Rich Johnston Archives

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

This is a vampire from the most recent X-Men #1, by Victor Gischler and Paco Medina. And this is a vampire, Mr Dark, from Bullet & Justine by Mauro

Coming out this week is Crossed: Psychopath #4 by David Lapham and Raulo Caceres. And because this Avatar, you don't get one choice of cover, oh no. You

Colleen Doran writes "some time ago, J Michael Straczynski approached me about developing a new look for Wonder Woman for a possible, more

From Hollywood Reporter, a look at the Geoff Johns/Ivan Reis Aquaman series.

Two origin stories. Both familiar characters. Both portrayed as young boys being used by the American government to fight their wars. In Captain America

Okay, so, minor spoilers for X-Men Schism #2 out today. But I thought this one was worth celebrating. As we saw in X-Men Schism #1, the world has been

JobWatch: Want to be a Mad Magazine Senior Analyst? StupidCriminalWatch: The Captain Comics store in Boise is broken into, smashing a window, but the

Mark Millar and John Romita Jr's sequel to their Marvel comic Kick Ass has been plagued with delay, rather, which Millar has attributed to John Romita Jr

At the San Diego Comic Con, David Gabriel from Marvel said that they had had to remove a Sarah Palin appearance from one of the one hundred and fifty

Kate Kotler writes for Bleeding Cool; There is an old adage about pop-culture which I find to be particularly true: “If you create it, the porn will

They told us at San Diego Comic Con to compare the difference between the image on the screen and the one published on Marvel.com later. Here's the screen

Aaron returns to A Comic Shop in Florida from San Diego Comic Con and Tri-Force Mike with plenty of San Diego swag and a chance to check through

Phill Hall used to be a comics retailer and the News editor for Comics International before launching the PDF comics magazine Borderline - then abandoning

Inker and penciller Jerry Ordway, new to Twitter, has tweeted; I'm lamenting the poor performance of the Green lantern film yet again, as I use the

We've had two, here are seven more. Only one-hundred-and-forty-one to go... first sighting of the Lizard cover as well. Presenting covers from Graham

Security at San Diego Comic Con is generally tight. Lots of security guards, plenty of eyes, stealing work is hard, if not impossible. But one would have

27 is an Image comic book, a supernatural musical mystery involving musicians who dies at the age of 27 -Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim

So I'm writing how DC won the comic book PR war at San Diego. And then I get a press release from Marvel. In which they are to offer retailers a limited

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;