Rich Johnston Archives

Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, Bleeding Cool’s weekly runaround of the most popular stories on the site through the week. And despite the excesses of

With DC Comics' new Walmart-exclusive comics hitting their second issues, some stores are raiding their stock shelves to get rid of some other inventory.

FanX: Salt Lake Comic Convention has been forbidden from using their previous title Salt Lake Comic Con, even if they put "formerly" in front.

It was a rollercoaster of a weekend of the Amazing Comic Con Aloha, scheduled to run from Friday in Honolulu as Hurricane Lane was due to hit. On the day

By Mike Sangregorio writes: Mark Russell is the writer of such titles as the late lamented Prez revival (with artist Ben Caldwell) and, from DC’s

Recently someone on Twitter claimed that Darwyn Cooke would have supported the "ComicsGate" crowd.

Michael Davis writes: Back in the day 434 Beach 58st apt 8B Far Rockaway: My mother lay on the floor bleeding from a gash in her head. My sister Sharon

A gang of bawdy burlesque girls seek retribution against the crime syndicates as a turf war rages on in 1928 San Francisco.

Wednesday sees the publication of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Shattered Grid #1, the conclusion to the first Power Rangers comic book event. MMPR

Ramon Gil writes: Allow me to introduce myself. Dear free American, My name is Ramon Fernando Señeris Gil and I am a member of the royal family from the

Brendan Wright writes: Comics has been incredibly good to me. Next weekend, I’ll have been being paid to make comics for 10 years, and in a business

Mr. Gordon, As you’ve asked I have read over your promotional piece that is going to run on Bleeding Cool and I have put my corrections and suggestions in

Chris Claremont is the man who most revitalised the moribund Marvel Comics property 'The X-Men' in the 1970s.

Comic creator and publisher Cody Pickrodt is filing a defamation lawsuit against 11 people over accusations of sexual assault and more levied at Pickrodt.

Next week sees the publication of Venom: First Host #1, the first part of a weekly series telling the story of the Venom symbiotic parasite before he came

People have been talking about this for weeks. But with Hurricane Lane hitting Hawaii, restricting flights and official guidance for people not to travel,

Fantagraphics has a batch of new books for November, from a batch of comic cook creators that are pretty much more diverse than anything else out there.

Clearly fed up of all the glitz and glamour of supercar society, Scuderia Ferrari is launching its own comic book called We Race Comic.

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 covered at length the courtroom drama between Salt Lake City Comic Con and San Diego Comic-Con over the use of the Comic Con trademark, and

Last year, Marvel Comics put out a free magazine, FOOM, to launch Marvel Legacy, and reviving the Friends of Ol' Marvel magazine name. This year, it's

As ever, there are always a few changes twixt solicitation and publication... Ty Templeton has joined the previously-solicited Mario Del Pennino on Marvel

Two recent comics have sold out from Diamond Comic Distributors and are going to further printings. The first is Infinity Wars Prime #1, with Requiem

Currently actor Evangeline Lilly, star of Ant-Man and The Wasp, is in Japan on a press tour for the film. She is meant to be attending the Amazing Aloha

This is the cover to the new Star Wars: Han Solo comic book series from Marvel, Imperial Cadet, out in November, as appearing in next week's Marvel

These are first three variant covers by Ryan Sook for the first three issues of Heroes in Crisis, which will show moments of crisis in each of the heroes

Tony Stark: Iron Man #3 came out a week and change ago. But you will have to wait a little longer until the fourth issue.

As August's deliveries ship on time internationally, Loot Crate's main crates for September are of the Invader variety, and are timed to coincide with the

Loot Crates for August 2018 have arrived - and a little faster than some were expecting. Here's an unboxing from earlier today at Bleeding Cool Towers

We get the word that Marvel is going to do it again, and bring back a younger version of a character already doing quite the rounds.