Spotlight
Absolute Batman's astrological birth chart is perfect, actually
Using Bruce Wayne's birthday in DC Comics' Absolute Batman #1, I figured out his astrological birth chart
Jules Chin Greene
DC Comics revamps Teen Titans with Red Hood leading a new generation of heroes
The Teen Titans are back and are uncovering a new conspiracy in the DC Comics universe
Trent Cannon
Marvel Comics reveals a new Wonder Man set to debut this summer - and makes us worry about Simon Williams in the process
There's a new Wonder Man coming to Marvel's comic book line this summer, but what's going to happen to the old one?
Graeme McMillan
The Baldur's Gate TV series probably won't touch the game's plot, but it will pick up from my favorite D&D adventure
Despite it's title, HBO's Baldur's Gate tv show is going to more D&D than Baldur's Gate 3 and is probably going to handle the fallout of Descent into Avernus.
Trent Cannon
Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu trailer – Is Lucasfilm playing it too safe?
The Mandalorian and Grogu movie trailer definitely feels like an episode of the Disney+ TV show, which might be a problem
Graeme McMillan
The Mighty Nein forced Critical Role's Taliesin Jaffe to play Mollymauk Tealeaf differently than in Campaign 2
OG Critical Role star Jaffe knows what's ahead for fan-favorite teafling Mollymauk in Prime Video's newest Exandrian adaptation - unlike when he first started playing him in 2018
Grant DeArmitt
Latest
Rooster Fighter pecks its way onto Hulu and Disney+ this spring
After its debut on Adult Swim's Toonami block, Rooster Fighter will flock to Hulu and Disney+ for streaming fans
Hazbin Hotel creator Vivienne Medrano admits the show pumped the brakes on the Lilith storyline... but they're coming back to it in season 3
According to Medrano, Charlie Morningstar's mother "is the one thing if people notice like, 'Oh, yeah, they really set her up and then didn't do anything.' I'm like, 'Yeah, we Yeah, we did. Sorry.'"
Wuthering Heights is a box office hit - and it’s making people read the book, too
It doesn't matter why you read Wuthering Heights - the important thing is that you do
A comic book store at an airport? Yes please, now I have one more reason to fly to PDX
Forget Hudson News, PDX is getting a comics pop-up shop with Books with Pictures.
Why anime can't resist the allure of the isekai [Popverse Jump]
If you've been following anime for the past few years, you're probably wondering where all these isekai anime come from
Guy Gardner headlines new DC Comics Green Lantern special from Deadpool creative team
Deadpool duo Gerry Duggan and Matteo Lolli join forces for May's Tales of the Green Lantern Corps: Guy Gardner #1
Doctor Doom conquers time and Marvel Comics alike before Avengers: Doomsday lets him conquer the MCU
Two new comic book projects will spotlight the new big bad of the Marvel Cinematic Universe this summer
Tiny Onion will be doing a Shop Tiny Onion Something is Killing the Children merch line
It's time to earn your teeth and get your bandana at Tiny Onion's Something is Killing the Children merch line
Image Comics horror hit Exquisite Corpses expands with three new miniseries and an anthology
3 new mini-series will delve into the backstories of the deadly killers from Exquisite Corpses season one - Randy Rascal, Fox Mask Killer, and the Lone Gunman
Green Room meets Midsommar in Odin, a new horror comic from Tiny Onion
James Tynion IV is teaming up with writer Marguerite Bennett and artist Letizia Cadonici for a horror comic about an undercover journalist reporting on a white supremacist punk band
Showdown pits grief and vengeance against each other in a new Criminal-style revenge comic
Dave Wielgosz and Tadd Galusha team up for a gritty revenge comic Showdown at Ignition Press.
All Super Mario Bros. movies and TV shows in order (1983–2026), from Saturday Supercade to The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
A complete guide to every Mario movie and series in release and chronological order — including The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the cult 1993 live-action film, and 2026’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Marvel officially confirms continuation of The Infernal Hulk storyline with Hulk War: Infernal Rage
Hulk War: Infernal Rage, by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Nic Klein, is the third act in the story begun in Johnson/Klein's Incredible Hulk run from 2023
Marvel Comics celebrates 50 years of What If...? with a new wave of specials this summer
If you've ever wondered what would've happened if Thor had gotten Spider-Man's symbiote suit, then Marvel's What If...? specials have you covered
Kevin Smith has his next Jay & Silent Bob project… and it's in the Marvel Universe
After Riverdale, there was only one destination for Jay and Silent Bob: the Marvel Universe - and it's happening this June
Marvel architect Jonathan Hickman is bringing his creator owned universe to comic shops for the first time
3 Worlds 3 Moons has signed a new deal with Dark Horse Entertainment to bring its fantasy sci-fi to comic stores starting summer 2026
Rumi's voice actor signed on for KPop Demon Hunters because it went where Disney and Dreamworks wouldn't
Where Kung Fu Panda and Big Hero 6 embraced Chinese and Japanese culture, the star of Kpop Demon Hunters wanted to Netflix do that with Korea.
Marvel Comics launches new Avengers era with a Hulk leading global conflict in Armageddon
Avengers: Armageddon is launching this June, bringing with it war, and a new Avengers era for the Marvel Universe
DC Comics' fall crossover event Bad Seeds sees Poison Ivy take over Batman's Gotham in 'No Man's Land' style "primeval world"
DC’s Bad Seeds crossover threatens to remake Batman's Gotham in Poison Ivy’s image.
DC Comics resurrects The Deadman as a key title spinning out of DC K.O. event
DC Comics' DC K.O. event is setting up the return of Deadman in his own comic series.
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Why anime can't resist the allure of the isekai [Popverse Jump]
If you've been following anime for the past few years, you're probably wondering where all these isekai anime come from
Trent Cannon
Inside the secret to Baki the Grappler’s brutal longevity in manga and anime, with longtime publisher Akita Shoten exec Yuki Yokoi [Popverse Jump]
What 35 years of Baki the Grappler mean to one of the men behind the original manga.
Trent Cannon
Love is in the air: 5 anime to watch this Valentine’s Day if you're single
Finding yourself alone on Valentine's Day? Here are 5 anime to help you feel better (or worse) about your current relationship status.
Trent Cannon
Emerald City Comic Con
Jurassic World and Star Wars mainstay Bryce Dallas Howard is coming to Seattle's ECCC 2026!
Bryce Dallas Howard has starred in three Jurassic World movies, directed four Star Wars TV shows, and now she'll be showing up to delight fans at Emerald City Comic Con 2026
Graeme McMillan
Creel World Seattle: Stranger Things' Jamie Campbell Bower is coming to ECCC 2026!
Vecna himself, Jamie Campbell Bower, is turning Emerald City Comic Con 2026 upside down hot on the heels of the Stranger Things season 5 finale
Grant DeArmitt
Gravity Falls' Alex Hirsch and Kristen Schaal are headed to Seattle's ECCC 2026!
The voices behind Bill Cipher (and Grunkle Stan!) and Mabel are going to be headlining their own panel, signing autographs, and more at Seattle's biggest pop culture shindig this March
Graeme McMillan
Ask Ming-Na Wen, Critical Role, Gail Simone, Karl Urban, Chris Claremont, Denys Cowan, and more your questions as part of ECCC x Popverse member exclusive!
Popverse members can submit questions for select Emerald City Comic Con 2026 panels and interviews.
Chris Arrant
Critical Role Productions
Critical Role's Mighty Nein showrunner, Tasha Huo, on the challenges of adapting Naruto from manga to live action for Lionsgate
The Mighty Nein showrunner Huo said the biggest difficulty in adapting manga-then-anime Naruto was "to make it feel real and believable in the world of a live-action movie."
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role invites you to play as the cutest characters from The Legend of Vox Machina and Bells Hells with cozy card game A Familiar Find
Trinket the Bear, Little Mister, Pâté de Rolo - play as them all (and more!) with Critical Role's A Familiar Find, from Darrington Press
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role's Matt Mercer & Brennan Lee Mulligan got better at GMing thanks to Akira Kurosawa
Critical Role's new GM for Campaign 4 says there's a moment in Seven Samurai that teaches storytellers how to avoid the "soulless instinct to optimize." OG GM Mercer says it's a technique even used in shows like The Mighty Nein
Grant DeArmitt
How Critical Role's Daggerheart is a great place for the "nervous GM," according to Matt Mercer
What if you, as the GM, don't have something prepared for a scene your players want to explore? Critical Role's Matt Mercer says Daggerheart is structured to accommodate
Grant DeArmitt
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics reveals a new Wonder Man set to debut this summer - and makes us worry about Simon Williams in the process
There's a new Wonder Man coming to Marvel's comic book line this summer, but what's going to happen to the old one?
Graeme McMillan
Doctor Doom conquers time and Marvel Comics alike before Avengers: Doomsday lets him conquer the MCU
Two new comic book projects will spotlight the new big bad of the Marvel Cinematic Universe this summer
Graeme McMillan
Marvel officially confirms continuation of The Infernal Hulk storyline with Hulk War: Infernal Rage
Hulk War: Infernal Rage, by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Nic Klein, is the third act in the story begun in Johnson/Klein's Incredible Hulk run from 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Marvel Comics celebrates 50 years of What If...? with a new wave of specials this summer
If you've ever wondered what would've happened if Thor had gotten Spider-Man's symbiote suit, then Marvel's What If...? specials have you covered
Jules Chin Greene
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson imagines what the movies would have been like had Sean Connery accepted the role of Gandalf
"I am the wielder of a sccchecret fire," quips Peter Jackson, director of The Fellowship of the Ring and SNL-level impressionist
Grant DeArmitt
From one Lord of the Rings director to another - Andy Serkis on what makes Peter Jackson “one of life’s great movement-makers”
Serkis, who will direct the next Lord of the Rings film, The Hunt for Gollum, reveals what made trilogy director Jackson such a fantastic director
Grant DeArmitt
The Lord of the Rings screenwriter Phillipa Boyens teases The Hunt for Gollum as "a really strong psychological" story
At the same time, confirms the Middle-Earth screenwriter, The Lord of the Rings favorite antihero will be portrayed with all the same physicality as Serkis had in the first go-round
Grant DeArmitt
The Lord of the Rings cast got stools to sit on between takes - John Rhys Davies got a La-Z-Boy, occasionally delivered by helicopter
Worry not for Gimli, son of Gloin (aka actor John Rhys Davies). His post orc-slaughtering during The Lord of the Rings filming was a comfortable break
Grant DeArmitt
ComicsPRO Industry Conference
A comic book store at an airport? Yes please, now I have one more reason to fly to PDX
Forget Hudson News, PDX is getting a comics pop-up shop with Books with Pictures.
Chris Arrant
Marvel Comics reveals a new Wonder Man set to debut this summer - and makes us worry about Simon Williams in the process
There's a new Wonder Man coming to Marvel's comic book line this summer, but what's going to happen to the old one?
Graeme McMillan
Doctor Doom conquers time and Marvel Comics alike before Avengers: Doomsday lets him conquer the MCU
Two new comic book projects will spotlight the new big bad of the Marvel Cinematic Universe this summer
Graeme McMillan
Tiny Onion will be doing a Shop Tiny Onion Something is Killing the Children merch line
It's time to earn your teeth and get your bandana at Tiny Onion's Something is Killing the Children merch line
Jules Chin Greene