Chris Arrant

When I did mine, the automated system they use for part of it was very frustrating and infantilized me, but I kind of understood why later.

I am knee-deep in SDCC right now, but dreaming up NYCC plans.

When I'm knee-deep in NYCC, I'll be dreaming up C2E2 & ECCC & Bookcon plans.

When I'm knee-deep at C2E2 & ECCC & Bookcon, I'll be dreaming up SDCC plans.

The big news of SDCC 2025 for comics at least is this.

Thank you, Jackie Estrada. You gave much more than you received, and you are leaving comics in a much better place than when you started.

Support in-depth comics journalism.

Reposting. Deadline is July 8.

Please follow these directions. How you do in that helps me know how well a communicator you can be if hired. (4/4)

If this sounds like you, email me (chris.arrant@reedpop.com) with your name, location, and linked samples of event-style reporting such as this you've done in the past. Also let me know anything else you would need to complete this as stipulated. (3/4)

The rate would be $1000, with a goal to have 15-20 short stories turned in as Google Docs following our style guide by EOD Aug. 17.
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Freelance ents. journalist gig alert:

I'm looking for a freelance writer to cover Fan Expo Chicago (Aug. 15-17). This is to go to 2-3 panels per day, and write breakout stories based on what they say in a timely manner in consultation with myself (who will be working remotely).

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Marvel still regrets accidently publishing a phone sex line on a Captain America comic's cover, 20 years later This isn't the Captain America hotline, but Marvel was advertising a different kind of hotline back in the 'Winter Soldier' era.

Marvel still regrets accidentally publishing a phone sex line on a Captain America comic's cover, 20 years later...

... but it never did change the number in reprints, collections, or digital copies.

Details: www.thepopverse.com/comics-capta...

The great Spider-Man "rip-off:" Marvel artist says his work was "plagiarized" by another, and that artist says Marvel told him to do it Marvel Comics published a Spider-Man cover homaging a classic one, but one of the original artists says it went to far and "plagiarized" the whole thing

The great Spider-Man "rip-off."

Former Marvel artist José Villarrubia says a recent Spider-Man cover "plagiarized" his and the Romitas' work. The artist, Tyler Kirkham, says it's not his fault, Marvel Comics told him to do it.

Details: www.thepopverse.com/comics-spide...

Sentry co-creator Rick Veitch calls Marvel "the House of Stolen Ideas" after his stake in the character overlooked for past 25 years - including in Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* movie "Cut out" and "thrown under the bus": Marvel Comics' Sentry co-creator Rick Veitch opens up about his omission for the past 25 years and in the Thunderbolts* movie.

@joshualapinbertone.bsky.social and @chrisarrant.bsky.social doing God's work here. A very insightful and well written piece.

Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man reboot is a "weird and lonely experience" for Donny Cates as its original writer because he now sees himself as its star Peter Parker Donny Cates says he was developing the Ultimate Marvel reboot for five years before a near-fatal car accident took it away from him, and there's unresolved feelings seeing it now without him.

Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man reboot is a "weird and lonely experience" for Donny Cates as its original writer.

Why?

Because he now sees himself in its star, Peter Parker.

Read on: www.thepopverse.com/comics-ultim...

25 years of making Powers with @brianmbendis.bsky.social - a good chunk of that with @nickfil.bsky.social - making #comics with your friends and extended families is the best. More great memories than I can count- or remember:) thank you for being part of it, can’t do these without our readers!

Who created Marvel's Sentry? The simmering Marvel Comics (and Marvel Studios) drama deepens as Paul Jenkins weighs in amid Thunderbolts* theatrical debut In 2000, Marvel announced that Stan Lee and Artie Rosen created the Sentry. In the 25 years since, it's gotten more and more complicated.

Thanks. We wrote up a second story referencing your interview and more Jenkins has said about Rick's involvement, and issues with creators getting credit.

www.thepopverse.com/comics-sentr...

I'll be in Boston next week for PAX East. Who can I see there?

@officialpax.bsky.social

In 2000, Marvel announced that Stan Lee and Artie Rosen created the Sentry. It was revealed to be a marketing hoax, but in the 25 years since, it's only gotten more and more complicated.

Sentry co-creator Rick Veitch calls Marvel "the House of Stolen Ideas" after his stake in the character overlooked for past 25 years - including in Marvel Studios' Thundebolts* movie "Cut out" and "thrown under the bus": Marvel Comics' Sentry co-creator Rick Veitch opens up about his omission for the past 25 years and in the Thunderbolts* movie.

Sentry co-creator Rick Veitch calls Marvel "the House of Stolen Ideas" after he was overlooked for the past 25 years - including in Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* movie.

Read on: thepopverse.com/movies-comics-marvel-studios-thunderbolts-the-sentry-creators-creator-paul-jenkins-rick-veitch-cast-aside

A literary Streisand effect: Bans on books like Gender Queer lead to increased readership, according to a new study A new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and George Mason University found that the circulation of the top 25 most banned books increased after they were banned

A new study from researchers at George Mason University and Carnegie Mellon University has found that books get an average 12% increase in readership in libraries after news that they've been banned in some markets.

Popverse's Jules Greene has more: www.thepopverse.com/literary-boo...

You can learn a lot from what huge movie studios in the fringes on their biggest days, and also what they DON'T say on their biggest days.

This past weekend, the future of Star Wars was laid out at Star Wars Celebration - and its quite different from what they said previously.

I am in the thick of planning for New York Comic Con 2025. Writing, filming, panel organizing, pop-up events, sponsored content, & more.

6 months out, who here knows they're going? I'd like to paint with as full a palette as possible, so let me know if you'll be there.

So excited to return to #C2E2 this weekend with my bffs @tomking.bsky.social and @hackintimseeley.bsky.social!!!

Come say hi! — and bring your Miracles, your Vigilantes, your Adventures, your Batmen. Bring them all!

Marvel's OverPower CCG is back thanks to dedicated fans and a new publisher The original creative director behind the game has joined the new company's advisory board to ensure OverPower keeps the spirit of the original alive.

The people at Popverse know what's up.
Article by @trentlcannon.bsky.social

www.thepopverse.com/gaming-overp...

Chuck Tingle answers: Is there any topic in horror you can't write about? Speaking at Emerald City Comic Con 2025, famously boundary-pushing author Chuck Tingle answered a fan's question about what is taboo in the most taboo genre

you CAN write about whatever you want, but buckaroos can also tell you to heck off if you use this power irresponsibility. there is freedom of expression, not freedom from consequences. this is a nice little article from POPVERSE very cool thanks for writing www.thepopverse.com/literary-chu...

YouTube video by Prana: Direct Market Solutions Wha is Happeing? The Diamond Comics saga continues. Comic Industry Insiders

I am live on Comic Industry Insiders right now. Come join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyAN...

I finally figured out what the 'Beyond' was in Bed Bath & Beyond: comics, as a Michigan store takes over a 27,000 square-foot-store Muskegon's Lange's Comics & Collectibles is now the second-largest comic store in the United States.

I finally figured out what the 'Beyond' was in Bed Bath & Beyond: comics.

A Michigan comics store has taken over a 27,000 sq. ft BB&B, making it the 2nd largest comic store in the United States.

Read on: www.thepopverse.com/comics-lange...

That moment when you realize you created the roadblock for
yourself, and you don't actually have to ask permission to do what you really want to do.

(Art by the late Gerry Alanguilan, from Elmer)

We are here at WonderCon. Come find us!

Marvel Matters: Marvel Studios' biggest franchise isn't Iron Man or the Avengers... it's Spider-Man (We did the math) If you look at the budgets & the box office for all of the MCU, you can see something amazing - spectacular even - with Spider-Man.

Marvel Studios' biggest franchise isn't Iron Man or the Avengers... it's Spider-Man.

Popverse's @chrisarrant.bsky.social did the math, and after sharing it first with our members the story is free for everyone: www.thepopverse.com/movies-tv-co...

If I restarted the #comicsjobs monthly openings post as a guide on Popverse, would you read it?