Rich Johnston Archives

As Tom Lehrer sang "It doesn't matter how sincere it is, nor how heartfelt the spirit. Sentiment will not endear it, what's important is the price" And

Issue seven is out today. Issue nine is solicited for February. But issue eight, out in January, will be the last. Creator Owned Heroes, the Image

This is the place memes begin. From today's Iron Man #4, by Kieron Gillen and Greg Land. A mansion with a password protection system... Hey boys, hey

From Avengers #1, we get a rather entertaining comic book that posits seperate philosophies against each other. And then uses fists to decide the debate.

Earlier this year, Eddie Berganza was demoted from Executive Editor at DC Comics to Group Editor after a public display of sexual harassment at WonderCon.

  There are more aspects that tie into Death Of The Family in some of the non-tie books that with today's die cut cover Detective Comics #15. At

Amazon has announced Freetime Unlimited, a new subscription service for kids that lets them download books, movies, games and comics from a restricted

A number of things were announced internally by DC Comics yesterday. Hopefully we'll get to some of them during the day. But one that happened a few days

Here it is! Free gratis, funded by Kickstarter. Of course if you want the version with the two extra Marc Silvestri pages at the back, you'll have to pick

BURBANK BOUND? Peter David writes; Meanwhile it seems DC is getting closer to moving to Burbank. I’ve been hearing about this for years but now it seems

Today, Marvel published Amazing Spider-Man #699, the follow up to the explosive twist in Amazing Spider-Man #698. So, you know, spoilers.

Chris Thompson writes for Bleeding Cool... just before he heads off to Malta! Taylor and I have mixed views about this week’s Marvel Now! books, and find

Will we learn more about this over the next few hours? I have been assured that we’re not talking redundancies, and I’m told that settled a few nervous

Alex Wilson writes; I Love Trouble starts off with some serious trouble in the form of a plane going down just outside Kansas City. This is where we meet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxFBZdkqwFY Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop of Orlando, Florida writes; Hey Fandom! Today has the biggest Marvel Now books

Earlier in the week, one person was arrested for on the charge of murdering another over a broken Marvel Comics collectible glass. Yesterday, another has

Tomorrow, Marvel publish Avengers #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opena. It looks like it might be rather good. Here's a video preview... including the

Bleeding Cool has been talking about DC's upcoming Villains Month for a short while now. A chance to reintroduce a host of supervillains to the new DCU,

Pedro Bouca writes for Bleeding Cool; Trifecta, the sole story on 2000AD prog 1812, is a landmark for a lot of reasons, not just for being one of the

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAtViDHexRc From 2010, in a trailer for Avengers #7... is this the first proper idea of what was coming? Of course, back

The French bookstore chain Cultura has replaced FNAC as the main sponsor of the world's largest and most prestigious comics convention. This represents a

Here you go, folks. The Transformers IDW Collection Volume 1 Deluxe Limited Edition Hardcover. For the Transformers fan with more money than sense. Which

At DC Comics today, they've been holding individual meetings with staff members, and are about to start a general meeting for everyone. I haven't heard a

Louis Falcetti writes; Welcome back to another edition of A Dog Named Indie, where I’m going to be bringing the world of independent comics to you for the

We mentioned this ysterday, a social media-driven satire on the portrayal of women in comic books with people redrawiing certain scenes recast with

If you are a comics creator, trying to get in touch with your DC editor, today might not be the best day to try and do so. I am told that today, at its

Three years ago, comic book writer Ken Penders began a series of legal actions against Archie Comics and Sega for the exploitation of characters he

A VERY DANDY DAY The British media goes apeshit over the end of The Dandy in print and its launch as a digital publication. THE WALKING HACK Yesterday,

Tuesday sees the publication of the final issue of the weekly Dandy comic book in the UK, after seventy-five years, issue 3610. It guest stars Paul

I've worked with a legend for 25 years. She's the best, & I'll miss her gentleness & sanity at VertigoDC - Neil Gaiman I've long said there are