Rich Johnston Archives

From tomorrow's Catwoman: Election Night, published by DC Comics, sees The Penguin channel Donald Trump while standing for mayor of Gotham. It gets as

Has he gone? I do hope so. Kieron Gillen has an e-mail newsletter. It really is the thing. On it, he very graciously credited me with scooping everyone on

Bleeding Cool previously reported on an event at Italian comic con Lucca, which saw the much-criticised Milo Manara and Frank Cho discuss art and women.

 Bleeding Cool has a brand new staff writer. The first of a number who will be appointed in the next few months. I wasn't consulted on this, obviously.

The word came into Bleeding Cool that Dimitrios Fragiskatos, the manager for Midtown Comics Grand Central store, was seen in the Crown Heights

In the late seventies, Dez Skinn came to Marvel and in 1979 published the Hulk Weekly comic. That first issue included reprint of US Marvel material, but

Valiant Entertainment have promoted Josh Johns to the newly created position of Director of Digital Media & Development. A longtime member of the

Hannah Means-Shannon writes, On Friday, October 28th, in unseasonably nippy weather, I visited the newly combined Gowanus, Brooklyn-based studio of

Tomorrow, six days before the Presidential Election, Valiant Entertainment publishes Faith #5, a comic book in which their lead superhero meets

Scott Dunbier launched the Absolute Edition at DC Comics to republish the Authority comics by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch in a manner that outdid the

Before Brian Bendis came to Marvel Comics with Ultimate Spider-Man, he was best known as a writer/artist of crime comic books, mostly for the late Gary

Earlier today, we reported that Valiant was providing participating retailers with a free, 100% doubling of each comic store's orders of the main cover

Comic book reader Aric Shapiro contacted Bleeding Cool to tell me, I commissioned Dan Jurgens to draw a Batman piece. It was a pencil only piece. But at

Peter S. Svensson writes for Bleeding Cool. A generation of horror fans cut their teeth on author R. L. Stine's Goosebumps series, a set of horror books

Bleeding Cool has been known to identify a few upcoming Marvel comic books courtesy of their Amazon listings. Both Deadpool: Back In Black and Deadpool

Adi Tantimedh writes, Yes, this is a bit of shameless self-promotion. So I have a novel coming out this Tuesday November 1st. Sendhil Ramamurthy of Heroes

Panini have the license to republish Marvel Comics titles in Europe, both on newstand and collected in bookstores. Marvel UK/Panini have a wide range of

The Martha Washington comic books by Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons mark a highpoint in the careers of both creators. Running through the nineties from the

Court Of The Owls, a Batman story by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo and Jonathan Glapion is a dark tale of conspiracy of the powers that be, hidden truths,

Checking upcoming Amazon listings can sometimes reveal a publisher's plans. So when Marvel publishes this upcoming novel inspired by the sixties Spider-

You have been warned... this post is unsafe for work, and features artistic portrayals of female nudity. Because we mentioned that Milo Manara and Frank

Some comic book stores may have found it too controversial to stock - though reading previews of the comic does give a different impression than some of

DC Comics media partner Comics Alliance posted a preview of this week's Superman comic. Featuring Jonathan Kent and  Damian Wayne and... someone else.

At MCM London Comic Con, we told you that Titan Comics was to have a Penny Dreadful comic book announcement for today. As BC commenter Dawnell_do

The lack of acknowledgement of the death of the character Barb in Netflix's Stranger Things.... um, spoilers... has been a massive thing in the show's

Put a bunch of teenagers together in a superhero team and you know what happens. Well, you do if you read Gillen and McKelvie's Young Avengers. Well, it

Yesterday, we noticed that The Complete Phonogram HC had its Amazon listing up. Are there any more Image Comics surprises? One or two... Are there any

In Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, John Reppion and Leah Moore have turned four ghostly tales from  MR James, for the 80th anniversary of his death.

From Dark Horse Comics comes a preview of the upcoming original graphic novel, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea, co-written by legendary Hellboy creator Mike

So I wnet to MCM Loncon Comic Con this weekend. Off to Thought Bubble the next. It never stops... Top Twenty Traffic Of The Week 1. Remaking The Marvel