Rich Johnston Archives

While Brute Force may be the most unexpected upcoming Marvel Comics collection, this is an unexpected one, too. And again, one I remember picking up off

Young Adult novelist Sally Partridge's new book Mine is "a roller coaster love story set in Cape Town, packed with comic book and music references."

Back in February, we mentioned that Liveright, the US publishers of Alan Moore's 600,000-word second novel Jerusalem, were making copies of the signed

Dawn Mereno is the new female Snake-Eyes character from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero created by Larry Hama and Netho Diaz. Issue #246 marks the

Bleeding Cool first brought you the news that Marvel had cancelled Guardians of the Galaxy #151, solicited for January 2018, while #150 was still planned

Vermont's first Cartoonist Laureate James Kochalka is returning to comics in March next year with a new graphic novel for adult readers: Mechaboys.

Diamond has informed retailers that the shipment of Marvel Comics titles Venom Inc. Alpha #1, Avengers #674, and more have been delayed a week.

Valerio Schiti is an Italian artist, hired by new EIC C.B. Cebulski back when he was a talent manager attending a European comic convention. Best known at

The New England Anime Society is suing Fantastic Gatherings for infringing on its trademark for Anime Boston with the Boston Anime Fest.

2018 sees the 25th anniversary of Power Rangers from Saban. And the 25th issue of Power Rangers from Boom! Studios. Leading us to the first Power Rangers

It is almost thirty years since Jamie Hewlett's work first appeared in Deadline magazine, on a certain comic strip called Tank Girl. Deadline was a

Last week saw the opening arguments in the court case between San Diego Comic-Con and Salt Lake Comic Con over the "Comic Con" trademark being watched by

Bleeding Cool has been reporting on DC Comics' new strategy to make, as standard, the artist the key promotable and artistic lead on their ongoing monthly

Ninja-K, the Ninjak revival from Valiant Entertainment by Christos Gage and Tomas Fiorello, has sold out and gone to second printing. Expect to find it in

From a variety of webcartoonists and artists, for the festive season comes an X-Mas Advent Calendar, in the manner of the X-Men: Days of Future Past cover.

Back when Spawn #3 was published by the nascent Image Comics, Todd McFarlane introduced Cyan, the daughter of Terry Fitzgerald and Spawn's ex-wife Wanda

Diamond Book Distributors has been named the exclusive worldwide distributor in the direct and bookstore market for Albatross Funnybooks.

Last year, BBC's Children Books began publishing a series of crossover books between the Mister Men and Doctor Who. Now, just in time for Christmas

On Christmas Day, the BBC will broadcast the first episode of a new adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel Anansi Boys, starring Lenny Henry, Jacob Anderson,

The much-loved-by-Bleeding-Cool Mark Stafford has a new project commissioned by the British Council, Kangkangee Blues which he calls a "sad little love

Marvel's new EIC admits to writing under an Asian pseudonym, talking affordable healthcare for comic creators, and more geeky news from the past week!

There I was, unboxing the latest Loot Crate, the Unite 2.0 November box, the November Firefly crate and a mystery package that turned out to be Doctor

It was another clean sweep — the kind that only DC Comics titles get of late. Every store reported Batman Annual #2 was their best-seller.

There now follows a spoiler for Justice League, recently released by Warner Bros. If you are intending to see the film and care about this sort of thing,

On her way to the US on Friday, Canadian writer Amal El-Mohtar was detained by border security, even after having been detained and cleared back in May.

Yesterday morning I took the kids to Eel Pie Island. Not an easy thing to do, it's a private island on the Thames that the public can only visit for a

Dave Thompson and Kev Butters write: The best ideas happen when you’re with a mate down the pub, don’t they? Well… no, no they don’t. What happens is your

Christopher Irving writes: Madman’s 25th birthday has been a wonky one for me: Last May, I followed up my 3D trading card set of Mike Allred’s Madman (the

Ron Z's Valkyrie Saviors is a fictional blend of Norse and Greek mythology, with something different mixed in: the Zodiac.

Jim Henson's TV series Fraggle Rock was remarkable in that it created international co-productions localised to different territories — which means that