Rich Johnston Archives

You can only go to so many panels at San Diego Comic Con. I've already written how I was the only comics reporter to cover new of the Uglies manga,

Two books, both featuring an unfamiliar character in a familiar, if altered, costume. And the changes that makes to... everything. Ultimate Fallout #4, as

There's a rule people often bring up in any kind of visual narrative. Show, don't tell. Why spend long scenes full of exposition when you can actually

I saw this image briefly at the Retailer Presentation at San Diego Comic Con by DC Comics, but wasn't quite quick enough to capture it. Thankfully DC

Looks like Cyborg is back for this one. So... who is going?

From a small London city park this morning... the unboxing of Ultimate Fallout #4, featuring the Black/Latino character Miles Morales... and a few other

We're running a UK-only competition at Bleeding Cool this morning. All you have to to is retweet the Bleeding Cool tweet linked to this post before 1pm

What if everyone else was to lose their trousers, except for Wonder Woman? They're retractable. From Jeff K.

That's right, they only need one word identifiers these days. You may have read about The Gathering at Bleeding Cool these last few months, a continuing

You've been good boys and girls so here's an Avatar Plug Of The Week for Caligula #3, shipping tomorrow, from David Lapham and German Nobile. Nasty nasty

DC Comics are giving an extra stack of Flashpoint #5 to retailers who increase their orders for the book. If they order a quarter more than they

You know, even if this wasn't a contractually obliged Avatar Plug Of The Week, I'd have run it anyway. The cover to tomorrow's Night Of The Living Dead:

So Marvel chose to reveal the identity of the new Spider-Man in Ultimate Fallout #4 out in shops tomorrow, last night, to USA Today. (We had an earlier

Here's the variant cover to Justice League #1 by David Finch, featuring all the Justice League featured so far, except for Cyborg. Shame, this is kind of

The boys from A Comic Shop in Florida look through tomorrow's comics and dive into Flashpoint #4 and its spinoffs, leap onto Scott Snyder's Gates Of

So. We have a black Ultimate Spider-Man. I know, I know, spoilers, but enough already. It's in all the papers. It was this possibility that caused Larry

Keep Your Pants On: Torn Between Two Worlds Elliott Serrano and Kate Kotler write for Bleeding Cool; This week we answer a tough letter we received and do

There's a twentieth century experience that I'm unfamiliar with, personally that is. Watching the television or listening to the radio in the belief that

What Batman costumes will you be able to play in, when playing Arkham City? Wherever you bought it from will change which skins are available to you...

I ran a version of this story over San Diego Comic Con but it may have got lost in the shuffle. Bonomo Turkish Taffy, a sweet/candy brand familiar to

It's true. Bleeding Cool ran a rather pathetic camphone version of this during San Diego Comic Con. But here's the real deal. The trailer for Incredible

Some people are worried about upcoming DC continuity. In the new reality what stories hapened, what didn't. We;ve been assured that Killing Joke is part

So if last week's comics stories were all about gender, then it seems that the upcoming week's may all be about race. Then we're due a week of gayness,

So I’ve been reading Grant Morrison’s SUPERGODS: WHAT MASKED VIGILANTES, MIRACULOUS MUTANTS, AND A SUN GOD FROM SMALLVILLE CAN TEACH US ABOUT BEING HUMAN

It usually takes a week for the best Con gossip to reach me. And right on schedule comes this little gem. Dan DiDio told retailers a month ago that Nicola

Dirk Manning writes for Bleeding Cool when he’s not doing a million other things. In the light of all the current controversy and discussion about the

Steve Bissette has been writing about the Jack Kirby Vs Marvel case and its wider implications, legally and morally. And in doing so has called on a

Tonight, it is possible that Marvel will pre-announce the identity of the new Ultimate Spider-Man to the Associated Press, or similar. It is possible he

StoreWatch: Ace Comics in Colchester to celebrate thirty years in business. “I have seen big chain stores come and go and here I am. I might have moved

Time for a change of pace... “Genesis” Part Two by Ian Flynn, Patrick Spaziante, Tracy Yardley, Terry Austin, John Workman and Matt Herms continues the