Rich Johnston Archives

Louis Falcetti writes; Since comic books, television shows and films are all becoming more and more intertwined we've gotten to a point where it's fair to

Illustrating an article by Political Editor Trevor Kavanagh in Rupert Murdoch and News International's The Sun newspaper on the Leveson report into the

Some may say I'm a bigot for writing this. But I'm sorry, it's a matter of them and us, it's about protecting what is ours, and preserving a future for

Adbusting.

TINTINITIS When the Belgian government funds its comics industry... The Belgian government is also fighting back by attempting to position the country as

Working its way around the world, until it hits the US and goes official, it looks like Warren Ellis and Mike Deodato's Thunderbolts run that span out of

Halfway... ish.

Today, on her message board, Gail Simone replied to the rumours we've been reporting that she may be leaving the Batgirl title. She simply stated; I have

Nick Spencer stood for election in Cincinatti for the Charterist Party. Steve Geppi once considered running for Governor. Chester Brown is a Libertarian

by Chris Thompson This week saw some rather interesting discussion and commentary after Jim Zubkavich (Skullkickers) did a post on his blog about The

The American comics industry is very aware of the British invasion of comics that began in the late 1970s, and in the 1980s saw the greatest qualification

Louis Falcetti writes; I don't know how I ended up ordering Multiple Warheads: Alphabet to Infinity. I'm sure some can relate to that glorious moment of

He almost left it too late. But Sir Paul McCartney appears in the final print issue of The Dandy, as the new digital version launches. Apparently, as a

From Superman #14 by Scott Lobdell and Kenneth Rocafort. Hope to see it here soon...

The internet’s most opinionated (and Greek) comics column, now finally back on regular schedule, from Dr Manolis V It’s three weeks of Marvel NOW

I have never seen a Bazooka Joe chewing gum comic strip. Not in the flesh that is. And now I never will. Oh I'm aware of them certainly, seen photos and

Well isn't that interesting? A Walking Dead iOS game... nothing unusual in that. But it's one that's visually and tonally based on the comic book rather

Ghostface Killah is being sued by composer Jack Urbont for his 2000 album Supreme Clientele in which he samples the theme tune from the Marvel Superheroes

As we were preparing yesterday's story concerning rumours Gail Simone leaving Batgirl, and other DC creative changes, Gail was fueling them on Twitter.

We all know comic collectors can be a little possessive about their prized objects d'art. But I've never seen it go this far before. A 45-year-old married

Posing as Greg Garwood, Josh Hoopes has scammed two more people. Jessica writes; I posted on the DeviantArt forum job section enlisting a comic artist for

Chris Roberson writes for Bleeding Cool; PAGE 1 I’ve always been a huge fan of the Green Hornet and Kato. I think I was first exposed to them in those

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCVaYADzt0U Think About The Ink presents: Jennifer Lawrence and Rebecca Romijn have both played Mystique, and one or both

Just as I was about to run the story about the Villains Month at DC Comics yesterday, I received an e-mail from an anonymous source that not only backed

February brings a batch of new Skottie Young "Baby Variant" covers, tiered to certain order levels, from Marvel. Or the "Young Baby" variants, which still

Are you a collector of the current Death Of The Family storyline in Batman? Think you've got every bit so far, even those Batman And Robin and Nightwing

The first chapter of SuperF*ckers, based on the Top Shelf comic from James Kochalka. Yup. Sweet Mystery. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pqEWo7Rxqc

Louis Falcetti writes; ComiXology, strong and warm and wild and free. What's that? Oh just singing about Comixology to the tune of Billy Bragg's

So anyway, Giles Coren went and wrote this in the Spectator, in an article titled "The problem with graphic novels" They are their own thing. They do not

Well now, here's a thing. Section 203 of the 1978 US Copyright Act allows authors to cut away any contract after 35 years. Which is in 2013. Funny how