Rich Johnston Archives

Lots of names to drop here. Yesterday's Google, Yahoo, will be offering motion comics with Liquid Comics, the company that used to partner with Virgin to

HellWatch: Matt Groening brings Life In Hell, the strip that inspired The Simpsons to an end after thirty years. The last “Life in Hell,” Groening’s

Here's a still from the Vibe teaser for the DC Shorts videos playing on DC Nation. And here is a fan image of Vibe that preceded it, mashing up the logo

What's out next week and the week after? Surprisingly we have a little more info from more companies for a fortnight's time... But next week gives us a

(Slightly late, sorry...) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL66MARlzB4 Aaron Haaland writes; This week I totally laughed out loud enjoying these books!

Dave Dellecese writes for Bleeding Cool; Never underestimate the appeal of a simple good vs evil story. Last week I wrote in my blog, thedorkydaddy, that

Dave Sim writes; "A Public Plea:  I don't know how far this will go, but it's definitely a Prime Concern: If you know anyone with CEREBUS original artwork

David Doub writes for Bleeding Cool; So I was reading several articles on various comic book websites and the question came up of why there are no

Wedding fever is clearly in the air... the celebrate the marriage of Northstar and Kyle in Astonishing X-Men #51 today, Earthworld Comics in Albany, New

And so it begins. From Fruitless Pursuits, Before Watchmen: Minutemen rewritten...

Well there you go. This is where those Walking Dead #100 massive orders have been coming from, making it the highest ordered comix for quite some time,

In November, one gay icon meets another, in Archie Comics. Kevin Keller #6 will co-star George Takei, best known as Lieutenant Sulu. And it was at a comic

Freakshow are to release a series of comic book-based skateboard decks, starting with Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon, under the name Longbox Edition.

A look through a bunch of this week's comics. There may be minor spoilers but I try to avoid anything too gratuitous, like saying that at the end of

The big game-changing event at the end of Avengers Vs X-Men, couldn't be the introduction to the Marvel Universe of Marvelman could it? I only ask because

WeddingWatch: The New York Times reports on today's same-sex wedding at Midtown Comics Downtown, to coincide with the launch of Astonishing X-Men #51. In

Dr Manolis Vamvounis writes for Bleeding Cool; Last week in panels (in a hurry): OFFICIALLY OUT OF IDEAS The 2003-06 era Joe Quesada would have lots of

This is the Bill Sienkiewicz cover for Hypernaturals #1 from Boom! Studios. It is available, slabbed at CGC 9.8, to all retailers who ordered a very large

Here's a scene from tonight's launch of Astonishing X-Men #51, featuring the wedding of Northstar and his boyfriend Kyle, from Orbital Comics in London,

Christian Hoffer writes for Bleeding Cool; As most of you are aware, Robert Washington III passed away last week. Mr. Washington is best known as the

You publish fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty comics a month. Sometimes schedules slip down the cracks. Sometimes solicitations aren;t as complete as you

The latest half comics-half animation-half social network inspired narrative is back (in three halves) for its third episode. The Random Adventures of

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4rcNQeRukw I always enjoy Grace's videos, but I'm really enjoying her use of text and graphics in this run down the new

Firstly I'm told by one retailer than the box sets of all the Mars Attacks covers look totally awesome. Then I'm told by another about the image on the

Ultimate Spider-Man is a successful show on Disney XD, with decent ratings, audience reaction and the kind of thing a broadcaster likes to hear. It was

Launching at San Diego Comic Con are these Adventure Time-based MIMIBOT flash drives, based on characters from the cartoon series and comic book. Of

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjJbkv1H3PM The BBC's new Wimbledon trailer reminded a number of Bleeding Cool readers of another advertising campaign...

Here is the introduction to the Art Of Chaykin by Howard Chaykin, published by Dynamite this week. It is written by Brian Bendis, better known for comic

GlitchWatch: Kick Ass 2 hardcover gets a 50% discount from Amazon UK... a greater discount than many retailers pay... VolunteerWatch: The kind of industry

Here are five pages from Before Watchmen: Comedian, published tomorrow, by Brian Azzarello and JG Jones from DC Comics, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly.