Spotlight
House of the Dragon is best when it's "a bloodbath," according to Matt Smith - and season 3 is its bloodbathiest
House of the Dragon season 3 is a "big bloodbath, really," says Matt Smith AKA Daemon Targaryen, "Which is absolutely where it’s needed to go."
Grant DeArmitt
While no release date return has been set (yet), the Hunter x Hunter manga has stockpiled 11 new chapters already
The long wait for more Hunter x Hunter chapters may almost be over.
Trent Cannon
Stranger Things to end one more time as stage show The First Shadow closes in UK and US this holiday season
The end of the beginning of Netflix's supernatural phenomenon has been announced
Graeme McMillan
Ask Rosario Dawson, the Daredevil: Born Again cast, the Amazing Digital Circus cast, the Hart of Dixie cast and more questions at Florida Supercon 2026!
You can submit questions for select Florida Supercon 2026 panels ahead of everyone else!
Graeme McMillan
DC reveals Absolute Batgirl Cassandra Cain, and is bringing the League of Assassins and Lady Shiva with her
DC is bringing Cassandra Cain, the League of Assassins, and Lady Shiva to the Absolute Universe.
Chris Arrant
What happens to Dropout after its core cast moves on? Sam Reich isn't worried
I guess if you spend your days worried that Brennan Lee Mulligan is going to trap you in another escape room like Sam Reich does, you have a different priority set than most
Grant DeArmitt
Latest
The popcorn wars are over, and IMAX has won
Find yourself someone who loves you the way Christopher Nolan loves IMAX cameras
Doctor Who 2026 Christmas episode is cancelled as the BBC announces the future of series is open to bidding
What will the future of Doctor Who look like? You need a TARDIS to find out at this point.
Netflix's Stranger Things spin-off is making progress with all new characters and a new story, but "no one wants to make it just to make it"
Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer share some details about the show's upcoming spin-off, including whether it will return to Hawkins
Wonder Man is filled with Marvel Comics references that even hardcore fans might have missed
The production design of Wonder Man on Disney+ has easter eggs referencing Simon Williams' time on the Avengers and much more
Manga legend Naoki Urasawa is back with a Monster thematic sequel... but its a music video
Rodrigo y Gabriela wrote a song based on one of Naoki Urasawa's most iconic manga. Now he's created artwork of the pair in their new music video.
Marvel’s top editor says the relationship between Marvel Comics and the MCU is more complicated than fans realize
The synergy between Marvel Comics and the MCU is obvious, but Marvel editor Tom Brevoort says the connections aren't as cut-and-dried as some fans think
Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld has canceled his tell-all memoir after deciding some stories were too difficult to tell
Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld is scrapping his memoir, returning the advance, and asking the publisher for forgiveness.
What made House's Hugh Laurie snap back at an online critic? "I was very slightly drunk"
House's Laurie got into a tiff with journalist Janet Murray over the weekend, and as with so many unadvisable online posts, the Devil's Brew was at least a little to blame.
Absolute Joker is based on trust-fund kids Scott Snyder grew up with in NYC
On Twitter, Absolute Batman writer Scott Snyder revealed how Absolute Joker was partly inspired by kids born into generational wealth in New York City
Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn wants to make a Batgirl movie
"It's where I come from," says the man behind The Neon Demon and Drive of comic book culture
Marvel’s iconic ’90s trading card art is finally getting the coffee table book it deserves
Marvel and Dark Horse are partnering to bring back the Marvel Universe cards as a book, with some behind-the-scenes secrets.
Hugh Jackman pursues his Muppet destiny with Treasure Island remake
The Wolverine star follows in Tim Curry's footsteps for a journey to Treasure Island directed by Ridley Scott.
Blue Lock season 3 gets new title, but still no release date announcement
The Neo Egoist League will be the focus of Blue Lock season 3
Marvel gave away Avengers: Armageddon #1 at a Magic: The Gathering event before comic shops could sell it
Attendees of an event celebrating the upcoming Magic: The Gathering x Marvel Super Heroes were treated to a physical copy of Avengers: Armageddon #1 last week
For 35 years, Big Nate never missed a school day. Now he’s taking a step back
Big Nate’s last daily comic marks the end of a generation-spanning tradition.
New Dark Horse boss throws shade on the old management as it agrees to negotiate with workers' newly-formed union
Dark Horse’s new CEO just embraced a workers union, and distanced himself from the company’s past.
This deeply personal LGBTQ+ graphic novel asks what happens when adults weaponize a child’s imagination
Claus Daniel Herrmann's Pink Monsters is a moving LGBTQ+ graphic novel about finding yourself when the world tells you not to.
The secret to surviving fandom criticism (both bad and good), according to DC boss (and superstar artist) Jim Lee
Jim Lee is a legend in the comic industry, but when it comes to negative comments, he says it can still hurt
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The perfect introduction to Akira Toriyama isn’t Dragon Ball [Popverse Jump]
After he finished Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama had one last masterpiece in him.
Trent Cannon
Avengers Assemble one last time, Steven Spielberg knows UFOs, and not all Javiers wear Cape (Fear)s: Popverse Playlist for June 6-June 12 2026
Apple's Cape Fear leads a week in which we find out the truth about aliens and Marvel destroys the Avengers (again)
Graeme McMillan
YouTube is making a surprise move to be an anime destination with multiple hit shows this season [Popverse Jump]
The anime business is changing and YouTube is becoming a surprise destination for new anime this season.
Trent Cannon
Popverse Spotlight: Spider-Man
How will Spider-Man: Brand New Day's 'Peter Parker No More' story work? Marvel Comics canon may have the answer
Spider-Man Brand New Day follows a comic tradition of Peter Parker losing everything... and here's how comics brings it all back.
Leon Miller
Inside the death of Paul Rabin and the Spider-Man/Mary Jane Watson/Venom love triangle with Amazing Spider-Man writer & editor
Joe Kelly & Nick Lowe unpack the surprise death of Paul Rabin, Mary Jane's partner and subject of eternal side-eye by some Spider-Man fans.
Chris Arrant
Spider-Man's 'Death Spiral' ends a Spider-Carnage, a killer MJ/Venom moment, and a new Parker family mystery
An Amazing Spider-Man: Death Spiral event post-mortem with writer Joe Kelly & Marvel Spidey-editor Nick Lowe.
Chris Arrant
Jake Johnson wants his own Spider-Verse spin-off about Peter B. Parker getting to be the Spider-Man we know he could be
I mean, Spider-Noir and Spider-Punk are both getting their own Spider-Verse spinoffs. Why can't the most sweatpantsed of the Spider Society join them?
Grant DeArmitt
Dropout
What happens to Dropout after its core cast moves on? Sam Reich isn't worried
I guess if you spend your days worried that Brennan Lee Mulligan is going to trap you in another escape room like Sam Reich does, you have a different priority set than most
Grant DeArmitt
The cast of Critical Role Campaign 4 answer: Which Dimension 20 campaign would you want to be a part of?
Dimension 20 creator Brennan Lee Mulligan has stepped up as the Critical Role Campaign 4 GM - now which of his previous campaigns do his current players wish they could join?
Grant DeArmitt
Time for a gamechanger: Sam Reich wants more Dropout on Blu-ray by Christmas this year
Reich's Game Changer is on Blu-ray now (and selling quite well), but by the end of the year, the Dropout CEO hopes you'll be seeing more quirky comedy in physical media
Grant DeArmitt
Dimension 20 as a play-at-home game? Dropout's Sam Reich says it's in the works
Yep, we have the same question you do. But let's let Dropout CEO Reich announce Dimension 20's first trans-media enterprise before we start postulating
Grant DeArmitt
Black Comic Alliance
A controversial DC Comics boycott over Black-led comics ended after 6 days with an apology from organizers
"DCSoWhite will continue as an awareness and advocacy campaign rather than a boycott effort," the group issued in a statement
Jules Chin Greene
DC Comics is being targeted by a new boycott campaign over Black-led superhero books
Black-led superhero books are at the center of a new boycott campaign against DC Comics.
Chris Arrant
The Amazing Digital Circus
Ask Rosario Dawson, the Daredevil: Born Again cast, the Amazing Digital Circus cast, the Hart of Dixie cast and more questions at Florida Supercon 2026!
You can submit questions for select Florida Supercon 2026 panels ahead of everyone else!
Graeme McMillan
The Amazing Digital Circus finale has leaked online, but GLITCH has been fighting to keep it a surprise even before the theatrical run was announced
GLITCH fought to keep the ending from being spoiled even as it was negotiating one of the biggest deals in modern indie animated history
Grant DeArmitt
We did it, Amazing Digital Circus fans! We made Gooseworx regret creating The Amazing Digital Circus
Most enjoyers of The Amazing Digital Circus will tell you creator Gooseworx is entitled to her opinion about episode 9 leaking online. Thankfully, Real Fans are here to set the record straight
Grant DeArmitt
How would The Amazing Digital Circus's Jax and Hazbin Hotel's Angel Dust get along? Not well, says Michael Kovach
First of all, says voice actor Kovach, Jax would have to end up in Hell in order to interact with Angel Dust. And I mean, why would *that* happen?
Grant DeArmitt