Chris Arrant
@chrisarrant.bsky.social
Husband to Melissa | 👁️🗨️ ReedPop's Popverse Editor-in-Chief | ✊WGA member | 🏳️🌈 He/him
If you're working in comics or WANT to work in comics, you should check out my monthly #ComicJobs list... and RT it for those who follow you who might want to work in comics.
Marvel, DC, WEBTOON, Vault, Yen Press, Glénat, Dark Horse, eBay, VIZ, and more are hiring. Here's this month's #ComicJobs.
Full list: www.thepopverse.com/comics-jobs-...
Full list: www.thepopverse.com/comics-jobs-...
Marvel, DC, WEBTOON, Vault, Yen Press, Glénat, Dark Horse, eBay, VIZ, and more are hiring #ComicJobs (February 2026)
Comics industry jobs: a monthly list of open positions you can apply for now.
www.thepopverse.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
If you're working in comics or WANT to work in comics, you should check out my monthly #ComicJobs list... and RT it for those who follow you who might want to work in comics.
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“I’m 70 years old, and I’m fucking angry.”
How a bookstore owner galvanized protest and support.
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How a bookstore owner galvanized protest and support.
www.thepopverse.com/comics-greg-...
Minneapolis comic & bookstore owner Greg Kettner emerges as a symbol of protest against ICE actions
“I’m 70 years old and I’m ------ angry”: how a bookstore owner galvanized protest and support.
www.thepopverse.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:07 PM
“I’m 70 years old, and I’m fucking angry.”
How a bookstore owner galvanized protest and support.
www.thepopverse.com/comics-greg-...
How a bookstore owner galvanized protest and support.
www.thepopverse.com/comics-greg-...
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I found an amazing video expert on social last year, and now I'm looking to find another to add to the Popverse team. I'm looking to hire a freelance video producer based in the NYC area to edit, subtitle, and finish social media-friendly video clips from panels, studio interviews, and more. (1/??)
January 16, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I found an amazing video expert on social last year, and now I'm looking to find another to add to the Popverse team. I'm looking to hire a freelance video producer based in the NYC area to edit, subtitle, and finish social media-friendly video clips from panels, studio interviews, and more. (1/??)
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Do you like comics criticism? Do you like newspaper format media? You should check out The Comics Courier, a newspaper format journal of comics criticism! Grab your copy today!
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Support The Comics Courier
Support The Comics Courier
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January 19, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Do you like comics criticism? Do you like newspaper format media? You should check out The Comics Courier, a newspaper format journal of comics criticism! Grab your copy today!
ko-fi.com/thecomicscou...
ko-fi.com/thecomicscou...
I found an amazing video expert on social last year, and now I'm looking to find another to add to the Popverse team. I'm looking to hire a freelance video producer based in the NYC area to edit, subtitle, and finish social media-friendly video clips from panels, studio interviews, and more. (1/??)
January 16, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I found an amazing video expert on social last year, and now I'm looking to find another to add to the Popverse team. I'm looking to hire a freelance video producer based in the NYC area to edit, subtitle, and finish social media-friendly video clips from panels, studio interviews, and more. (1/??)
More #ComicJobs. I've updated this with some additional ones I've become aware of, and one that just came online this week.
If you want more like this, support this: www.thepopverse.com/comics-jobs-...
If you want more like this, support this: www.thepopverse.com/comics-jobs-...
DC Comics, Scholastic, VIZ, DSTLRY, Webtoon, and more: Job openings in the comics biz right now (January 2026)
#ComicJobs
www.thepopverse.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:26 PM
More #ComicJobs. I've updated this with some additional ones I've become aware of, and one that just came online this week.
If you want more like this, support this: www.thepopverse.com/comics-jobs-...
If you want more like this, support this: www.thepopverse.com/comics-jobs-...
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The Eisner Awards enter a new era with new administrator Laura Jones named to follow Jackie Estrada.
@sandiegocomiccon.bsky.social
Details: www.thepopverse.com/comics-will-...
@sandiegocomiccon.bsky.social
Details: www.thepopverse.com/comics-will-...
The Eisner Awards enter a new era with new administrator Laura Jones named to follow Jackie Estrada
One of the big power positions in the North American comics industry quietly gets filled.
www.thepopverse.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The Eisner Awards enter a new era with new administrator Laura Jones named to follow Jackie Estrada.
@sandiegocomiccon.bsky.social
Details: www.thepopverse.com/comics-will-...
@sandiegocomiccon.bsky.social
Details: www.thepopverse.com/comics-will-...
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From back issues to baguettes: The next big thing in French comic advertising is bread bags.
No, really.
Details: www.thepopverse.com/comics-bague...
No, really.
Details: www.thepopverse.com/comics-bague...
From back issues to baguettes: The next big thing in French comic advertising is bread bags
To market manga-turned-anime-turned-comic Goldorak, producer Editions Kana is printing custom sachets for baguette buyers to bring home with them
www.thepopverse.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
From back issues to baguettes: The next big thing in French comic advertising is bread bags.
No, really.
Details: www.thepopverse.com/comics-bague...
No, really.
Details: www.thepopverse.com/comics-bague...
I am hearing of several staff members of ComicBook.com being let go in what I told are another round of layoffs.
Sorry to those affected!
Sorry to those affected!
January 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I am hearing of several staff members of ComicBook.com being let go in what I told are another round of layoffs.
Sorry to those affected!
Sorry to those affected!
I will be in LA February 16 - 21 for business, including the COMICSPRO Annual Meeting. If there's anyone who'd like to meet to talk collabs personally or professionally, let me know as I fill up my schedule.
January 5, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I will be in LA February 16 - 21 for business, including the COMICSPRO Annual Meeting. If there's anyone who'd like to meet to talk collabs personally or professionally, let me know as I fill up my schedule.
Sharing screenshots of an article without giving (enough) credit hurts everyone.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
January 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Sharing screenshots of an article without giving (enough) credit hurts everyone.
#ComicJobs for January 2026.
Read, share, and contribute if you want this to continue.
www.thepopverse.com/comics-jobs-...
Read, share, and contribute if you want this to continue.
www.thepopverse.com/comics-jobs-...
DC Comics, Scholastic, VIZ, DSTLRY, Webtoon, and more: Job openings in the comics biz right now (January 2026)
#ComicJobs
www.thepopverse.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:06 PM
#ComicJobs for January 2026.
Read, share, and contribute if you want this to continue.
www.thepopverse.com/comics-jobs-...
Read, share, and contribute if you want this to continue.
www.thepopverse.com/comics-jobs-...
Years ago I frequently shared comic industry job openings on my social media under the hashtag hashtag #ComicJobs. I realize I haven't done that in a while, but I should restart it.
Now, I'm doing it over at Popverse. Please reshare, and tell me any jobs I missed in the comments over there!
Now, I'm doing it over at Popverse. Please reshare, and tell me any jobs I missed in the comments over there!
Want to work in comics? We hear you. So we made a list of all the openings.
Please share!
#ComicJobs
List: www.thepopverse.com/comics-jobs-...
Please share!
#ComicJobs
List: www.thepopverse.com/comics-jobs-...
DC Comics, Scholastic, VIZ, DSTLRY, Webtoon, and more: Job openings in the comics biz right now (January 2026)
#ComicJobs
www.thepopverse.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Years ago I frequently shared comic industry job openings on my social media under the hashtag hashtag #ComicJobs. I realize I haven't done that in a while, but I should restart it.
Now, I'm doing it over at Popverse. Please reshare, and tell me any jobs I missed in the comments over there!
Now, I'm doing it over at Popverse. Please reshare, and tell me any jobs I missed in the comments over there!
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I am just 40 subscribers away from ✨doubling✨ my readership in 2025.
Sure would be neat to hit that milestone before the year ends! Any sub, free or paid, counts toward that number. No spam, pinky promise 🖤
www.picketywitch.com
Sure would be neat to hit that milestone before the year ends! Any sub, free or paid, counts toward that number. No spam, pinky promise 🖤
www.picketywitch.com
Pickety Witch
Insist on your cup of stars
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December 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I am just 40 subscribers away from ✨doubling✨ my readership in 2025.
Sure would be neat to hit that milestone before the year ends! Any sub, free or paid, counts toward that number. No spam, pinky promise 🖤
www.picketywitch.com
Sure would be neat to hit that milestone before the year ends! Any sub, free or paid, counts toward that number. No spam, pinky promise 🖤
www.picketywitch.com
It takes a lot to launch a new thing and have it work. But as I’ve learned, it’s even harder to keep it growing. But in 2025, Popverse has doubled in readers in one year.
Read more over on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-we...
Read more over on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-we...
How we doubled Popverse’s audience in 2025 by listening harder and changing faster
It takes a lot to launch a new thing and have it work. But as I’ve learned, it’s even harder to keep it growing.
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December 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It takes a lot to launch a new thing and have it work. But as I’ve learned, it’s even harder to keep it growing. But in 2025, Popverse has doubled in readers in one year.
Read more over on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-we...
Read more over on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-we...
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Still thinking about the time someone with a large audience screenshotted and tweeted an article I wrote about the Eisners eliminating the comics journalism category with a caption that there was no comics journalism.
October 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Still thinking about the time someone with a large audience screenshotted and tweeted an article I wrote about the Eisners eliminating the comics journalism category with a caption that there was no comics journalism.
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Inside the "gutsy decision" by Marvel to kill the Ultimate Marvel imprint, and why they were worried continuing it would be wrong.
Read what several UltimateMarvel writers told us: www.thepopverse.com/comics-marve...
Read what several UltimateMarvel writers told us: www.thepopverse.com/comics-marve...
Inside the "gutsy decision" by Marvel to kill the Ultimate Marvel imprint, and why they were worried continuing it would be wrong
Marvel is ending the Ultimate Universe at its peak, and writers Jonathan Hickman, Chris Condon, and Peach Momoko tell Popverse that’s the point
www.thepopverse.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Inside the "gutsy decision" by Marvel to kill the Ultimate Marvel imprint, and why they were worried continuing it would be wrong.
Read what several UltimateMarvel writers told us: www.thepopverse.com/comics-marve...
Read what several UltimateMarvel writers told us: www.thepopverse.com/comics-marve...
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Leading @dc.com 's latest universe is ABSOLUTE BATMAN written by @ssnyder1835.bsky.social Join Popverse's Editor in Chief @chrisarrant.bsky.social in conversation with the comic book writer at @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social to break down the current state of the industry?!
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December 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Leading @dc.com 's latest universe is ABSOLUTE BATMAN written by @ssnyder1835.bsky.social Join Popverse's Editor in Chief @chrisarrant.bsky.social in conversation with the comic book writer at @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social to break down the current state of the industry?!
youtu.be/C45xzwZ29tI
youtu.be/C45xzwZ29tI
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How DC is splitting Vertigo and Black Label into two distinct lanes for the future of mature comics.
@conroyforreal.bsky.social @chrisarrant.bsky.social @dc.com
Watch our interview: www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-bl...
@conroyforreal.bsky.social @chrisarrant.bsky.social @dc.com
Watch our interview: www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-bl...
How DC is splitting Vertigo and Black Label into two distinct lanes for the future of mature comics
DC executive editor Chris Conroy clarifies the difference between Vertigo and DC Black Label
www.thepopverse.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
How DC is splitting Vertigo and Black Label into two distinct lanes for the future of mature comics.
@conroyforreal.bsky.social @chrisarrant.bsky.social @dc.com
Watch our interview: www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-bl...
@conroyforreal.bsky.social @chrisarrant.bsky.social @dc.com
Watch our interview: www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-bl...
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DC Comics’ Absolute line is taking off because readers are starving for comics with vision — not corporate spin-offs, Scott Snyder says.
@ssnyder1835.bsky.social @chrisarrant.bsky.social @dc.com
Watch our interview: www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-ab...
@ssnyder1835.bsky.social @chrisarrant.bsky.social @dc.com
Watch our interview: www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-ab...
DC Comics’ Absolute line is taking off because readers are starving for comics with vision — not corporate spin-offs, Scott Snyder says
Scott Snyder says what we’re all thinking about the success of DC’s Absolute line
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November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
DC Comics’ Absolute line is taking off because readers are starving for comics with vision — not corporate spin-offs, Scott Snyder says.
@ssnyder1835.bsky.social @chrisarrant.bsky.social @dc.com
Watch our interview: www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-ab...
@ssnyder1835.bsky.social @chrisarrant.bsky.social @dc.com
Watch our interview: www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-ab...
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DC Comics has a message for the Absolute Batman TikTok guy: “We love it. Thank you.”
@dc.com @conroyforreal.bsky.social @chrisarrant.bsky.social
Watch now: www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-ab...
@dc.com @conroyforreal.bsky.social @chrisarrant.bsky.social
Watch now: www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-ab...
DC Comics has a message for the Absolute Batman TikTok guy: “We love it. Thank you.”
The team behind Absolute Batman has been overwhelmed by the series success on TikTok
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November 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
DC Comics has a message for the Absolute Batman TikTok guy: “We love it. Thank you.”
@dc.com @conroyforreal.bsky.social @chrisarrant.bsky.social
Watch now: www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-ab...
@dc.com @conroyforreal.bsky.social @chrisarrant.bsky.social
Watch now: www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-ab...
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This week, Popverse is looking back at 1987, with all the good, the bad, and the iconic things that came out in the movie, TV, comics, and gaming spaces that year.
More from our Editor-in-Chief on what to expect from Made in '87 week.
www.thepopverse.com/movies-tv-co...
More from our Editor-in-Chief on what to expect from Made in '87 week.
www.thepopverse.com/movies-tv-co...
Made in '87: Rewinding to the movies, comics, games, and TV shows that define pop culture to this day
Why 1987 became one of pop culture’s most important years across movies, games, TV, and comics.
www.thepopverse.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This week, Popverse is looking back at 1987, with all the good, the bad, and the iconic things that came out in the movie, TV, comics, and gaming spaces that year.
More from our Editor-in-Chief on what to expect from Made in '87 week.
www.thepopverse.com/movies-tv-co...
More from our Editor-in-Chief on what to expect from Made in '87 week.
www.thepopverse.com/movies-tv-co...
Like travel? Love conventions? Live & breathe social media?
ReedPop is hiring a Marketing Coordinator to join the Events team, working on conventions such as Emerald City Comic Con, C2E2, New York Comic Con, and more. (1/2)
ReedPop is hiring a Marketing Coordinator to join the Events team, working on conventions such as Emerald City Comic Con, C2E2, New York Comic Con, and more. (1/2)
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Like travel? Love conventions? Live & breathe social media?
ReedPop is hiring a Marketing Coordinator to join the Events team, working on conventions such as Emerald City Comic Con, C2E2, New York Comic Con, and more. (1/2)
ReedPop is hiring a Marketing Coordinator to join the Events team, working on conventions such as Emerald City Comic Con, C2E2, New York Comic Con, and more. (1/2)
Concept art for Oa, from the Green Lantern: Animated Series, by Joshua Middleton.
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Concept art for Oa, from the Green Lantern: Animated Series, by Joshua Middleton.
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The oral history of Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man 'Brand New Day' era.
Popverse spoke to over a dozen people involved with the 101-issue 'thrice weekly' run to get the real story in this new Popverse members-first feature.
Read on: www.thepopverse.com/comics-spide...
Popverse spoke to over a dozen people involved with the 101-issue 'thrice weekly' run to get the real story in this new Popverse members-first feature.
Read on: www.thepopverse.com/comics-spide...
The oral history of Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man 'Brand New Day' era [Marvel Matters}
In 2008, Marvel turned its flagship book Amazing Spider-Man into a TV-style experiment, with rotating writers, weekly issues, and the creative chaos that defined a new era of Marvel storytelling
www.thepopverse.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The oral history of Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man 'Brand New Day' era.
Popverse spoke to over a dozen people involved with the 101-issue 'thrice weekly' run to get the real story in this new Popverse members-first feature.
Read on: www.thepopverse.com/comics-spide...
Popverse spoke to over a dozen people involved with the 101-issue 'thrice weekly' run to get the real story in this new Popverse members-first feature.
Read on: www.thepopverse.com/comics-spide...