Rich Johnston Archives

Dan Fraga has posted to his blog eleven pages of pencils and a further nine pages of layouts for an unseen issue of Superman dating from 2003. Why is it

Mark Waid told us all that the inordinately talented and innovative Marcos Martin was leaving Daredevil. "Unfortunately, it was something that came up

That's the tweet sent out at the end of September, assuring people as the news streamed out that DC Comics were getting into bed with Amazon Kindle Fire,

You could wait till the time next year to buy the print version of the XIII Mystery volume, Steve Rowland, by Guérineau and Nury published by Dargaud. Or

These kind of opportunities don't come along too often. So it's worth making a feature of it. Simon Shaw of Legacy Comics in Halifax writes; Legacy Comics

Tomorrow, Rian Hughes is lecturing for the Typographic Circle at JWT London in Knightsbridge tomorrow. Leading designer in the comic book field (including

"You can't jazz tap your way to Number Ten" Somewhere between Alan Partridge and Yes Minister comes The Real George Osbourne, a new internet sitcom about

ThanksWatch: Give thanks to Bill Mantlo. "Mail is required by law to be delivered immediately to residents. For someone like Bill, who may not have a lot

You can see the thinking, sat at the Image Comics booth at a variety of comic conventions across North America... all that travelling, all that fuss, all

Not here obviously. No spoilers for Fantastic Four #600 here. But I understand that Marvel is looking to get a little publicity for this comic when it

Kate Kotler writes for Bleeding Cool; I feel almost guilty slagging off (in any way) on the book Geek Girls Unite, How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks

They may be ridding themselves of some of the lower selling titles at Marvel in an attempt to raise profitability. But don't think that means Marvel will

I've said it before, pre-relaunch, I was not a fan of Tony Daniel's Batman. I'm not a Batmanologist of any sorts, but a love a good dark knight story as

Could this be the best Thanksgiving deal for aspiring or working comic book professionals? Manga Studio Ex 4 down from $300 to $60 on Amazon right now.

The Avengers and The Justice League courtesy of dNa... 39 today, I shaved my beard off. Mid life crisis over. But now I look like a potato. Okay, so what

Art For Hope is a digital anthology of art from Viz and Autodesk, launching on the first of December. Skullkickers' Jim Zubavich and Chew's Rob Guillory

From Patrick Willems for Bleeding Cool, Marvel super villain The Spot makes an appeal to the top for his own series... And the video that inspired

It's not one of the more higher profile of the New DCU books. Maybe this kind of thing might help that? Artist Scott McDaniel's trailer to the new arc,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csTf2Z7xlQ0 WARNING: SPOILERS ABOUT SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD AND THE GLORIOUSLY SILLY BOLLOCKS IT GLEEFULLY TROTS OUT. For the

Si Spurrier writes; This episode’s crop of Remake/Remodel favourites. Instructions went as follows: “Fantomah is a mysterious godlike being who protects

From Greg Capullo's Facebook... a page of Batman #3 pencils. And the page it became...

It's voting day today, folks, voting day. The popular tumblr DC Women Kicking Ass has held a month long tournament to decide which DC female character is

In this month-and-a-half's CLiNT Magazine, out later this week, Dave Gibbons and Mark Millar talk about their new comic book, The Secret Service, created

PekarWatch: The memorial to Harvey Pekar has met its $30,000 target in Kickstarter. PosterWatch: The inspiration for Occupy posters. The strong

We've just had another new episode of Misfits in the UK. And naturally there are spoilers if you haven't seen it. So, you know, do the usual. Don't Let A

Sorry for the paucity of posting today, folks, birthday tomorrow, family descended, and I'm now off out to the BBC for a double recording of Just A

Paul W Franklin writes weekly for Bleeding Cool about the life of an Extra. When somebody asks if you'd like to work on the new Martin Scorsese film,

MooreWatch: Laura Sneddon talks to Alan Moore; "I suppose all fictional characters, especially in adventure or heroic fiction, at the end of the day are

I picked up Generation Hope this week expecting to hate it. After all, it wasn't written by Kieron Gillen anymore, was it, a victim of the "Nextwave

Last week, when the Frank Miller blog exploded across all known media (to the extent that he won't answer questions about it right now), film director and