Chris Arrant

Chris Arrant
Editor-in-Chief
Chris Arrant: Chris Arrant is the Popverse's Editor-in-Chief. He has written about pop culture for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, Newsarama, TOKYOPOP, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop News, and CBR. He is the author of the book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, co-authored Art of Spider-Man Classic, and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology Pros and (Comic) Cons. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. (He/him)
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DC's Harley Quinn, Joker, and the Suicide Squad are starring in their own anime
DC is partnering with a major Japanese studio for a Suicide Squad anime
July 03, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Production IG and WIT are coming to Anime Expo to talk about the Spy × Family movie, the long-awaited Uzumaki anime, and more
Spy X Family, Uzumaki, and more to be discussed in Production I.G. and WIT Studio's Anime Expo 2023 panel
July 02, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Follow along as Netflix brings Pokémon Concierge, PLUTO, the live-action One Piece, as well as Zom 100 to Anime Expo 2023
The live-action One Piece and more is coming to Netflix... and Anime Expo
July 02, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Watch Anime Expo 2023 panels live with a free livestream
Watch some of the biggest AX 2023 panels with the official livestream!
July 02, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Full Panel VideoWatch TOHO Animation's Anime Expo 2023 panel with Jujutsu Kaisen, My Hero Academia, Frieren
>Watch as TOHO Animation talks about the upcoming seasons of Jujutsu Kaisen and My Hero Academy, along with the debuting Spice and Wolf, Kaiju No. 8, and Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
July 02, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Full Panel VideoActor Kevin McNally talks about his career from James Bond to Pirates of the Caribbean and more
Pirates of the Caribbean, Doctor Who, Supernatural, James Bond, and more - Kevin McNally's done a lot, and has a lot to say
July 01, 2023
Chris Arrant
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DC Studios' James Gunn is skipping San Diego Comic Con this year as well
Hall H staple James Gunn won't be at SDCC 2023 for DC, Marvel, or anyone
July 01, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Liveblog!Follow along as Jujutsu Kaisen creators MAPPA reveal what's next in the show, plus Bucchigiri?!, Maboroshi, and more
MAPPA CEO Manubu Ostuka and MAPPA producer Makoto Kimura are announced to be on this panel, and will be in conversation with Crunchyroll's Kyle Cardine talking about their upcoming anime titles
July 01, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch The voices of Genshin Impact's Fu San'er and Lumine talk about the hit game with London MCM fans
Kellen Goff and Sara Miller-Crew took part in an hour-long fan Q&A about the hit game Genshin Impact
June 30, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
What are we all enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
June 30, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
Miami! Get ready for the next Florida Supercon, as we have the 2024 FSC dates
Florida Supercon is heading back to Miami next July. Here are the deets.
June 29, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
There's a classic McDonalds birthday party being thrown for a comic publisher: WEBTOON
Will there be one of those huge McDonald's birthday houses as well? We can only hope.
June 23, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Expect Spider-Verse 3 to be delayed, according to one insider on the project
That Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse cliffhanger ending is going to sting more than you thought
June 23, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Netflix, Sony, HBO, Universal, Lucasfilm, and Disney are joining Marvel Studios in skipping SDCC 2023 Hall H and other panels (and others may be on the fence)
Hall H is going to look a lot different at San Diego Comic Con 2023
June 23, 2023
Chris Arrant
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What are we all at Popverse enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
June 23, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Full Panel VideoWant to be a pro wrestler? The trainers & students behind the Al Snow Wrestling Academy share a one-hour Pro Wrestling 101
How to become a pro wrestler, according to the Al Snow Wrestling Academy and Elite Wrestling Entertainment
June 22, 2023
Chris Arrant
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DC's Blue Beetle writer and Drag Race Mexico hosts are coming to Enter The Popverse
Comics writer Josh Trujillo and Drag Race Mexico's Valentina and Lolita Banana are talking to Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson
June 21, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Sandman's Dead Boy Detectives writer Pornsak Pichetshote is coming to Enter The Popverse
The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives and the Good Asian writer Pornsak Pichetshote is coming to Enter the Popverse
June 16, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Watch an hour-long interview with Love & Rockets Gilbert Hernandez
Beto, in conversation with Jazzlyn Stone, from MCM Comic Con 2023
June 16, 2023
Chris Arrant
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MCM Birmingham returns in winter 2023 - Here's the dates for the UK show!
MCM is returning to Birmingham, England this winter - but with later dates than you might expect.
June 16, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
The new IDW targets webtoons, crowdfunding, podcasts, more, as ownership to turn company around
IDW reports $8.1 million in losses for past 12 months, but sees a plan to turn it around in a year
June 15, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2: The plot, cast, release date, trailer, and more ahead of the new season
Expect the unexpected (and some important backstory), teased the Strange New Worlds cast at MCM
June 15, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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Watch Brendan Fraser and Oded Fehr reunite (and reminsce) about The Mummy 2+ decades later
The Mummy's Brendan Fraser and Oded Fehr reunite to talk about the 1999 film - and you can watch the hour-long conversation for free
June 14, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Full Panel VideoThe director of Stephen King's The Boogeyman movie, Rob Savage, pulls back the curtain on the Disney horror movie
Stephen King's The Boogeyman has been translated to film, and the director who did it is sharing how it came together
June 14, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Washington, DC is declaring June 16 'Awesome Con Day'
Awesome Con is getting an official day in the record books on its 10th anniversary
June 14, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
One of America's greatest novelists, Cormac McCarthy, has died at age 89
Cormac McCarthy may be dead, but his stories are too tough to die.
June 13, 2023
Chris Arrant
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“Every day is a learning experience”: A conversation with the new IDW CEO Davidi Jonas
As IDW undergoes a "reset", we talk to the person who pressed the reset button: new IDW CEO Davidi Jonas
June 13, 2023
Zach Rabiroff
News
IDW is about to reveal the "tremendous loss" of several million dollars which precipitated the company reset
A new Q2 2023 report will be shared with stockholders, press, and "potential investors" later this week
June 13, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Trash pandas get some love in upcoming kids comic The Racc Pack from Whitney Gardner & Stephanie Cooke
A trio of raccoons show that treasure can be trash (and that its not bad to be trashy!) in The Racc Pack
June 12, 2023
Chris Arrant
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What are we all enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
June 09, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Watch the Kodansha USA & Yen Press Power Hour panel from MCM Comic Con
Two manga giants, Yen Press and Kodansha USA, make a rare team-up to announce new projects at MCM Comic Con
June 09, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Inside Teen Titans' new World's Finest book by Mark Waid & Emanuela Lupacchino - The plot, the preview, the covers, and more
That thing you Teen Titans do
June 08, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Full Panel VideoWatch the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 panel with Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding, and Melissa Navia
Watch as Celia Rose Gooding (Uhura), Melissa Navia (Ortegas) | Los Angeles: Rebecca Romijn (Number One), Ethan Peck (Spock) from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 'beams' into MCM to talk season 2
June 07, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Cliff Chiang has returned to his 'New 52' Wonder Woman run for one amazing new cover
Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang's Wonder Woman run was one for the ages, and this fall its being collected in a new hardcover edition
June 06, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Ms. Marvel co-creator G Willow Wilson joins Enter The Popverse to talk about new creator-owned comic
The Hunger and the Dusk writer & Kamala Khan co-creator G. Willow Wilson is coming to Enter the Popverse
June 06, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
The Witcher season 3: When the new season (both parts) hits Netflix, down to the minute
You're only getting one more season of Henry Cavill as the Witcher, but Netflix are splitting it into to make it more of a meal
June 06, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Meet the first true love of DC's original Green Lantern Alan Scott (and also retcons a major part of the hero's mythos)
DC's original Green Lantern is Alan Ladd Scott - it turns out Ladd isn't a middle name, it's the name of his first love
June 02, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
What are we all enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
June 02, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
How Sailor Moon inspires Hayley Gold's graphic memoir on anorexia, Nervosa
On World Eating Disorders Action Day we're spotlighting a recent original graphic novel that puts it into focus - using one cartoonist's real-life experiences
June 02, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Image Comics' workers union files Unfair Labor Practice charges against the comics publisher
Less than three months after being ratified, the union representing some Image Comics workers is having issues with their employer
June 01, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Full Panel VideoThe Pokémon: The First Movie voice cast reunite after 25 years for an hour-long panel you can now watch
Pokémon: The First Movie's Veronica Taylor (Rika Matsumoto), Rachael Lillis (Mayumi Iizuka, Yūji Ueda), Eric Stuart (Yūji Ueda, Shin'ichirō Miki), and Jay Goede (Dr. Fuji, and later Mewtwo) reunite at MCM Comic Con
May 31, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Alan Scott: The Green Lantern's Tim Sheridan and Cian Tormey are coming to Enter the Popverse
DC's original Green Lantern is getting his first solo series in decades, and the creators of that book are coming to talk about it on Enter the Popverse
May 31, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Go full New York Comic Con with the first-ever NYCC tracksuit
The first ever official NYCC tracksuit, logo t-shirt, and hat, coming soon!
May 31, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Now hiring: Smurfs for San Diego Comic Con (Yes, there is a height limit)
It's time to fulfill your lifelong dream of becoming a Smurf
May 31, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Popverse: Year One - our most popular articles, as decided by YOU!
From controversy in comics to cartoons that make you say 'Woooo!', Popverse's first year was great. Here are the most popular news, panels, features, and guides from year one.
May 30, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Full Panel VideoYu-Gi-Oh's Yami Yugi and Seto Kaiba voice actors Dan Green and Eric Stuart reunite and talk about the iconic anime show
The voice actors behind Yu-Gi-Oh stars Yami Yugi and Seto Kaiba talk about the anime, the experience, and the fans at MCM Comic Con May 2023.
May 30, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
The Eisner Awards have removed Thomas Woodruff's four nominations from consideration at his request
After two weeks of uproar surrounding the multiple nomminations for a controversial comic (and its author), the organizers of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have agreed to remove the nominations.
May 28, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Inside the Eisner Awards process for Thomas Woodruff: What happened, what went awry, and what could be changed
Thomas Woodruff and the Eisner Awards controversy, from the point-of-view of an Eisner Awards insider
May 28, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
What are we all enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
May 26, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Pokemon, Heartstopper's Rhea Norwood, Witcher's Eamon Farren, or The Boogeyman: Which May MCM Comic Con panel did fans choose to watch first
Which May 2023 MCM Comic Con panel do you want to watch here first?
May 26, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Full Panel VideoWatch the Our Flag Means Death panel with Con O'Neill, Nathan Foad, and Kristian Nairn from ECCC FREE!
Con O'Neill, Nathan Foad, and Kristian Nairn hoist the flag of Our Flag Means Death at Emerald City Comic Con '22
May 24, 2023
Chris Arrant
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IDW is positioning its comics editors to shepherd those projects into movies, TV, and more
IDW may have lost the Transformers license, but they're hoping their comics editors can transform into movie & TV experts
May 24, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Scott Snyder AMA: Popverse welcomes the Batman & Wytches writer for an all-access interview with all of you
Popverse will host comics writer Scott Snyder for a live video AMA taking place Wednesday, May 24
May 24, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Celebrated Finland cartoonist's graphic memoir about her brain aneurysm (and recovery) is finally coming out in English
Check out an exclusive preview of Memento Mori by Tiitu Takalo
May 23, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Inside IDW layoffs: $900,000 in severance pay planned, with 44% of that going to former CEO and CFO
IDW expects to pay out $900,00 to its laid off employees - with over 40% going to its two former executives
May 23, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Kickstarter recruits ComiXology's content lead to head its comic division
Amazon's original comics content head at ComiXology, Bryce Gold, is jumping to Kickstarter
May 23, 2023
Chris Arrant
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"Today is your last day at IDW": Inside the April 27 layoffs at IDW Publishing & Entertainment
A preview of our deep dive into what happened at IDW
May 23, 2023
Zach Rabiroff
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Inside the IDW layoffs: How the company's troubles go as far back as 2021
The "shit-ton of money" and the lack thereof, at IDW Publishing & Entertainment
May 22, 2023
Zach Rabiroff
News
IDW makes first PR hire after laying off almost its entire sales & marketing team a month ago
IDW makes its first hire in sales & marketing after massive layoffs and a planned "reset"
May 22, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Full panel videoWatch Michael Rooker cut up and act out in a raucous one-hour conversation with fans from C2E2
From Henry to Guardians of the Galaxy and more, Michael Rooker talks about his impressive career in a C2E2 spotlight panel
May 22, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
What are we all enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
May 19, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
Popverse: Year One - the big surprises, the big successes, and the big deals you should know about
It's the first birthday of our tour guide to pop culture, Popverse
May 18, 2023
Chris Arrant
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DC's Batman just re-created an iconic Marvel comics moment with Wolverine
Batman goes 'SNIKT!' (almost) in rare Marvel/DC moment
May 18, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
One Piece anime: Watch voice actors Colleen Clinkenbeard, Sonny Strait, Luci Christian, and Ian Sinclair in a never-before-seen hour-long panel
Colleen Clinkenbeard (Luffy), Luci Christian (Nami), Sonny Strait (Usopp), and Ian Sinclair talk about the hit One Piece anime
May 18, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Inside the IDW layoffs and "reset": How a company went from making "a shit-ton of money" to worrying about bankruptcy
Current and former IDW employes, including the new CEO himself, help us assemble a picture of what is happening at IDW Publishing and IDW Entertainment
May 16, 2023
Zach Rabiroff
Features
Full Panel VideoLearn about how to make your own library comic convention (with help from Chicago librarians!)
Librarians get together to talk about libraries' position in comics reading, Library cons, and more
May 16, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
DSTLRY: Everything to know about the new publisher from the men behind Comixology
Former ComiXology leaders David Steinberger and Chip Mosher are aiming to reinvent modern comics publishing
May 15, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Deadman has sympathy for DC's newest megavillian Insomnia as Knight Terrors unfolds
An exclusive first look at the Knight Terrors finale
May 15, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
What are we all enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
May 12, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
The Incal's wolf mercenary Kill Wolfhead goes solo in new OGN by Brandon Thomas and Pete Woods
On Moebius's birthday, we have news of a new spinoff comic featuring his character Kill Wolfhead from The Incal
May 08, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Bay Area comic convention SiliCon cancels this year's event due to "financial hardship"
Reports indicate one of SiliCon's major financial backers pulled out of this year's event
May 06, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
30+ year comics publishing executive Jim Sokolowski is now a free agent, as he leaves his Dynamite VP/Associate Pubisher role
A 30+ year veteral of comics publishing and how to talk to comic shops is suddenly a free agent
May 05, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Los Angeles Comic Con boasts it beat all its area competitors to be the biggest in the LA area
Los Angeles Comic Con says it just bested others as the biggest LA-area comic convention around
May 05, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
What are we all enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
May 05, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
When is the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 release date?
The release date for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 around the world
May 05, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
IDW Publishing names Heather Antos to lead licensed comics line
IDW promotes from within to lead its most profitable comics line
May 04, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
ReedPop VP (and Popverse co-founder) Mike Armstrong is exiting the company after nearly 14 years
After nearly 14 years, ReedPop's Mike Armstrong is leaving the company
May 04, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
DC's Flash writer Jeremy Adams joins Enter the Popverse
Popverse talks with DC writer Jeremy Adams about Green Lantern, the Flash, and more
May 03, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Guardians 3: Details on the post-credits and mid-credits scene in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mid-credits, post-credits, the fine print, easter eggs... here's what's been revealed about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3's ending
May 03, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Guardians 3: What is on the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 soundtrack?
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 soundtrack has some bangers, and some soft songs too
May 03, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Guardians: Will there be a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3?
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 4? Hold your horses... but wait, there could be something
May 03, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Guardians 3: What should I watch ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3?
Here's what to watch to prepare for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
May 03, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Guardians 3: James Gunn and the other major creators and crew behind Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
James Gunn is the face of the Guardians 3 creators - but there's more to the team than that.
May 03, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Guardians 3: The story of Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Whatever you call it - the plot, the story, the synopsis - of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
May 03, 2023
Chris Arrant
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Guardians 3: Who is the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 cast?
Once called "a-holes" in the MCU itself, the Guardians have shaped up to be a great team
May 03, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Guardians 3: All the big trailers for Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Get ready for Guardians 3 by watching the major trailers
May 03, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
IDW woke up to news its bank had failed, but US banking officials saved the day
IDW was worried one of it banks may fail, and then it did.
May 01, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Star Trek: Day of Blood is a "lost episode" crossing over multiple generations, says creators
Star Trek: Day of Blood is the franchise's first official comic book crossover event
May 01, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
What are we all enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
April 28, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
DC's Knight Terrors: All the info, all the titles, behind DC's summer horror event
The first big event of the Dawn of DC era begins with a Free Comic Book Day special issue this May
April 27, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Popverse Reader Survey: Tell us how much the ongoing cost of living increase has affected your entertainment habits
Everything is getting more expensive. So are movies, TV shows, comics, and conventions starting to take a backseat for you as you focus on other things? Let us know.
April 27, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Power Girl writer Leah Williams will be a guest on Enter the Popverse
With the news that Power Girl will be getting an ongoing series, we're excited to hear more about the series from the series writer herself
April 26, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
What are we all enjoying this weekend?
The TV, movies, and comics that the Popverse team is planning on checking out this weekend
April 21, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
Fan Expo St. Louis quietly canceled after nine-year run
As Fan Expo St. Louis closes its doors, St. Louis loses its annual comic convention
April 19, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
A cold case crime turns into a sci-fi conspiracy in Antarctica from Image Comics & Top Cow
Described as "Stargate meets His Dark Materials," the upcoming comic book series Antarctica puts a sci-fi spin on the world's coldest continent
April 18, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Full panel videoWatch the full Obi-Wan Kenobi panel from Star Wars Celebration 2023!
Deborah Chow, Ewan McGregor, Vivien Lyra Blair, Hayden Christensen, and Indira Varma talk about Obi-Wan Kenobi season 1.
April 17, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Livestream the Cosplay Central Costume Showcase panel from C2E2 '23
The best cosplayers in the game take the stage for the Cosplay Central Showcase at C2E2 2023, and you can livestream it here.
April 16, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Comic con on a cruise ship? It's coming in 2024
Comic convention + cruise ship? Imagine it all, especially the cosplay with Comic Con Cruise
April 13, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
A new Superman series is coming from Mark Waid, Bryan Hitch, and DC's 17 & up imprint
Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor revisits the time travel twists of the first movie to save his greatest foe
April 13, 2023
Chris Arrant
News
Inside Clementine: Book Two by Tillie Walden and the YA continuation of The Walking Dead saga
Zombies have a hunger for fresh meat - we have a hunger for more comics by Tillie Walden
April 12, 2023
Chris Arrant