Rich Johnston Archives

Just a brief check from Computo as I'm heading out the door to ECAF... This is Computo the Comic Link Conqueror speaking. I come for your women. But for

The Independent On Sunday, tomorrow's edition of the serious minded British newspaper, has splashed with the headline that Harry Potter is the

I don't think a writer whose comic books have depicted the Queen, naked and humiliated, along well as the rest of the British Government has ever been

Before there was Bleeding Cool Magazine, there was Tripwire. A magazine published by Joel Meadows and, seemingly, funded by the comp copies of graphic

I knew I should have spent more time going through those lists... As well as Grant Morrison being given an MBE by The Queen, as part of her Birthday

Elliot Cole reviews The Massive for Bleeding Cool; The Massive, Wood's latest big new thing, regards a crew of Greenpeace-ish activists aboard a boat

From one of the same sources that named certain Marvel switcheroo creators, later confirmed by another source, comes the news of exactly who may be

For the past few years, Diamond have been distributing mini-comics to comics stores in October to be given away in comic shops for Hallowe'en. But last

Wow. Yesterday I reported that private polling of mine indicated that The Walking Dead #100 was about to smash through sales and become the best selling

In yesterday's mention of the Star Trek/Doctor Who comic, Tony Lee's name appears on the cover, but not on the solicitation credits. As a co-writer it

Last month I went to the launch of Dudebox, a new customizable vinyl figure line, at a club in East London.  It was the most Nathan Barleyish event I'd

  DressWatch: When a three month old girl is dressed up as every Green Lantern... DayWatch: DC's Father's Day 99c sale on ComiXology includes the

In the new honours lists, to be presented by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in her Diamond Jubilee year, Grant Morrison is to be given the MBE, Member of

There's been a lot of fuss about the cover of Catwoman Zero and the Guillem March cover. But what about the insides, solicited as being drawn by Rafa

We first talked about this back in February. But now it's finally on paper. Andy Diggle and Mark Buckingham's Doctor Who, scheduled with a new issue 1 for

Bleeding Cool has been following the rise and rise of The Walking Dead comic for some time, its continual dominance of the bookstore market, the monthly

HBO is halting shipments of the Game Of Thrones first season DVD and Blu-ray after the commentary identified on of the heads on a spike in Episode 10 as

For some reason that I forget now, for the last couple of days, Bleeding Cool has been covered with pictures of people's dental photography. Well trust

And for a look at a different view on the world in September, more thoughtful, less franchise and license-heavy, and less inclined to have a zombie

A quick run around the publishers with mainstream on their mind if not in their position in Previews. Boom Avatar have Fashion Beast, a new series adapted

Ravagers #2, one of the Second Wave of New 52 books from DC, recently published its second issue. But for some there was something missing. It all felt a

The Supreme Court in Sweden has ruled on the case of Simon Lundström , manga tranlsator, charged with possession of child pornography in the form of

   It's not all about issue zeroes in September. Image issue ones are getting more and more attention, thanks to the power of eBay and the ability of

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfNLrYCbYzY Young Justice Invasion has gotten comic book fans talking, but what about younger viewers? Host Grace Randolph

What can we say, we love Boom's covers for Adventure Time comics. The insides aren't bad either. The first two equally distributed covers for Adventure

Here they are folks. All the covers to Walking Dead #100 shipping on the same day that San Diego Comic Con starts. The last chance for shops to order

There's a certain comics executive who is a little bit on the mean side. He finds cosplayers who, in his opinion, have failed in their cosplaying efforts,

Dave Elliot is reviving A1 through Heavy Metal, and we're getting a sneak peek of the contents of the new Heavy Metal that will debut at San Diego Comic

There was no issue of the Hulk comic by Jeff Parker, featuring the General Ross Red Hulk in the Marvel solicitations for September 2012. Marvel tells

CirqueWatch: Marvel Comics are launching a new comic based on Cirque du Soleil called KA at San Diego Comic Con, Bryan JL Glass and illustrated by