Rich Johnston Archives

A number of comic stores have tie-ins with comic book publishers. Forbidden Planet and Titan Comics, Gosh and Knockabout, and Dark Horse Comics. But sometimes a comic store becomes a publisher... such as it is with Golden Apple Books, formed from Golden Apple Comics.

Shanghai Red was announced at Image Expo, and now it's been scheduled for June. Christopher Sebela and Joshua Hixson have a revenge thriller of a comic book — and Sebela owes it all to moving to the new hub of comicbookdom, Portland.

The final volume of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill will be previewed on Friday March 23rd At WonderCon at the IDW booth.

Joseph Keatinge of Glory and Shutter, and veteran Bret Blevins of New Mutants and Sleepwalker are behind the new Stellar series, coming from

Bleeding Cool had the scoop last week, but it's all gone official. Scott Snyder, Jim Cheung, Jorge Jiménez and Alejandro Sanchez's Justice League out in June. And, yes, John Stewart is the Green Lantern in it.

Image Comics solicitations for June 2018 will drop tomorrow, but they'll want to make a fuss about some of their offeroings before then. Such as

Wondercon kicks off in Anaheim on Friday, a big comic-focussed convention, with all sorts of delights and deviations from March 23rd to 25the. It will

BOOM! Studios and Saban Brands have a Power Rangers: Shattered Grid panel at WonderCon on March 24th, a mere four days before Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #25 hits comic shops and kicks off the first Power Rangers event in comics history.

So at SXSW, DC Comics held a panel for the 80th Anniversary of Superman looking at upcoming projects such as Action Comics #1000, Man Of Steel and Frank

Some people like to be delightfully surprised by whatever is inside their Loot Crate. Others really, really don't and want to know exactly what they are

Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle are to get married. Batman and Catwoman. Yes, it's a bit odd, but that seems to be the direction we are going. And DC Comics is looking how to collect this all.

Earlier this week, Bookbub released a list titled "22 of the Biggest Mystery and Thriller Books Coming in Spring 2018." The article features the usual number of heavy hitters — names like Stephen King, David Baldacci, Dean Koontz, Brad Meltzer, and... Alex Segura.

Vice President Mike Pence has a book out -- or rather his family has. Ostensibly penned by his rabbit, a pet much featured in the media, A Day in the Life

In March last year, it was announced that Japanese artist Shiori Teshirogi would produce a manga to tie in with the release of the Justice League movie in Japan. Well, in October, DC Comics will translate and publish Batman & the Justice League in English, collected in a single volume.

The first solicits and listings for the upcoming DC Ink and DC Zoom lines for younger readers are starting to break through.

Brian Michael Bendis has moved his Jinxworld line of comics through a few publishers over the years, and now the line is at DC Comics. And we get an idea of when and how... with a new collection out every two weeks from October, and often $5 to $10 cheaper than the previous versions.

We've been looking at DC Comics' Omnibus and Absolute plans today, which include Absolute Flashpoint, Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3, and more added to those already announced.

You can’t simply draw Cthulhu (as simple as that may sound) if you want to stay true to the original text (which I do). You need to create that atmosphere of cosmic horror that Lovecraft was so well known for.

EA releases The Sims 4 DLC for already purchased DLC, Nathan Fillion reprises his Firefly role in an unorthodox way, a new Avengers: Infinity War trailer, and more geeky news from the past week!

We told you last week that DC Comics was republishing the original Sandman collections in a new format for the 30th anniversary of the series, and we had details for the new editions of Preludes and Nocturnes and A Doll's House. And now we have more for the next two.

So many retailers with so many exclusive covers -- including the creators own stores in some cases. Here's a regular rundown of a few, from J. Scott Campbell, Adi Granov, and more.

Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, 03/18/18: The Bat and the Supe take the top with their ancillary titles, while a Hulk return and a new look Fantastic Four help Avengers and Marvel Two-in-One, as Mister Miracle's birth issue continues to make for a very non-traditional impact in the chart.

Sam Humphries will be the new writer on Harley Quinn from #43, drawn by regular series artist Mirko Andolfo — a series that has plotted its own course both pre and post-Rebirth.

Doomsday Clock, the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, featured the eighties pulp detective series Nathaniel Dusk by Don

Jim Lee is drawing Brian Bendis' story for Action Comics #1000. And rather than capping the end of a story, being a one-shot story such as Tom King and

We mentioned last week that longstanding New York comic store, JHU, formed from the assets of Jim Hanley's Universe by its ex-managers, was running a

Diamond Comic Distributors have told British comic stores that the recommended retail prices of DC Comics collections are coming down to be closer to the

Comic book artist Chris Bachalo's wife, Helen Bachalo, died on February 28th, after being diagnosed with cancer of the colon late last year. On behalf of

Steven Spielberg's much anticipated new movie Ready Player One will be out in British cinemas from March 28th, and American cinemas from the 29th. But it

By Matthew Snyder, A somewhat lighter week than most for new releases. As a result, many titles move up from their usual spots. As I predicted, Mister