Rich Johnston Archives

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

The queues for this mother were round the Image Comics block at San Diego Comic Con. The glow in the dark versions have sold for up to $120 on eBay. But

Hannah Mears-Shannon writes from Conquest Comics in New Jersey; When Superior Foes of Spider-Man launched (with Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber), it set the

Welcome to a swipe file with only one image. The cover to the new issue of Iron Man. And the swipe? Goatse. Except I can't run that here. Go google it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmnJGui7bDs It's Breaking Bad, but...with kids. Made by Patrick Willems, Mike F and their team for Bleeding Cool. From the

In today's Kick Ass 3 #2, our hero Dave Lizewski has a plan. And it's one inspired by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli's Batman: Year One. He's a bit

Titan Comics announced a new Alien Legion comic, at San Diego Comic Con. Bleeding Cool had the scoop. From Carl Potts and Larry Stroman. So what of these

At Boston Comic Con this weekend, Scott Snyder took to the DC Comics panel to talk about his plans for Batman. We referred to a few of them yesterday. But

Time for another run through the week's comic books, in the most most popular weekly column at Bleeding Cool, X Thoughts About X. Every neighbourhood

The following article was written last week and is reprinted today, along with the publication of the comic. Sometimes I dream of revolution, a bloody

By Hannah Means-Shannon The success of the Image series Five Ghosts, which last week completed its first arc before it moves on to a one-shot and then

In today's X-Factor, we see Lorna at a rather down moment in her life, and returning member Pietro trying to pick up the pieces. It doesn;t exactly work.

Thrilling Adventure Hour, the new original graphic novel from Archaia is in stores tomorrow, but it actually sold out at the distributor level almost 3

From today's Avengers A.I. #2 by Sam Humphries and André Lima Araújo... Dimitrios, downloaded into one of the old Iron Man suits, indeed on that had a

From today's rather splendid Trinity Of Sin: The Phantom Stranger. Our mysterious supernatural fellow takes Batman, Katana and Deadman to Heaven. And we

From today's All New X-Men. The Beast thinking careless thoughts in the presence of a new telepath... but what's this about not having the guts to grab

There's been relationships. There's been a marriage. But up until today, gay kisses have been off the table. But in today's issue of Archie Comics, Kevin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4MfbZWvnOc Aaron Haaland of Florida's A Comic Shop writes; Hey Fandom! I'm back with some New Comics Now including my

This is FOC week, Final Order Cut Off, when retailers start to finalise their orders for September for the Premier publishers (and Boom and Dynamite).

UPDATE: The winners are: @VerucaAndAlice, @MisterMets, @tonytouch_28, @luisgrandaldia, @shelleyann72 One can't make so... pick another... @KatrinaDraws!

I used to work with Arune Singh at Comic Book Resources when I had a column there. Then he got a job at Marvel in their press department, where he rose to

So he's playing to a home crowd. But still, in an industry where UK orders are generally between 5-15% of a US title's total, for Fashion Beast's UK

By Hannah Means-Shannon Recently, Wizard World Cons have been stepping up their panel presence, and much to the surprise of some con-goers, the expansion

The Deadpool variant cover for The Mighty Avengers #1. Featuring a team with a majority black membership, a rarity for such a high profile title. And

A few changes to upcoming Marvel Comics... Captain America #10 will now have interior breakdowns by John Romita Jr. and finishes by Klaus Janson. Romita

This was a tweet from Mark Waid, presuming regarding the film 2 Guns, based on a screenplay by Steven Grant, and the 2 Guns comic from Boom! drawn by

This week is the Final Order Cut Off date for the first of the 3D Villain's Month covers from DC Comics. Except, the print runs were set quite a while

From last night's Colbert Report - if you can't see it, go here. It's not so much "seven words you can't say on television" and more "seven things you can

A private triptych Avengers commission by Sean Gordon Murphy. Charles Soule is up to something... an eighth book a month? Project I've been working on for

Patrick Willems brings you the second and third part of his San Diego Comic Con experience in video form. There are Jeff Goldblum impersonators, Gandalf