Chris Arrant
@chrisarrant
Husband to Melissa | 👁️🗨️ @Reed_POP @PopverseSays EiC [email protected] | ✊ @WGAEast member | 🏳️🌈 He/him
I'm glad to debut this new lit column from Jules. In addition to being its editor, I'm also designing the header images.
Suzanne Collins's latest Hunger Games prequel book doesn't shy away from political theory. @JulesChinGreene chops up how the Hunger Games' Sunrise on the Reaping makes revolutionary ideas legible for YA readers. Read on: thepopverse.com/literary-sunri…
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.
Longtime Eisner Awards boss Jackie Estrada has given out her last award, ending a 35-year run with San Diego Comic-Con. Details: thepopverse.com/comics-jackie-…
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How AI translations of manga continues the 'enshitification' of the medium, and why Japanase publishers are "less precious" about it. Popverse's Trent Cannon digs into it by talking to the translators. Read on: thepopverse.com/comics-manga-a…
Reposting. Deadline is July 8.
Freelance ents journalism gig alert: I'm looking for a freelance writer to cover Fan Expo Chicago (Aug. 15-17) for Popverse. 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 (remote). (1/4)
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: thepopverse.com/comics-captain…
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: thepopverse.com/comics-spider-…
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: thepopverse.com/comics-ultimat…
Right about now is when you'll start hearing about the Diamond layoffs and reorganizations. But the dust still isn't settled. Don't let statements of certainty tell you otherwise.
There are lots of uncited/unsourced rumors going around in entertainment journalism right now. Play the game I play: think about who benefits from the rumor being propagated. Then, does the outlet have a history of sharing rumors that benefit this possible source?
I'll be in Boston next week for PAX East. Who can I see there?
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.
Who created Marvel's Sentry? The simmering Marvel Comics (and Marvel Studios) drama deepens as Paul Jenkins weighs in amid Thunderbolts* theatrical debut. Read on: thepopverse.com/comics-sentry-…
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-…
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: thepopverse.com/literary-book-…
