Chris Arrant
Chris Arrant covered comic book news for Newsarama from 2003 to 2022 (and as editor/senior editor from 2015 to 2022) and has also written for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, TOKYOPOP, AdHouse Books, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop News, and CBR. He is the author of the book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, co-authored Art of Spider-Man Classic, and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology Pros and (Comic) Cons. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. Chris is a member of the American Library Association's Graphic Novel & Comics Round Table. (He/him)
Latest articles by Chris Arrant

An eight-year-old comic creator snuck his comic on library shelves for attention - and it worked
By Chris Arrant published
News The Adventures of Dillon Helbig's Crismis by Dennis His Self

An epidemic is raging in a new Bloodborne comic, and it's up to the Hunters to stop it
By Chris Arrant published
News Bloodborne carves its way back into comics for new series

The Watcher's secret original sin comes back to haunt them (and the entire Marvel U) in Reckoning War opener
By Chris Arrant published
News The Reckoning War's secret villains are revealed, as are details on the first war in Marvel Comics history

Batman confronts Lex Luthor for taking over Batman Inc.
By Chris Arrant published
News Lex Luthor gets into the Batman business in #120

Marvel's moon is destroyed in Fantastic Four - Reckoning War Alpha preview
By Chris Arrant published
News The Reckoning War is the culmination of Dan Slott's Marvel fandom and career - his personal Star Wars

DC reveals that the Great Darkness has been behind almost every DC event since the '80s
By Chris Arrant published
News A minor Alan Moore DC villain has been re-framed as DC's biggest evil for the past 30+ years

Marvel's new villain Queen Goblin makes her debut in Amazing Spider-Man #88 preview
By George Marston published
news There's a new Goblin villain coming to town this February - the Queen Goblin

The Black Cloak explores life as a cop in a neo-noir fantasy world
By Chris Arrant published
News High fantasy and lowly crimes mix in the new comic The Black Cloak by Kelly Thompson and Meredith McClaren

Clea ascends to become Marvel's next Sorcerer Supreme in Strange #1
By Chris Arrant published
News There's a new Sorcerer Supreme in town and she gets her own ongoing series in March

How a potential Disney lawsuit changed Marvel's Howard the Duck forever
By Chris Arrant published
Disney "threatened to sue" Marvel over Howard the Duck's likeness to Donald Duck, according to late creator Steve Gerber

Green Lantern - Legacy sequel delayed six months
By Chris Arrant published
News The next Green Lantern OGN for Tai Pham delayed six months

Holocaust memoir Maus banned by Tennessee county school board
By Chris Arrant published
News Art Spiegelman's iconic comic Maus has been pulled from a Tennessee county school system despite state approval

Lex Luthor becomes Batman ... well, almost ... in Batman #120
By Chris Arrant published
News Lex becomes the Dark Knight in February 1's Batman #120. Or at least he gets very, very close in this preview

The Thing #4 shows a horrific nightmare scenario with the new Marvel villain Mot
By Chris Arrant published
News The Thing gets his durn head caved in - but it's only a dream

Shang-Chi and his family are at each others throats in #8 preview
By Chris Arrant published
News Shang-Chi is having trouble with the family business - from the family itself!

Justice League and Wonder Woman comic book series hit with new delays due to "supply chain challenges"
By Chris Arrant published
News Three major DC comics are delayed this spring

DC will offer Wonder Woman tattoos this spring - but don't worry, they're temporary
By Chris Arrant published
News Show your Wonder Woman colors with new temporary tattoos

Check out DC's full line-up of Black History Month covers
By Chris Arrant published
News DC has a multi-pronged plan for Black History Month 2022

DC delays Milestone's Black History month special to June
By Chris Arrant published
News Static, Icon, and Rocket paired with Hannibal, the Queen of Sheba, and more

Inside the harrowing story of The Walking Dead's Clementine with a trailer for her first solo book
By Chris Arrant published
News This new The Walking Dead series comes as part of a new young adult and middle grade push by its publisher

DC makes this week's Wonder Girl #7 the series' surprise finale
By Chris Arrant published
News The Wonder Girl series ends early in favor of an upcoming Wonder Woman crossover event

Synch graduating to become an Omega level mutant with X-Men #7
By Chris Arrant published
News One of the newest X-Men are breaking Marvel's mutant classification system

Whatever happened to Marvel's "tentpole" Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur comic?
By Chris Arrant published
News Looking into the Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur comic lost in Marvel's orbit
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