Rich Johnston Archives

Well, it was only a dollar. Oni Press has sold out of the first print run of Charles Soule and Alberto Jimenez Alberquerque's Letter 44. I rather liked

By Tony Wolf for Bleeding Cool What better way to celebrate Columbus Day, October 14, that day known for some European guy travelling to the North

Joe Glass writes; Capes, tights, and insane bulges are common at NYCC but no more so at gay con party Skin Tight USA. The lycra superhero brigade joined

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

A documentary on The Walking Dead, created by Skybound Productions and Hyundai. Basically it's an advertorial. But it's a really good one. DC All Access,

Missing from the new Marvel solicitations for January, is a certain Fearless Defenders. At the time the book began, Marvel Comics was suffering a deficit

The Illegitimates from IDW “When the world loses its greatest (and most promiscuous) super-spy, Jack Steele, a secret international espionage organization

Marvel have made an agreement with Alan Moore to not use his name in conjunction with their reprinting of the Marvelman/Miracleman comic book, at his

New York Comic Con may have been and gone. But the Marvel teasers are still with us. And in this case, teasing a new comic about a superhero afflicted

Michael Davis is the co-founder of Milestone Comics and a current graphic novelist. He runs The Black Panel at San Diego Comic Con. And he now writes a

A few of your favorite things from yesterday: Most-Read Comic Stories Wednesday: A Possible Superior Spider-Man Spoiler? At New York Comic Con, Superior

David Blake Lucarelli writes; Last weekend, as NYCC was busy establishing itself as the East Coast equivalent of San Diego Comic-Con, the Alternative

I heard three times from three senior industry figures at New York Comic Con, and it seemed to be all abuzz in the late night bars. But while I am most

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by Chris Thompson Following on from last week’s episode with Adam P. Knave (which you can listen to here) and my recent, curiously related, film podcast

Paul Gullas wrote for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con At 4pm on Sunday afternoon, as the 2013 New York Comic Con was winding down and that familiar

So. Young Avengers. As recent issues have shown, Loki has been manipulating everyone from the beginning. And while it's easy to see his physical form and

By Nikolai Fomich New York Comic Con kicked off last Thursday night with Brian Posehn’s Mutant Comedy Crew, featuring performances by Mike Drucker, Myq

From left: Charles Kochman, Editorial Director, Abrams ComicArts; Dr. Carol Tilley, Associate Professor, GSLIS, University of Illinois; and Charles

Thank heaven for Jamie Colville. One man and his dictaphone who goes around conventions, picking and choosing panels, and then recording them, as well as

Amanda Gurall writes; The Walking Dead panel was the epicenter of the main stage insanity today and those of us who waited all day (including a couple of

Alejandra Bodden writes; Kodansha Comics has announced many titles that will be hitting the shelves soon. ATTACK ON TITAN, which has been their big hit

Cosplayer Bethany Maddock posted on her Facebook about a film crew harassing cosplayers at NYCC. She writes; The very first question that pops out if his

Jeremy Konrad writes for Bleeding Cool; Sunday morning at NYCC, Saturday Night Live actor Taran Killam showed off his new IDW comic The Illegitimates to a

Sofia Annunziata writes for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con After marching around queue barriers and getting a decent seat inside, it was time for

In today's Superior Spider-Man we get an inkling of what may be... a spinoff Spider-Man 2099. With the following premise... but who will work on it? Well,

Today sees the release of Star Trek: Khan #1 in all good comic book stores. You may need to prepare yourself. Here, thanks to New York Comic Con is a

Senior Cosplay Correspondent Endymion Mageto brings you a mega gallery of the best cosplayers from New York Comic Con. Check out his Saturday coverage of

For Dan Greenfield's new blog, 13th Dimension, Mark Waid has written the following... As the vast majority of publishers and retailers turned on me for

I had a very enjoyable, if hard working New York Comic Con. But for some, it was rather difficult. Here's a report by one volunteer working at the show,