Rich Johnston Archives

Well then! That was a busy day. And today is already shaping up to be more busy, somehow. But here's what happened at San Diego Comic Con yesterday: Steve

This is the cover to Homecoming, by Michael Turner. A project he created before his passing, it had been developed by Aspen since, but it hadn't gone

Mark updates:  Colleen Doran has posted a correction in response to this story.  See also more art and info on Gone to Amerikay on her blog. Bleeding Cool

At the Marvel: Next Big Thing panel, there were announcements of a number of upcoming arcs on a number of projects (including the intriguingly titled Hulk

IDW, Aspen, Top Cow, Dynamite and Boom have all signed up to Comics United, a new program created by Bonfire Agency to give advertising media buyers a new

He is what he is, remember. IDW have just announced a new Popeye series for next year, full of Olive Oyl, Bluto, Wimpy, Swee’Pea, spinach, tattoos,

At the Avatar Press panel at San Diego Comic Con, publisher William Christensen, announced that the ongoing Crossed series starting next year, Crossed:

Grant Morrison promises tears and tears and tears as Morrison's run on Batman comes to its conclusion... Batwing comes from a dark place... and I've got

Scot Dunbier's originated format for IDW, the Artist's Edition, reproducing the original artwork for comic books, has taken another victim. 144 pages of

STAR TREK/LEGION OF SUPERHEROES is a new IDW comic crossing over the IDW license for Star Trek and the DC comic Legion Of Superheroes, from the Great

Nick Spencer is unique. He is a Marvel exclusive creator with an exception for a DC title, Thunder Agents. Well DC aren't going to let that slip. Thunder

It's nice when a Bleeding Cool reader saves you a seat in the front row in front of the big screen. And you are the beneficiaries... Including Dan DiDio,

At the Skybound panel, Robert Kirkman announced series of self contained one shots by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Kirkman called Album, once a year, as

From the Skybound panel at San Diego Comic Con, we get the news that the Witch Doctor gang will have a new series next year, with a man who believes one

I love San Diego Comic Con. It's the kind of place where you can sit down for a Grant Morrison panel and before the man comes on, the guy sitting next to

At the Flashpoint panel at San Diego Comic Con, it's been mentioned that the final issue of Flashpoint, published on the same day as Justice League #1,

When Bleeding Cool first reported the rumoured dissolution of the Lois Lane/Clark Kent marriage a few months ago, there was widespread derision. And even

Welcome to Tr!ckster Bar the pop up comics shop/bar/life drawing studio over the tracks from San Diego Comic Con. You can't miss it, just follow the bass

Chickenhare is a webcomic that did well for itself. Created by Chris Grine, its a story of a half chicken/half rabbit and his turtle companion, sold as

At the BLVD booth (#1223), Tommy Lee Edwards, Trevor Goring, John Paul Leon, Sean Chen and Bernard Chang are selling a new comic, theBVLD Storybook 1.0.

Phill Hall used to be a comics retailer and the News editor for Comics International before launching the PDF comics magazine Borderline - then abandoning

Preview Night does make it easier to walk from place to place. But it still got crowded. Luckily I was able to talk t some fine people before it all got

We knew that Telltale Games were going to make downloadable episodic games based on the DC Vertigo title Fables, by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham.

Could this be research for the next series of Robot Chicken? Either way, with loads to choose from, Bleeding Cool are happy to declare this the most San

While debuting and selling the Walt Simonson's Mighty Thor Artist's Edition at San Diego Comic Con, IDW have also announced the next volume to follow this

... just a few hours later. It's amazing what you can get done in a short space of time. Here's the original from 8am, and here's the new version from

It's out. It will be at the Robert Kirkman booth that takes up one whole side of the Image booth. And copies will sell. Walking out of the show, I

BRENDON UPDATES: Actually, I've visited the stand myself now and I think this is the villain's bike from Men in Black 3. This is what Jemaine Clement will

We've been told of late that digital comics sell much less than print copies. One retailer at the DC summits of late reported that DC sold 650 print

Filmed at eight o'clock this morning. From one side of San Diego Comic Con floor to the other, in video. Including a fair few things that weren't there