Rich Johnston Archives

BackWatch: Heavy Metal Magazine needs three back covers. Think you're up for the job? Dave Elliott writes; We need three pieces of artwork from three

I heard rumours about this story earlier in the week, but due to its nature, didn't want to run what was then largely speculation. A number of Texan

We're continuing to look at comic stores that are going above and beyond for Free Comic Book Day this year. On May the 5th, at Samurai Comics East in Mesa

It's the cover to Walking Dead #19. It's the first appearance of hit Walking Dead character Michonne. It's drawn by Walking Dead co-creator Tony Moore.

John Romita Jr, co-creator of Kick Ass, The Gray Area and long standing Marvel artist will be attempting to sign and sketch continually for longer than

This could well be the biggest comic publisher debut in a decade. I understand that X-O Manowar #1, the debut title from the new Valiant Entertainment,

We knew it might well be coming in Secret Avengers #27. Because of, you know, the cover and content descriptions, and that kind of thing. But instead, it

This letter appears in the new issue of Daredevil, out yesterday. Mike Allred's iZombie comic book has been cancelled at Vertigo, and while naturally he

Here, from Brendan McCarthy's files, is his rejected-by-Marvel Wolverine pitch from a while back. Tried this one out with Jason Aaron on script. He liked

Tick, tick, tick... This is the last day you can order Bleeding Cool Magazine and actually be sure to get it. It costs $1.49 for the Preview #0 issue.

There's a new Crossed: Wish You Were Here webcomic from Si Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine out right now. You know, around this time last year,

The last issue of Playboy featured an original Walking Dead short story by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlars. The new issue features an interview with

So what's coming down the pipe next week and the week after? Dark Horse have just the one comic, but it is Andi Watson's Skeleton Key so that's good. DC

It was meant to come out two years ago. It didn't. Now Top Cow have made it available to retailers without going through the usual channels. Which means

BeforeWatch: Heidi MacDonald takes on Before Watchmen. M&G were so on board with the idea that a DC film crew went and interviewed them for HOURS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q4Od9A2Nto Mike Wellman, the manager of The Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach, California, takes us through all the Free Comic

Tim Hanley writes for Bleeding Cool;  The Big Two tied this month, and at a decent number too, which gives us a unique opportunity to compare how DC and

We recently reported the rise of Avengers Vs X-Men sales after hitting the market. The following chart shows that in detail, with issue 4 getting more

We've been following the rise of Kickstarter and its affects on the comics industry. One pertinent trend is the increase of name comic creators using the

Bleeding Cool continues to celebrate comic book stires that are going above and beyond for Free Comic Book Day in 2012, this May the 5th. Collectors'

Bleeding Cool ran the cover to Goon #39 a while back, and I made a point to buy it as a result. Then, when picking it up, I noticed something else that

OKay, so slightly late to the party, due to a little manic time management, an exclusive extended preview of today's A Game Of Thrones comic, and a batch

Flashpoint. The alternate DC Comics history that reshaped the DC Universe and led to the DC Relaunch and the New 52 last year. And now, it appears, to be

So, the massive incentives retailers were given to order massive amounts of Avengers Vs X-Men comics have not only see the comics sell through once but

New Avengers gives as a reworking of the opening of Avengers Vs X-Men, seeing the planet of plant people destroyed, but in terms of our own world... a

I possibly could have guessed from the cover. But I didn't. This month's issue of Superman, by Giffen and Jurgens, gives us the Wildstorm villain Helspont

In today's Astonishing X-Men, Marjorie Liu and Mike Perkins give us a big old fashioned superhero fight scene between these X-Men and the Marauders, both

Uncanny X-Men #10 and AVX: Versus #1 are both published today. And both books seem to have a similar take on, basically Avengers Vs X-Men #1 and #2.

Dr Manolis Vamvounis writes from Greece. Where they have just got last week's comics...   In AVENGERS VS X-MEN #2 the fight is ON! The second issue

StanWatch: Stan Lee doesn't know why Jack Kirby would get a credit on The Avengers movie. TeamWatch: Phil Hester and Todd Nauck are reviving the