Rich Johnston Archives

Well, this is a bargain and no mistake. It may not be Hallowe'en yet, let along Bonfire Night, but Christmas has already come to British stores. Packs of

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We mentioned that Dave Sim, Cerebus creator, had yet another of his Cerebus In Hell one-shots, Vark-Thing which, if counted alongside his original Cerebus

The City University of London is launching a new module for their English Master Of Arts degree, which will allow students to make more choices by looking

Bane co-creator Chuck Dixon has two horror novels coming out for Hallowe'en. So he's decided to release them together as one, a double pack on Amazon

Recently, Marvel Chair Ike Perlmutter received a demotion of sorts. One of Disney's largest shareholders, and a key figure in moving Marvel Comics out of

Iron Man 2020 begins with a new #1 in January 2020 from Marvel Comics, with Arno Stark in the titular costume. But in months to come there are more series

Marvel Comics will announce their full January 2020 solicitations this week, but as ever, we just can’t wait, so have Frankensteined a few of them

Created by Whilce Portacio and John Byrne for Uncanny X-Men #282, published in 1991, Bishop was a time-travelling mutant from the future with a mission.

Bleeding Cool has been of late not just reporting Diamond's Top 500 ordered comics and graphic novels by North American comic book stores, but also

Here’s the big list, the top 500 most-ordered comics and graphic novels through Diamond Comic Distributors in North American comic book stores in

The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party is an Islamist political party with an uneven political past. They currently run the government of the east coast state of

We always like to check in with what Frank Cho's been up to in and around comic book conventions, as he likes to share it all with his fans. And at

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Here is the first official trailer for Sony Pictures’ Bloodshot– the much-anticipated feature film adaptation of the Valiant comic book character created

Cullen Bunn has spoken to Adventures In Poor Taste about his three years run on the X-Men, writing both Uncanny X-Men and X-Men: Blue. Talking about

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

These are the 100 most-ordered comics and graphic novels in the North American direct market serviced by Diamond Comic Distributors in September 2019. We

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Comic creative professionals, publishers, retailers, and fans came together Saturday night, October 19, 2019 to socialize, dine, and experience the comic

Our old friend George Gene Gustines has been writing in the New York Times about the upcoming Superman secret identity reveal, which we saw a lot more of

I just received a big box of Watchmen stuff from HBO after it battled its way through customs. Somewhat personalised too. An unboxing in which I battle

Man, I feel dirty. Is this how Jude Terror feels all the time? I don't know. But anyway, Donny Cates has been talking up Venom #20 scheduled for the end

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Starting with comic books solicited for January 2020, DC Comics introduces the term Prestige Plus. It's a new name for DC Comics' periodical format with

Brian Haberlin co-writer on Sonata and co-writer/artist on The Marked comic book series from Image Comics, posted the following news: Television deals set

Opening an issue with a major change in continuity, revealing true origins of a character previously thought or as one thing, now revealed as another, was

Solicited as an ongoing series, and originally listed on Amazon as 'Volume 1', Doom Patrol: Weight Of The Worlds will have its final issue in January with

Welcome to Thank FOC It’s Friday, a semi-weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the

Could they really be doing Superman revealing his true identity to the world as Clark Kent - or Clark Kent revealing his true identity as Superman -