Rich Johnston Archives

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

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

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 -

Looks like someone is getting a renumbering. No Wonder Woman #1000 to match Action Comcis #1000 and Detective Comics #1000 but #750 will do for now... in

As Mitch Gerads returns to Batman #82, he took the opportunity to reveal what was once planned by him and Tom King, but that never actually happened. What

Max Bemis has a writer's commentary on the launch of Black Terror #1 from Dynamite Entertainment. He writes, PAGE 1-2 Bob seems like a genuinely nice guy,

As Bleeding Cool rumoured, Todd McFarlane’s Spawn #300 was the most-ordered comic book by comic shops in September, and that has now been confirmed by

Todd McFarlane has been making a lot of fuss over Spawn #300 and #301 and the records it sets. But Erik Larsen has his own anniversary coming up - and

It's run talking about Tom King's Batman online, especially with people who think there just hasn't been enough Bane in City of Bane. I would argue the

Bleeding Cool has learned that Atom! Freeman has left his role as Vice President of Sales and Business Development at ComicHub, the company that has been

Marvel’s Incoming #1 will be their big comic book the day after Christmas, this year. And they will be doing a big Boxing Day launch party promotion for

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The hype for Scott Snyder, Charles Soule and Giuseppe Camuncoli's Undiscovered Country is real. I’m hearing from sources close to Image Comics that the

Here's a look at Pepe Larraz's new cover for the House Of X/Powers Of X hardcover, hitting comic book stores on December 11th, and bookstores on December

Todd McFarlane is holding a party for the release of Spawn #301 at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Chandler, Arizona, on Saturday October 26th from noon to

It appears that The Last God: Book One of the Fellspyre Chronicle #1, Philip Kennedy Johnson's new comic book with Ricardo Federici, Dean White and Jared

Later today, Marvel Comics will tell retailers that they are sending Doctor Doom #1 back for a second printing, to be in stores for the 20th of November.

There's no competition. Undiscovered Country #1 from Scott Snyder, Charles Soule and Giuseppe Camuncoli dominates the advance reorder chart this week,

Last week we told you that speculators were already honing in on Matt Kindt and Matt Smith’s Folklords #1 as the next big creator-owned hit comic. Much

DC Comics may be experimenting with the idea of overshipping again, with The Last God #1, but the are much more comfortable with the idea of making

Yesterday, looking at the new X-Men #1 out this week by Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Francis Yu, we noted what appeared to be... convenient living quarters

It appears that the dollar comic reprint of Batman #497 that DC Comics recently published had a few pages printed out of order. Well, what do you expect

I mean, it's no Doomsday Clock or Shazam, or course. But Batman Vs. Ra's Al Ghul continues to slip down the schedules. Last week, Bleeding Cool reported