Rich Johnston Archives

1997 was a dark year for fans of anthropomorphic comic books. It was the year that Antarctic Press, publisher of titles such as Furrlough and Genus

Joe Books continues to solicit massive Disney collections for minimal prices. Such as a 376 page cinestory adaptation of Disney's 101 Dalmations

Lady Mechanika returns this February with a brand new issue 4, the fourth chapter of “The Mystery of the Mechanical Corpse” from Joe Benitez and Peter

  Panel of the week there, I think, from Axis #6.   If anyone wants to suggest what part of Harley Quinn's body is named "Brooklyn", we'd be

Readers who picked up today's X-O Manowar #30 to catch the first appearance of Valiant's new Armorines team have a special surprise waiting for them – an extra-added 23rd story page.

So, Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. was on ABC last night. And today, Marvel has sent twice the number of copies of Inhuman #8 as retailers ordered, for no extra charge. And why?

In the Marvel Universe right now, Axis books are showing us a twisted present, with the moral compasses of a bunch of characters put in the spin. While

Multiversity: Pax Americana by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, the book that made Jupiter's Legacy even later, is out today and it it stunning.

Suiciders from Lee Bermejo and DC/Vertigo on the front... ...and Eric Powell's Goon from Dark Horse on the back. While the order form... ...is all abut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx2sKn_MKkI Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom, I'm back with a stack of new comics.

Roc Upchurch is the artist and co-creator of the comic book Rat Queens, a popular title with a strong female fan base, and an animated TV option from Weta

Teen Titans relaunched as New Teen Titans with a new #1. Suicide Squad relaunched as New Suicide Squad with a new #1 Deathstroke relaunched as Deathstroke

This is the cover to February 2015's Avengers #41 by Bryan Hitch. And this is the cover to 2002's The Ultimates #1 by Bryan Hitch. Say... remember a

Image Comics were at Thought Bubble en force this year. So they needed two panels of show off the writers and artists they'd brought to the UK's finest

Bleeding Cool EIC Hannah Means-Shannon did a barnstorming panel report from the Spotlight On Gotham panel, crammed as we all were into the smaller room at

The British polling company YouGov has released a whole host of data, as well as a handy data mining app. Which means you can type in comics and discover

Bleeding Cool Magazine #13 is about to hit, with the Third Annual Power List. But solicitations are already hitting for #15. With Orphan Black on the

This was the solicited cover that, as we first predicted way back when, would launch a thousand headlines. It did, newspapers, magazines, websites,

Courtesy of DC-lovin; Hitflix and Blastr, a look at more Convergence titles to go with last week. Week Two is Pre-Zero Hour Metropolis Vs, Kingdom Come it

So you may think, with all the DC Comics solicitations (below) that this will be all the big DC Comics news for the week? Not a bit if it. I understand

Okay, officially these are the solicitations for Titan Comics books coming out in February 2015. Except because of international shipping vagaries,

This artwork by Gerardo Zaffino, Jorge Zaffino's son is from a new comic book written by Donny Cates. Title, unknown, Publisher, unknown. Concept,

By Amanda Gurall Last week's Agents of Shield (The Writing on the Wall) put an end to three important things: Phil Coulson's (Clark Gregg) burgeoning

Boom! So, Avengers/Attack On Titan, or Attack On Avengers, has been published in Brutus magazine in Japan. And has as a result, leaked out all over the

It's that time. Avatar Press' solicitations for February 2015. From new trades for Caliban and Uber, to continuing comics for Alan Moore's Crossed +100,

Bleeding Cool has been told to expect a lot more cancellations that orginally thought for Marvel titles for February of March - but also to expect a very

As an advertising copywriter, one of my most hated phrases was "and to celebrate..." - meaningless PR puffery. Unless alcohol is involved, there is no

Lots of folks were selling lots of comic books at Thought Bubble (got back barely an hour ago) - but some will have been able to pay for their whole trip

Lucca Comics & Games is a comic con held in Italy. It's big. How big? Well, for the show two weeks ago, they sold 240,000 tickets with around 400,000

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