Rich Johnston Archives

It keeps on rolling, The original blog post by Mark Waid about the way young freelancers in comics are treated - and what they should do about it - keeps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQWoOeMHFw4 From The Gutters, a new YouTube series in which Jamie S Rich talks to comic folk. Such as, in their first

Ex-Saturday Night Live-er Norm MacDonald has a theory about the ending of Breaking Bad. Indeed, it's not to much a theory, he's convinced it's the only

A few pretty pictures to end the day with. Thanks to Timothy The 2013 Christmas Card for the Sherlock Holmes Society Of London, as designed and drawn by

Bleeding Cool Senior Cosplay Correspondent, Endymion Mageto, talked to Shelby ahead of New York Comic Con. How long have you been going to NYCC? 2010 was

Yesterday, Mark Waid wrote a clarion call for comic book creators, warning of the dangers of being too submissive in the face of editorial dictat. It had

Unity is the big Valiant event comic of the year, starting in November. And Valiant have just told retailers that they will only have one chance to order

Ian Melton writes; Joe Kelly is one of Man Of Action, a creative group that works together to create amazing stories, including Ben 10, Generator Rex, and

We learn that Julie Maroh is working on her third book and knows what the fourth will be. Chris Thompson will be hosting a discussion with her at Orbital

Clayton Henry, previously of Suicide Squad and Incredible Hercules, and now Archer & Armstrong and Harbinger Wars has signed an exclusive contract

In November, IDW are giving a bunch of their comics 1-10 variant covers designed to resemble their Artist Editions, as if they were the original artwork,

Next week sees the launch of Shaolin Cowboy, Coffin Hill, Superman/Wonder Woman, Forever Evil Arkham, Memory Collectors, Triple Helix,  Three, Rocket

A couple of months ago, the fabulously talented writer/artist Sean Gordon Murphy stated that he was considering an apprenticeship/internship scheme. He

Well, on Saturday, The Ritzy Picturehouse are showing the full first season/series of The Walking Dead. Five hours of the damn thing.

Knockabout Comics and graphic novel app SEQUENTIAL are publishing a digital collection of Neil Gaiman’s ‘lost’ comic strips from the 1980s for free - and

HATE POLITICS Mark Millar nails his political colours to the mast; No matter how much my life has changed in recent years, I only have to hear Cameron's

We ran the Aquaman: The Teen Drama trailer earlier today and things kinda exploded. Here's the Hollywood Reporter's take. But I thought I'd leave you with

The following list of creative changes to be announced at NYCC were posted on 4chan. It's a popular post, I've been sent various versions of it by email,

A few bits and pieces that you can only get at New York Comic Con from Valiant this year. Unless you also pop by the nearby offices, a couple of blocks

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

Uncanny X-Force #13 will now be drawn by Phillipe Briones and Angel Unzueta. X-Men Gold #1 is adding the following credits to their long list, art from

Another new... thing. From French painter Richard Isanove, best known in American comics for his work on Stephen King's The Dark Tower, as well as a

Felipe Smith is an manga writer/artist, creator of Peepo Choo. Trad Moore is an artist, best known for Luther Strode. Though he's done a cover for

Recently, Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson talked about the bullying of comic creators by big companies. Mark Waid, ex-DC editor, ex-Boom

Yesterday we reported that John Layman was writing a new DC comic book, to be announced at NYCC. We also said that he'd continue to write Detective

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3kpKNXLdCQ This looks like a fake trailer by Patrick Willems for the usual Afterwards They Will Explode video series. It's

Ruben Procopio is the artist on the current Batman '66 comic, out now digitally. We spoke late last night... my time at least. It strikes me that one of

Nathan Edmondson and Mitch Gerads are the team behind The Activity, published by Image Comics. And now it appears they have their own All New Marvel Now

It seems zombies, nay animal zombies, nay animal zombies killing and eating Dick Cheney while President Obama packs heat was rather popular. IDW's The

Courtesy of Comics Place. The front cover art for Asterix and the Picts, out in three weeks, the first Asterix book not to be drawn by Albert Uderzo, with