Rich Johnston Archives

A while ago, Bleeding Cool predicted that Marvel was getting rid of the 616 nomenclature for the Marvel Universe. Created by Dave Thorpe/Alan Moore

Bleeding Cool scooped the news that the Brits would be getting the standard magazine size 2000AD Free Comic Book Day version while the Americans would get

We're nary a month away from Free Comic Book Day, May 7th 2016. Stores are gearing up a day of free comics, sales, signings and other events. Bleeding

Lying In The Gutters began fourteen years ago on CBR as the central repository of comic book industry gossip. I've been writing that column on and off for

As sketched by Frank Cho at South Carolina Comic Con... not even room on the cover for outrage...  

Jason Borelli went to MoCCA for Bleeding Cool. His Prologue and Saturday report ran over the weekend. Turns out I can handle colder climates. You have to

Matthew Rosenberg is rapidly becoming the most wanted creator in comics. Work for Marvel and DC Comics as well as his Black Mask line, hes joined by

  Kaare Andrews' new comic book, Renato Jones: The One %  being published by image has a new demographic for comics in mind, is launching an ad

Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool reported that the first issue of the Faith limited series has gone to a fifth print, the fastest for any comic book ever

It was Jonah Weiland of Comic Book Resources who first paid me for writing my silly bits of nonsense about comic books, for my column Lying In The Gutters

DCBS is the online discount comic subscription service that was banned from giving its discount rates in the regular ads that run in DC Comics titles -

Last week we told you how an upcoming issue of Daredevil had completely changed from its solicitation. Well Grayson #19 by Jackson Lanning and Collin

I was going to run this originally on April Fool's Day, but circumstances intervened. It would have been one of the totally true stories that no one

By Jonathan Rich Whether you loved or hated Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, the big-screen showdown between two of DC Comics’ main protagonists

This is Marvel's final Dead No More image.... featuring a number of people either revived from the dead or associated with people revived from the dead.

There are all manner of allegations being made against the Wine Country Comic Con in Santa Rosa, California this month, at Sonoma County Fairgrounds on

Jonathan Rich writes for Bleeding Cool, Saturday was veteran comic book artist Neal Adams’first convention appearance in South Carolina, but shortly

Jonathan Rich reported from South Carolina Comic Con for Bleeding Cool, To misquote the original Star Wars trilogy: “the cosplay force was strong at SC

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what

Marvel Studios was filming Doctor Strange on the streets of Manhattan today. Clearly they were close enough to the Empire State Building, because Benedict

Comics Mexico has had two lucky customers pick out Signature Edition comics from their bagged Batman V Superman editions.. A Ryan Ottley signed Robin Son

Jason Borelli goes to MoCCA for Bleeding Cool. His Prologue ran yesterday... To my surprise, I came home to find that Rich Johnston had published my

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja7l0OCRzpA Everybody jump! Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor and the rest have been filming Doctor Strange on the

I did enjoy this fan-made trailer for Watchmen Noir. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv3d-vQdmbo Well now are doing it for real. With Watchmen Noir, out

Michael S Bracco writes, The Kickstarter campaign is set to run the entire Month of May with a close date of May 31st. The book itself will go off to

Vladimir Putin has appeared in comic books before, such as Avengers/Thunderbolts, The Badge, GI Joe and his own Super Putin comic. But he's getting a

Oh She-Hulk! You're always pulling on other people's pants. It's like you have no depth perception when all gamma'ed up or something. The most

Andrez Bergen writes, Ever had a character that you can’t seem to cold-shoulder – not that you have no idea how, but because you don’t actually want to?

David Goyer wrote Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. And Man Of Steel. And Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Constantine, Blade,

Matías Bergara is an Uruguayan artist best known in America for the recent Humanoids release of the graphic novel Dengue. You can check out his work here.