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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.
Trent Cannon
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.
Trent Cannon
Taskmaster's YouTube success has led to an invite to the Hollywood Bowl
Had Taskmaster not decided to put their full episodes on YouTube 6 years ago, it might not be playing one of the biggest venues in LA later this year
Grant DeArmitt
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
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
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
Latest
We almost had a Red Dwarf video game and it looked smeggin' great
The point-and-click adventure game that could have been.
Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama got "perverse" joy out of making Goku lose tournaments
Goku was the strongest in the universe, but he only won the World Martial Arts Tournament once because Akira Toriyama willed it so.
Krypto was the key to Supergirl - the character and the movie - for screenwriter Ana Nogueira
Ana Nogueira, the screenwriter of 2026's Supergirl, bonded with James Gunn over being owners of bad dogs like Krypto
Stranger Things' David Harbour has some pretty, er, staunch opinions on Eleven's survival
Argue all you want about Stranger Things' now infamously ambiguous ending; you're not going to change the mind of Sheriff Jim Hopper, AKA David Harbour
DC’s first Absolute crossover will introduce a wave of new heroes and villains, according to Scott Snyder
The first big crossover event of DC's Absolute Universe will expand the roster of characters with all new additions to help take on an evil version of the Justice League
Superheroes are rooted in a distinctly American power fantasy that's now gone global, according to Jim Lee
DC publisher Jim Lee has a strong perspective on the difference between western superhero comics and manga
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder season 3 will adapt the third Holly Jackson book, but there's still one Pip story that Netflix hasn't touched
Netflix isn't surprising anyone by adapting Holly Jackson's third Pip novel, but one mystery that still remains is what, if anything, they're going to do with Jackson's prequel
Vision actor Paul Bettany says he's pretty sure he'll be in Avengers: Doomsday or Secret Wars, but Marvel could change their plans at any moment
Is Paul Bettany's Vision in Avengers: Doomsday or Avengers: Secret Wars? The actor says he "thinks so"
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is what happens when Marvel thinks small (Yes, even with the Hulk and Punisher cameos)
Spider-Man: Brand New Day will be taking a 180 from the massive scale of No Way Home
The popcorn wars are over, and IMAX has won
Find yourself someone who loves you the way Christopher Nolan loves IMAX cameras
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
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.
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.
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
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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