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Chris Arrant’s Biography

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Chris Arrant is the editor of the comics news site Newsarama, and has written about comics for Publisher's Weekly, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Marvel Comics, CBR, and others. He is the author/interviewer of the TwoMorrows book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, and has written fiction comics work for Image Comics, AdHouse Books, and BlueWater Publishing. In 2009 he served as a judge for Kapow! Comic Con's Stan Lee awards, and spoke about comics at Comic-Con International: San Diego, C2E2, HeroesCon,…

Chris Arrant’s Journalist Portfolio

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The 10 Longest-Running Comics That Have Never Been Renumbered

The 10 Longest-Running Comics That Have Never Been Renumbered

No renumberings - just real legacy.

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How to draw sexy without being sexist

How to draw sexy without being sexist

Last month on our sister blog Comics Should Be Good, columnist Kelly Thompson wrote a piece titled "6 Sublime…

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New MARVEL E-i-C Admits Adopting Japanese Secret Identity To Write Comic Books

New MARVEL E-i-C Admits Adopting Japanese Secret Identity To Write Comic Books

The newly-promoted Marvel Entertainment Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski has publicly confirmed that he wrote fo…

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Inside Africa's Largest Comic Convention, LAGOS COMIC CON

Inside Africa's Largest Comic Convention, LAGOS COMIC CON

Comic conventions are a worldwide phenomenon, and its not limited to comic book hotbeds like North America, E…

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From DR. DOOM To NIGHTWING and SCARLET WITCH: Re-Assessing Romani Representation In Comic Books

From DR. DOOM To NIGHTWING and SCARLET WITCH: Re-Assessing Romani Representation In Comic Books

There's more to minority comic book characters than mutants, but their struggle for acceptance is something v…

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IDW's Art Gallery Closes Retail Storefront, Loses Manager

IDW's Art Gallery Closes Retail Storefront, Loses Manager

Credit: San Diego Comic Art Gallery IDW Publishing has temporarily closed its San Diego Comic Art Gallery as …

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Marvel quietly brought a veteran comics artist out of retirement to keep Avengers: Armageddon on schedule

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Deadline trouble forces Marvel to reshuffle the Avengers: Armageddon artistic team. Marvel Comics is in the middle of an armageddon, and it's on a strict timetable. Image credit: Ario Anindito (Marvel Comics) Popverse has learned from sources familiar with the situation that the publisher has quietly had to shift its creative team for the current event series Avengers: Armageddon, after issues came up leading to concern that the series could be delayed.
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DC Comics absolutely won San Diego Comic-Con 2026, and the secret origin of the success makes it even more powerful

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DC's remarkable turnaround started with one simple editorial philosophy: "Yes, and" Popverse's coverage of Comic-Con International: San Diego 2026 is brought to you by Dark Horse Comics. On Friday night, DC Comics dominated the Eisner Awards. With Warner Bros. Discovery. accountants' tallies of 2025 sales now finished/checked/doublechecked, DC Comics is boasting that 2025 was its most financially successful year in its 80+ year history.
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Marvel is rethinking variant covers, and Midnight is leading the experiment

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Marvel Comics admits its variant covers are complicated... especially after they figured out a simpler way to do it. Popverse's coverage of Comic-Con International: San Diego 2026 is brought to you by Dark Horse Comics. Marvel Comics made a rare move in delaying the rollout of what it's hoping will be the next Ultimate-sized hit for them Marvel Midnight, but a month since that Band-Aid was pulled off there are signs popping up of why they did it. And it wasn't over presumed late comics.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, I received a blue one as an early Christmas present. I took typing classes on typewriters and wordprocessors in high school as well.

What's your favorite social network?

Currently? Twitter.

Why did you become a journalist?

To tell stories.