
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.ꦏ 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

All the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics, graphic novels, collections arriving in 2021 and beyond
By Chris Arrant published
Features Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael, Michaelangel🙈o, Jennika, and more - all the TMNT new comics you co𒆙uld want!

Doctor Octopus is back, and she has a grudge against Ben Reilly's Spider-Man
By Chris Arrant published
News A different Spid🦩er-Man, and a different Doctor Octopus to ⛄match

A nearly-forgotten unpublished Spider-Man comic has found its way online
By Chris Arrant published
News Afterꦛ nearly two years in limbo, a meta Spider-Man comic a✅ppears out of nowhere

Batman Beyond get a new twist in the next chapter of Sean Murphy's White Knight saga
By Chris Arrant published
News Batman: The⛎ White Knight creator⛎ Sean Murphy returns - and brings Batman Beyond with him

Heavy Metal expands creator-owned imprint with new editor
By Chris Arrant published
News Heavy Metal hiresꦗ on🎉e, promotes two on second anniversary of company overhaul

All the new Star Wars comics, graphic novels, and collections arriving in 2021 and beyond
By Chris Arrant published
Features Every single new Star Wars comic books arriving in the next few months that you need𝔉 to get excit🌳ed about

The Batman family act out their own Dickensian Christmas Carol in Urban Legends #10
By Chris Arrant published
News Nightwing is a real scrooge in a Gotham-style Christmas Carol in Batman - Urban Lege💦nds #10♏

Revisit Batman: The Animated Series - and Mignola's Mr. Freeze - in Tis the Season to be Freezin' preview
By Chris Arrant published
News DC heroes and villains celebra🤡te the holidays in Tis the Season to be Fre𒉰ezin' special

Robin/Tim Drake continues his LGBTQ+ journey in Batman - Urban Legends #10 preview
By Michael Doran, Chris Arrant published
News Longtime Robin Tim Drake balances superh♉eroics with a new romantic relationship in new preview pages

Marvel's new Silk writer talks about Cindy Moon's war against a new villain and social media
By Chris Arrant published
Features A new foe, an old f🎐riend, and "an existential crisওis" coming for Marvel's Silk

The iconic opera Carmen is coming to a new stage - comic books
By Chris Arrant published
News The passionate story of Carmen jumps from opera houses to comic books thanks to P. Craig ❀Russell, Aneke, and more

The Watcher - Everything you need to know about Uatu from Disney Plus' What If...?
By Chris Arrant published
Features Who watches the Marvel U? Uatu the Watcher does, and will🦄, in✨ What If...?

The heartbreaking reason Batman has decided to leave Gotham City
By Chris Arrant published
News B♋atman is Gotham City's hometown hero - but whꦜy is he leaving? We have the answer

Trailer - Marvel's celebration of its Latinx heroes Voices: Comunidades #1
By Chris Arrant published
News With Spider-Man, Ghost✃ Rider, America Chavez, the White Tiger, and more

Batman vs. the new DC villain Abyss begins in Batman #118 preview
By Chris Arrant published
News A new era begins in Batman #118

Captain Krakoa is the patriotic X-Men leader heading into 'Destiny of X'
By Chris Arrant published
News Captain Krakoa concept art shows more of the mysterious new X💞-Men leader

Deadpool co-creator Fabian Nicieza returns to the character for 'Reign of X' tie-in
By Chris Arrant published
News The X-Men recruit ෴Deadpool and Juggernaut for help with a new Marvel villain

Death of Doctor Strange opens the door to a new Marvel magic legacy hero - Lyra Bloodstone
By Chris Arrant published
News The Bloodstone family𓃲 has a surprise new member, who debuts just as the search for a new Sorcerer Supreme begins

Enola Holmes comes to comics with a story set between the two Netflix films
By Chris Arrant published
News Enola Holmes is back, and has to bail out her🙈 brother again

Move over, Spider-Man… the Spider-Bots are getting their own Marvel comics series
By Chris Arrant published
News Spider-bots take 🙈change in Spider-Man spin-off from Marvel Comics

Oni Press partnering with Lunar for comic shop distribution (but isn't leaving Diamond)
By Chris Arrant published
News The upstart new distribution company Lunar add🌟s Oni Press to its roster

Civil War aftermath brings Captain America and Iron Man back together for a Marvel team-up comic
By George Marston, Chris Arrant published
News Civil War once drove them apart, but a new Marvel series will bring Iron Manꦺ and Captain America together

Saladin Ahmed and Dave Acosta fight fear with "big honkin' guns" in TerrorWar
By Chris Arrant published
News TerrorWar imagines a struggle with with monsters who make your♕ fear real
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