Rich Johnston Archives

On April 1st and 15th,  three comic-loving women will bring together their expertise in comics, history and tasty treats to present Stirrups & Beans:

This is a look at J Scott Campbell's exclusive venomized retailer variant for the new Iron Fist #1, courtesy of Midtown Comics. Available in colour and

Here comes Emerald City Comicon! And there are plenty of items you can only buy there! Here are the comic books we're been able to find... AfterShock

This is the note that Arizona comic stores - and more as well I'm sure - have been waking up to, today. For many stores they will still get this week's

To punch a nazi, or not to punch a nazi? That is the question. On one side, Warren Ellis says that yes, you should punch Nazis. And those who say you

Bleeding Cool has been covering the legal case involving Wizard World Vs. Stephen Shamus, all the many Shamuses including some we'd never heard of and

We reported that this was very possible last year, but now it's all official. Last week the US Patent and Trademark office informed Hasbro that Marvel

Peter G writes, It’s important to expand your horizons. Lately, the Chicago area has seen the convention scene settle into a pattern of sameness. You have

Somewhere at ECCC in Seattle this week, a comic book will be announced from a creative team for a publisher. Okay, a lot of them will be. It's that kind

2 Guns was a 2013 movie featuring the late Bill Paxton based on the 2007 BOOM! Studios comic 2 Guns by Steven Grant and Mateus Santolouco. Ross Richie,

I'm not going to pretend to understand how it happened. But launching with Free Comic Book Day in May, with a first full issue on May 24th,  American

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what

With today being the official date, 40 years ago, that 2000AD actually dropped on shelves across the known universe for the very first time, it seemed

Brexit and the crash of the pound and seen all sorts of people buying British as we go through the national equivalent of a 25% off firesale. China and

In the week in which Paul Cornell and Jimmy Broxton split up over a woman, what have you been reading? Top Ten Traffic Of The Week Doctor Who Shocker:

This time last year, saw the release of Jughead #4, a comic by Chip Zdarsky and Erica Henderson that, in an aside, defined the character as

Sometimes it takes a while for everything to eke out of company presentations. Such as the word from Marvel Comics last week at their ComcisPRO meeting

A few changes twixt solicitation and publication... Spider-Man #15 now has art by Szymon Kudransk, instead of the previously solicited Sara Pichelli. The

Last week, Marvel Comics released a preview to the hip-hop variant cover to Spectacular Spider-Man #1 featuring an homage to Tupac. Using his "thwipp"

The Five Guys restaurant chain, now expanding in every city in the world, it seems, is known for running reviews cut from magazines and newspapers, framed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoAnKhf-6NI The weekend! And the new ZBox arrives! And it's all about Superheroines! Wonder Woman, Catwoman and Captain

Brian Miller writes, What is FEMME MAGNIFIQUE? FEMME MAGNIFIQUE is a graphic novel anthology that delivers short stories about women who have — and who

A year ago, Bleeding Cool ran the rumour that as part of DC Rebirth, that DC Comics would be bringing back the Justice Society of America, a team that had

The first week in May sees Free Comic Book Day. We noted that this year, for the first time in years, there was no World Of Aspen-Universe-style book,

https://twitter.com/njdunicorn/status/820328094141677568 A comic convention in the Saudi Arabia city of Jeddah last Sunday - the nation's first - has been

 Tom King teases Batman #21, part iof The Button story plotted by Geoff Johns and drawn by Jason Fabok, seeing Batman and the Flash investigate the

Rod Lambert of Rodman Comics in Ankeny, Iowa, gives his past self from six years ago some sage business advice. We are trucking right along. It's Howdy

A few days ago, Dynamite showed off an upcoming cover for the currently published Vampirella series by Paul Cornell and Jimmy Broxton (also known as James

We were wondering if we were to get the return of the original Wolverine and the Hulk, currently both dead in the Marvel Universe, for this fall's

Emerald City Comicon is almost upon us, in Seattle, starting on Thursday May 2nd. And because this is February, that's only 6 days away. Bleeding Cool