Rich Johnston Archives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKfj-dNlSkE Patrick Willems talks to Donny Cates and Eliot Rahal of Dark Horse's The Paybacks for Bleeding Cool about the

UPDATE: Don't you hate it when just the headline of an article publishes? Apologies, fixed now... been one of those days. Green Arrow is one of the twelve

This morning, Bleeding Cool broke the story that 2000AD had been rejected from 2016's Free Comic Book Day despite having a lineup of new original material

Valiant Entertainment have registered the trademark for comics for the title "Generation Zero". Brought to their psychic abilities by torture, Generation

Most sales are around $10 to $15. But it has sold as high as $18.88. We pointed out that launch issue of Avengers Vs Infinity #1 from Marvel had been

This was how the scene played out in the recent Secret Wars by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic. The God Doom with a face he is unable to change, despite

In January, the original New 52 launch titles from September 2011 will reach their issue 48s. Of the 52 that began that journey back in 2011, there are

Bleeding Cool has looked at how Marvel utterly dominated the direct comics marketplace in October with its relaunch. But also that the relaunch increased

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAIU27tUdrs Top tip of the day. Write a post about how the BB-8 Star Wars toy is still available in branches of Marbles:

Expect to see a digital first Supergirl comic launched sooner than later, with a female-friendly creative team to match, as DC Comics seem to be a little

We ran an article the other week, with Frank Miller talking about the plot of Dark Knight in an interview with French newspaper Le Monde. But also in that

This is the cover to the February 2016 Judge Dredd comic book from US publisher IDW, folded out, back and front. Which means, if you don't care about the

Chris Evans, Captain America from Marvel's recent films, will make his Wizard World Comic Con debut at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

https://twitter.com/LoganFaerber/status/623901961017028608 The new Blade was launched in a blaze of glory. The new comic book from Tim Seeley and Logan

Marvel launched The Vision #1 this week by Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta and Jordie Bellaire. And it is probably the most chilling thing they have

The latest Comica thing, Cityread, and the London Graphic Novel Network will be putting on a panel, S.M.A.S.H. in the Barbican Library. Three subjects.

That, I think, is a win for Marvel. In September 2015, Marvel took a 32.67% share of revenue and a 38.12% share of number of comics sold. But in October,

Oh boy. Patrick Willems and friends have knocked this one out of the park for Bleeding Cool. Hunter S Thompson goes to New York Comic Con and discovers

Bleeding Cool sources who have seen early scenes from the screenplay of Star Wars: The Force Awakens as part of working on a marketing campaign for the

This is a trademark name and image registered by POW! Entertainment, Stan Lee's company, for what appears to be new comic book museum with his name on it.

In a preview of the upcoming Ultimates #1, we get a look at the state of the Marvel Universe on a physics level. In a previous time, the structure for a

Earlier today we ran a story regarding the 2000AD Free Comic Book Day title for 2016 being refused distribution. The story was confirmed after publication

2000AD has had a comic in Free Comic Book Day for four years now. I understand their FCBD print run had nearly quadrupled in that time,  they have

Stephen Sonneveld writes, Part I of IV: Kickstarting Next year marks the 50th anniversary of Steve Ditko’s departure from Spider-Man, a character he

Back before the mid-eighties, girls comics were big business in the UK. With names like Misty, Bunty, Jackie, they would often outsell the boys own

It's traditional. Take a rock song, rerecord it in a twee style, and use it as a background to a heart tugging advert for Christmas. Ladies and gentlemen,

J Scott Campbell may have made international news over his comments regarding a certain Star Wars character... But he also lets the brethren know on

There ran a fun looking preview of Greg Pak and Frank Cho's upcoming Totally Awesome Hulk the other day. Well here's a look at those self same pages from

When I was at MoCCA in New York in the spring I came across cartoonist Robert Sikoryak who was undertaking the massive project of telling the Apple iTunes

https://twitter.com/richjohnston/status/662275772665757696 Okay so I did it. The Million Mask March kicked off in London tonight. Thousands of people