Rich Johnston Archives

So this year McAfee have led the field spectacularly in a pandering-to-Comic Con-PR article in which they reveal that that searching for Aquaman can lead

Chris Thompson writes; San Diego is a hive of activity as it prepares itself once again for the oncoming storm that is Comic-Con International. Now in its

He's written Doctor Who comics. He didn't write Doctor Who/Star Trek despite the credit. He scripted half an issue of Superboy. And he wears a waistcoat.

John Brownlee writes for FastCoCreate about the decision to allow US soldiers to request that the symbol of Thor, the hammer Mjölnir, be placed upon their

Adi Tantimedh writes; So Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim opened last weekend and there are some people who think it’s a rip-off of Transformers. Those

Earlier today, Nancy Collins posted on Facebook "Just turned in my first main-stream comic book script in 16 years." Something tells me that an upcoming

Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool ran reports of a serious dispute between Dawn creator Joseph Michael Linsner and his ex-colourist Eva Hopkins. Linsner

Grand Passion is a new comic book written by James Robinson, coming from Dynamite. He describes it as a comic about "two wayward characters Doc and Mabel

John Schork writes an e-mail from his new Oni Press e-mail address to send a press release to state that he has been hired by Oni Press, after moving from

Steve Niles, author of 30 Days Of Night, is moving from vampires to demons to reboot the Army Of Darkness franchise at Dynamite with Ash And The Army Of

At the weekends, Beanotown at London's South Bank hold free workshops for kids. This weekend that consisted of Aardman Animator Jim Parkyn teaching kids

 By Cameron Hatheway Sure comics and graphic novels are always awesome, but sometimes the eyes tire and you need a break from word balloons and super

Louis Falcetti writes; Some writers can't help but batter you over the head with their influences. Every page seems to be dripping with visual asides,

By Chris Thompson This week I have a special guest co-host in the form of ‘That Fred Girl’ Nicole Rodrigues. First up we take cover with Ed Brisson,

By Dirk Manning In case you missed the news, I have two new books in PREVIEWS this month: a double-sized flipbook from Image Comics titled Love Stories

San Diego Comic Con Exclusive Lego figures of Superman, Green Arrow and Spider-Woman, you can be sure scalpers are already mentally lining up. The grumpy

Hmm...something seems vaguely familiar.

Troy Wall writes; I worked in the small press for many years, most notably on the BloodRayne comic book series for about five or six years. I'm a prideful

This is the first week we've had three creator owned comics in the Top Ten of comics sold in stores on Wednesdays and Thursdays and they're all from

Was £200. Although did anyone pay that? Now a much, much more reasonable price. An inflatable Dalek that you can ride around in. If you're of a certain age.

  Bleeding Cool’s Kickstarter Correspondent, Shawn Demumbrum has lead three Kickstarter campaigns to launch comic books, two successfully funded and one

This week in Dawn: The Swordmaster’s Daughter & Other Stories from Image, Joseph Michael Linsner announced a new Dawn series, Always Darkest, to be

Louis Falcetti writes; Quick! What's the hottest trend in pop culture right now? No it's not zombies, geez louise, where did you come from 2010? And it

Hey! The Gender in Comics panel has no men on it!! I shall wait for internet outrage ! — Stephen Wacker (@StephenWacker) July 13, 2013 It does, after all,

Here are a few shots from the set of the Veronica Movie from the weekend, thanks to Little Bleeder "The Anonymous Tip" who was walking past...

Someone in East Hollywood Neighborhood Council must really like Alex Ross...  

By Cameron Hatheway I was tremendously impressed by The Outhouse when they didn’t kowtow to DC earlier this year when asked to tone down the parodying or

Dylan Gonzalez writes; Beer: Pizza Beer Brewery: Pizza Beer Company Well, this is certainly a bizarre one. I would like to think I have tried my fair

By Cameron Hatheway It used to be people didn’t acknowledge lettering in a comic book unless it was bad lettering. I know that was certainly the case for

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrVYAvJ-B9A Alan Moore has made his Kickstarter total to fund the last of his five Jimmy's End short films. And now he and