Rich Johnston Archives

CAKE, the small press comic show in Chicago lands with a creamy splat this weekend. And it has brand new comic books from a variety of vcreators and

Gendercrunching April 2016 By Tim Hanley It was a relatively strong month for female creators at the Big Two, with Marvel staying fairly steady with their

Bleeding Cool has run numerous stories about comic book creators who are late with their commissioned work. Months, years late in some cases. Australian

Brandon Wainerdi writes, pictures by Jason Kauzlarich, Prices climb up and up for creator signings, holding in line with the inflation of autograph prices

The Vision by Tom King and Gabriel Walta is a complex story set within a very structured and small framework. One house, with few rooms, very little

Brandon Wainerdi writes, pictures by Jason Kauzlarich, For every Jared Leto Joker and Deadpool roaming the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, there

James Sabata writes,  Phoenix Comicon was the first show to feature the debut issue of Antiis Comics Presents, a new book from Tom Hodges. Antiis Comics

Gavin McInnes is the co-founder of Vice Media and the host of The Gavin McInnes Show on Compound Media and known as the  Godfather of hipsterdom. He's

Don Guillory,  history professor at Arizona State University, specializing in civil rights and black culture, writes for Bleeding Cool Walking through

James Sabata writes Mr. Creepypasta is a narrator and voice actor who has gained well over a million subscribers to his YouTube channel over the past five

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNMM0BaTBaQ "I'm tired of tame, mediocre stories and movies that require beer or dope to make them special.  It's time we

Natacha Bustos is the artist on Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur, a Bleeding Cool favourite from 2016. But she also has a project of her own, a graphic

DC Comics are pushing the variant cover programme for the Rebirth promotion... here's a look at how some of them will be looking (with no pesky watermarks

As Constantine: The Hellblazer changes its creator credits for the character with its final issue, ahead of a DC Universe Rebirth,  John Constantine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2U2C8_VIpo Darrin Denlinger is a storyboard artist who has worked on a number of Marvel Studios movies and has posted

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

Bleeding Cool was the first to tell you that there was "something "up" with Civil War II #3. And Marvel Comcis is taking no chances. Launching the issue

 After running its previous show in May in Chicago, today ReedPOP announced that its BookCon will have a spinoff for this year's New York Comic Con as

Next week sees the release of Dark Knight III: The Last Crusade, a comic by Brian Azzarello, Frank Miller and John Romita Jr that fits in with the

"Three of them, eh? I didn't know when I was well off." ( Those were the words of Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart in Doctor Who: The Three Doctors back in

Another week, another chance for DC Comics to reprint their Rebirth line. They only came out today... Action Comics #957, Aquaman Rebirth #1, Flash

This is Sergeant Blast from Wacky Races. On the left. In the middle is Private Meekly. They ride the Army Surplus Special.   That's him. Well, in

The Fix is the creator-owned hit of the summer. Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber's comedy heist comic about cops-turned-robbers has just seen its first issue

So many tie-ins to Marvel's Civil War II... but how many "matter"? It all depends on your definition. But which of them are in bed with the crossover and

This is how the main narrative of DC Universe Rebirth #1 ended, with Wally West providing a narrative talking to Barry, while Batman makes a discovery in

Wonder Woman Rebirth #1 is all about truths. And competing truths. With so many competing narratives regarding the character's origins and nature,

Rachel Maddow is a Batwoman fan. She wrote the introduction to the Batwoman: Elegy collection by Greg Rucka and JH Williams III. This comic also features

There's a new Bleeding Cool Magazine out today. issue 22, it has a Valiant Comics 4001 cover on the outside - and on the inside comic book creator

A few changes 'twixt solicitation and publication... Aquaman Rebirth #1 was solicited as art by Oscar Jimenez but he is joined by Scot Eaton. Black Canary

  From Sean Jordan (aka Wordburglar) and Dave Howlett, creators of The Last Paper Route, now available now on Comixology:   In Swipe File we