Rich Johnston Archives

This week saw the publication of X-Files: Conspiracy: Ghostbusters from IDW which saw the Lone Gunmen of the X-Files franchise investigating the mystery

There has been a small comics creator war brewing under the surface, specifically over creator owned books, between those writers who split the rights to

The Powerpuff Girls cover story that we seemed to break out the other day has travelled the internet like wildfire, now ending up in the Guardian (with a

Uncanny X-Men from a couple of weeks ago gave us a new look Magneto. Not just the bald head. But also the beard. And not just the beard. But also the hat.

Remember Aron Weisenfeld? He had quite the journey from being a Lee/Silvestri/Thibert clone on an X-Men Annual... To smoothing out for Team 7... To

Titan Comics is at it again. Yet another European comic has been announced -  but like with all the previous ones, the news isn’t coming from Titan

Here are the full results of the Diamond Comic Distributors 2013 Diamond Gem Awards (find the full list of nominees here) as voted on by comic book

Last year, Gary Winnick, ex of Lucasfilm, talked to Bleeding Cool about his Kickstarter project to get his comic book Bad Dreams up and running. Looks

In this neo noir mystery, small-time private investigator, Ira Avery, searchs for the missing photojournalist, Savannah Loy. The seeminly simple case soon

Omar Spahi and Terry Huddleston are comic book creators without the greatest of followings. Yet. Omar had only on response on his Reddit IAM. Terry

Bleeding Cool highlighted what we called "a modicum of controversy" over the Cartoon Network-comissioned Subscription cover to Powerpuff Girls #6 by Mimi

Out in April comes Cosplayers, a new comic book one shot from cartoonist Dash Shaw. Published by Fantagraphics, who last year also published New School, 3

CB CALLING Marvel's Senior Talent guy, CB Cebulski, is on the trail of hunting down amazing new inspiration. Still no luck finding Mountain Dew Cheetos in

At Bleeding Cool, Rafael Grampa is one of our favourite cartoonists so, basically, any excuse... clicky for biggy...  

Michael Davis is the co-founder of Milestone Comics and a current graphic novelist. He runs The Black Panel at San Diego Comic Con. And he now writes a

In a me-too promotion along the lines of Bleeding Cool publisher Avatar Press' Crossed Day, Dark Horse is reserving a whole day to celebrate Hellboy's

So what happened with MailOrderComics.com that necessitated DCBS stepping in and taking on their unfulfilled orders. How would that be possible anyway?

This Wednesday brings us the launch of Furious and a new Serenity, more Miracleman, the return of Knights Of Pendragon. And the week after, the launch of

When you want to understand a complex news story, there's only one place to turn. Taiwanese animators! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH2qmxJullg

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

Last year, it was announced that Dynamite had the won the Gold Key licence, to publish comics characters from the sixties, most recently published by Dark

The Flash TV show is looking like giving us a more racially diverse central cast than we may have been expecting. Firstly we have DETECTIVE WEST – Late

HAWKCAKE What kind of cake to make for a 25 year old geek. I wish I had at any point in my life had such a cake. CINEMATIC VISION Kevin Maguire puts the

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool ran a story about many complaints from customers of MailOrderComics.com and their fears that their orders, often hundreds of

In 2006, Mark Millar looked to the future and made some predictions. This is what he saw, and how it turned out... And no, this isn't the usual shite

MailOrderComics.com is a popular online comic book seller, which, as the name suggests, specializes in sending comics by mail order to those who want

Sorry it's true. Fresh from being part of the Eisner Award-winning team last year, today The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne returns to Dark Horse

So, we're missing a bunch of Marvel books over in the UK this week. So I am a little thought deprived. Still, there's plenty more to read... From All-New

Why yes, yes it is. That's this Milk And Cheese. By Evan Dorkin. Good job Alex De Campi and Carla Speed McNeil. We'll destroy those little girl's minds,

Night If The Living Dead, the first zombie movie, was made in 1968 by George Romero. It made his career. Forty-five years later, he has written Empire Of