Rich Johnston Archives

Bleeding cool hears about a new character for the CW TV show Arrow. Could this be the 'secret' character referred to by star of the show Stephen Amell in

You will find Alex Ross at Chicago Comics, in Illinois today, from 2-5pm. Maybe you can ask him to spill more about what he talked about over New York

Welcome to the daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Apparently, some people think I got demoted. Not at all.

Yesterday, Kaitlyn Booth was made the new Editor-In-Chief of Bleeding Cool. I understand that this had been in the planning for some time but that certain

One of my favourite cartoonists, from Outrageous Tales Of The Old Testament to The Goons to Firkin The Cat, Hunt Emerson was announced the winner of the

Check out these upcoming DC Comics covers for October and November 2018 shipping titles. As ever, you may have seen some of them – but you won’t have seen

Award-winning author and graphic novelist Hannah Berry, creator of Adamtine and Livestock will be announced as the new Comics Laureate at the Lakes

Three comic books going to second printing announced this week. From Image Comics... Blackbird #1. Coming out the same day as Blackbird #2... BLACKBIRD #1

Matthew Snyder writes, Welcome to the Comixology Bestseller list, your guide to see how well your favorite titles are selling digitally. Every week I'll

Bleeding Cool has been able to ascertain that a recent sale on eBay of Batman Damned #1 by Blaze PC Collectables of Florida was for around $1800. It was a

Hermes Press has just released their new historical/archival publication, DC Comics Before Superman: Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's Pulp Comics. Major

John Jackson Miller pens his Writer's Commentary on Classic Battlestar Galactica: Counterstrike #0 on sale now from Dynamite. We were those who believed…

The Return of Wolverine #1 was the most ordered comic of September 2018, in the North American direct market of comic stores. But then, it did have a

by Adam Wallenta “Our Dreams Make Us Large” -Jack Kirby Earlier this year, my son and I released our first all-ages graphic novel collaboration titled

In the late seventies and early eighties, Jeff Rougvie was once the lead vocalist in two punk rock bands, Crawling Smash and the Gumby Brothers. He also

Wizard World's next comic book-and-related show will be Wizard World Madison, with William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, Matt Ryan, Lisa Berry, Ruth

Marc Jackson writes This week I’ll be once again visiting The Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal, here in the UK. This will be my third year

Coming in 2019 from Son Of Bigfoot director Ben Stassen and written by Gnomeo And Juliet and Mike Basset: Manager writing team Rob Sprackling and John R.

Welcome to the daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. And it begins with some good news at last. Top five stories

Chicago comic convention C2E2 has shown off five new superhero mascots ahead of their 10th show in March 2019.  Chicago's own Ryan Browne (Curse Words,

Storytelling Across Media (SAM), the free, one-day symposium presented by San Diego Comic-Con on November 3rd for professionals and aspiring creators

The remade, rejigged, revitalised Harvey Awards, new for New York Comic Con announced their winners, down from twenty-odd categories to just six. The

Last week, we listed 492 'rare' variant comics that Marvel Comics was selling to retailers for the price they would have paid for a standard cover. We

We had Beta Ray Bill, Moondragon, Ghost Rider and Gladiator... Now we have Darkhawk, Nova and Phyla-Vell - who has been Quasar, Captain Marvel and Martyr

Anyone remember the War Wheel from DC Comics World War II comic Blackhawks? A gigantic wheel, spiked and heavily armored so that not even the largest

Valiant Comics' first feature film adaptation has been filming in South Africa for some weeks now, but not much has been heard or seen from the set

The British version of the TV show The Apprentice ran its second episode of the current series last night. In which Lord Sugar summoned the candidates to

A couple of days ago, Bleeding Cool reported on the theft of a couple of items at New York Comic Con. A cover to Savage Dragon by Erik Larsen from Erik

Marvel has sent a bunch of comic books back to second, third and fourth printings. And it seems to be Amazing Spider-Man and Venom where most of the

Welcome to the daily Lying In The Gutters. A runaround yesterday’s news on the site and what we might expect today. You can sign up to receive it as an