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
"Old friends" Batman and Lex Luthor stare one another down in Batman #119 preview
By Chris Arrant published
News While Batman Inc. is back in business - with a new leader Lex Luthor ... and an appearance by Alfred!
Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wasp, more go evil in Darkhold Omega preview
By Chris Arrant published
News Scarlet Witch vs. an evil version of Defenders in Darkhold Omega preview
Marvel's top comedy artist Skottie Young revives his I Hate Fairyland series
By Chris Arrant published
Feature Skottie Young's I Hate Fairyland returns in 2022
Give Savage Spider-Man a big kiss with this 7-page preview of #1
By Chris Arrant published
News A startlingly different version of Spider-Man manifests in Savage Spider-Man #1
Judgment Day - Avengers, X-Men, and Eternals seemingly square off in Marvel's 2022 event
By Chris Arrant published
News It's Judgment Day at Marvel Comics in summer 2022 and somehow involves the X-Men, Eternals, and the Avengers
A rogue Marvel timeline threatens the 616 in Timeless #1 (with lots of Kang!)
By Chris Arrant published
News Timeless is a "seismic set-up" to Marvel's big 2022 plans according to Marvel E-i-C CB Cebulski
That time the Punisher was Santa Claus - revisiting the Punisher MAX Christmas special
By Chris Arrant published
Feature How does the Punisher celebrate Christmas? Jason Aaron gives us answers
Return to Asgard in Assassin's Creed Valhalla prequel comic book series
By Chris Arrant published
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla prequel set in Asgard coming to comic books
Justice League writer confirms he's leaving title, but will wrap it up "in high style"
By Chris Arrant published
News Bendis is ending his Justice League run sooner than we thought
Skottie Young joins Wolverine - Patch #1 variant cover bandwagon
By Chris Arrant published
News Wolverine returns to his Patch persona for '90s adventure
Captain America & Iron Man get carnage-ized in latest Carnage Forever variant covers
By Chris Arrant published
News Marvel's Carnage to claw his way across 23 different comic book covers in March
A new Tony Stark variant attempts to assemble his own Avengers in Avengers Forever #1 preview
By Chris Arrant published
News Everything we know about the upcoming Avengers Forever ongoing series from Marvel
Spider-Man gets caught in his own web of lies with new Darkhold special
By Chris Arrant published
News Spider-Man gets the Darkhold - what could possibly go wrong? (Spoilers: lots)
Batman rediscovers he works best in the dark with One Dark Knight
By Chris Arrant published
Feature Batman - One Dark Knight is "violent, hard-hitting" like classic '70s cinema according to artist/writer Jock
The original Captain Marvel returns for cosmic team-up in Silver Surfer - Rebirth #1 preview
By Chris Arrant published
News Arguably Silver Surfer's most iconic creative team returns after 25 years in Rebirth
Kamala Khan returns to fight a "trench-coated loser" in Ms. Marvel - Beyond the Limit #1 preview
By Chris Arrant published
News Kamala Khan goes to Bollywood in Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit
DC's Dark Knight versus a dark Gotham night in Jock's Black Label Batman debut
By Chris Arrant published
News Batman: The Black Mirror artist Jock returns to Gotham on his own terms for One Dark Knight
A child's stick figure drawing runs wild in Clear #3 preview
By Chris Arrant published
News How a kid's stick figure drawing can ruin lives in Clear #3
IDW editor-in-chief exits as reports emerge that the company may be losing Transformers and GI Joe licenses
By Chris Arrant published
News Big changes are coming for IDW Publishing
DC to reprint the entire Sandman run ahead of Netflix streaming series
By Chris Arrant published
News It's no dream - DC is reprinting all 75 Sandman issues in an affordable set
Wonder Woman, Zatanna, Batgirl, more lead DC International Women's Day covers
By Chris Arrant published
News Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Batgirl, and more step up for DC's International Women's Day celebration
Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, and more The Batman stars to be featured in March covers for DC comic books
By Chris Arrant published
News The new cinematic Batman, Catwoman, more jump back into comics
The best comics of 2021
By Chris Arrant published
Feature Despite the dour year in real life, comics had one of the best years yet. Here are Newsarama's picks for the best comics of 2021
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