Rich Johnston Archives

As in 2010 and 2011, Diamond Comic Distributors is holding its annual Retailer Summit at the Chicago McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago in the

Bleeding Cool has been reporting this story for a while, but now Marvel have made it official. And it's happening this weekend. Buy a Marvel digital comic

A number of publishers have moved to day-and-date digital comic books, releasing comics digitally on the same day that they are available in the major

Some people refer to the Kapow convention in London as MillarCon. Funded by Titan who publish Mark Millar's CLiNT, it was run by his partner, and featured

I have been asked by a company who wishes to be nameless for now, who are looking for Batman-related cosplayers who would be available in Birmingham,UK on

LapinWatch: Yosagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai will be appearing at the world's laregst comic convention, Angouleme, at the end of the month. ShadeWatch:

Bleeding Cool columnist George Peter Gatsis is on a mission to make comic creators work available in digital formats, including Apps, without having to

Firstly Mandi Odoerfer of CSICON noticed that alien language text used in a number of DC New 52 comics... were the same alien language. DC may have

It's not just American comic stores that are under strain. Canada and Australia are also feeling the bite. Dragon Lady Comics of Toronto, a shop that has

Bleeding Cool previously reported the rumour that Rob Liefeld may be writing Deathstroke in the near future - but also underlined that's all it was. Well,

Darin Wagner writes for Bleeding Cool. If you are a conservative like me, you’ve been reading fewer and fewer comic books over the last 12 years. For

It's the Oscar of comics. The Tony of comics. The Presidential pardon of comics. It's the award everyone wants. Well, now the Eisner Awards are now

For the release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D in France and Belgium this coming March, burger chain Quick has come up with a number of Star Wars

Okay, this is quite funny. Bleeding Cool has previously reported on the European comic book situation regarding the licensing of Marvel titles. Panini has

Last Resort is the next planned TV series from The Shield creator Shawn Ryan. It's a thriller "set in the near future when the country is very fractured

Yesterday, resident Bleeding Cool Topcowologists, looked at the thirteen issue run of the

What does the man who already owned a Han Solo-in-carbonite desk but sold it to raise money for charity do when he needs something to sit down at, but

It was the addition of George Perez to the first roster of guests at the London Super Con a few months ago that caused all manner of British comic fans'

PlugWatch: Scott Rosenberg picks his five favourite comic-to-film adaptations. He chooses Men In Black but not Cowboys And Aliens. SandWatch: USA Today

For the last thirty-five days, Tundra and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creator Kevin Eastman has been in residence at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles. And

Comic book artist and illustrator David Aja may be best known for work on comics such as Immortal Iron Fist. But he's also a dab hand at the odd

Before it had shipped to comic stores, Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips's Fatale had sold out to retailers, burning through the overprint and ensuring a

Here, with an extended preview of Garth Enis and Russ Braun's The Boys #61 (with *that* cover) is a look at all thirteen Dynamite books shipping this

12. The Infidel #1 got its moment in the sun, courtesy of Nightrunner appearance in Batman (see below) as The Daily Show made mock of this comic book

One comic that today's Bleeding Cool moments man didn't mention is Artifacts #13, the final issue in Top Cow's universe defining series. We ran an art

Dynamite Entertainment are to publish a new comic book series based on the Pathfinder roleplaying game. I say "a" new comic book series, it will probably

On April the 4th, Marvel launches Avengers Vs X-Men #1. On April the 3rd at 8pm, the Avengers Vs X-Men Launch Parties start... if your local comic shop is

Comics are delayed to the UK by two days again this week, they'll be available tomorrow, as soon as shops have sorted through the deliveries. So I turned

Chilean artist Victor Arriagada Rios, better known as Vicar, was a caricaturist-turned-Disney comic book creator,  who worked in his come cpuntry before

Today marks the in-store debut of the highly-anticipated modern werewolf epic FERALS, written by David Lapham (Stray Bullets, Deadpool Max) and