Rich Johnston Archives

DC Delight: Comixology has announced that their Digital Retailer Storefronts have gone live, with comic book stores hosting Comixology digital comic

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on the closure of all four Phoenix branches of Atomic Comics earlier this week, after owner Michael Malve declared

Just as David Macho was posting the last piece of his jigsaw for some advance art from Grifter #1 by CAFU, the east cost of North America responded with

Joshua Lazarus writes for Bleeding Cool; Fans gathered at the Baltimore Convention Center at Maryland’s Inner Harbor this year to celebrate the 12th

Looks like we have brither-at-arms, Alex Summers will be joining Wolverine, philosophically, and taking X-Factor with him on the "gold" side, as Scott

Spinning out of Baltimore Comic Con came the word that there's a new one the way from Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Connor. Now I hear there's two. Comics

This BBC Scotland film celebrates in a rather overblown overhyped fashion, the influence of Scottish creators on modern superhero comics. Everything is

The #52Splash hashtag has been used by a variety of DC artists to official show off some of their artwork from the upcoming Relaunch. But with 52 books,

KidWatch: How to turn your kid into a Super Adaptoid, courtesy of Amazon. Nice touch with the domino masks. EventWatch: DESTROY! by Carlo Pagulayan.

Courtesy of Newsarama (and 4chan where I actually found it), all the new logos for the DC Relaunch in September. And also perfect for playing bingo with.

  In a letter by Mike Malve, owner of the Atomic Comics chain in Phonenix, Arizona, talks about the reasons for the bankruptcy of the business and

It may not be fashionable to admit this. But bloody hell, this is comics. Fashion can go swivel. Throughout 2011, I've discovered that the comic book I've

One of our little bleeders, Allen Fan, went to a branch of Williams Sonoma on Saturday with his friend Annie to take part in the Create-A-Superhero-Cookie

The London Super Comic Convention is a new London-based comic book convention set for February 2012, using the same location at the biannual MCM, the

This week is the last week of DC comics until the reboot relaunch gentle tickling of the DC Universe. Marvel are giving us shadows and quotes from

Based on Kevin Smith's unmade Bionic Man screenplay, much as Dynamite's Green Hornet was based on a similar, project, the comic is co-written with Phil

It's rare for a Fanboy Rampage to start out with "You guys are right." But when Kirstin Butler tried to stem criticism that her piece for the Atlantic

Oh noes! All the tentpole movies that Hollywood released last weekend bombed! The FRIGHT NIGHT remake bombed. SPY KIDS 4 bombed. The CONAN THE BARBARIAN

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool. In many ways, it's an ideal time to be an aspiring comics creator. Between bookstores, newsstands, the internet,

Okay, so they're not triptychs.... New Mutants aligns with Cyclops' team. If indeed Cyclops is still around. Which he probably is.

"Phoenix, Phoenix, can I get a photo?" a man in a suit a few years my senior asked Renee, one of the 4 cosplayers hired for the evening's festivities. She

Bleeding Cool pointed out James Robinson's metatextaual examination of his run on Justice League, audience reception and what will be happening to the

First Classics, Inc has been licensing and sub-licensing the rights to Classics Illustrated titles from the Frawley Corporation for some time now, the

1963Watch: Steve Bissette shows a few teasers from L'il Nauts by Tim Stout and Jason Week from Tales Of The Uncanny, based on his work on the 1963 series.

Yesterday, the news began spreading on social networks. That employees of Mike Malve's four-strong chain of Atomic Comics in Phoenix, Arizona was closing,

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool told you that bakery chain Williams-Sonoma was giving away Marvel comic books with every two design-a-superhero cookies for $5,

Joshua Lazarus writes for Bleeding Cool. Follow him at @JoshuaLazarus It was Sunday at the Baltimore Comic Con, and even the awful weather couldn’t keep

Grant Morrison appeared at the Edinburgh Book Festival. And Karl Stock was there to report for Bleeding Cool. He writes; So, Grant Morrison, when can we

Last night, BBC One showed the film Starter For Ten from 2006. I think I saw it on an aeroplane back seat once. Made by the BBC with HBO, it's an eighties

Kate Kotler writes for Bleeding Cool; With the drama* of the previous year behind them, a room full of impressively talented comic professionals gathered