Rich Johnston Archives

The trend of comic book creators selling their own exclusive copies of their comics may be great for them, but how does it impact the industry as a whole?

A few upcoming DC Comics covers for October shipping titles. As ever, you may have seen some of them. You won’t have seen most of them… including the

Trumps Titans is a comic book series published by Keenspot Entertainment (Jude reviewed the first issue here) that plays up Donald Trump as if he believed

Loot Crate has often included exclusive variant covers of comic books in their monthly subscription crates. But they have also included exclusive comic

Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market. Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale. Where supply and

The next Avengers movie is in the Spring. Whatever Avengers #675 is, is meant to be a big deal leading up to that to both anchor comic fan and casual fan interest alike.

Who says just the women can look like Rey from Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Po-Zu, the manufacturer of footwear used in the making of the movie have now

Out today, Batman: The Red Death #1 has gone to second printing, as has Mister Miracle #2, while Mister Miracle #1 is headed for its third.

DC Comics has had midnight release events before, in which comic stores are given permission to sell a new release at midnight on the day of release,

Dark Horse Comics has a strong business history in publishing "Art Of" coffee table books delving into artwork behind major gaming franchises. And, after

Artists taking inspiration from other artists' work has always been a thing — but artist Jeanette Hayes is being accused of going a step too far.

Debuting at Thought Bubble, Fem Fatales is an anthology featuring gender-flipped versions of our favourite characters from comics, film, books, and more.

The comic book that tells the tales of the beginning of Vox Machina pre-stream and pre-game was announced at SDCC, and it was published today.

Mary Jane Watson is Tony Stark's personal assistant. Even when Stark is in a coma. And she gets to chat with his newly-discovered biological mother. Upon

Marvel Comics may be ashamed of their current Secret Empire crossovers, but DC Comics are relishing in theirs. So much so that Marvel Comics seem to want

It appears to have been decreed that Secret Empire is over, so that comic books that were specifically solicited as Secret Empire crossovers have had any

The neurodiversity expressed by Bruce Wayne, the Batman, has been a topic of discussion of decades. A billionaire driven to take on crime after the

Last month, Bleeding Cool ran an article about an earlier issue of Justice League in which the League's children from the far future have come back in

  We've previously talked about the Classified nature of Avengers #675 and Guardians Of The Galaxy #150 which were not included in yesterday's

In 2014, we reported that Shaky Kane, Tyler Shainline and Richard Starkings had a new Image Comics series planned for publication in 2015. In 2016, this

The October Diamond Previews for comic books shipping in December is published in the last week of September. Just roll with it, okay? The front cover has

Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, reports in... Hey Fandom! We survived Hurricane Irma here in Orlando even though we were down with no

Incognegro: A Graphic Mystery HC, the first in the line of Berger Books, Empowered & Sistah Spooky’s High School Hell #1, the

Damon Lindelof posted a photo on Instagram that clearly hints production has begun on his "non-literal translation" of Watchmen for HBO.

The Collectors Set Limited Release Of Bloom County: Real, Classy, & Compleat: 1980-1989, being published by IDW Entertainment fora hundred bucks. But

And now it's time for IDW's solicitations for December 2017... and a few further ahead for January and February, especially if they are big ones like the

Bleeding Cool's own Rich Johnston attended the London world premiere for Kingsman: The Golden Circle and shot some video from the orange carpet!

Firstly, let us bask in the glory of The Wicked + The Divine Christmas Annual cover by Jamie McKelvie. It is truly something to behold for the festive

In 'The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl', Squirrel Girl made it clear she wasn't for the Hydra takeover; but she indeed got down and dirty with Hydra in Paris.

Here's a look at the Marvel Comics solicitations for December 2017. There may be some changes, but it's a pretty good guide!