Rich Johnston Archives

At San Diego Comic Con, one thing you couldn't escape from at the DC panels was the issue of gender. Thanks to one woman (known as Kyrax2 on Twitter)

I remember Joe Quesada telling me how unprofitable the original graphic novel was for Marvel. How it ate up production, page rate and overhead. And how

The Power Within is a new comic tackling the subject of gay teen bulling. It stars Shannon, who can transform into a superhero alter ego in moments of

Unite And Take Over is a comic book anthology of stories inspired by the songs of The Smiths.  Its premise is "What is the story that plays in your head

UPDATE: Here's the cover in question... Yesterday, Marvel put out a press release about how comic book readers could get their own face onto a copy of

Is it or isn't it? It is, isn't it? No it isn't. Is it? Isn't it? That's the question. Does  Spider-Man, in this preview for Ultimate Fallout #4 featuring

Captain Israel is a polemic superhero comic book by Jewish comics expert Arlen Schumer. Its second issue, planned to be published well before San Diego

KirbyWatch: In the light of the Jack Kirby court case, Orbital Comics will be running a podcast, reacting to the news and discussing the legacy of the

I understand that an unknown publisher has a licence for comic books set in the world of James Cameron's Avatar, and is getting submissions from a number

Bleeding Cool presents the full document in today's historic win by Marvel against Marc Toberoff and the estate of Jack Kirby in court. The New York court

Here is an exclusive first look at the finished art for a series of beer bottle labels drawn by multiple Eisner-winning Nexus artist Steve Rude. These are

When the USA Today article about the upcoming Image comic The Big Lie by Rick Veitch and Gary Erskine hit, I'm not sure that they were expecting the

It was only weeks ago that I talked to friends of Leandro Fernandez who told me he was still working on Mark Millar's upcoming Hit Girl series. Well,

It would be crass and simplistic to say that Horsewoman from Demon Knights #1 is a "replacement" for Oracle, who seems to be regaining the use of her legs

Diamond Comics Distribution and Diamond Books Distribution, the leading comics distributor in Northern America, generally gives retailers around 40-55%

You can probably blame Mr Law for Jude jumping from 174th to 88th place. But Logan makes an even more impressive leap from 158th to 28th place since 2000,

Word comes to Bleeding Cool that Barnes & Noble, previously moving into periodical American comic books in a big way, may be performing a bit of a

Okay, so this is how they are playing it. Counting down till the revelation of who the next Ultimate Spider-Man will be after the death of Peter Parker.

Powers, the comic by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, has been filming its pilot episode. And artist Van Oeming, has been sketching the

Steve Uy was an acclaimed Marvel and DC comic book artist on books such as Uncanny X-Men, Avengers Initiative and Eden's Trail, the latter of which was a

My second-to-local university is involved with the Comics And Conflict conference being held at the Imperial War Museum in London in August. Conference

BeanoWatch: This week's Beano is a special National Trust issue... This week's special issue of The Beano comic is the first time the National Trust has

Untold Tales Of Spider-Man was a comic by Kurt Busiek and Pat Olliffe (and a few friends), that told early stories of Spider-Man, all for an

So Amazing Spider-Man #666 hit today. The beginning of the Spider-Island mini-event. And a chance for retailers to get their store on the front of the

Earlier today, digital comic book readers were pleased to discover that The Red Wing by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra was available through comiXology

Here is a video of what the retailer digital storefronts may look like when DC Comics goes day-and-date digital in September, powered by comiXology. And

We suggested last night this may be coming. Kick Ass 2 #1 was published on October 20th 2010 . Kick Ass 2 #2 was published on March 20th 2011. And that's

At San Diego Comic Con I learned that, bucking market trends, the amount of comic stores in North America rose by 0.5%. And both Marvel and Diamond are

Martin Ansin's illustration for a Rolling Stone magazine piece on Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark... And the cover to The Sensational She-Hulk #3 by John

Keep Your Pants On: Dating Advice for Geeks, Nerds and the Like Elliott Serrano and Kate Kotler write for Bleeding Cool; Kate Kotler is a geek girl with a