Rich Johnston Archives

Earlier this year, Bleeding Cool noticed that Barnes and Noble were no longer selling DC Comics on the newsstand. But it seems that Diamond Comic Distributors is at least preserving the spirit... by commissioning and making available these US-made pocket comic spinner racks.

Titan Comics has announced a new Doctor Who ongoing comic book series starting in the autumn by an all-woman creative team of Jody Houser, Rachael Stott, and Enrica Angolini.

The Wonder Wife of Milk Wars and the divided Changing Women go on a Women's Rally with absolutely no sense of protest. And show off some amazing signs aimed at preserving the patriarchy.

Which side are you on, boy, which side are you on? Batman doesn't kill. Except a little bit when he started out. Oh and in the movies, he always kills

We get a double dose of the Wandering Wolverine this week. Spoilers of course. He's been around the world in Amazing Spider-Man, Captain America and The

It wasn't that long ago that the word at Marvel Comics was to tone down the politics. That Secret Empire was going to be a last hurrah for the

Today sees the publication of Amazing Spider-Man Annual #42 - and I love how the Annual got Legacy-numbered as well as the series proper. And we get a

While Breaking Bad was made and broadcast in the USA by AMC, it was Netflix who took it global and their existence helped the show survive and prosper.

In the Dark Knights: Batman Who Laughs, the Batman Who Laughs narrates his origin and deal with Barbatos to a mysterious hurt, bandaged and injured

Today sees the publication of Doctor Strange #385, continuing Doctor Strange's battle with Loki for the title of Sorceror Supreme, complete with both

This is how the new Out Of Time storyline for Captain America has been solicited. At the end of Captain America #697, he had the unfortunate luck to get

This morning, Bleeding Cool leaked the letter sent to DC Comics creators regarding new DC Comics social media and press guidelines. Here are a few reactions, including Patrick Zircher.

Creators Landry Q. Walker (Danger Club), Justin Greenwood (The Fuse), and Sam Humphries (Citizen Jack) will be appearing on stage at Image Expo in Portland, Oregon on Wednesday, February 21st to announce new projects.

We looked into the smoking guns that showed how DC Comics had altered their plans as Brian Michael Bendis was parachuted in to take over the Superman

Writer Joseph Keatinge and artist Wook Jin Clark team up with industry mainstay colourist Tamra Bonvillain, and letterer Ariana Maher, designer Rich Tommaso, and culinary consultant Ari Bouzari for a new comic book coming from Image in May called Flavor.

April begins Marvel's Hunt for Wolverine #1 — but there's a lot more than that coming in May. Four separate four-issue mini-series.

Yesterday we told you that DC Comics was sending posters titled "Bendis is Coming" to comic book stores. We also said we didn't know anything about the

Brian K. Vaughan (best known for co-creating the Image sci-fi epic Saga) and Marcos Martin, the Eisner Award-winning creative team behind The Private Eye,

Titan Comics and Apple Corps are running a competition for comic book retailers, ahead of the release of the graphic novel adaptation of The BEatkes'

Detroit Comics of Ferndale, Michigan has announced that, after celebrating ten years of business, it is to close. The owners (pictured below) posted on

Little Bleeder Joseph Thomson writes in with a most intriguing theory. Recently we have seen a new Avenger retconned into Marvel Comics history. A new

Scholastic is having a bit of a sale, which have boosted some of the comic books they publish/distribute over others. But here is their current comic

Yesterday, DC Comics creative freelancers received a mass e-mail covering their activities on social media.

Today is Shrove Tuesday. Pancake Day. The day in which households should use up their eggs, butter and flour ahead of Ash Wednesday and the beginning of

But it is very, very unlikely to be this one.

The $200 Collectors Edition version of Oblivion Song by Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici was intended to ship all 1000 limited editions for March 7th. Instead, due to "unforeseen circumstances", only 600 of the 1000 units will arrive in time to process for the March 7th on-sale date.

Here is a list of comic creators making stage appearances at Image Expo in Portland, Oregon next week on Wednesday, February 21st to announce their new projects for the Portland-based comics publisher.

Comic book artist Ed Benes has talked about turning down work from DC Comics as he looks ahead to his future. He has very much been associated in the USA

Last week, Bleeding Cool ran a piece looking at the Omaze charity campaign to help fund GLSEN, an organization that seeks to end discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression in schools. But it appears that the campaign has been cancelled.

Here are the Top 500 comics book and Top 500 graphic novels and trade paperbacks as ordered by comic stores in North America from Diamond Comic