Rich Johnston Archives

The challenge (as set by Spurrierminion#1 Oldhat.) You have been hired to be the art side of a reimagining of LITTLE BOY BLUE AND THE BLUE BOYS, a comic

Photographs by Scott Woods. The individual in a ticket search is Jeff McClinchey. Does he succeed? Let's find out...                    

So. War. Looks like it might be coming, sort of. But with the likes of Nancy Silberkleit, Mark Millar, Steve Geppi, Nick Spencer and others getting

Hannah Means-Shannon, senior New York Correspondent for Bleeding Cool writes; As promised, Escape Pod Comics in Huntington, Long Island, hosted its

Bill Meeks, Senior Dragon*Conrespondent for Bleeding Cool writes; If Dragon*Con... I mean Dragon Con... was High School this would be my senior year. I’m

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bleifRKHgw8 Previews editor Marty Grosser on twenty-five years of editing the Diamond Comic Distributors Previews catalogue

Hannah Means-Shannon, senior New York Correspondent for Bleeding Cool writes; It’s a fairly big week for new issues, though next week promises to be a

Gary Gray, our Senior Scottish Correspondent, writes; Grant Morrison opened his talk at this years Edinburgh International Book Festival with openly

Walt Simonson describes where exactly Beta Ray Bill came from, at Fan Expo Canada... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3hd-CEIxsQ

Brian M. Puaca writes for Bleeding Cool If Jack Kirby were still with us, he’d be celebrating his 96th birthday today. Unfortunately, Kirby died in 1994,

So how to start this week's comics. Something, light, upbeat, feel good and... Okay, maybe Morning Glories wasn't the best way to start. Well then,

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  This is the Time In A Bottle pub, created by Paul Cornell and James Hodgkins for the Knight And Squire comic, a pub filled with Britain;s superheroes,

In today's battle between Batman and Superman from the New 52 and Earth Two past, in hyperdetailed and stylised gorgeousness from Jae Lee, we get an early

Is it really a spoiler to run the image that plays out in Justice League #23? Considering it is basically the same?

Gary Gray, our Senior Scottish Correspondent, writes; It was appropriate that the first event I was attending at Stripped, the comic book strand of the

Gail denies the following makes her a superhero. I disagree. She put herself in potential harm's way to save a stranger, and did something that most

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7ZE7mB1-Uk Aaron Haaland writes; Hey Fandom! This week's New Comic Now is the calm before the storm. It's still a

There's a lot we know about Trinity War. We know that the Crime Syndicate are on their way. We know how they are travelling from Earth Three to Earth Two.

Every week, Marvel add new titles to their all-you-can-eat digital comics buffet. Indeed of late they've really been ramping up the amounts, countering

Here it comes, folks the Cable And X-Force/Uncanny X-Force crossover you've all been waiting for, courtesy of Amazon... Cable and X-Force Volume 4 Father

Kevin Keller's Glad To Be Me by Dan Parent heads up year of collections from Archie Comics in 2014, including their first mature readers title, Afterlife

It was my favourite book from San Diego Comic Con. It felt like a shoo-in for an Eisner nomination next year. And luckily Hannah Means-Shannon, senior New

So, here's the thing. Tomorrow's Catwoman is going to be a hot book. Except not many people know it right now. And revealing why is going to give a load

Patrick Willems and friends hit San Diego Comic Con... my favourite video yet, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po8Mzel8uUk

Scott Mills writes in from Fan Expo Canada with a few more Marvel bits. He tells Bleeding Cool that the Shuster Awards winner for best cover artist, Mike

Years before All Star Superman, years before New X-Men, even before Flex Mentallo, Frank Quitely contributed to the much-mourned Big Books line from

Tim Hanley writes; DC slipped down slightly while Marvel made a sizeable jump to retain the highest total of female creators yet again. We also take a

UNCANNY #3 Andy Diggle (w) Aaron Campbell (a) Sean Phillips (c) FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+ Professional thief-for-hire Weaver is introduced to the

A regular look at the ups and downs of variant covers in the comics industry... Here are the Lego variant sketch covers by Leonel Castellani for a variety