Comic Books
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What are we at Popverse enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
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Legendary fine artist Ai Weiwei to publish graphic memoir
Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir will be Weiwei's first dive into the comics form
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Marvel is reviving the Ultimate Spider-Man franchise - but who is the Spider-Man this time?
Ultimate Spider-Man is being revived once more, this time with Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto
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Our Flag Means Death: Queer comics to read after watching the pirate comedy
If you liked the central romance in Our Flag Means Death, you'll love these queer-centric romance comics
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Wonder Woman: The DCU’s ultimate warrior becomes an enemy of the state
Wonder Woman has always had a rebellious streak in her. Here’s how this makes her public enemy number one
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Popverse celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month!
Looking for some awesome articles to read? Check out these great Popverse articles this Hispanic Heritage Month and beyond.
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Mitch Gerads and Nicola Scott spill the beans on the reality of being a comic book artist
About what comic did Tom King say "When I gave you that script, I thought you’d hate it"?
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Marv Wolfman thinks comics creators shouldn’t ask for his permission to do what they want
“I did what I wanted.”
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Blue Beetle championed BIPOC coming-of-age stories in DC Comics
Before Blue Beetle broke new ground in Hollywood history, he blazed a very similar trail in DC Comics with his own unique coming-of-age story.
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What are we at Popverse enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
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Batfamily: Which Robin is the true Bi icon?
Tim Drake may be the only officially "out" member of the Bat-Family, but that doesn't mean he's the family's only bi-con
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Green Lantern: Why Sinestro is DC’s most criminally underused villain
As DC plans its future for film and television, Sinestro could finally break from obscurity as a larger threat
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Stan's Soapbox: A close reading of racial representation in the Stan Lee era of Marvel
A look at racial representation in Amazing Spider-Man #68
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What are we at Popverse enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
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Spoilers! DC is launching a buzzy new hero with ties to the Golden Age
The DC Universe boasts a wide bench of generational heroes, and the next wave is already here
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What are we at Popverse enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
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Marvel launches exclusive Nova Hasbro figure for Unlimited plus members only
This year's Marvel Unlimited membership kit includes Skottie Young Rocket Raccoon pin, Hasbro Nova figure, and more
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DC's Knight Terrors ending explained: How the crossover event goes beyond the nightmares
The 2023 crossover event Knight Terrors carries steep consequences for DC's heroes beyond scary dreams. Here's the story's bigger impact.
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What are we at Popverse enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
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Maia Kobabe's unique tree-based approach to cartooning
"My process tends to be very non-chronological."
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Stranger Things: How the Russians got the demodogs could be explained in new comic spin-off
Demogorgons on a ship to be explored in Stranger Things: The Voyage
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Supergirl: Superman's cousin's tangled history and bright future
After decades of convoluted history, Supergirl is poised to become bigger than ever. Here's the long road to Supergirl's resurgence.
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Jason Aaron returns to DC Comics with a new Batman limited series
Batman: Off-World is a new six issue limited series debuting in November 2023
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What are we at Popverse enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
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Calvin & Hobbes - coming soon in books you can fit in your backpack (OR your bookshelf)
The new Calvin and Hobbes release will consist of seven two-volume sets
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Dog Man sees red in Dav Pilkey's next guaranteed best-selling comic from Scholastic Graphix
What happens when Dog Man gets sprayed by a skunk?
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After layoffs, IDW backs away from Originals line
Creator Will Robson has confirmed that his upcoming title was one of those killed by the publisher
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Superman: How the Daily Planet changed the superhero game
The Daily Planet is more than a staple in the Superman mythos - it's also a foundational trope in the superhero genre
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Head back to the 2000s with this excerpt of Kate Leth's Mall Goth
A throwback to the days where the mall was the place to be
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Spoilers! Marvel wants everyone to forget Ms. Marvel died – literally
After reviving Kamala Khan, Marvel is erasing the events of her death altogether.
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Batman: Dispelling the myth of the loner Dark Knight
Batman has one of the biggest superhero families in comics. Here’s why the Caped Crusader has always been a team player
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Cartoonshow: An exclusive look into Derek M. Ballard's debut graphic novel
"Call Security" will make you giggle, and then maybe cry a bit.
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Guardians of the Galaxy co-writer Andy Lanning wants to see Nova in the MCU
More Marvel cosmic, please!
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Jason Aaron on consulting for Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Love and Thunder drew a lot from Jason Aaron's run on Thor, but he also got to chime in on the movie (at least, a little)
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Investors look past ComiXology to fund an alternate future for digital comics
GlobalComix took in $6.5 million in a recent funding round
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Congressman Robert Garcia is bringing Free Comic Book Day to the US Capitol
US Congressman Robert Garcia is leading the charge to bring comics - FREE COMICS - to the halls of power in the United States.
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DC's Justice League is going to fight Godzilla and Kong in new crossover epic
The seven-issue mini brings the Monsterverse right to the DCU, starting this October
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Finally, the My Favorite Thing is Monsters sequel has a release date
Yes, My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book 2 is on its way
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The coming of Hawkgirl: The Superman: Legacy hero gets the well-deserved spotlight
With a new comic series and her silver screen debut in Superman: Legacy, here’s everything you need to know about Hawkgirl
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Read an exclusive excerpt from Frontera, the supernatural borderland adventure out next week
Frontera follows a teenager’s journey back to the United States-- and the ghost who helps him along the way
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Spoilers! How DC's Grifter became the last action hero of the WIldstorm era
WildStorm continues to grow within the DCU, with Grifter leading the charge in a tragically unique way in the pages of WildC.A.T.s
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Spoilers! Batman's biggest foe is the Joker, but the Joker's biggest foe is... a 9-5 office job
The Joker's biggest fear isn't Batman - it's an office job, and he's doing just that now at DC
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Anime Expo 2023: Popverse is making its AX debut this weekend!
Popverse will be boots on the ground at Anime Expo this year
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Family Style: Thien Pham on the "nervewracking" aspect of publishing a personal story
Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam is available now
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"It's just been a thrill": Jim Cheung on seeing members of the Young Avengers assemble in the MCU
Slowly but surely, this new team seems to be coming together
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Evil revisited: Tom King and Mitch Gerads reimagine the Joker’s murderous debut
Reuniting for Batman: The Brave and the Bold, King and Gerads double down on the Joker as DC’s most terrifying villain
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Roaming is a love letter to the painful parts of growing up
Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki's newest graphic novel captures what it's like to be an adolescent in a new city
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Black Adam writer Christopher Priest says Warner Bros. Discovery had heavy input - even on the jokes
Christopher Priest reflects on the themes and behind-the-scenes challenges in bringing the Black Adam maxi-series to life
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The hierarchy of power in the DC universe has just changed in DC's Black Adam finale.
As the Black Adam maxi-series comes to an end, Christopher Priest shares the themes behind the story
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Change in perspective: Why Nightwing is DC’s most experimental comic
As Nightwing presents readers with a first-person perspective interlude, the title exemplifies what mainstream superhero comics can be
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The rise of the Wall: Behind Amanda Waller’s Dawn of DC villainous turn
Here’s how Amanda Waller steadily transformed from conflicted ally into the biggest villain in the DCU
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Barry Windsor-Smith home and recovering after stroke and eight days in ICU
News of Windsor-Smith's hospital stay was shared on the artist's Facebook page
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Magic, mermaids, and misunderstood characters: Kat Leyh chats about her graphic novels
The cartoonist behind Snapdragon and Thirsty Memaids chats about her stories, style, and more
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Alan Scott wasn't always the Green Lantern; a DC Pride: Through the Years sneak peek
Check out two pages from the only original story in next week's DC Pride: Through the Years
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Give peace a chance: Behind the reinvention of Peacemaker
As Peacemaker Tries Hard! channels James Gunn’s take on antihero, here’s the story of the character’s surprise evolution
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LGBTQ+ comics you should have on your book shelf
Celebrate Pride month by filling up your bookcases with the best of the best LGBTQAI+ comic books currently on shelves.
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Erik Burnham on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Saturday Morning Adventures becoming an ongoing series
“The response has been fantastic. People have been enjoying it."
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A light in the darkness: The renewed relevance of Alan Scott
DC Pride makes the original Green Lantern Alan Scott a bigger inspiration to a new generation of heroes ahead of his new series
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The Romans and the Picts unite to fight an ancient horror in Shadows of Thule from Humanoids
A Roman general is on a quest for revenge, but his revenge may unleash an ancient horror on the North
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Gene Luen Yang and the quintessential American superhero, Superman
A deep dive into Gene Luen Yang's body of work and how led him to become the best modern Superman writer
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"I'm finding where my place is in the world of comics": Rina Ayuyang isn't done with comics yet
The Ignatz- and Eisner-nominated Filipina American cartoonist talks about the low stakes and high rewards of her career in comics
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Turning Japanese Expanded Edition revisits Marinaomi's original story with a new experience
Sometimes the story keeps going, especially in the case of Marinaomi's Turning Japanese Expanded Edition
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Daredevil returns, renewed and recharged in a comic book relaunch this September
Saladin Ahmed and Aaron Kuder are ol' hornhead's newest creative team
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20th century boys: the (temporary) end of the superhero set
The short-term disappearance of the superhero post-World War II
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How Jason Aaron's Thor comics changed the God of Thunder forever
As two of his most popular creations take center stage in Thor: Love and Thunder, let's look back on Jason Aaron's epic run with Marvel's Thunder God.
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Spoilers! Marvel's Avengers relaunch sees the return of a major big bad (but he might be here to help)
Will this classic villain destroy the Avengers, or join them?
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Spoilers! Speed kills: How Titans continues Wally West’s string of tragedies
The new Titans series kicks off with a shocking murder and the return of Wally West’s rough patch. Here's how Wally can't just catch a break.
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Thor flies back into comic books this August in new Immortal Thor series
The new title's existence was leaked ahead of a planned official announcement
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How Gene Luen Yang brought Shang-Chi in line with the Marvel way of being a hero
Shang-Chi has a complicated history, and Gene Luen Yang had a plan to give him a new way of being a hero
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Marvel's Fall of X launches seven new series this summer, and here's what you need to know
There's a new Spider-Man, a new team of X-Men, and some other big changes on their way...
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Small steps, great leaps: A Gene Luen Yang reading guide
What to read by the Eisner-winning, New York Times best-selling writer and cartoonist
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How Ke Huy Quan was convinced to do Disney+'s American Born Chinese, according to Gene Luen Yang
Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan was originally hesitant to take on the project
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Get to know Howard the Duck with our reading guide
Let’s get quacking: A reading guide to Howard the Duck comics
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Spoilers! High Evolutionary: Everything we know about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3's big bad guy
Let's take a look at the MCU's newest (and worst) villain
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Creed throws his hat into the comics ring with an original mini series from Boom! Studios
Wanted to know what happens to Amara Creed after Creed III? This comic has got your back.
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The legacy heroes and horrors of Mark Waid's DC
Let's consider Waid's legacy through the framework of certain key figures
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DC's Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville - Everything you need to know about the new Dawn of DC series
The spirit of Justice League International is alive and well in Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville
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Premium Access Watch the Tenoch Huerta spotlight from C2E2 '23
Tenoch Huerta is sure to talk Namor at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2023, and you can watch it here
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Nidhi Chanani combines her love for sharks, the ocean, and her daughter in Shark Party
Nidhi Chanani on Shark Princess/Shark Party, big adventures, and cats named Jorts
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A team-up of godly proportions: How Revenge of the Gods brought Wonder Woman and Shazam together
Though Lazarus Planet may have ended in February, its larger impact is felt in the miniseries Revenge of the Gods
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Blue Beetle is getting an ongoing DC comic book to debut alongside Jaime Reyes' new movie
The new ongoing series spins out of the just-finished Blue Beetle: Graduation Day mini, and coincides with the new Blue Beetle movie
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Is DSTLRY the new Image Comics, or something altogether new in the world of creator owned comics?
Co-founder David Steinberger talks about the new publisher's approach to creator relations
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The most censored comics and books of 2022, according to the American Library Association
Familiar titles, including Gender Queer, All Boys Aren't Blue, and Flamer appear on this year's list
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