Rich Johnston Archives

At last year’s Thought Bubble, in Leeds, I was led to point out that Roger Langridge has drawn the Swedish Chef from The Muppet Show as a species of the

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Comic industry veteran Dave Elliot was at Thought Bubble in Leeds today with stuff to show off. A poster for something that from fan-funded publisher

Today, at Thought Bubble in Leeds, I went to The Wicked + The Divine Immersive Experience, put together by Sara Kenney and thoroughly approved of by

Saucer Country was a UFO mythology comic book series written by Paul Cornell and drawn by Ryan Kelly, published by DC/Vertigo in 2012. The series was

Comic book co-creator of Lazarus Churchyard, Transmetropolitan, The Authority, Planetary, Injection, Doktor Sleepless, Trees, Red, Global Frequency and

At Thought Bubble in Leeds this week, who should I run into but John Hendrick from Big Bang Comics in Dublin. Fresh from the ComiXology Marquee at the

Heroes In Crisis, the comic book series by Tom King and Clay Mann (and now Lee Weeks and Mitch Gerads) has promised deaths. Big deaths and small deaths.,

From the upcoming Action Comics #1003 by Brian Bendis and Yanick Paquette, the first page continues to drop all sorts of notes and injokes into the

Legendary comic book editor Karen Berger of Dark Horse imprint Berger Books, addressed the crowds at Thought Bubble in Leeds today with an all-star

I am currently in the hotel bar of the Radisson Blu adjacent to the ComiXology Originals Marquee of Thought Bubble. The rain has held off. The crowds and

Last night I arrived in Leeds for Thought Bubble. But the festival has been going on all week. And there were a few pre-show events all around. It even

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Hang on, I thought Marvel was the one who took existing solicited event mini-series and banged on a couple of extra issues on it? And also introduced new

We've heard from one Florida comic book retailer over Batman Damned #1. Here is another. Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida. He writes, Hey

I am in Leeds. The Thought Bubble Festival is underway, and has been all week. I'm off to a couple of exhibitions right now. But there was something

Nightwing #50 is Benjamin Percy's final issue of his truncated run on the series from DC Comics. It features this cover. Bleeding Cool let you know what

An exclusive look at Titan Entertainment's vinyl Titans exclusive to New York Comic Con - find them at Booth #2142 from Thursday October 4th - Sunday

I'm just getting it out of my system, okay? But yes, Batman: Damned #1 by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo, the comic book which launched from DC Comics on

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

Okay, let's talk about the actual comic. Batman: Damned #1 by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo, published this week, gone to second printing. So. So that

Every month, Marvel offers retailers the chance to commission exclusive covers for certain titles — as long as they order thousands of copies. It’s an

Sorry folks, the upcoming Infinity Wars: Fallen Guardian #1 endcap for the series that looks like it may give us a dead Guardian Of The Galaxy, is now

In October, Marvel Comics will publish Star Wars Reads, a free magazine previewing upcoming Star Wars titles, including the Age Of Star Wars book for 2019

Last week, Bleeding Cool told you that the MSH Captain Marvel Hallowe’en Spooktacular #1 would now be written by Jeff Loveness and Ty Templeton, in

Here's an interesting thing. John Byrne is not the greatest fan of B&W comic book art being repurposed for the adult colouring-in book market. That's

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Bleeding Cool has reported that Batman Damned #1 has sold out from Diamond Comic Distributors and DC Comics, though there should still be copies in many

In 1978, DC Comics and Neal Adams published the Superman Vs Muhammad Ali comic book. Reprinted repeatedly over the years, in 2010 it was given a new

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