Rich Johnston Archives

Man, we haven't had a good comics publisher buyout for a little while. I think Oni Press/Lion Forge was the latest, and the details about that are still

Yesterday, Russ Cochran passed away, aged 82. His daughter Sylvia Cochran Hershenson and his brother Mike Cochran posted notices on social media last

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

We've all just finished watching the penultimate episode of this season of Doctor Who, Ascension Of The Cybermen, in the UK. And what a cliffhanger. 1.

It's been teased for two years. Here is the trailer to next Sunday's Doctor Who finale, The Timeless Children. And then another 18 months wait... and yes

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

Four years ago, Dave Ryan was posting pages from his new planned comic World Wide Warriors, with art by Allan Goldman. Last year he launched an Indiegogo

ComicsPRO may be going on right now. But Marvel is making their Exclusive Retailer Summit Variants available to all stores, whether they attend or not.

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what

Tonight sees the penultimate episode of this season of Doctor Who - Ascension Of The Cybermen, ahead of next weekend's The Timeless Children. Big things

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Just a few weeks ago, a team of comic publishing executives – Dinesh Shamdasani, Warren Simons, Hunter Gorinson, Josh Johns, and Atom Freeman – unveiled

Yesterday was a good day for Dynamite CEO Nick Barrucci and Bad Idea CEO Dinesh Shamdasani at ComicsPRO. Barrucci gave a Keynote speech that went down

Dan DiDio may no longer be Publisher of DC Comics - we explained why here late last night. But he wasn't just DC Publisher, he was also the writer of the

Red Sonja: Age of Chaos #3 and Vampirella #9 from Dynamite are up for FOC this weekend, and Dynamite has just released Meghan Hetrick's new FOC covers for

Last year, DC Comics launched a new advertising/promotional feature/device for comic book stores. An LED frame to be hung in, or outside of, stores, that

Thanks to akira1love for spotting this one. We have a tease for this week's X-Men #7 from X-Men Group Editor Jordan White. Crucible is today? From back in

Last week Marvel announced the news that Marvel had teased, that Paul Grist and Andrea Di Vito were launching a new British superhero comic called The

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool broke the news that Dan DiDio was no longer Publisher of DC Comics. We learnt further details of how it happened, how it went

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DC Comics were scheduled to appear in strength at ComicsPRO being held at Portland, Oregon right now. However, I am told by connected individuals that DC

Today at ComicsPRO, in Portland, Oregon, as DC Comics executives were dashing out of the door, Nick Barrucci, CEO of Dynamite Entertainment, gave the

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool ran the scoop that Dan DiDio had gone at DC Comics. He was probably my favourite comic book publisher. I often didn't agree

Bad Idea launched, announcing they would only sell their comics in twenty qualifying comic book stores, increasing to fifty in the first year. No digital,

I was literally on the phone to DC Comics sources when this broke at ComicsPRO in Portland, Oregon. The news that in October, Locke & Key creators Joe

Bleeding Cool looked at the Joker-iffic conclusion to this week's Nightwing #69. And now we get a look at Nightwing #70, leading into The Joker War, up

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool ran the scoop today that DC Publisher Dan DiDio had gone at DC Comics. Reaction was swift. Here's how a few comic book

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is supporting retailers with the announcement of the Rory D. Root Comics Ambassador Grant, a new program encouraging

Whether he was quit, fired, or pushed out of DC Comics, we don't yet know. We may never know. But Bleeding Cool can confirm that Dan DiDio, publisher of

Bleeding Cool readers will best know Chris Samnee for his collaboration with Mark Waid on Daredevil and Captain America. Well, he has a new collaborator