Rich Johnston Archives

The Mister Miracle trade paperback, collecting Tom King and Mitch Gerads' latest masterpiece for DC Comics, came out last week. When I was in Orbital

Brave New World of Santa Clarita, California, has this collection of DC Comics swag already at ComicsPRO, the comics retailer advocacy meeting taking

May 2019 brings Image Comics a couple of debuts, Excellence #1 by Brandon Thomas, Emilio Lopez and Khary Randolph, and Gogor #1 by Planetoid'sKen Garing .

I thought Naomi #1 was a DC Comics version of Damage Control. Naomi #2 is more of Lifetime movie of a comic. So much happened in the first issue. The

Who says comic book movies don't help sell comics? Alita: Battle Angel seems to have more legs than expected at the movie box office. Cyborg legs with

There's bound to be a lot more to spin-out from Marvel Comics' presentation at ComicsPRO. But here are three things that popped through, from what I'm

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

Last month's stand-out issue of The Unstoppable Wasp put lie to the accusation that the character, a whip-smart daughter of Hank Pym, was any kind of

Thought Bubble Comics Arts Festival is Britain's best comic convention, There, I've said it. Because it is. Held in Leeds for over a decade - until 2019.

Dan DiDio, publisher of DC Comics, has taken to the stump at ComicsPRO, the comics retailer advocacy group meeting being held in Charlotte, North Carolina

Planet Comicon runs in Kansas City on Friday, 29th of March to Sunday 31st. And it is getting its own retailer exclusive variant cover of Detective Comics

Joe Khachadourian writes for Bleeding Cool, “Just get your degree, then you can do whatever you want.” That was my parents’ mantra throughout the ‘90s

Yesterday, Diamond Comic Distributors had to close due to weather issues, as a winter storm warning was in effect for parts of Maryland as a storm that

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Today sees ComicsPRO kick off in Charlotte, North

We have the full Dark Horse May 2019 solicitations. Including Stranger Things: Six #1, the first prequel comic series for Stranger Things. Aliens: Rescue

The Marvel May 2019 Solicitations have hit. The month that will be known for the one in which Conan joins the Avengers. Or one of the Avengers, anyway.

Happy Death Day 2U, the low budget comedy horror sequel to the even lower budget comedy horror movie Happy Death Day written by Scott Lobdell, seems to

There is New York. And there is New York below, full of Morlocks, the Lizard, his family, those Turtles probably, and the like. Below that is

Immortal Hulk has to be one of Marvel's big hits of the past year. By Al Ewing and Joe Bennett, it has now gone back to the printing mills another time

The Teen Titans/Deathstroke crossover is coming, The Terminus Agenda. And in today's Teen Titans #27 it breaks through in quite a rude fashion. As Crush

Back in 2003, Paul Jenkins and Humberto Ramos introduced a new storyline to The Spectacular Spider-Man, with a sick Eddie Brock and Venom in crisis. Why?

Today sees the final issue of Return Of Wolverine #5. The first issue of Hulkverines #1. The first issue of Wolverine And The Infinity Watch #1. And the

Anyone fancy a self-causing time loop? Today's Justice League #18 lays it all out. The Source Wall breaks. Causing it to spit a bit of the Totality back

Wally West died in Heroes In Crisis. Probably. Most people didn't seem to notice or took an age to get round to realising. Indeed, over in Flash, Iris

Tony Stark is a futurist. Blame Warren Ellis for that one. He sees what kind of future is coming and invents a suit for it. We've also seen him in the far

Well, this may be why Avengers: No Road Home's legacy numbers are ahead of the monthly Avengers series. And also why this cover for West Coast Avengers in

Grant Morrison and Mark Millar used to be best buds. Writing together, editing together, conspiring together, living together, taking each other's credit,

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Top five stories read yesterday: It’s Always Sunny in

Once upon a time, writers gave Superman a new power as often as he changed his shirt. Which, given he was always ripping the buttons off them in phone

Avatar Press is the publisher of Bleeding Cool. I really need to say this at the top of this article. Some people think I should say this at the top of