Rich Johnston Archives

There's a petition to get the names of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon engraved on this bronze statue, to be erected in Brooklyn. But for now, the covers have

Octavio Karbank reports for Bleeding Cool, what he learned from his visit to the Boom! booth at San Diego Comic-Con before the doors opened. Boom has

Octavio Karbank reports for Bleeding Cool, what he learned from his visit to the IDW  booth at San Diego Comic-Con before the doors opened The Bloom

Octavio Karbank reports for Bleeding Cool, what he learned from his visit to the Marvel booth at San Diego Comic-Con before the doors opened Hall H is

It could be Luke Cage. It could be Iron Fist. It could be Cloak And Dagger. Either way, Marvel CCO Joe Quesada will be premiering a trailer for a new

The Castoffs is a new comic book series from Lion Forge, written by Stuff Of Legend's creator Brian Smith with MK Reed and drawn by Molly Ostertag. Is it

Chris Ryall, CCO and EIC is justifiably very proud of how the IDW booth is looking at San Diego... The IDW booth at ‪#‎SDCC‬ is looking amazing--best its

The Goon's creator Eric Powell has a brand new anthology comic book series, written and drawn by him, coming out in October in time for Hallowe'en...

Announcing at San Diego Comic-Con, Dark Horse has a new Firefly  comic book series, Serenity: No Power in the ’Verse by Chris Roberson (iZombie,

Press Passes have an extra level of security at San Diego Comic-Con this year. A Walking Dead magnetic RFID card nestled in a pouch in front of the

So if Melania Trump can plagiarise Hillary Clinton... can Apple Jack steal from Donald Trump? In the new My Little Pony comic that's exactly what happens.

September 17th 2016 is Batman Day, for which DC Comics is preparing a special Batman #1 reprint, to be given away by participating retailers, and

At San Diego Comic-Con, Vault Comics will be previewing their new line of sci-fi/fantasy titles. Bleeding Cool has been sent one of those previews ahead

Every year, people work out how to get the set. And every year most resort to buying the complete for flipped prices on eBay. Maybe this is the year that

Jim Lee is the artist on the new twice-monthly Suicide Squad comic written by Rob Williams. How? Jim Lee has a reputation for... taking his time on

You know, someone should consider a mature readers version of Pokemon Go based on Kieron Gillen and Ignacio Calero's Modded.... Here are Bleeding Cool's

Black Mask Studios - especially whatever Matthew Rosenberg has planned - have a habit of selling out instantly, then being flipped on eBay for massive

Here is the solicitation copy for Bleeding Cool Magazine #25, out in October. Consider it a license fee purchase to help fund the website as well! And

So how old is Harley Quinn anyway? Not when the character was invented, it is her twenty-fifth anniversary next year. But what about the age of the

So I found a trademark registration for Comic Con Adventures that led back to these folks... Fan2Sea.com launches this week. It is a pop culture/comic con

Remember how Kevin Smith rewrote a certain classic scene from Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli's Batman Year One? Taking this... ...and adding this back

We begin with Ultimates, Captain Marvel talking about the trial of Hawkeye with Blue Marvel. And not asking why they share the same superhero surname. She

Frazer Brown writes from the Hyatt at San Diego Comic Con, The Hyatt entered into the spirit of Comic-Con, these sculptures by Local Artist MR SANTO

The status of Marvel's nextwave: Agents Of H.A.T.E. comic has generally been up in the air, regarding continuity. Created by Warren Ellis and Stuart

Have you noticed things are getting rather political right now? A certain Republican National Convention riling everything up? Spider-Man/Deadpool is

Fresh from having exclusive 4001AD #1 appearing in Loot Crates across the world, Valiant is now running a Pokémon Go sponsorship programme designed to

Four days ago, we noted that it looked like that, though the previous Batgirl team may have removed the controversial events from The Killing Joke from

Marvel Comics has instructed Diamond Comic Distributors to hold off on revealing their October solicitations until after San Diego Comic Con. At least

We don't know who the creative teams are. But we know that Marvel will announce three new series that weren't in the Marvel NOW Previews recently.

Hawkman & Adam Strange by Marc Andreyko and Aaron Lopresti from DC Comics gets the front cover of next week's Diamond Previews catalogue for August,