Rich Johnston Archives

We've just been introduced to Big Bang Theory Penny's mother at San Diego Comic-Con. Well, now we've just met her brother. To be played by Jack McBrayer,

Peter S. Svensson gets to write for Bleeding Cool. It's awesome. Christopher James Priest received the Inkpot award at the start of his spotlight panel at

Katey Segal, best known for playing Peggy Bundy in Married... With Children is to play the mother of Penny in The Big Bang Theory as announced at San

The characters were reinvented once for Wacky Raceland recently, as a pair of, well, dastardly sorts, if ruggishly handsome. Certainly deserving of a slap

Civil War II #4. By Brian Bendis and David Marquez. Here are two pages from the upcoming issue - though you will have to wait longer than you might have

Courtesy of Peter Svensson, Erika Svensson, Frazer Brown and Joe Glass, a very large gallery indeed of cosplay at San Diego Comic-Con from Friday morning.

As modelled by the Queen Of Hall H herself, Pam Noles. https://twitter.com/BGFCentral/status/756298049824051200 Every big show that Bleeding Cool attends

By Marilyn Weiss Now in its third year the Ashley Eckstein’s Her Universe Fashion show is a force to be reckoned with. On Thursday night, 27 designers

Well, it wouldn't be a Civil War at Marvel  if there weren't delays. And this is minor compared with what happened back then. Marvel Comics has informed

Bleeding Cool operatives hit the parties last night. And people were very talkative this year. Almost demob happy. Since the new Teen Titans Rebirth

Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise will once again cross paths with the Green Lantern Corps in a sequel to last year’s Star Trek/Green

Peter S. Svensson writes for Bleeding Cool. The DC All Access: Beyond Boundaries panel started with host Jason Inman making jokes about how he just

Peter Svensson writes, The IDW/Hasbro Panel started with John Barber, formerly the editor of many of the Hasbro comics at IDW would be leaving that

In the last Totally Awesome Hulk #8 by Greg Pak and Alan Davis, we saw a cured Bruce Banner at peace. The Hulk had gone. It was a different story in Civil

I am British. So, yes, this kind of thing does disturb me. There is a police sniper watching the crowds of San Diego Comic-Con. No, not him, that's a

By Jeremy Konrad Chris Hardwick brought his Nerdist team to the Indigo Ballroom Thursday at SDCC, and for all the vitriol thrown his way, Hardwick himself

By Jeremy Konrad One of the companies that as of late rising the ranks again in the collectible market would be DC Comics in house company DC

What a difference a settled lawsuit makes. Now Marvel - or its licensor IDW can trade on Jack Kirby's name without worry. And this could be the most

In April 2016, DC Comics;' marketshare had While DC Comics’ dollar share has slipped back slightly from March's 26.32% to 25.82% and their sales share had

From Hugh Sheridan, Marilyn Weiss, Frazer Brown, Alex Roberts, Farzana Romine, Daniel Celko, Janel Smith, Anthony Desiato, Mike Rohrssen, Mike Sangegario,

Peter Svensson sends us the news that we are to have a new Optimus Prime ongoing comic book series from IDW, starring the leader of the Transformers,

Written by Marilyn Weiss From the age of fifteen, G. Willow Wilson knew that she wanted to write comics, but wasn’t quite sure how she would get there.

Ms Marvel, Kamala Khan, is Marvel's biggest hit new character of  recent years. A Muslim teenage superhero of Pakistani-American origin, she has become a

By Mike Sangregorio Thursday morning, first full day of Comic Con 2016, saw the live recording of the Marvel Live podcast at the Neil Morgan Auditorium of

Jeremy Konrad reports from the San Diego Comic-Con show floor.  Looks like ComiXology  will have to step up with their Guided View. At the DC booth, they

Shane Bailey writes, You may remember Bleeding Cool ran a story about Nemesis43 a while back that talked about his major contributions to comic book

There are few comic book creators who are treated like a god by their fans. There are few such creators who then act in response as if they are a god. It

Hastings, the entertainment store that became a major part of the comic book direct market, is to close all its 126 stores by October 31st. After entering

Titan Comics, currently at San Diego comic Con are far too busy to send out their solicitations for October. So we thought we'd help, with new Warhammer

So, Hellblazer Rebirth #1by Simon Oliver and Moritat, published by DC Comics yesterday, has street-level magician John Constantine returning home to