Rich Johnston Archives

This does rather sound like another fairytale-iconcs-remixed-for-a-modern-adult-audience-and-hell-can-we-get-a-film-out-of-it, even with the name Damsels.

It's Thursday, so you know what that means... another chapter of the free webcomic Crossed: Wish You Were Here from Si Spencer, Javier Barreno and Gary

Here is Will Romine's Cosplay costume as Starro that he will be wearing for San Diego Comic Con... and the cover that inspired it!  

The Catwoman Zero comic cover by Guillem March has caused a bit of a storm online. Comics Alliance does a wonderful job of collecting some of the mockery

PayneWatch: The Independent feels the Payne First issue After the Fall ‘sheds new light on Max’s life through key events from his troubled upbringing,’

I get a lot of comics sent to me by e-mail. A lot. I'd like to read them all. I don't. But I try. I'm glad I tried this one. Been sitting in my inbox for

It was the double punch of Jupiter's Children and Happy that seems to have done it. Frank Quitely and Grant Morrison, creators who had worked for DC on

Jesse James writes for Bleeding Cool. Sometimes there are creators out there that just don't care what the rules are and the % of failure in the comic

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

Has the bloom come off the copper-plated rose, where steampunk is concerned? I only ask because the trademark-baiting Antarctic Press’ Victorian Secret:

In an interview about MorrisonCon, Darick Robertson stated that he has a new creator-owned series for DC Comics in the works with Christos Gage.

Ame Comi: Wonder Woman #3 came out yesterday from DC Comics, digitally. Here's the credits page. But it's actually drawn by Tony Akins. As Amanda's

Okay, this filling took a little more loosening. I had to use pliers, a baseball bat and a large camel. As a result, it's a bit crumbly. It's certainly

And there it is. A third filling. Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca, taking over the Fantastic Four when Jonathan Hickman leaves for The Avengers.

Here's another filling that's coming loose. After his five year plan of writing Fantastic Four came to fruition, it's time for Jonathan Hickman to turn

Okay, here we go. Yesterday's Marvel Switcheroo piece seems to have knocked a couple of fillings loose. And one of them is that Rick Remender and Jemery

Batman #10 reintroduces a relatively minor character to the modern Bat-mythos, one that I personally never expected to see again, in a very major way. Said character does have a pedigree in the DCU, albeit a very short one, so now that I've gotten some buffer to prevent accidental spoiling out of the way, I can get down to business. You want to know more about this person? Well, here we go:

So what sweet sweet comics can Dynamite tempt you with today? Here's a couple of extended previews for Captain Victory and Vampirella...and extended

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfLE9Us1jeQ Patrick and Matt have brilliant idea: make a funny video about Christian Bale's voice. Little do they know that

Dynamite Entertainment has signed up the rights to Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt, one of the original Charlton Comics characters that inspired the characters

VegasWatch: Darick Robertson, Robert Kirkman and Jason Aaron join the guest list of MorrisonCon. GayWatch: This is the year the comics industry turned

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WdjnfLqmBg Aaron Haafeld of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida wrote; Seriously, Batman #10 should be pronounced "Batman

Thanks to the amazing site Cake Wrecks for these spectacular Marvel superhero cakes from around America. Such as this stack from Andrea's SweetCakes.

Dr Manolis Vamvounis writes for Bleeding Cool... SO THE EGG REPRESENTS ALAN MOORE’S WISHES AND HIS RESPECTABILITY WITHIN DC AS THE CREATOR OF WATCHMEN

Adam Messinger writes for Bleeding Cool; Brian Wood. Did you hear that? Good. Get used to it. You’re probably going to hear it a lot if you’re reading

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_72wqAS_K-s Thanks to Heri Mkocha, who gave us this collection of outdoor MCM London Expo cosplay snaps for this video

When Image Comics signed up Jonathan Ross and Bryan Hitch's book Americas' Got Powers, it was a real coup. One of the biggest name A-list artists in

The last we heard from Jim Starlin was annoyance that he didn't even get an invite to see the Avengers movie, featuring his own Thanos in the end credits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvxqKVXGzNI Before Watchmen has begun! DC Comics kicks off Before Watchmen with Minutemen #1 from Darwyn Cooke! Find out

Okay, these are a bunch of rumours running around regarding whatever happens after Avengers Vs X-Men at Marvel. Some of these are bound to be wrong. Apart