Rich Johnston Archives

This is the rejected Godzilla pitch that let Joshia Dysart write Harbinger...  

The usual specious gossip, rumour and telephone line talk that spins out of any comic convention eventually end up in my general direction. This year,

Peter G writes; Hello, it's me, your favorite Polish manga-ka, reporting from the Wizard World Chicago convention in Rosemont, Illinois. I know a lot of

So Valiant Entertainment brought back Quantum And Woody last month. A critical darling of a comic book, it never quite hit the sales heights, but for

  kaBoom! is publishing a new Regular Show spinoff, Skips, a new four issue limited series by Mad Rupert, with variant cover guests Kel McDonald, Mia

The complete set of all 52 DC 3d Cover issues for Villains Month in September has jumped from $145 - less than $3 each, to $369, or over $7 an issue. Some

The DC solicitations for November are eeking out. One interesting aspect of the Zero Year crossover is that by telling early character stories, it gets

Daredevil #31 All New X-Men #17 X-Men #5 Uncanny X-Men #12 Secret Avengers #10 Avengers #21 Nova #8 Fantastic Four #13 Avengers AI #4 New Avengers #11

By Hannah Means-Shannon Though San Diego Comic Con was inundated with hard to grab Funko Pop Vinyl exclusives, many directly from Funko and several from

One story seemed to dominate comics traffic this week, Kevin Maguire's first issue of Justice League 3000 being scrapped, being replaced by Howard Porter

Adi Tantimedh writes; So. The Wonderful 101. You might have heard of it. It’s a superhero video game made by cult Japanese developer Platinum Games for

Here's a look at the top 100 comic books and graphic novels for July 2013... DC may have most 6 of the top 10 but Marvel has 13 of the top 20, which is

By Hannah Means-Shannon In the wake of massive successes in numbers and pro-interest in open access online courses studying comics and graphic novels both

DC Comics has confirmed that any amount of DC Villains Month standard covers ordered, with a $2.99 cover price, will be returnable. But the Final Order

So we have a prize. To see the World's End. Out in the US on the 23rd August, Canada last week on the 6th August and the UK back in the 19th July. Here's

From Avengers #14 to #17 and New Avengers #7 to #8, secret AR videos triggered by pages without the usual AR logo, with Executive Editor Tom Brevoort

Hitting the UK, and coming to the US soon, Marvel are putting the Earth X and sequel Universe X series on ComiXology at 99 cents an issue. An alternative

Cedric Hohnstadt writes; Question: What do Wile E. Cyote, Maggie Simpson, and Wall-E all have in common? Answer: They've each entertained millions without

There are lots of spoilers for Injustice: Gods Among Us #30 by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo in this post. I'd recommend you go away and read it, then come

Tony Deans writes; Breasts. I am writing here on Bleeding Cool in the hope that you will be persuaded to go click onto Indiegogo and help fund Alone, a

Joshua Henaman writes; “Bigfoot… with a broadsword.” That’s how I would pitch it to people. And from that one simple line, I was able to get the average

Alex Wilson writes; Bushido (published by Top Cow) issue 2, written by Rob Levin and featuring the art of Jessada Sutthi, follows the misfortune of

At San Diego Comic Con, Bleeding Cool broke the rumour that John Romita Jr, dissatisfied with contractual arrangements with Marvel, was considering not

In an article in which Brian Hibbs directly addressed issues with DC's Villains Month, he also wrote in the comments, regarding his membership of comics

The final two strips of Kicking With Cactus by Chad Hindahl... after over a year of continuous publication at Bleeding Cool. Chad's on holiday for a

Kick Ass, Hit Girl, Kick Ass 2 and Kick Ass 3. That's  the entirety of the Kick Ass canon, by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. But there was always a

Pete Holland writes from Wizard World Chicago Comic Con. In the autograph area at the 2013 Wizard World Chicago Con was something calling itself The Next

A collation of the top ten charts of a number if disparate store, measuring sales on Wednesdays and Thursdays only, those who can't wait till the weekend

Ryan Penagos tweets; Photo: Ask to see something #weird at the Imagineering area at #D23Expo & get this @Marvel poster. I spill...

Well that was fast. No sooner has Kevin Maguire told people that he is off Justice League 3000, with the first issue now being redrawn by Howard Porter,