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Comics' one-time biggest distributor is now at the center of new lawsuit over bankruptcy & a $85m auction, as comic publishers & others worry they won't be paid
Diamond Comic Distributors asked the court to ignore Alliance's winning bid in favor of the back-up, leading to a new lawsuit on behalf of Alliance Entertainment.
Graeme McMillan
The White Lotus's finale was "a classic theme of Greek tragedy," says showrunner
Turns out, if we'd been properly paying attention in season 3 of The White Lotus, we could have seen it coming
Graeme McMillan
Minecraft puts Marvel on notice with the biggest opening weekend of the year, looking set to make more in 1 week than Captain America 4 did in 2 months
Jack Black and Jason Momoa star in what is almost certainly going to be the biggest movie of the year unless Marvel's Thunderbolts* or Fantastic Four movies really surprise us.
Trent Cannon
Image Comics raises prices 33% on flagship Spawn titles as Trump tariffs increase comic publishing costs
July 2025's increase to $3.99 is the first price increase for Spawn since May 2010
Graeme McMillan
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DC Comics architect Mark Waid opens the door to the first All In crossover event 'We Are Yesterday' with Justice League Unlimited
The future of DC COmics lies in a battle between the villains of DC's past versus the heroes of DC's present, and Mark Waid tells us all about it.
Pierce Lydon
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Chris Arrant
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Disney's Tron: Ares will see Jared Leto plays Evil Digital Pinocchio, teases director
The relaunch of the digital action franchise with Tron: Ares sees Leto play a character who just wants to be real, man
Disney's Predator franchise goes to feudal Japan, World War II, & the Viking era in new movie Killer of Killers
Prey director Dan Trachtenberg returns to the franchise with animated anthology Predator: Killer of Killers
Sticker shock from the Nintendo Switch 2 price? We think we've figured out why
Get ready for a bit of math and a Nintendo history lesson as we dive into the logic behind the Switch 2's much-discussed price tag.
Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer graphic novel among most challenged books, according to American Library Association report
For a second year in a row, Maia Kobabe's graphic memoir, Gender Queer, has ranked among the top most challenged books in American libraries
Netflix's Black Mirror really isn't the show audiences think it is, says creator Charlie Brooker
The Netflix show isn't a warning about technology, it's "me worrying out loud," says Brooker about the acclaimed Black Mirror
DC Comics' Justice League Unlimited series to become "truly unlimited" this summer just like the JLU animated series, says writer
Expect 800 characters a page in Justice League Unlimited #8, teases writer Mark Waid. (We're unsure if he's joking or not.)
Marvel Matters: The MCU's Loki series is a meta take on all of Marvel Studios' troubles over the past 10 years, with Kevin Feige at the center of it (and its hopeful success)
Kevin Feige is Loki - but he's not the god of mischief, he's Marvel's god of MCU stories (just like in the comics).
Inside the ongoing dispute between two Ohio anime conventions - Ohayocon and Sekaicon - that includes trade secrets and logo controversy
Both Ohayocon and Sekaicon are locked in a legal battle that will probably stretch well into next year.
Somewhere out there is an R-Rated version of A Minecraft Movie, thanks to Jennifer Coolidge's raunchy date with a villager
We would have thought Jack Black would be the one to bring adult humor to the Minecraft movie, but our hat is off to Coolidge for beating him to it.
Watch ABC's Once Upon A Time reunion panel with Lana Parrilla, Sean Maguire, & Rebecca Mader from MCM x EGX 2024
Lana Parrilla (Regina/Evil Queen), Sean Maguire (Robin Hood), and Rebecca Mader (Zelena/Wicked Witch of the West) reunite to talk ABC's Once Upon a Time on the London main stage of MCM Comic Con.
Pokémon's Pikachu helped Kim-Joy be the very best when auditioning for The Great British Bake-Off
Pokeballs filled with choux turtles will be your new favorite thing very soon
British comic creator R.E. Burke details experience of being detained by ICE for more than 2 weeks
R.E. Burke, a London-based comic artist, has revealed that she was detained by ICE for 19 days
This is where you'll find all the best of Chicago's C2E2 2025 cosplay photos
The best cosplay of C2E2 2025.
Come meet Popverse at Chicago's C2E2 2025 in one of nine panels
Ashley V. Robinson, Grant DeArmitt, Jules Chin-Greene, and Chris Arrant are coming to C2E2 - and you can meet them!
A Minecraft sequel? Director Jared Hess already has thoughts after the film outperforms box office expectations
Despite hesitation after the first trailer dropped, the Minecraft movie starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa is doing great at the box office, and that has director Hess looking at the future
Follow along live to Outlander star Sam Heughan's panel at Chicago's C2E2 2025!
Outlander's Sam Heughan has an evening Q&A with fans at Chicago's C2E2 - and we'll be there.
A24's Death Stranding movie adaptation has found its director with A Quiet Place: Day One's Michael Sarnoski
A24 and Kojima Productions are already cooking with their adaptation of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding game
Daredevil: Born Again's Wilson Fisk will never appear in an MCU film, says Kingpin actor Vincent D'Onofrio
Wilson Fisk may have been all over the MCU's TV projects - Daredevil, Hawkeye, and Echo come to mind - but if what D'Onofrio says is true, he'll never get the big screen treatment like Matt Murdock
Follow along live to the official Marvel Matters panel with Declan Shalvey, Chris Condon, and Jeffrey Brown from Chicago's C2E2 2025
The creators behind Mystique, Ultimate Wolverine, and X-Men: Days of Future Fun come to talk comics in C2E2's Marvel Matters panel.
The big Marvel panel at Chicago's C2E2 2025 is Popverse's Marvel Matters with Declan Shalvey, Chris Condon, and Jeffrey Brown
The creators behind Ultimate Wolverine, Mystique, Moon Knight, and X-Men: Days of Future Fun chop it up in a live edition of Marvel Matters.
Follow along live to the official DC: Celebrate Superman panel from Chicago's C2E2 2025
Superman boss Paul Kaminski and some surprise guests are coming to Chicago to talk all things Man of Steel - and we'll be there live.
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Marvel Matters: The MCU's Loki series is a meta take on all of Marvel Studios' troubles over the past 10 years, with Kevin Feige at the center of it (and its hopeful success)
Kevin Feige is Loki - but he's not the god of mischief, he's Marvel's god of MCU stories (just like in the comics).
Chris Arrant
Watch ABC's Once Upon A Time reunion panel with Lana Parrilla, Sean Maguire, & Rebecca Mader from MCM x EGX 2024
Lana Parrilla (Regina/Evil Queen), Sean Maguire (Robin Hood), and Rebecca Mader (Zelena/Wicked Witch of the West) reunite to talk ABC's Once Upon a Time on the London main stage of MCM Comic Con.
Chris Arrant
DC Comics architect Mark Waid opens the door to the first All In crossover event 'We Are Yesterday' with Justice League Unlimited
The future of DC COmics lies in a battle between the villains of DC's past versus the heroes of DC's present, and Mark Waid tells us all about it.
Pierce Lydon
C2E2 2025
This is where you'll find all the best of Chicago's C2E2 2025 cosplay photos
The best cosplay of C2E2 2025.
Chris Arrant
Come meet Popverse at Chicago's C2E2 2025 in one of nine panels
Ashley V. Robinson, Grant DeArmitt, Jules Chin-Greene, and Chris Arrant are coming to C2E2 - and you can meet them!
Chris Arrant
Follow along live to Outlander star Sam Heughan's panel at Chicago's C2E2 2025!
Outlander's Sam Heughan has an evening Q&A with fans at Chicago's C2E2 - and we'll be there.
Jules Chin Greene
Follow along live to the official Marvel Matters panel with Declan Shalvey, Chris Condon, and Jeffrey Brown from Chicago's C2E2 2025
The creators behind Mystique, Ultimate Wolverine, and X-Men: Days of Future Fun come to talk comics in C2E2's Marvel Matters panel.
Jules Chin Greene
C2E2 2025
This is where you'll find all the best of Chicago's C2E2 2025 cosplay photos
The best cosplay of C2E2 2025.
Chris Arrant
Come meet Popverse at Chicago's C2E2 2025 in one of nine panels
Ashley V. Robinson, Grant DeArmitt, Jules Chin-Greene, and Chris Arrant are coming to C2E2 - and you can meet them!
Chris Arrant
Follow along live to Outlander star Sam Heughan's panel at Chicago's C2E2 2025!
Outlander's Sam Heughan has an evening Q&A with fans at Chicago's C2E2 - and we'll be there.
Jules Chin Greene
Follow along live to the official Marvel Matters panel with Declan Shalvey, Chris Condon, and Jeffrey Brown from Chicago's C2E2 2025
The creators behind Mystique, Ultimate Wolverine, and X-Men: Days of Future Fun come to talk comics in C2E2's Marvel Matters panel.
Jules Chin Greene
Diamond Comic Distributors
Comics' one-time biggest distributor is now at the center of new lawsuit over bankruptcy & a $85m auction, as comic publishers & others worry they won't be paid
Diamond Comic Distributors asked the court to ignore Alliance's winning bid in favor of the back-up, leading to a new lawsuit on behalf of Alliance Entertainment.
Graeme McMillan
Comics' one-time biggest distributor has a winning bid at bankruptcy auction, but the buyer seems more interested in games than funnybooks
Longtime comic book distributor, Diamond, looks set to be purchased by Alliance Entertainment, pending court approval
Jules Chin Greene
By the time 2025's Free Comic Book Day happens, someone else will probably own Free Comic Book Day
A timeline has been released by bankruptcy courts for the sale of Diamond Comic Distributors' assets, and it's sooner than you think
Graeme McMillan
The company behind comics' former distribution monopoly continues to lose publishers (including Image Comics and Boom! Studios) even as other creditors sign on to investigate
Four publishers depart Diamond after the distributor announced it was filing bankruptcy, while the court names three creditors to form a committee to look into the company
Graeme McMillan
A Minecraft Movie
Somewhere out there is an R-Rated version of A Minecraft Movie, thanks to Jennifer Coolidge's raunchy date with a villager
We would have thought Jack Black would be the one to bring adult humor to the Minecraft movie, but our hat is off to Coolidge for beating him to it.
Trent Cannon
A Minecraft sequel? Director Jared Hess already has thoughts after the film outperforms box office expectations
Despite hesitation after the first trailer dropped, the Minecraft movie starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa is doing great at the box office, and that has director Hess looking at the future
Grant DeArmitt
Explaining the chicken jockey meme spiraling out of A Minecraft Movie
Minecraft’s chicken jockey moment explained
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Minecraft puts Marvel on notice with the biggest opening weekend of the year, looking set to make more in 1 week than Captain America 4 did in 2 months
Jack Black and Jason Momoa star in what is almost certainly going to be the biggest movie of the year unless Marvel's Thunderbolts* or Fantastic Four movies really surprise us.
Trent Cannon
The White Lotus
The White Lotus's finale was "a classic theme of Greek tragedy," says showrunner
Turns out, if we'd been properly paying attention in season 3 of The White Lotus, we could have seen it coming
Graeme McMillan
The White Lotus season 3 release date: a new cast assembles for the HBO comedy series
A new season for HBO's White Lotus brings in a new cast featuring Walton Goggins. So when does the next season of White Lotus begin streaming?
Jules Chin Greene
The funniest character deaths in television history, from White Lotus to Mad Men, Cheers, Seinfeld, the Simpsons, and more
It hurts to say goodbye when your sides are in stitches.
Alex Jaffe
The White Lotus season 3 cast: Who stars in the next chapter of HBO's hit series?
The beloved dark comedy-drama is set to return with Walton Goggins, Carrie Coon, and Parker Posey
Fran Ruiz