Rich Johnston Archives

FurryWatch: Here's the cover to the third Grandville hardcover, Bete Noire, by Bryan Talbot. Out in December in the UK and January in the US.

Mark Millar is to be presented with an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by Glasgow Caledonian University next Thursday. Millar, who lives in the

The DC Comics blog published a list of upcoming hardcover and trade paperbacks well into 2013. Which is usually a sign that the info has been given out to

Here's how it originally looked back in 1962... Photo taken in Orbital Comics, London.

Shane Davis is the Earth One: Superman artist, but who now seems to pulled out from the series after the first two books (or at least significantly

Here's a quick peek at the 1:100 variant cover for Archer & Armstrong by Barry Windsor Smith-contemporary, Neal Adams. It does seem to be kicking off,

A couple of days ago, Bleeding Cool pointed out how MarvelTVNews was posting fabricated information in order to attack Marvel, picked up by many other

At Bleeding Cool, we've been following the different types of digital comics that have been emerging. Those that use limited animation. Those that use

DC Comics are looking to reduced their stock of the following books by offering them to retailers at a massive discount. What that means is that in a few

I've been told that, while many DC Comics freelance writers have suffered rewrite upon rewrite, note after note, change after change, from the current

Collectors Cornered is a weekly video column, filmed inside Collectors Corner in Baltimore. Join us every week as we discuss comic book news from a

This week's Crossed: Wish You Were Here webcomic chapter has just gone live. And basically this is the only grouping  of panels I can show you without

A couple of years ago, JG Jones began writing a six issue story for his Doc Savage, with Phil Winslade on art, that started with issue 13. The comic was

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