Features (Page 36)
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As Darth Vader's voice is replaced by an AI, we ask: at what point do special effects start being more machine than man?
After more than four decades, Darth Vader's voice is being provided by software... and he's not the first Star Wars character that's true for.
September 28, 2022
Graeme McMillan
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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
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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law - Everything you need (and want) to know about the Disney+ show
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law release date, cast, director, and more
September 28, 2022
Tiffany Babb
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SpoilersMarvel's Miles Morales: Spider-Man comic finale presents an optimistic future and a fitting end for Saladin Ahmed's run
Saladin Ahmed wraps up his critically acclaimed run on Miles Morales with an issue that looks to Spidey’s future
September 28, 2022
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Why it hurts to be the Dark Knight
While Batman is one of the most iconic superheroes in the DC Universe, he pays a bloody price to fight against gods and monsters. Here’s why it hurts to be the Dark Knight.
September 27, 2022
Sam Stone
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Charles Soule and Ryan Browne chat Eight Billion Genies, how they met, and why desire is narratively interesting
Charles Soule and Ryan Browne on collaboration and their shared love of surprise
September 27, 2022
Tiffany Babb
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Cardcaptor Sakura: How to watch all the shows and movies in order
In the world there are a lot of fascinating things... including Cardcaptor Sakura, the CLAMP manga turned MADHOUSE anime franchise
September 27, 2022
Latonya Pennington
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"All I got to do is, what, make Spawn popular? Done!": Todd McFarlane looks back (and forward) at a life in comics
The creator of Spawn holds court on 30 years of his signature creation, his legacy, and being a successful schmuck.
September 27, 2022
Graeme McMillan
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Superman: Phillip Kennedy Johnson unpacks the Man of Steel’s homecoming return to Earth
As Superman returns to Earth in the pages of Action Comics, Phillip Kennedy Johnson unpacks the latest developments for the Man of Steel and his family set to alter the course of Superman mythos.
September 26, 2022
Sam Stone
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Did She-Hulk just introduce a new supervillain group to the MCU (a.k.a. What is Intelligencia)?
Did She-Hulk just introduce its big bad?
September 26, 2022
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Early AccessGet early access to exclusive Marvel, Star Wars, Doctor Who, more NYCC '22 merch as a Popverse member
Get draped in all the exclusive NYCC swag early as a Popverse member
September 26, 2022
Chris Arrant
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How Marvel's digital comics strategy (including Webtoons) intersects with the mainstream popularity of the MCU
How Marvel Unlimited, Infinity Comics, Webtoons, and its international deals are reaching out for a new audience for Marvel Comics
September 26, 2022
Rebecca Oliver Kaplan
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Watch Ready to Roll share the secret origin of their live-action D&D gameplay series, as shared during Emerald City Comic Con
The true story of the RPG players who make Ready to Roll a reality!
September 23, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Anime in movie theaters: Crunchyroll executive Mitchel Berger explains how Dragon Ball Super and other anime are making it big on the big screen
The Senior Vice President of Global Commerce talks the wide distribution of anime theatrical content, the success of Dragon Ball Super: Superhero and more
September 23, 2022
Veronica Valencia
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Full Panel VideoWatch Janet Varney and Dante Basco talk Avatar, sing the Secret Tunnel Song, more
Watch the full Avatar/Korra panel with Dante Basco and Janet Varney from May 2022's MCM Comic Con
September 23, 2022
Veronica Valencia
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Who is Mr. Immortal? The latest She-Hulk guest star explained
This week on She-Hulk we met a new superpowered human. So what's he about?
September 23, 2022
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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What is going on with comic book distribution, and why should fans care?
The past two years have overturned almost a quarter century of comics status quo, and your local retailer might end up picking up the check
September 23, 2022
Graeme McMillan
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Full Panel VideoWho is the ultimate Waifu? Watch Nerds Know & Emerald City Comic Con search for an answer
Tears shall be shed and hearts will be broken in this heated bracket competition! No one is safe in this tournament of waifu champions!
September 23, 2022
Chris Arrant
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What is Disney's D23 Expo anyway?
A dive into the strange weekend that is the D23 Fan Expo
September 22, 2022
Tiffany Babb
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Cartoonist Jeffrey Brown chats about republishing his iconic memoirs, Star Wars, and comedy for kids
Jeffrey Brown chats Star Wars, kids comics, and what its been like to return to Clumsy, so many years later
September 22, 2022
Tiffany Babb
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Celebrating Bisexual Awareness Week with DC's Wonder Woman, Tim Drake, Jonathan Kent, and Queen Mera
Celebrate #BiWeek with Popverse!
September 22, 2022
Ashley V. Robinson
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The 10 best Daredevil stories you'll find in comic books
Daredevil is on comic stands every month, and is now back in the MCU - get to know him, or just get re-acquainted, with our recommendations
September 22, 2022
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Young adult horror writer R.L. Stine turns to darker, more mature stories in the Frankenstein-esque Stuff of Nightmares
R.L. Stine partners with comic artist A.L. Kaplan for a new horror series at BOOM! Studios called Stuff of Nightmares
September 21, 2022
Grant DeArmitt
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Remembering the unlikely cyborg that was Marvel's Terminator 2: Judgment Day comic book
Klaus Janson's art was a big draw (no pun intended) behind the comic based on the 1991 hit movie
September 21, 2022
Graeme McMillan
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What A.X.E. Judgment Day means for the Marvel Universe
The Day after Judgment: five theories on the future of Marvel Comics
September 21, 2022
Dave Buesing
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Everything we learned about Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur from D23 Expo 2022
All of the Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur News from D23 Expo
September 21, 2022
Rebecca Oliver Kaplan
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Spoilers!Marvel's summer crossover event AXE: Judgement Day just hit its big turning point-- let's break it down
Marvel just killed off some of their most iconic heroes in A.X.E.: Judgment Day #5
September 21, 2022
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Nightwing's revealed secret identity raises a major superhero romance question
As Nightwing and Batgirl’s romantic relationship reaches a perilous crossroads, it raises a major question about the ongoing viability behind superhero romance.
September 20, 2022
Sam Stone
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Why Judgment Day's narrative feints are the best thing about it
It's fun to be confused and bamboozled by a superhero event
September 20, 2022
Graeme McMillan
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Disney+'s Andor features the first onscreen use of Star Wars' BBY/ABY timeline. Let's dive into that.
The first episode of Andor opens with the legend '5 BBY.' That's something we've never seen on screen in a Star Wars film or TV show before. What does it mean?
September 20, 2022
Alex Jaffe
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Joy, beauty, and the absurd: James Kochalka's Dragon Puncher Punches back with interview & exclusive excerpt
James Kochalka discusses the newest Dragon Puncher, the absurd, and returning to American Elf
September 19, 2022
Tiffany Babb
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Everything you need to know about putting on a great fan-run panel for a comics convention
Panels, Poise, and Pattering: Getting the most out of presenting your fan-run panel
September 19, 2022
Chloe Maveal
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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
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How Marvel Studios' She-Hulk sets up Daredevil’s MCU return
Daredevil is back in the MCU - but he looks ... different. Inside Matt Murdock's Marvel Studios return in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
September 16, 2022
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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A history of Moon Knight's Dissociative Identity Disorder in Marvel Comics
I remember when I lost my mind. There was something so pleasant about that place.
September 16, 2022
Rebecca Oliver Kaplan
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Creating a universe from scratch: Jonathan Hickman on 3 Worlds / 3 Moons
Jonathan Hickman chats 3 Worlds / 3 Moons and what its like to create a new universe while everyone is watching
September 16, 2022
Tiffany Babb
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Alfred Pennyworth returns this week in DC's Batman books, and now we realize how much we missed him
Batman vs. Robin begins with the apparent return of Alfred Pennyworth. Here’s how the Wayne Family butler evolved into a father figure for the entire Bat-Family
September 15, 2022
Sam Stone
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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
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Rediscover the lost Day of Judgment from DC's crossover history
It might seem very like Day of Vengeance, but 1999's Day of Judgment was a different thing altogether (almost)
September 15, 2022
Graeme McMillan
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Cartoonist Jeff Smith chats Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, a European-style comics festival in Columbus, Ohio
Jeff Smith discusses founding CXC and what fans can expect from the festival this year
September 14, 2022
Tiffany Babb
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Marvel at New York Comic Con: Publisher's full plans for panels, events, giveaways at NYCC 2022
The House of Ideas is showing out in style at next month's big show in the Big Apple
September 14, 2022
Graeme McMillan
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Full Panel VideoWatch Dante Basco discuss his on-camera and voice acting career, Avatar and its influence over a generation, and more
Dante Basco talks at length about his work on Avatar, Hook, and animation in Hollywood
September 14, 2022
Veronica Valencia
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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
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CB Cebulski and Humberto Ramos share the heart behind the Marvel Comics & Marvel Studios synergy at D23 Expo
D23 Expo holds a surprise panel - Marvel Fanfare with editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski and long-time artist Humberto Ramos
September 13, 2022
Rebecca Oliver Kaplan
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Legion chooses a side in X-Men vs. Eternals battle in Legion of X #6 preview
A preview of the A.X.E.: Judgment Day tie-in, Legion of X #6
September 13, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Everything Marvel Studios revealed at D23 Expo 2022 - Thunderbolts, Ironheart, Fantastic Four, Black Panther 2, more
Thunderbolts, Ironheart, and just who's going to be directing Fantastic Four
September 13, 2022
Graeme McMillan
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"It's a very particular process": Cartoonist Steenz Stewart chats newspaper comics, the Standard Comics Script, and Oni Press
Steenz Stewart on their cartooning schedule, drawing from life, and the Standard Comics Script
September 13, 2022
Tiffany Babb
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Who Watches the Webcomics?
With more traditional comic book publishers entering the webcomics market, it's time to ask: what's the state of webcomics?
September 13, 2022
Rebecca Oliver Kaplan
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Marvel Studios' latest She-Hulk: Attorney At Law cliffhanger is a callback to a real-life legal concern Stan Lee had at Marvel Comics
Could someone else own the She-Hulk name besides Marvel? Stan Lee thought so, and now it's turning into a storyline of Marvel Studios' She-Hulk: Attorney At Law
September 12, 2022
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Disney Don't Forget The Lyrics (Nerds Know)
So you know the lyrics to every Disney song ever made? Well then it’s time to prove it!
September 12, 2022
Chris Arrant
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This is a Spider-Punk playlist
Do they owe us a living? Of course, the hoping do.
September 12, 2022
Rebecca Oliver Kaplan
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D23 Studio Showcase with Disney and Pixar Recap: New films, new sequels, and news on Strange World, Peter Pan & Wendy, and more
Read a recap of everything announced at Friday's D23 Expo Studio Showcase panel with Disney and Pixar
September 12, 2022
Tiffany Babb
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Liveblog!Follow along to Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Studios' Disney D23 Expo announcements
Popverse brings you live coverage from the D23 Studio Showcase (Marvel, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios)
September 12, 2022
Tiffany Babb
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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
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Full Panel VideoWatch D23 Expo 2022's Disney & Marvel Games Showcase live!
Look for the latest game news from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios
September 12, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Full Panel VideoWatch (and Listen) to D23 Expo 2022's Marvel Cinematic Universe music celebration with Disney For Scores Podcast
MCU comes to live with music - and that music is being spotlighted at D23 Expo 2022
September 12, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Full Panel VideoWatch D23 Expo 2022's Talkin’ Pets with the Vets of National Geographic panel
Dr. Pol and wife Diane, Critter Fixer Dr. Vernard Hodges and Dr. Geoff, Dr. Jen and animal keeper Rain talk pets at D23 Expo 2022
September 12, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Full Panel VideoWatch the Bob's Burgers panel from D23 Expo live!
The cast and creative team of Bob's Burgers talk about the tv show, movie, and more at D23 Expo 2022
September 12, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Watch D23 Expo's Disney Legends in Conversation live from Anaheim
Listen in as members from the newest class of Disney Legends partake in an enlightening conversation about their storied careers
September 12, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Come pinhunting with us at D23 Expo 2022!
Follow along with Popverse’s own Ashley Victoria Robinson on the first day of her first ever D23 Expo as she engages in the popular Disney fandom pastime of pinhunting!
September 12, 2022
Ashley V. Robinson
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Liveblog!D23 Expo - A Boundless Future: Disney Parks Experiences and Products live coverage
Popverse brings you live coverage from D23 Expo's Disney Parks announcement panel!
September 12, 2022
Tiffany Babb
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Full panel videoWatch Marvel's Celebrating 60 Years of the Amazing Spider-Man panel live from D23 Expo
Watch the D23 Expo 2022 Spider-Man 60th year anniversary panel like you were there!
September 12, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Watch Disney’s Epic Entertainment Showcase: The Musical: The Extravaganza! panel from D23 Expo 2022
Look for news from Disney+, Disney Channel, and Disney Junior in Disney’s Epic Entertainment Showcase: The Musical: The Extravaganza! panel
September 12, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Watch D23 Expo's Disney Stars Trivia Showdown with Nina West live!
Join the iconic Nina West (RuPaul’s Drag Race, Hairspray on Tour, D23 Mousequerade 2022) as she hosts hopeful celebrity contestants and audience members through a kaleidoscopic world of larger-than-life Disney Games!
September 12, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Marvel unveils Black Panther: World of Wakanda collection at D23 Expo (and you can buy it now from home!)
Paying tribute to Black Panther's Afrofuturist qualities and current trends, World of Wakanda is some amazing Marvel merch
September 12, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Watch Disney Parks' D23 Expo panel live for "exciting news and surprises"
Join Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D'Amaro for a look at Disney's boundless future.
September 12, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Full Panel VideoWatch Disney D23 Expo 2022's Walt Disney Imagineering panel live!
Watch Walt Disney Imagineering: 70 Years of Making the Impossible, Possible panel filmed at D23 Expo in Anaheim, California
September 12, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Ashley Eckstein's Star Wars: Guided by the Light merch hits the floor of D23 Expo (and is available online!)
We just bought the newest Star Wars merch here at D23 Expo - now you can too, from anywhere!
September 12, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts: Our first reaction
Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson reacts to Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts news
September 11, 2022
Ashley V. Robinson
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Disney's live action Little Mermaid shimmers in first teaser trailer
From the looks of it, the live-action Little Mermaid could brake the curse of bad animation-to-live-action films for Disney
September 09, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Spoilers!Are the dark days of Pamela Isley finally coming to an end? Poison Ivy #4 hints at a hopeful future
Poison Ivy’s cross-country trip for self-discovery has led to a romantic entanglement away from Harley Quinn. Here's how this brief solved Ivy’s existential crisis
September 09, 2022
Sam Stone
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Christy Carlson Romano remembers (and sings!) the classic Even Stevens song 'We Went to the Moon in 1969'
How a silly moon song changed Disney forever
September 09, 2022
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Blue's Clues' Steve Burns is back, and he's still listening
Steve Burns talks about his post-Blue's Clues life
September 09, 2022
Tiffany Babb
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Full Panel VideoWatch Broadway stars Justice Moore, James Monroe Iglehart, Anthony Rapp, and Nik Walker talk about their biggest fandoms, cosplay, and working with Marvel at their NYCC 2021 panel
Justice Moore, James Monroe Iglehart, Anthony Rapp, and Nik Walker discuss their love for all things geeky
September 09, 2022
Veronica Valencia
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"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
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What ever happened to Disney's Class of 2020?
In 2020, Disney announced a lot of new projects that then seemingly disappeared... or did they?
September 08, 2022
Graeme McMillan
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How to read webtoons on Webtoon, Tapas, and more
These aren't just a subgenre of webcomics - webtoons are its own fascinating world!
September 08, 2022
Latonya Pennington
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Wes Craig’s Kaya is a saga years in the making
Popverse catches up with Wes Craig to discuss the finale of Deadly Class and his new creator owned book – Kaya.
September 07, 2022
Kat Calamia
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Full Panel VideoDo YA characters need to be likeable? Watch G. Willow Wilson, LL McKinney, Alys Arden, and Kami Garcia dig into that from ECCC '22
YA authors G. Willow Wilson, LL McKinney, Alys Arden, and Kami Garcia dig into one of the touchiest subject of YA: do the characters have to always be likeable?
September 07, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Cursed Commercials From Around The World (Nerds Know)
Gathering the most bizarre commercials from around the world. They are weird. They are crude. They just might be banned.
September 07, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Titans United: Bloodpact will blur the lines between hero and villain, and Titans TV show and comics
Cavan Scott reassembles DC’s young heroes for Titans United: Bloodpact, teasing what readers can expect from the new comic book miniseries
September 07, 2022
Sam Stone
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Watch ECCC's YA Trivia game with Kami Garcia, Isaac Goodhart, Alys Arden, David F. Walker, LL McKinney, and Julio Anta
Watch the Full YA Trivia Game panel from Emerald City Comic Con with Kami Garcia, Isaac Goodhart, Alys Arden, David F. Walker, LL McKinney, and Julio Anta
September 07, 2022
Chris Arrant
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How HBO's House of the Dragon retconned Game of Thrones and what it could mean for the future of the series
House of the Dragon is using a prophecy to change the past
September 07, 2022
Austin Gorton
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Full Panel VideoWatch Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond, & Max Mittelman present Super Happy Kawaii Fun Time at ECCC '22
Watch Emerald City Comic Con's Super Happy Kawaii Fun Time panel with Max Mittleman, Ray Chase, and Robbie Daymond
September 06, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Spoilers!Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #4: All the twists and turns explained by Joshua Williamson
As Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths hits its halfway point, Joshua Williamson unpacks the shocking development from the DC event’s fourth issue
September 06, 2022
Sam Stone
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Full Panel VideoUnvarnished, truthful convention horror stories from Jim Zub
Watch an Emerald City Comic Con tradition - the Convention Horror Stories panel with Jim Zub
September 06, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Previously On X-Men: History of The X-Men '97 Theme Song
What's up with the lawsuit against X-Men: The Animated Series theme song, and what impact might it have on the MCU?
September 06, 2022
Dave Buesing
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Cringe together as Dragonball Evolution and other live-action films based on anime are lampooned
Enjoy bad cinema as we take you on a tour of the worst live-action adaptations of anime
September 06, 2022
Chris Arrant
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The Hernandez Brothers reflect on 40 years of defining (and redefining) independent comic books
"We helped paved the way for the independent scene in comics which is an alternative to the superhero market,” Gilbert Hernandez says
September 06, 2022
Ashley V. Robinson
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Full Panel VideoWatch Shawn Crystal, Jim Mahfood, and Matteo Scalera talk about turning your art into a career from ECCC '22
Watch the full Emerald City Comic Con panel 'Turning your art into a career with Shawn Crystal, Jim Mahfood, and Matteo Scalera'
September 02, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Video interviewHeavy Metal editor Joseph P. Illidge opens the doors to dark cosmic story of Entropy
Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson speaks with Heavy Metal executive editor Joseph P. Illidge
September 02, 2022
Ashley V. Robinson
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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
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Get free comics with a library card - how comic creators are partnering with the ALA for Library Card Sign-Up Month
Want free comics? Get a library card!
September 02, 2022
Chris Arrant
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Drawing the line: The boundaries and joys of YA cartooning
The triple threat of the YA cartoonist panel at Emerald City Comic Con
September 02, 2022
Chloe Maveal
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5 things to know before you watch Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power
Check out Popverse’s own Ashley Victoria Robinson’s suggestions on what you need to know to get the most from the premier of Amazon Studio’s The Rings of Power.
September 01, 2022
Ashley V. Robinson
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Remembering Steve Dillon: How Dillon's family honors their father, brother, and friend with a touring exhibit of his work
Steve Dillon's family pay tribute to him - and make room for others to remember his greatness
September 01, 2022
Joel Meadows
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Full Panel VideoWatch a showcase of the best cosplay from Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Full recording of Seattle's ECCC Cosplay Central Showcase
September 01, 2022
Chris Arrant
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September 2022 - This month in comic history, from 100 years ago to now
In Septembers past, remember Stan Lee retires from active Marvel Comics writing duties, Zero Day at DC, and more - including the debut of The Wizard in the UK
September 01, 2022
Alex Jaffe
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The Sensational She-Hulk: Metafiction in the Mighty Marvel Manner
Here's looking at you 'Pool, Shulkie beat 'ya to it
September 01, 2022
Rebecca Oliver Kaplan
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Amazon Prime's The Rings of Power - everything on the Lord of the Rings series, release date, trailer, cast, more
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Everything you need to know about the new Prime Video series.
August 31, 2022
Matthew Jackson