Rich Johnston Archives

It's something we're trying to do at Bleeding Cool. When running stories about comic book sellouts, if we can, get some actual idea of the scale of the

Thanks to Heri Mkocha for a great collection of  MCM London Cosplay photos and, for a change, taken in the bright British sunshine.  What a fantastic

Gamasutra have created a couple of statuey things based on the Batman: Arkham City game. One, a detachable Batarang being grasped by Batman's fist for

It was a prelude to what would have been an adaptation of the story of Sweeney Todd, by Neil Gaiman and Michael Zulli. I got my copy with Taboo #6 in

MemeWatch: The new Mister Freeze. Exposed. ElephantWatch: When Matt Fraction draws an elephant at San Diego Comic Con. SuitWatch: A first shot from Iron

  Here are the first five pages of Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1 by Darwyn Cooke, published tomorrow. Let's have a look. Note that the front cover

Yes, folks, this is how the French are advertising their publication of Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's Beasts Of Burden.

Have you heard of Raven Entertainment at all?  A small press comics publisher putting out the work of Richard Evans such as Legion Unleashed and

Cameron Hatheway writes for Bleeding Cool As of today, you only have until midnight PST to vote for the Eisners if you’re eligible and haven’t done so

It's just possible that this week you may have read something or other about gay characters in comic books. You never know. Anyway, this proposal page

Steven Moffat met Twitter technology this morning when he tried to vote in a poll. And it all went a little more public than he'd have liked.  

We know Scott Lobdell is writing Superman #0, we know Scott Kolins is drawing Legion Of Superheroes #0, he've heard vague rumours that Dave Finch may be

Admittedly, this is not retailers fault. Not totally. Not this time. But Revival by Tim Seeley and Mike Nortan, featured in Image's Free Comic Book Day

We reported on a number of tech-related layoffs at Diamond Comic Distributors last week, especially Dave Bowen who headed up Diamond Digital, but Diamond

It's probably going to be a busy week in comics. As I just mentioned, Bleeding Cool Magazine #0 hits comic stores, a preview of the kind of thing you

Everyone seems to be getting origin stories in September. Not only are all the DC New 52 books getting zero issues, but Garth Ennis' Jennifer Blood is

This was the week in which ComiXology got hacked... and ComiXology hacked right back again. When the mainstream media caught up with the existence of gay

So last week, Square Enix/Eidos released a new trailer for HITMAN: ABSOLUTION and started a minor shitstorm. Basically, the trailer shows a bunch of

Here's a batch of San Diego Comic Con exclusive items that can be pre-ordered by retailers to pick up at the show, or shipped afterwards, though the

Here's a preview look at this week's Supurbia #4 by Grace Randolph and Russell Dauterman from Boom! Studios, which was to have been the final issue of the

So they've made a film about Comic Con, including all the strange and wonderful toys sold there. And now they are strange and wonderful toys sold there.

As we've noted, all current media seems obsessed with a gay Green Lantern or a Gay X-Man or usually both. None more than Brazilian TV programme

SleepWatch: Looks like my jet lag caught up with me. I just slept till noon. SigningWatch: A few upcoming signing events at Gosh Comics, London...  A

From the MTV Movie Awards last night, some new looks atThe Dark Knight Rises.

Another big name looks to Kickstarter to help fund the production of their latest comic book. Jamie Delano and Scott Brown are to write a graphic novel,

All at Wizard World Philadelphia this weekend. I'd forgotten about the one end right, you know...  

This is Les Porteurs de Mauvaises Nouvelles by French artist Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ. And this is Conan The Destroyer by Frank Frazetta Let's

Green Lantern be damned, the greatest influx of gay-themed comics into America of late has been through manga work - even if the audience has often been

  Written by comic convention regular booth worker Dana Braziel-Solovy with Matthew Spradlin, co-creators of co-creator of Bad Kids Go To Hell, and

Useful for remembering which one your pint is when you need to take a leak. Unless everyone else takes the piss and gobs in it. It's worth the risk.