Rich Johnston Archives

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

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

Out next Wednesday is the nineteeth issue of Bleeding Cool Magazine (22nd if you include the 0 issue and two FCBD editions. Which I do.) Here's how it

Next week, the launch of Slash And Burn, Goddamned, Superman American Alien, Limbo, All-New All-Different Avengers, All-New All-Different Hawkeye, All-New

Well, with the anticipated success of the Deadpool movie, Marvel clearly wanted to get some of the associated heat back. Fabian Nicieza is writing for

Here's the UK trailer for Alice Through The Looking Glass, out on May 27th, from Disney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWQxAcUSdOU When the day becomes

Three pages of next week's Secret Wars #7 by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic, courtesy of Marvel PR and CBR. In case you couldn't tell from the logo.

ComicVine has the first preview of All-New Wolverine #1, featuring X-23, the young female clone of Wolverine, in the cowl and taking his identity full on.

Warpo is a collectible toy company created to recreate the past - not as it was, but as it should have been. Enlisting artists from the seventies,

https://www.youtube.com/embed/DdA9txx1m7s Madeline Ricchiuto writes, Stan Lee's World of Heroes YouTube channel premiered their first action music video,

The teams had to create and sell children's book in this week's challenge on BBC 2's The Apprentice. Those who live in the UK (or can fake a presence) can

Fresh Romance is a new self published digital comic book anthology from comic book editor, writer and critic Janelle Asselin, funded on Kickstarter,  with

I had a look through Sanford Green's design sketchbooks at NYCC and they looked stunning. He is a very diverse artist with a style that totally reinvents

Everyone reading this will know Funko Pop. You, and you and you and you. These kind of things. There are quite a few. Well ACON Investments, the company

As previously teased, in February artist Michael Cho will be creating a series of themed variant covers in his blockprint style. Here are the 24 issues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ersDcA7zcOY Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida writes, Hey Fandom! It's another big week of releases with

Romeo And/Or Juliet is Ryan North's official sequel adventure Shakespeare adaptation of Hamlet as To Be Or Not To Be: That Is The Adventure. It's listed

Another week, another New Comic Day! Here we go folks! Strap yourselves in... Gwenpool makes her first appearance out of the back of Howard The Duck.