Rich Johnston Archives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpyEFyzj5Fw Courtesy of the amazing Patrick Willems for Bleeding Cool. Um, you may need to remove some ads in order to see

Inside this week's eighty-year running British weekly Beano comic book, we get a new edition of the strip that has been running since the seventies, The

Tom Mandrake writes for Bleeding Cool, A lot of people have been asking--'Why a Kickstarter?' The story goes something like this-- one day, about 10 years

A very casual Casual T-shirt, sold by Who Are Ya designs... And a Herb Trimpe cover for Godzilla King Of The Monsters published by Marvel Comics in the

NPR this weekend ran an article focusing on women comic book creators, that touched on the role of Kickstarter in finding audiences for certain books that

This week sees the kick-off of this year's Boston Comic Con. Which seems a good a time as any to register the trademark for the name for "Organizing and

In an article for ComicBook.com, written and edited  by Marvel's ex-PR guy James Viscardi, he reports the word from his old boss, Marvel's David Gabriel

Diamond will be holding their 2015 Diamond Retailer Summit in Baltimore from 23rd-25th September and has announced the publishers sponsoring the show, at

Loot Crate is the daddy. The biggest comic book themed subscription box of them all. And, after celebrating the Heroes in July, in August it goes for the

At Otakon today, Kodansha Comics took the opportunity to announce three new titles from the publisher from next year. They kicked off with Queen

Everyone's losing their heads these days. You can't pick up a Marvel or DC comic book without some depiction of decapitation, and that's before anyone

A rather mixed week this week, with a naked Mary Jane topping the charts. Gotta love that click-bait, I guess. And Cyborg was not only a much-discussed

Adi Tantimedh writes, Mainstream – i.e. superhero – comics in the US are being dragged, sometimes screaming and kicking into the 21st Century lately, with

We showed off Skelton Crew's plush Poyo last week. This week it's their line of collectibles based on Alan Robert's Killogy comic from IDW, debuting at

Fox and Crush Soda are running a competition and promotion ahead of the upcoming release of The Fantastic Four movie. Collecting codes form all four chose

Answering questions on Tumblr about previous projects she was working on for DC Comics, Gail Simone stated, I might have meant the huge thing I am still

Bad Wolf was the "big bad" theme that ran through the first series of the returning Doctor Who back in 2005, starring Christopher Eccleston. It is now

Taken at a Hobby Lobby this weekend... even when referencing the classic sixties/seventies/eighties look of Marvel, there is no room for the Fantastic

Yes. Those kind of hooters. A watercolor pin-up for David Petersen's Mouse Guard art book published by Baltimore Comic Con. On sale at Baltimore Comic Con

Yesterday, Cleveland Heights celebrated the life of comic book writer Harvey Pekar by dedicating part of Coventry Road and Euclid Heights Boulevard to his

Catching up with a few bits and pieces I missed while at San Diego Cmic Con. Such as a breakdown of some of the characters appearing in Marvel's

The closest thing that the UK has to Glenn Beck, Richard Littlejohn, found himself shocked by the response to last weeks column for the Daily Mail. the

Written by Mike Kennedy Cars, guns, and money -- a recipe for one hell of a grindhouse ride. Mix in high-speed levitation racing, corporate espionage, and

From a recent Women Of Marvel podcast and, yes, eys, I am still catching up on stuff missed in the SDCC maw, the team made a farewell to Kelly Sue De

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

With a review panel of Joe Sacco, Bianca Jagger, Paul Gravett, Amruta Patil, John Dunning and Benjamin Dix, the Guardian and Comica are launching

If there was any doubt that a series was coming... Marvel Comics has just applied to register a trademark for the words "Red Wolf" for "comic books;

Black Mask's Space Riders #1 has sold out of its second print and has gone to third print. It has been followed by Space Riders #2 and #3 going to second

This week, Christian Ward has been a professional, full-time comic book artist for one year. This, published from Christian Ward's Tumblr with permission,

Wherever you go in the world the same old story seems to be happening. Independent book and comic stores are closing their doors due to rising rents and