Preeti Chhibber

Who Would Win Week

One eternal question spans almost every kind of pop culture: “Who would win?” Whether it’s a literal comic book battle (Could Batman beat Superman?) or the mechanics of a game (How could a Soulcalibur fighter take on Yoda?) or a Reddit-invented…

Winnie the Pooh vs. Paddington — who would win in a bear-off?

Who comes to mind when you think of an adorable, accident-prone bear getting into hijinks with his human family? Paddington or Winnie the Pooh? Both are fictional bears of fine standing, who provide joy to children and parents alike. Or even just sad…

A cinematic history of all the villains in Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: No Way Home is officially in theaters and yes — it really does have all those villains from the trailer. Green Goblin, Doc Ock, Electro, the Lizard, and Sandman are back, and the actors who played them in the first two Spider-Man movie…

The Wheel of Time’s showrunner is ready to adapt the unadaptable

Amazon’s The Wheel of Time series is an adaptation in every sense of the word. What showrunner Rafe Judkins has clearly recognized, from the outset, is that there’s no way to bring a carbon copy of fantasy author Robert Jordan’s expansive world to…

Amazon’s Wheel of Time subverts Game of Thrones expectations to become fresh fantasy

The Wheel of Time, Amazon’s foray into epic fantasy, is not Game of Thrones. There’s a natural inclination to compare the two, or to imagine that the audiences of one could swap out for the other; there’s also that persistent rumor that Jeff Bezos…

Amazon’s Wheel of Time reveals season 2 details at New York Comic Con

Amazon’s forthcoming fantasy series, The Wheel of Time, had an eventful panel at New York Comic Con today. Showrunner Rafe Judkins and castmembers Rosamunde Pike, Daniel Henney, Josha Stradowski, Marcus Rutherford, Zoë Robbins, and Madeleine Madden…

Polygon at NYCC 2021

Welcome to New York Comic Con 2021! Deep in the heart of New York City, fans are gathering to share their love of movies, TV, comics, and probably pizza. We’ll be covering the event all week, from the must-see panels to the stunning announcements. If…

Finally, a Seat at the Round Table

I think I could chart my entire life in adaptations of Arthurian lore. There was The Sword in the Stone and A Kid in King Arthur’s Court in elementary school, First Knight during a seventh grade slumber party, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail when…

Spider-Man: No Way Home lifts from a key Marvel comic about the devil

The trailer for the much-awaited Spider-Man: No Way Home set the Internet aflame in theories and reference-hunting. But nothing loomed quite so large over the clip as One More Day, a 2007 comics crossover that changed the webslinger’s life…

Amazon offers a first look at fantasy series Wheel of Time at SDCC 2021

With a second season already announced, Amazon is leaning heavily into Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time universe as the answer to HBO’s wildly successful Game of Thrones. During San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, showrunner and executive producer Rafe…

Polygon at SDCC 2021

Each July, comic, movie, TV, and cosplay fans descend upon southern California for the annual San Diego Comic-Con — or they usually do. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the convention pivoted online in the form of livestream panels airing on YouTube,…

'Marvel's Voices': Preeti Chhibber Talks About Her Love for Spider-Man and the People Behind the Mask

Writer Preeti Chhibber breaks down the Spider-hyphen, being an Indian-American comics fan, and how Pavitr Prabhaker became more than Indian-Spider-Man. There’s a specific experience that a lot of brown kids go through when we’re growing up. It’s one…

35 thoughts we had while watching the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special

We all know the lore of The Star Wars Holiday Special — officially airing only a single time in its long history, being the birthplace of Boba Fett's character, and of course, Bea Arthur canonically owning the Mos Eisley cantina. It's a wonderful,…

Chosen One of the Day: That dock worker’s fresh knit in The Mandalorian

If there’s one thing The Mandalorian does well (beyond our sweet widdle Yiddle Yoddle, obviously), it’s that the show endears us to the most random of bit players — ahem, Dr. Mandible, anyone? — and last week’s episode was no different. Mando crash…

Exclusive: Marvel's Voices: Legacy #1 cover reveal!

Marvel's Voices started as a much-needed podcast hosted by Angélique Roché, highlighting creators who are traditionally forced to the margin of our mainstream books. Then, in February 2020, it grew into focused comic issues featuring brand new work…

Chosen One of the Day: That time Chris O’Dowd forgot he was in the MCU

I know that 2020 has hit a lot of us hard, and so our brains are not necessarily equipped to, uh, remember things. But way before then, way back in 2019, actor Chris O’Dowd had no such excuses when he straight up forgot he was in the second Thor…

Chosen One of the Day: Spider-Man’s 'Spider-friend'

In one of my favorite single issues of all time, Doctor Strange #390 (hi, Ghost Dog!), there’s a two page spread in the middle of the issue written by Donny Cates and Chip Zdarsky called “Peter Talks to a Spider” and it is, as they say, Big 2020…

Chosen One of the Day: Julie and the Phantoms

I think we’re all in agreement that 2020 has been… rough. And I don’t know about you, but in this time of horrible reckoning, I’ve been turning to comfort foods, comfort reads, comfort watches — comfort everything. Which brings me to today’s Chosen…

Chosen One of the Day: The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special trailer

Since it’s our third Tuesday in a row, let’s relish in the absurdity of the trailer for Disney+’s forthcoming LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special. When the movie was initially announced, with some truly excellent imagery, some of us thought it would be a…

Chosen One of the Day: Space Daddy Marshal Timothy Olyphant in The Mandalorian

Spoilers for Season 2, Episode 1 of The Mandalorian. I have been been caping to get Timothy Olyphant cast in my favorite franchises for a while now — seriously, cast him as Uncle Ben you cowards!!! — and so when news broke that he’d been cast as a…