Rich Johnston Archives

The queues for the Hall H opening panel at San  Diego Comic Con on Thursday... started on Monday. The convention organisers put out tents, the queue grew

San Diego Comic Con is over, but its announcements live on. Today we have some of the later-breaking news items from the show bubbling up to the top.

There had been plenty of speculation. Albert Udozo had even named Christopher Arleston as his succesor on the book. But today, Belgian humour writer

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool You've just been released for prison to find your wife and best friend dead in a car crash. There is nothing for you

Last week Kate Kotler wrote an article about her experiences with Marc Jackson. Bleeding Cool is pleased to provide Marc with a right to reply. He writes;

We've shown you the Phoenix Comics retailer variant cover from Amazing Spider-Man #666, in which comic stores have been able to buy 500-and-up print runs

That was the San Diego Comic Con that was. Bleeding Cool was there in full force. As in, both of us. Next year we should return with a gaggle. And maybe

Silke Donnelly writes for Bleeding Cool. As expected, I had a great time at Comic-Con this year. And though I may have pushed myself a bit too hard over

Two pieces of pop caught my attention this week, the new CAPTAIN AMERICA movie and the shooting video game CALL OF JUAREZ: THE CARTEL. Apart from being

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool. Alan Moore upsets people. Emotionally, it's usually their own choice. People get upset that his work in the 1980s

Bleeding Cool showed you the new Doctor Who trailer earlier today. But that was just the half of the Doctor Who panel at San Diego. Peter Svensson writes;

Event fatigue seems to be setting for Dan DiDio who is reaching manic levels on the podium right now, but he thinks people on the flor are feeling better

From the Marvel Fear Itself panel, a look at Incredible Hulk #1, and a message from its writer, Jason Aaron.

At San Diego Comic Con, Marvel has confirmed previous reports of a new Defenders series by Matt Fraction and Terry Dodson. And while this does actually

Bleeding Cool reported it earlier in the week. And now Marvel have confirmed it. Incredible Hulk #1 by Jason Aaron and Marc Silvestri, launching in

The cover to Fear Itself #6, folks. Thor going toe to toe with a certain serpent... who of course does not have toes. After Fear Itself comes Battle

At Comic Con today, Uglies writer Scott Westerfield announced a manga adaptation of his sci-fi novel series Uglies starting in May next year. Drawn by

Fables has grown into DC/Vertigo's largest franchise, spinning off into series upon series, with games and TV shows also in the offing. But now all those

We all loves the motorbiking dog of San Diego Comic Con. Well, last night outside the Omni hotel, he was back. With a friend in tow... play that funky

Peter Svensson writes for Bleeding Cool; Scott Allie, editor of Joss Whedon's comics for Dark Horse opened the panel up with the announcement of a new

Peter Svensson writes for Bleeding Cool; Chip Mosher, Boom's head of marketing, was fired during their panel on Friday by CEO Ross Richie and Editor in

Kevin Keller is Archie Comics' only out gay character. The fact that he exists is a major jump in thinking for the company. Then he got his first

At the Creator-Owned panel at San Diego Comic Con, British broadcasting legend and author of Turf, Jonathan Ross talked more about his upcoming ongoing

Frank Cho is best known today for two things, drawing Marvel superheroes with hard men and well built women, and Liberty Meadows with soft animals... and

He is best known right now for killing the Human Torch, relaunching the Fantastic Four as FF, and continuing complex work like Secret Warriors and SHIELD.

You don't invite Brian K. Vaughan onto an Image Comics panel without expecting something big. At San Diego Comic Con today, he announced that he was

It's not quite as controversial as it was when first published. Indeed, compared to some popular titles it seems quite quaint. Black Kiss with its bleak

Coming out of a panel about getting news coverage for your comics (which was surprisingly full thanks to being scheduled in front of the Teenwolf panel),

That was the DC protest that was. Attended by a group of Joker and Harley Quinn cosplayers and a fellow comics reporter dressed as Superman, it wasn't the

It's moving day for Geoff Johns, into his new apartment, and he's here at San Diego Comic Con. Which may explain his abscence for some of the show.