Rich Johnston Archives

Steve Pugh has the kind of e-mails that I lost a long time ago. Such as his first e-mail from an American reader back in December 1999 about his

Here's big question. Are you worried... or jealous that you didn't think of this Baby Groot cosplay yourself?  

And there we thought we ran an exclusive list of All-Star Batman retailer exclusives the other day. Clearly not. Newbury Comics has an exclusive cover

Cheltenham's True Believers Comic Festival and The Nerds Who Haunted Themselves Podcast  have organised an evening with Dr Who and Action Comics' scribe,

Can you feel it? November solicitations are in the air...Titan are excited to reveal Masked #1 - a new comic series written by author Serge And that

https://twitter.com/jennasaays/status/764154080528924673 It's Boston Comic Con! Which means... cosplay! Here's a few examples that have been shared, of

Everything must go, it seems. And the end of the direct market;s biggest comic book chain, as Hastings goes out of business for the last time.

 Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back producer , along with Iron Giant and Harry Potter's Richard Bazley and How To Train Your Dragon's Paul Goodenough have

Currently selling for $2.99 to $3.99 on eBay, Spider-Man/Deadpool #8 features not only the first appearance of a red-and-black new Spider-Man costume the

It has been a long time since we had word of Peter Panzerfaust, the Image Comics series by Kurtis J Wiebe and Tyler Jenkins that mixed the story of Peter

They didn't need Facebook. Somehow, one night in 1954, the word got out. And hundreds of Glasweigan children aged from 4 to 14, inspired by the stories

by Mike Sangregorio Bleeding Cool contributor Anthony Desiato (@DesiWestside) is the host of the “My Comic Shop History” biweekly podcast. Episode 8 of

I understand last month that there were ructions in the hallways at DC Comics, over the news that in the first month of DC Rebirth, they came nowhere

UPDATE:Not everyone is convinced... https://twitter.com/elmayimbe/status/764135025650470913 The original story runs below. Word reaches Bleeding Cool via

Today sees the launch of the Boston Comic Con. A show that has been growing in size and getting a lot of people's attention. The Frank Miller programming

  Peter S. Svensson reports for Bleeding Cool. These aren't the Power Rangers you grew up with in the nineties. I got the chance to speak with the

A few odds'n'sods 1. Tony Bedard is currently writing a story for DC to be drawn by Jerry Ordway. 2. Stuart  Moore is writing a Thanos prose novel, Death

The Thought Bubble comic book festival is in Leeds this November, with the Comic Con running on the 5th and 6th of November. Remember, remember? The best

Reborn... Rebirth.. no wonder Mark Millar made sure to trademark this one. Ahead of the release of Reborn #1 by Mark Millar and Greg Capullo, here's a

So, some comic books take a little longer to come out than others,,, here's a few titles from Marvel and DC Comics that have been slipping from one month

A few changes 'twixt solicitation and publication from Marvel Comics. The Champions #1 action figure cover that was to have had Miles Morales Spider-Man

Black is the new superhero comic by Kwanza Osajyefo and Jamal Igle coming from Black Mask Press that envisions a world in which only black people have

So what do we know about the August Loot Crate, heading to homes in a week-and-a-bit's time? Will it be worth ordering? Well, there's a Suicide Squad

It's not a reboot, remember? DC Rebirth is a relaunch that seeks to recapture some of the elements jettisoned with the New 52 reboot. But some are easier

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

Yesterday saw the release of All-Star Batman #1. Which had Two Face hack the people of Gotham. As Bleeding Cool pointed out on Monday, it's a rather Mr

So, yesterday, DC Comics launched Superwoman, a comic book advertised as featuring a Lois Lane with super powers. And it did. For one issue.

Earlier this week, Bleeding Cool reported on Rick Whitelock of New Force Comics in Panama City reporting $85,000 worth of comic book stolen at Tampa Bay

My favourite DC comic book of the last year, by far, was Prez by Mark Russell and Ben Caldwell, a Transmetropolitan-style satire of the Presidential

Tom Oldham writes, Hello, My name’s Tom and I’m one of the editors at Breakdown Press, a comics and art books publisher based in London, England. Each