and Lauren Walsh talk queer stories for teens at ECCC '22
August 21, 2022
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch the Norse mythology panel Tales from Yggdrasil from Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Get schooled on Norse mythology with Nerds know in ECCC's Tales from Yggdrasil panel
August 20, 2022
Chris Arrant
Features
Learn the art and science behind building worlds and characters from Janet Lee and Amy Chu at ECCC '22!
Watch the two acclaimed creators discuss the secrets behind creating new worlds live from the comfort of your own home
August 20, 2022
Graeme McMillan
Features
Novelist Marissa Meyer spills the bean on her writing secrets (and secret origin) at ECCC '22
The Lunar Chronicles and Gilded author shared all with fans at the Seattle convention
August 19, 2022
Graeme McMillan
Features
Adam Cesare on his Clown in a Cornfield sequel and why he loves teen horror
Adam Cesare on Clown in a Cornfield 2, slasher sequels, and why clowns are still scary
August 19, 2022
Matthew Jackson
Features
Full Panel VideoKami Garcia, Alys Arden, LL McKinney, Isaac Goodhart, and Julio Anta talk the Art of Collaboration in YA for ECCC '22 panel
Watch the Art of the Collaboration (YA Edition) panel with Kami Garcia, Alys Arden, LL McKinney, Isaac Goodhart, and Julio Anta from Emerald City Comic Con
August 18, 2022
Chris Arrant
Features
Full Panel VideoPunk rock paleontologist Jingmai O’Connor digs into the the fact and fiction of dinosaurs at C2E2 2022
Field Museum curator Jingmai O'Connor delivers 'Digging for Dinos: Bringing The Cutting Edge To The Far Flung Past'
August 16, 2022
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch the McElroys' Next Gen Nerds panel with Janet Varney, Joalda Morancy, Kat Leyh from C2E2 2022
Travis and Clint McElroy bring Next Gen Nerds to C2E2 2022 with Kat Leyh, Joalda Morancy, and Janet Varney
August 08, 2022
Chris Arrant
News
Stephen Graham Jones scares us again with exclusive clip from his new horror tale The Babysitter Lives
One of horror's most acclaimed author's drops his own take on the classic babysitter horror story August 9
July 28, 2022
Matthew Jackson
News
Comics writer Greg Pak delves into memories of his childhood in new collection of poetry
Comics writer Greg Pak has a new project—and it's a book of poetry
June 09, 2022
Tiffany Babb
News
Liveblog!Star Wars Celebration The High Republic: For Light and Life - Live Coverage
Follow along as Popverse brings you live coverage from The High Republic: For Light and Life
May 26, 2022
Tiffany Babb
News
Six books you need to read after Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse
This list should help fill the Kaz Brekker shaped hole in your heart.
May 25, 2022
Ellie Bavester
News
New York Comic Con x MCM Comic Con Metaverse Day 3 Recap!
Carpe Metaverse!
May 20, 2022
Britt Rivera
News
New York Comic Con x MCM Comic Con Metaverse Day 2 Recap!
Woah, we're half way there.
May 20, 2022
Britt Rivera
News
The webtoon company Tapas Media is getting even bigger
Tapas Media is growing to include web novels, audio books, and more
May 19, 2022
Chris Arrant
Features
Feel the excitement of attending a convention with ReedPop's Hall Pass video series
Join comedian/baker Jessica Grant as she plays tour guide to the world of New York Comic Con with Hall Pass
May 19, 2022
Chris Arrant
Features
Asian and Asian American graphic novels for kids of all ages
A list of ten great graphic novels by Asian and Asian American comics creators in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month
May 19, 2022
Tiffany Babb
Features
What your Star Wars lightsaber color says about you
Everything you've ever wanted to know about lightsaber colors and symbolism in Star Wars
May 18, 2022
Alex Jaffe
Features
C2E2 2021 | Tis the Season: Hack the Holidays (and Save Your Sanity)!
Join us for holiday clips — and transformative tips — to mobilize your mental health!
May 18, 2022
Metaverse team
Features
Hunger Games cosplays to celebrate the film's 10th anniversary
The Hunger Games film series turns 10 this year and we are celebrating with these 13 incredible cosplayers.
March 23, 2022
Kendra Beltran
Features
C2E2 2021 | Chicago's Ghostly Urban Legends
Join Chicago comic creator Scott Larson ( Visitations 1000 Ways To Die) and paranormal podcasters Patrick Harrington & Rebecca Rivers ( The Ghostly Podcast) as they discuss some of the Windy City's spookiest urban legendsVisitations is the history Of Chicago as seen through the eyes of the residents of the city's oldest cemetery.
December 12, 2021
Metaverse team