Rich Johnston Archives

Chris Troy writes for Bleeding Cool; Around this time last year, I got a (possibly drunk) tweet from a friend, a North Carolina local, yelling at me for

The new KISS comic published by IDW has sold out of its 24,000 print run. No doubt it will be going to a KISS-tastic second print in the KISS-able near

Bleeding Cool posted a run down of the exclusive items being offered by Diamond for San Diego Comic Con, to be sold by retailers at the show or after the

A comic industry rumour over the last few months see Brian Bendis taking over the X-Men and Cosmic books in the Marvel Universe in one new storyline after

With preorder sales estimates topping 350,000, Walking Dead #100 will be published in two weeks time, to open San Diego Comic Con. I expect the show to be

You may kiss the grooms... Mike Perkins, artist of Astonishing X-Men #51 is selling pages from that issue, but this is probably the one that will go for

I hope Dan DiDio has a lot of maple syrup in the DC Offices. Fans of the DC character Stephanie Brown, whether as Spoiler, Robin or Batgirl, feel that

Bleeding Cool first mentioned this comic by Howard Chaykin and John Romita Jr a while ago, back in 2009. Then it was being referred to as Shmuggy &

Ah Wednesdays. Another week of comics. So what whizzes through my head after reading a batch from today? Well in Batman Inc #2, we discover that Ra's Al

Ultron War? Reckoning War? Whatever it is, folks, with Wolverine, Thor, Cap and Iron Man, it's going to be War War!

For those of you still working out exactly how the plot of Secret Avengers ties in with Avengers and Avengers Versus X-Men, where

Here's a look at a batch of Dynamite comics on sale in comic stores today... including an extended preview for Silver Star. BARRY SONNENFELD'S DINOSAURS

The last time I saw Spider-Man on Fox News, it was Glenn Beck slating the Miles Morales character's existence, as a plot by Michelle Obama. Clearly things

Kate Kotler writes for Bleeding Cool; I have a secret to share with you, Bleeding Cool – I, the embittered-cantankerous-snarky-ready to throw down online

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXTZm0vm-vw Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes; It's great to be back from Heroes Con and better to

Ann Harkey writes for Bleeding Cool; Known as the "preferred con of the pros", HeroesCon in Charlotte, NC is a different kind of comic book experience.

It's a good day for comic book gossip it seems. From a very reliable source, albeit one under the influence of alcohol, comes the word that Frank Cho is

  Jesse James writes for Bleeding Cool. We don't actually post the articles, they just appear. We think he's hacking the server. As most of you know or

Tomorrow, Americans get their dirty hands on League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century 2009 by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. I've had a copy for a week

This is an anatomy of a rumour. Back in February, we heard that after Avengers Vs X-Men, Brian Bendis would be moving to the X-Books. Writing the X-Men

Animated pre-program trailers are the bane of television. Network television. Just when you are getting to the emotional high point of a TV show, a little

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEbsDr2_jt0 Grace Randolph's geeks out over Avatar (no, that Avatar) before diving into this week's comics... The Legend of

Kickstarter has attracted some big names to its crowdsourced funding model. From Michael Zulli to Steve Niles to Ben Templesmith to Dave Sim. But I

Si Spurrier's instructions; This one comes courtesy of the memories of comedian Frankie Boyle, whose comicky talk at KAPOW! persuaded me he’s not the

Is your chair the world's greatest detective? From Nick Holmes, along with other sighting of superheroes in the real world...  

DailyWatch: Jon Stewart on the Daily Show looked at how two conservative donors were arranging a convention in San Diego to raise $400,000,000 to fund

Lobo co-creator, Roger Slifer, appears to have been the victim of a hit-and-run driver. Writer Flint Dille has posted (via Jim Salicrup); Okay, here's

Should they be called Diamond Book Distributors? Or Diamond Walking Dead Distributors? The side of Diamond that deals with the bookstore market rather

Chris Weston's cover to Judge Dredd Magazine and the poster to Akira. But why this inspiration? 2000AD Covers asks Chris Weston; "I think most people know

Albert Uderzo, who has recent stepped down from the comic series he co-created, Asterix, is about to find his earliest work revisited. Philippe Cauvin and