Rich Johnston Archives

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

Today's FF #16 is in part a whimsical superhero romp, in part a treatise on power and consequence, and in part a science lesson in Marvel Comics physics.

In Justice League #24, we were briefly introduced to the new Doom Patrol of the New 52. In today's Justice League #27, we meet some more. Scorch and

He's had an eye and part of his head blown away. He's lost his mother. He's begun to lose himself. Carl, child made to grow up before his time by the

The Phantom Zone variant cover of Twilight Zone #1... Cover to the Kickstartered EC Comics tribute comic, Haunting Tales Of Horrorbles. In Swipe File we

So what are we due from the idea factory that is Image Comics of 2014? Here are a few: From Top Cow/Minotaur a four issue mini-series all in April, once a

So while everyone is braving the snow for the New York premier of Justice League: War tonight, there's another war going on. The release of Justice League

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27JKKj4oytA Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida writes, Hey Fandom, I'm back with New Comics Now because it's

Big changes for April. Remember just because Nightwing is cancelled, it doesn't mean that Dick Grayson is dead. Hold onto that thought. In April... and

Rob Liefeld called Marc Silvestri the best artist out of all the Image founders in the Image Revolution documentary. Here's where you see why. Clicky for

Did you win tickets to the World Premiere of Justice League: War tonight at The Paley Center for Media in New York? You may have been worried about the

Goodness. Most retailers who ordered Unity #1 at returnable levels will be getting one copy of Unity #1 3D Cover, as shown on Bleeding Cool the other day.

This Powerpuff Girls #6 Subscription Variant comic cover has been causing a little consternation. Retailer Dennis Barger Jr wrote on Facebook, this is

Well, we kinda worked it out last year. But now it's been officially confirmed. Titan Comics have the North American Doctor Who comics license from BBC

Denis Bajram’s Universal War One was one of the most outstanding graphic novels that got reprinted in English by Marvel during their four year long

Dan Jurgens, best known for his lengthy runs of various Superman titles, usually finds himself on the receiving end of a Q and A session. But the

When I got the chance to tell a Doctor Who story, for IDW's comics line, I used a story I'd had in my head for years, Room With A Deja Vu, with a criminal

Bleeding Cool has long been interested in how ComiXology sells comics around the world, with our ComiXology All Over The World columns. But now we get to