Rich Johnston Archives

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

Okay, so this is a little self-serving. But then this is Bleeding Cool, something you need to expect. This week saw the publication of Soft Wood #1, the

Another day, another part of Marvel’s Incoming puzzle, their big new Point One-style anthology for December 26th, leading into whatever it is Marvel has

Bleeding Cool pointed out that it was FOC date for all the new relaunched Giant titles, coming to comic stores in September and October, and Walmarts and

Runaways #25, originally solicited for the 25th of September, may be a little later with its anniversary issue, slipping instead into October the 2nd.

We all know the story now. Doctor Strange was the world's greatest surgeon, denied his ability when his hands were crushed. He sought mystical healing for

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

A few more changes between solicitation and publication for Marvel Comics. Tony Stark: Iron Man #17 was solicited as written by Dan Slott and Jim Zub, and

Marvel Comics is sending the following titles back to the printers for the 9th of October. Absolute Carnage: Miles Morales #1 (Of 3) Absolute Carnage:

David Pepose writes, The Bad Elvis Gang thought they were being smart — that it’d be easier to rob rich people’s weddings than it would be to rob banks.

The latest in a bunch of teasers for Marvel's Christmas week comic book Incoming. The Masked Raider/Masked Rider, as seen in Marvel Comics #1000 (and

A Tampa, Florida mother posted on social media about how her three-year-old daughter was being bullied at school, coming home with bruises and swollen

A few days ago, Bleeding Cool reported that DC Comics had decided to replace Bruce Wayne as Batman in the summer of 2020, going into 2021. That the

Tomorrow, Rebellion and 2000AD are running a bunch of The Day Of Dredd events across the world. But mostly in the UK. Here's what we found - feel free to

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

Christmas week will see the publication of Marvel Comics' Incoming, what is likely to be the equivalent of their Marvel Point One anthology books. Looking

Bleeding Cool reported on the existence of the Generations: Asterix volume, celebrating 60 years of the best-selling comic book in the world, and we also

Christie's Auction House in Milan, together with the Huberty & Breyne Expertise gallery, are to present a new exhibition of the work of Italian comic

The continuing crash of pound sterling thanks to Brexit may give some people investment opportunities otherwise denied them. Take The Base, a comic book

Boom Studios is making a big push on Hellmouth, the new limited series in October that they’re billing as the First Ever Buffy and Angel comic book event

Angel #2 by Bryan Edward Hill and Gleb Melnikov from Boom Studios has also gone to a fourth printing with this new cover below. While Angel #4 has gone to

I know the power of a Miracleman cover. Mark Buckingham drawing him on the cover of Dirtbag #2, published by my own Twist & Shout Comics back in the

Available at New York Comic-Con from Marvel Comics and Diamond Previews, on sale from retailers at the show, will be these exclusive covers. Including the

Image Comics has announced that yesterday's Spawn #300 by Todd McFarlane and friends has sold out at the distributor level. It is being fast-tracked for a

Black Canary: Ignite and Super Sons: The Foxglove Mission are two original graphic novels published by DC Comics, as part of what were once known as the

Red Hood: Outlaw #40, possibly trying to avoid a similar situation to Supergirl #33 and Superman #14 (if you believe the official DC Comics explanation,

Two weeks ago, Bleeding Cool reported that Shazam! #7 by Geoff Johns and Dale Eaglesham was to be to be published on the 25th of September, making it 14

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

In 2009, I had the bright idea to write a parody of Watchmen. And found an artist in Simon Rohrmuller who could do a passable impersonation of Dave

Here's an exclusive look at some Exclusives... retailer variant cover from Forbidden Planet in the UK and from Jetpack Comcis in the US, with UK price and