Rich Johnston Archives

It hasn't even gone on sale yet. But Batgirl #1 by Gail Simone, Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes with a cover by Adam Hughes is already selling - not

Yes, I know, you're all lining up to buy the DC Relaunch this week. But there may be a few other books that might also take your eye. Atomic Robo #1 for

Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer are launching a West Coast tour of An Evening With Neil Gaiman And Amanda Palmer, through Kickstarter. A dollar will get you

HelpWatch: Comics Alliance is running posters by comic creators being created to benefit publisher Dylan Williams. FlyerWatch: Si Spencer and friends are

The “Remake/Remodel” challenge, founded by Warren Ellis, gives artists of all abilities the opportunity to show-off what they can do in the midst of the

A regular look at projects on Kickstarter and Indiegogo being funded by you, but still in need of cash. Do let us know who, if any, you choose to support.

USA Today is the latest, grateful recipient of DC Comics' largesse, handing out DC New 52 Previews. He tells Brian Truitt that "his Detective Comics will

It's been around for a while, but it's finally seeing publication as a comic. Pat Mills, creator of 2000AD and developer of Judge Dredd has teamed with

Eyes up, Hawkeye. This is the week that comics exploded across the media. We've probably seen more coverage of the DC Relaunch than anything since...

Some people are going to be bemused that such a thing even needs to exist. But as Marvel and DC move their superhero comic books to be suitable for a

This Wednesday, there's a first issue of astoundingly fun and readable Atomic Robo: Ghost Of Station X from Red 5 Comics on the stands (right). It is not

Two more appearances of the strange woman from Flashpoint who we've been doing our best to monitor. First, in JLI #1. Then again in Dark Knight #1. Only

Adi Tantimedh writes for Bleeding Cool In REALITY IS BROKEN: WHY GAMES MAKE US BETTER AND HOW THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD, Jane McGonigal proposed that

It's been a week of relaunches. But there are two others going on of note apart from the DC folk. From Dark Horse we have the first issue of the new Buffy

Twelve comic stores across the British Isles will be opening on midnight on Tuesday to sell the first full week of the DC New 52 Relaunch. Sorry Scots,

This video teaser for the Evelyn Evelyn twin volume graphic novel for Dark Horse by Amanda Palmer, Jason Webley and Cynthia Von Buhler, co-stars Amanda's

Courtesy of Mike Cotton's new Champion iPad magazine (hence those annoying "Do You Want To Know More"-style heads, a the bloke who runs Gotham Spoilers

From the CBR two page colour preview of Voodoo #1 that managed not to show any of the strip club scenes, comes this appearance of the Strange Woman Of The

GoogleWatch: Superman joins the identity question, courtesy of Joy Of Tech. StoreWatch: From Reddit, one very particular store sign, right. AdWatch: TV ad

I've been hearing that there was a little bit of a wobble over a number of DC Relaunch covers, with a whole batch being recomissioned, and most then

Thank you, 4chan. We are not worthy. The cover to Amazing Spider-Man #601 by J Scott Campbell, given an anatomical critique.

This is turning into one hell of a location shoot, isn't it? Straight from the streets of Manhattan from our intrepid Bleeding Cool reporter at Grand

Thanks again to Bill Meeks of MeeksMixedMedia, embedded at Dragon*Con for Bleeding Cool for this video of the grand annual Dragon*Con parade of cosplayers

Siike Donnelly is a creator for Arcana, on Heaven's Echo. At San Diego, he shared with the DC panel how he believes Geoff Johns' work saved his life. He's

No, I'm not talking about Batgirl. After all, she's gone from kneeling to standing. I'm talking about Voodoo. It was always a title that was prone to

Bleeding Cool reported on the machinations of the Mattel DC Universe Classic Subscription line, using designs that were created, then dashed by DC's New

Bill Meeks of MeeksMixedMedia is embedded at Dragon*Con for Bleeding Cool. He talks to author Drew Blank to discuss his superhero novel Confessions of An

AwardWatch: The Shel Dorf Awards are taking their last nominations. Turns out Bleeding Cool has been nominated. Someone should have said....

Sorry for the reduced service, it's late and I need to sleep. I do hope large misshapen dolls don't come for me in my dreams and try to turn me into one

Here are a few intriguing comic book and comic book-related debuits and exclusives appearing at October's New York Comic Con... and where you can find