Rich Johnston Archives

The Phoenix is probably consistently the best comic I know. Certainly that's the opinion of my children, who share a subscription. Which means today's

https://twitter.com/Alterici/status/808009588767342592 Vault Comics are part of Diamond Comic Distributor's Final Order Cut-Off scheme, which allows

I was given a dressing down by an actual comics journalist over my previous report over how Marvel games comics industry marketshare as reported by

In 1987, Mike Grell wrote and drew the three-issue prestige format limited series Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters. He redesigned the character's costume,

Be careful who you give exclusive news to. It doesn't always work as well as you may like. Marvel Comics gave exclusive PR about their new plans to

For our friends in San Diego, Yesteryear Comics, they have big IDW boss man (and writer) Chris Ryall, with artists Gabriel Rodriquez and Jay Fotos coming

Seamas O'Reilly interviewed Alan Moore for the Irish Times last year, for the release of his novel, Jerusalem. He has now put the whole transcript up

Malcolm Merlyn, The Dark Archer, first appeared in Justice League of America #94 in 1971, created by writer Mike Friedrich and artists Neal Adams and Dick

The North Carolina comic convention NC Comicon co-owned by comics artist Tommy Lee Edwards and Ultimate Comics store owner Alan Gill is splitting in two

Marvel Comics has been amending their order demands for upcoming variant covers across the line. The intent of such tiers is to encourage retailers to

It was announced that Alec Morgan was the artist for the new Elektra #1, written by Netflix Luke Cage writer Matt Owens, out from Marvel in February.

Captain America: Steve Rogers #8, Hulk #1, Infamous Iron Man #3, Thanos #2, Unworthy Thor #3 and Venom #2 have all sold out at Diamond Comic Distributors,

Orbital Comics in London has been exhibiting the original artwork of Joseph Samuels and Daniel Francis. The pages are from the the new graphic novel

Earlier today, while I was in the pub, Heidi MacDonald at Comics Beat reported that retailers had been told by Marvel, 10% EXTRA FOR FREE ON MARVEL

After buying the rights to use this photo of Ike Perlmutter, taken standing next to Donald Trump, the picture then went through Bleeding Cool's best image

One of the most beautiful, gorgeous, detailed, hyper-violent and funny comic book is back. Shaolin Cowboy by Geof Darrow was first published by the

We have noted the current tendency of the current Harley Quinn comic writers Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, to get very rude indeed. Indeed, if

Bleeding Cool has covered recent events at the upcoming Phoenix Comicon regarding the definition and treatment of volunteer staff at the show. Namely that

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

Death's Head is a Marvel character created by Simon Furman and Geoff Senior when working on the Marvel UK  version of the Transformers comic, before

Diamond Comics Distributors will be running their list of the best-selling comics of 2016 soon. Until then, here is Bleeding Cool's best estimate of what

I mentioned that the guy who pioneered Wizard World's Comic Con Box had left to set up his own Blind Box company providing custom solutions to all sorts

Amazing Spider-Man writer Dan Slott is a bit of an Anglophile. He lived here for a while, and he manages to get references to Britain and British TV shows

This is how the Walking Dead: Negan story by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard, running monthly in Image Comics' solicit magazine, Image +, began. A fire

Justice League Vs Suicide Squad #1 has gone to a second print, with the Jason Fabok cover that DC used for the Previews catalog solicit cover... It looks

Here's the Phil Noto cover for U.S.Avengers #1, not shown to retailers until it arrived in stores this week, one for every set of 53 state-and-then-some

Writer Nick Spencer is on a mission to make everyone hate him. Look, he knows it. https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/816681806640447488 He is after

Boom! Studios publisher Ross Richie has issued the following video and call to comic book retailers, to his friends on Facebook. Of whom I appear to be

DC Rebirth wasn't a Reboot. But it has been revealing hidden truths about the fictional history of the DC universe. We've had the forgotten first

Not Mockingbird. Not A-Force. Not Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur. Not Ms Marvel. And... probably not Shanna The She-Devil. Today sees the new Marvel