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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
Explore the line between life and death in an exclusive preview of the Black Box Chronicles
The sci-fi anthology is currently nearing the end of its successful Kickstarter campaign
June 01, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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
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
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
News
CBR is going through a major overhaul due to "culture and performance" issues
In addition to its editor-in-chief, the site's senior news and feature editors have also been laid off
May 30, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
A light in the darkness: The renewed relevance of Alan Scott
DC Pride makes the original Green Lantern Alan Scott a bigger inspiration to a new generation of heroes ahead of his new series
May 30, 2023
Sam Stone
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The comic & pop culture journalism website CBR just laid off its editor-in-chief
Adam Swiderski has shared that he is no longer with the pop culture site CBR
May 30, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
The Romans and the Picts unite to fight an ancient horror in Shadows of Thule from Humanoids
A Roman general is on a quest for revenge, but his revenge may unleash an ancient horror on the North
May 30, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
Gene Luen Yang's The Books of Clash flips the concept of the game on its head
Instead of treating characters as only part of groups, Yang wants readers to see these characters as individuals
May 30, 2023
Tiffany Babb
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
News
The winners of the 2022 Eisner Awards are...
The 2022 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards winners
May 28, 2023
Tiffany Babb
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
Long-time comics site The Nib has announced its closure
The Nib is set to cease print publication with its next issue and shutter its online publication this summer.
May 27, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
Eisner Awards: Thomas Woodruff withdraws his name from consideration for the 2023 awards
The creator of Francis Rothbart has been widely criticized for past professional behavior
May 27, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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
"I'm finding where my place is in the world of comics": Rina Ayuyang isn't done with comics yet
The Ignatz- and Eisner-nominated Filipina American cartoonist talks about the low stakes and high rewards of her career in comics
May 26, 2023
Christine Pasalo Norland
Features
What comics, movies, and TV can teach us about how to Birthday well
Popular culture is here to teach you the important tips to survive Popverse's birthday week
May 26, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
The massice Ice Cream Man interview with W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo you've always wanted
The creators behind Image Comics' long-running series Ice Cream Man go in-depth about the series
May 25, 2023
Hussein Al-wasiti
Features
"Where else are they gonna go?": The culture clash at the heart of ComiXology and Amazon
According to insiders, there has been tension between Amazon and ComiXology since the latter was purchased nine years ago
May 25, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
ComiXology: David Steinberger was digital comics platform's champion against Amazon demands "from day one"
The co-founder of the company stood up for comic culture in a corporate structure that didn't understand, say insiders
May 25, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Gene Luen Yang and the quintessential American superhero, Superman
A deep dive into Gene Luen Yang's body of work and how led him to become the best modern Superman writer
May 25, 2023
Ritesh Babu
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Blue Beetle can visit your comic book store, thanks to DC's movie tie-in standee
Retailers have the chance to bring Jaime Reyes into their store as part of a new promo push
May 25, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Could Amazon close ComiXology for good?
Some are wondering if the combination of Kindle integration and layoffs are pointing to the permanent closure of ComiXology
May 25, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
UpdatedIDW layoffs: April "reset" now confirmed to include 32 (not the originally announced 28) fired employees
Popverse can confirm some departures at the southern California-based publisher
May 25, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Image Comics ditches Diamond for Lunar to get its comics into comic shops after a 25+ year relationship
Starting this September, Lunar will be the exclusive distributor of Image's single issues
May 24, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Scott Snyder talks about a "more meaningful" animated Wytches adaptation
Snyder is co-showrunning the series for Prime Video, which will use Jock's art as its visual guide
May 24, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Akira, Spy X Family, much more (and almost some Marvel comics) pulled from Midwest US library's YA section
After news broke that superhero comics including Captain America: Winter Soldier had been pulled from Hamilton East Public Library YA shelves, the library has since announced that was in "error."
May 24, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
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
News
Thomas Woodruff: The artist and his publisher respond to calls to axe his Eisner noms following emotional abuse allegations
As emotional abuse allegations continue to appear, the publisher and creator of Francis Rothbart attempt to head off criticism
May 24, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Turning Japanese Expanded Edition revisits Marinaomi's original story with a new experience
Sometimes the story keeps going, especially in the case of Marinaomi's Turning Japanese Expanded Edition
May 24, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
Is the Dark Flash making his DCEU debut in The Flash? Todd McFarlane seems to tease "yes"...
Does a toy listing spoil a moment in the upcoming big screen Flash movie?
May 24, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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
Features
What the Popverse team is most proud of at our one year anniversary
There's a lot to be proud of!
May 23, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
“It feels all made up”: Queer comic creators talk about attacks on their books
At MoCCA Fest, PEN America' Jonathan Friedman talked to Maia Kobabe, Mike Curato and Cathy G. Johnson about the censorship of their books.
May 23, 2023
Jim McDermott
Features
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
Features
From Dead Boy Detectives to Nightmare Country: Where the Sandman Universe is now
As The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives ends, here’s how Sandman endures in comics 35 years since its debut
May 23, 2023
Sam Stone
News
Jazz icon Miles Davis is getting his story told in comics with graphic biography by Enter the Blue's Dave Chisholm
Miles Davis and The Search for the Sound will hit shelves on September 26, 2023
May 23, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Dog Man is the perfect introduction to comics, especially Grant Morrison's
Could Dav Pilkey's wildly successful book series be even more meta than Morrison?
May 23, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
"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
Features
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
News
ComiXology Originals head of content Bryce Gold announces departure from the company
Gold had led the originals program since June 2022.
May 22, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Judge Dredd's multiracial ancestry is revisited and restored in new storyline
'One-Eyed Jacks' takes 2000 AD's futuristic lawman back to '70s New York
May 19, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Marvel schedules secret new comics project to debut this fall (and we think we know what it is)
We'll have to wait until July to find out what it's called and who's in it, however
May 19, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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
Features
Read all about it: The history and continued importance of the British newsagent in comics
"That most humble British institution – the corner shop newsagent – has played a vital role in helping us"
May 18, 2023
Chloe Maveal
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
News
DC invites you to have a sexy, sexy summer with (checks notes) G'nort Gneesmacher and some swimsuits...?!?
Yes, G'nort's Illustrated Swimsuit Edition is real, and you'll be able to buy it this August
May 18, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
20th century boys: the (temporary) end of the superhero set
The short-term disappearance of the superhero post-World War II
May 18, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
The tragedy of Funnyman: How the the creators of Superman tried to make lightning strike twice
The 75th anniversary of the Siegel and Shuster comeback that never came.
May 18, 2023
Alex Jaffe
Features
Maia Kobabe, in eir own words: The Gender Queer cartoonist talks about life and comics
Cartoonist Maia Kobabe talks about eir process, eir new book, and Gender Queer.
May 17, 2023
Jim McDermott
Features
SpoilersWhy would Marvel spoil its own comics weeks ahead of release?
If nothing else, spoiling something ahead of time definitely gets people paying attention...
May 17, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Batman and Spider-Man artist Jorge Molina is the spotlight of a new career retrospective book
The hardcover collection is now crowdfunding on Zoop
May 17, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Potential Spoilers!Marvel warns fans to avoid Amazing Spider-Man spoilers, then officially confirms them hours later
Images that spoiled the climax of the next issue of Amazing Spider-Man have leaked online
May 16, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
A magical partnership: Evan Narcisse & Charles Stewart III talk Static Team-Up: Anansi
In an interview with Popverse, Evan Narcisse and Charles Stewart III talk reimagining a superhero team-up from Static Shock for comics for the first time
May 16, 2023
Sam Stone
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
Spoilers!Speed kills: How Titans continues Wally West’s string of tragedies
The new Titans series kicks off with a shocking murder and the return of Wally West’s rough patch. Here's how Wally can't just catch a break.
May 16, 2023
Sam Stone
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
Manga on mobile phones is getting easier, as Kodansha's K Manga app launches with 350+ titles and 60 ongoing series
The US-only app gives fans online access to Attack on Titan, Vinland Saga, and hundreds more titles
May 15, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
If you like Calvin and Hobbes, you will love these comics recommendations
Looking to recapture the spirit of Bill Watterson's classic comic strip? We have some suggestions to help
May 15, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Guardians of the Galaxy writer says things are going from "bad to much, much worse" with fall of Groot storyline
The mystery behind the galaxy's biggest threat will be laid bare, promises Marvel
May 12, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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 Marvel multiverse: 10 alternate Marvel universes that aren't Ultimate, but are still Awesome
As Hickman and Hitch get ready to return to the Ultimate Universe, a look at other great Marvel alternate universes.
May 12, 2023
Jim McDermott
Features
How Gene Luen Yang brought Shang-Chi in line with the Marvel way of being a hero
Shang-Chi has a complicated history, and Gene Luen Yang had a plan to give him a new way of being a hero
May 12, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
Hit comic Barbaric returns with spin-off series Queen of Swords, and we have a 18-page preview
Want 18 pages of fantasy action? Sure you do
May 11, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Upstart new comics publisher DSTLRY sets up distribution deals for comic shops & bookstores
DSTLRY, a company set up from alums from Amazon's ComiXology, gets in the print comic business
May 11, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Justice League x RWBY stars descend upon this week's Enter the Popverse!
Popverse's weekly video series sees the cast of the animated movie explain all to host Ashley V. Robinson
May 10, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Small steps, great leaps: A Gene Luen Yang reading guide
What to read by the Eisner-winning, New York Times best-selling writer and cartoonist
May 09, 2023
Christine Pasalo Norland
Features
Spoilers!Death in DC: Inside DC’s new magic trick for superhero deaths
Superhero death and resurrection is a staple to the genre, with DC relying on a recurring trope to take heroes off the board
May 09, 2023
Sam Stone
News
We've just made it easier for you to keep up with your favourite things
Spend less time searching for the things you love, and more time reading about them.
May 09, 2023
Craig Munro
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
Inside Maia Kobabe's next big book: Saachi's Stories with Lucky Srikumar at Scholastic's Graphix
Saachi's Stories will be published in 2025, with art from Lucky Srikumar
May 08, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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
Features
Free Comic Book Day 2023: How (and where) to get free comic books from Marvel, DC, Scholastic, and more
When is Free Comic Book Day? What titles are free? The answers you're looking for are here
May 06, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Spoilers!DC’s Knight Terrors: Everything you need to know about the upcoming DC event as spelled out with Free Comic Book Day
DC Comics’ biggest Free Comic Book Day release is a special prologue to Knight Terrors. Here’s how it sets the tone for this summer’s event.
May 06, 2023
Sam Stone
News
IDW Publishing names Maggie Howell as the Group Editor of original content
The publisher's non-licensed comics will be headed up by a former DC Vertigo and Black Label editor
May 05, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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
Features
Free Comic Book Day: Not every comic is for everyone (and that's a good thing)
The Spider-Man FCBD issue feels very familiar to this old-time reader, but don't listen to me.
May 05, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
DC's original Green Lantern, first Flash, and the Golden Age Sandman all get their own solo books this fall
The New Golden Age expands with three new Justice Society spin-offs
May 05, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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
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
News
IDW Publishing's company "reset" includes a new editor-in-chief, two new publishers, and more
Mark Doyle, Tara McCrillis, and Jamie S. Rich rise in the company in the wake of mass layoffs
May 04, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
DC celebrates AAPI Heritage Month 2023 by launching new Legends into the DCU
We Are Legends and variant covers make up DC's AAPI plans for the year
May 03, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
What if a comic convention focused exclusively on comic art? One does, and its Italy's Lake Como Comic Art Festival
Lake Como’s comic festival is an event with a focus purely on comic art and in a very different setting
May 03, 2023
Joel Meadows
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Jim Lee promoted to president of DC
Yes, he's still publisher and chief creative officer of the company as well
May 03, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
Watch the Smallville's Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk, Erica Durance, and John Glover reunite and reminisce about the fondly-remembered DC Superman show
Kristin Kreuk, Erica Durance, Michael Rosenbaum and John Glover talked about Smallville at the C2E2 2023, and you can watch it live like you were there!
May 03, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Through the looking glass: Batman’s odyssey through the multiverse finally brings him home
DC marks Batman’s 900th issue with a multiversal celebration of the Dark Knight’s extensively varied legacy
May 02, 2023
Sam Stone
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
Features
Marvel Comics celebrates AAPI Heritage in May with new back-ups and a new series for Spider-Man's Silk
The publisher teases additional AAPI stories throughout the year, as well.
May 01, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
The secret to comic retail? Know what your audience is looking for
Lunar Distribution's Christina Merkler has some ideas on what it takes to be a successful comic store
May 01, 2023
Graeme McMillan
News
Creed throws his hat into the comics ring with an original mini series from Boom! Studios
Wanted to know what happens to Amara Creed after Creed III? This comic has got your back.
April 28, 2023
Tiffany Babb
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
Neal Adams’ family looks back on his life and legacy
On the anniversary of Neal Adams’ passing, Popverse sat down with the members of his family: his wife Merilyn, his daughters Kris and Zeea, and his sons Joel, Jason, and Josh. In candid conversation, they talked to us about their most important memories of their husband and father; their thoughts about his life, work, and legacy to the industry he loved; and how they hope the world remembers the role he played in comics and culture.
April 28, 2023
Zach Rabiroff