Rich Johnston Archives

Valiant has joined the Kindle Worlds programme from Amazon, in which they allow anyone to create stories using the characters of Bloodshot, X-O Manowar,

Steve Bissette has posted a small call to arms. He writes; Since they will never, ever be reprinted in an authorized edition in my lifetime, I hearby note

A couple of weeks ago, I heard that Grant Morrison had sent a cease and desist notice to Rebellion over their declared intent to collect and publish The

Film archivist Philip Morris, who has spent decades travelling the world looking for... lets call it "insecure media", has issued a statement...

I need to start saving up to buy all this stuff next year, Hello Kitty and DC Comics creating cross branded stuff -  "apparel, accessories, footwear,

FOR PONIES AND BRONIES IDW is to publish a new My Little Pony comic tying in with the upcoming movie, My Little Pony Equestria Girls. Let's see if it can

In October, Diamond Comic Distributors will be launching its second Hallowe'en ComicFest. On the weekend before Hallowe'en, October 26th and 27th,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQRlH9t3Ad4 Grace Randolph writes; My review of Superman Unchained #1, the new comic book from DC Comics by Scott Snyder

Our regular look at Advance Reorders in the comic industry, seeing which books retailers are upping their orders on while they can, ahead of publication.

A series of comedy sketches based on history, obsessed with the gorier details and especially anything flatulent. Each episode has a parody song too.

Kim Thompson, pioneering comics journalist and publisher passed away this morning. Fantagraphics have issued the following release; Fantagraphics

With Angela making her first appearance in the Marvel Universe in today's Age Of Ultron #10, I was curious as to how that visit might be recorded in

Ouch. User tobehulkinued2 posted on the Marvel Masterworks forum; I started on the Byrne Omnibus, but got impatient with the team-up books that are at the

If you pick up a Walking Dead: Michonne resin statue from your local comic shop, you may be slightly worried to discover it doesn't come with it's Todd

  Mark Sable in Occupy Comics represents everybody reading Bleeding Cool. Possibly some of them writing it as well. A pottymouth Red Skull? Honestly,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE3wBUn-0p8 Okay, my favourite video from Patrick Willems and Afterwards They Will Explode to date. The accents are better

In conversation with a number of BBC folk, I have an official statement from the BBC. It regards the recent rumours of the return of large number of

In Max Brooks new zombie/vampire comic Extinction Parade, published today, he gives us a very quick history of vampires. Starting with the classic Bram

  Cory Drewes is an artist running a Kickstarter to fund the production of a number of graffiti-style prints. From a $3000 goal, he has raised over

Red Hood And The Outlaws #21 out today. Red Hood, Starfire and Arsenal. Is it me or does this kind of conversation happen usually about the time someone

I like time travel stories. I love the shapes they make in my head. From All You Zombies to Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure to Making History to The

Last week, Bleeding Cool ran this article, reporting rumours rampaging around the highest echelons of the BBC that a lot of missing episodes of Doctor Who

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UjLswIyuMQ Aaron Haaland writes; Hey Fandom! It's me, Aaron, for A Comic Show's New Comics Now! This the where I get to

It was just one page from a comic book, torn out. It was ungradeable, CGC gave it a NG classification. But it still sold for $660 on eBay. It just

The first issue of Jupiter's Legacy was a generation gap drama made super. The parents don't understand the kids, the kids don't understand the parents,

Douglas Paszkiewicz writes; This was not part of the deal I have been publishing Arsenic Lullaby independently for almost 13 years, I’ve done work for DC,

This year's Image Expo is on July 2nd in San Francisco. There will be five black-and-white variant cover exclusives for the show including a Sidekick

From the DC Retailer Roadshow in New York last night... The books that Batman Zero Year will be spinning off into as a number of books look to their

Three comic books. Three publishers. How can the companies in question get them to sell? Ghosted, the new Image comic by Joshua Williamson, Goran Sudzuka

Last week we ran a swipe file on the cover of Mark Ellis' novel The Spur, credited to his wife Melissa Martin-Ellis. And there appeared to be plenty more