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
Rich Johnston Archives
Bleeding Cool broke the news of the existence of this publisher. Repeatedly. We told you who was involved, who financed it, what the names of their
It's not unknown for comic publishers to give out freebies at comic convention panels. Some people can get a sneak peek at comics yet to be published.
The Superman Complex in our world was named as such by Dr Frederick Wertham, author of the discredited Seduction Of The Innocent, and describes an
So, the Immortal Hulk is an interventionist God today. But he's just talking about his plans. The Uncanny X-Men are actually doing it. Intervening in the
Today sees the release of Guardians of the Galaxy #3. By Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw and Marte Gracia - and very pretty it looks too. Though one may consider
Altered Carbon seemed to do quite well Netflix. The TV show based on the sci-fi stories of Richard K. Morgan. And now a series of original graphic novels
Once upon a time, Doc Samson died. In Incredible Hulk #610, it all got rather nasty. He was briefly demonically resurrected for the Chaos War. But was
Vampirella is getting a exclusive comic book story in the new issue of Playboy Magazine, by Gail Simone and Joyce Chin for the character's 50th
The cover of Justice League #20 (all three of them) pits the Justice League against their future selves in a battle created by Mr Mxyzptlk. So whatever
When Looney Tunes Invades Batman #67 (Spoilers) Today's Batman #67 has the potential to be one of those classics. A thematic sequel to the Batman/Elmer
Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. And C2E2 is getting closer... Top five stories read
There are a number of Marvel titles out tomorrow that are already sold out at Diamond Comic Distributors, Age Of X-Man: The Amazing Nightcrawler #2,
Firefly, the comic book spinoff of the Joss Whedon TV show by Greg Pak and Dan McCaid, has seen it's fourth issue from Boom Studios sell out and go to
Jesusfreak by Joe Casey and Benjamin Marra is published by Image Comics tomorrow. If was featured on FOX And Friends a few weeks ago, in what seemed to be
When Dark Horse's solicitation for the first official Minecraft comic book went up a month or so ago, the listing was a little on the restrictive side. In
In January, Bleeding Cool reported that the delayed-since-October third issue of Ann Nocenti and David Aja's critically acclaimed comic book The Seeds
It's time for Marvel Comics' fill solicitations for June 2019. The end of the War Of The Realms - and Thor will make a sacrifice that will see him changed
Last year, Diane Nelson, formerly president of DC Entertainment, joined Jeffrey Katzenberg’s short-form video publisher/distributor/platform Quibi. She
It's a famous quote from Tim Burton's Batman as spoken by The Joker, played by Jack Nicholson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMgGNxyCHsY So with The
The last Justice League #19 saw the Justice League meet their future selves. Again. This time we has a Martian Manhunter and Hawkgirl with their child,
Dynamite are definitely ezpanding their licensed young adults graphic novel range. They sold out of their first Charmed Mange OEL graphic novel in ten
Last week's Avengers: No Road Home #5 gave an early surprise for the first appearance of Conan The Barbarian in the modern Marvel Universe, potentially
There has been a stealth-launch of a new Nancy Drew movie this past week, but Dynamite Entertainment want nothing stealth about their new Nancy Drew &
When Marvel Comics first began publishing Spider-Man, the story played out in real time. A year for Peter Parker was a year for the readers. Soon he was
Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. And C2E2 is getting closer... Top five stories read
Last week, Bleeding Cool let you know about a house ad appearing in last week's Marvel comic books, with the words: Evolution demands adaptation or
Bleeding Cool reader and Jonah Hex superfan Susan Hillwig of Pony Express has tipped us off about an intriguing change in the recent DC Walmart 100-Page
In 2008, Image Comics published the phenomenal hardcover volume, The Art Of Brian Bolland, celebrating and reflecting the comic book artwork of one of the
Last week, Bleeding Cool ran a couple of pieces looking at the behaviour of comic book historian and host Arlen Schumer, and his torrent of verbal abuse