Rich Johnston Archives

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool ran the news that Comic-Con International had cancelled April's WonderCon in Anaheim. No sooner had the word dropped that

Wizard Entertainment of the double-decade Wizard Worlds is to launch “Wizard World Virtual Experiences” just as WonderCon announced its

Bleeding Cool has received the following statement from Comic-Con International regarding the planned staging of Wondercon in Anaheim, California, for

Anthony Oliveira is best known for writing comics such as Steven Universe, War of the Realms, Pros and (Comic) Cons and Shout Out. But the comics creator,

Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market. Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale. Where supply and

Today is my daughter Eve's fifteenth birthday. I know, right? But I wanted to talk about her fifth birthday, ten years ago. Or rather a week before it

Courtesy of Diamond Comic Distributors, here are the nominees for the Diamond Gem Awards of 2019, to be voted on by comic book retailers in the direct

Steven Appleby is one of Britain's leading cartoonists, with a rich history of work stretching through comics and cartoons, for newspapers, magazines and

It seems that the masthead of the new issue of sci-fi/fantasy comics anthology Heavy Metal Magazine #298 was deliberately not included in previews of the

Harley Quinn And The Birds Of Prey #2 will keep everyone guessing who that not-Punchline character is, as the second issue has been delayed two weeks from

Yehudi Mercado is a comic creator on the likes of Adventure Time, Buffalo Speedway, The Amazing World of Gumball, Rocket Salvage, Pantalones, TX: Don't

Yesterday. Bleeding Cool broke the news that Batman #89 and Hell Arisen #3 were getting third printings - we have the artwork below now. But we also

Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail

The MoCCA Arts Festival is Manhattan's largest independent comics, cartoon and animation festival, spread over a weekend, drawing over 7,000 attendees

We have the supposed 100-list of comic book stores cleared to stock Bad Idea's new line of comic books, direct to the retailer, outside of Diamond, with

Okay, so Image Comics has announced that they have sold out of Decorum #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Mike Huddleston, on sale today, and are going to a

Okay, so. We know from Iron Man 2020 that Arno Stark is preparing for a major alien threat coming to Earth, and he need to get the robot revolution under

Since Brian Bendis brought back Young Justice, filling it with characters such as Connor Kent and Bart Allen, who weren't meant to be in continuity any

Phil Coulson was a character invented for the Marvel movies, killed off in the Avengers had the hands (or pointy stick) of Thor. He was brought back in

Today's The Green Lantern: Season Two by Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp see Hal Jordan and co get a little neatnik with the language. As the comic suddenly

We noted last month that in The Batman's Grave #5 that Jim Gordon had taken over from Alfred Pennyworth as the sardonic voice of criticism of Bruce Wayne.

'Whosoever holds this hammer, if they be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor'. Once a rarity, of late there have been more and more. Thor, Captain

As the impact and spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, Diamond Comic Distributors has made the decision to cancel their 2020 Retailer

Batman #89 has gone to third printing already, alongside Hell Arisen #3, both featuring the first appearance of Punchline. But joining them is Nightwing

Dylan Brock's power set jumps significantly in today's Venom #24, summoning portals to take him to Venom Island to find his dad, Krakoan style. Maybe

We had previously had this scene in Superman #16, with Superman addressing the nascent United Planets. But someone had the record button on and when that

It was clear weeks ago that Boom Studios had a sleeper hit on their hands in the form of King of Nowhere #1, from two of Image’s hit makers in W. Maxwell

Om Monday, my weekly political cartoon for Guido Fawkes looked at the plans this week for Sunak Rishi, the Conservative government's new Chancellor Of The

Last month's Star Wars: Darth Vader #1 (getting a second printing today)  ended with quite the cliffhanger, revealing that Anakin Skywalker's wife and

The upcoming X Of Swords teaser showed a variety of X-Men characters wielding a variety of swords, some recognisable, others not. Nightcrawler had a