Rich Johnston Archives

No, it wasn't Mark Millar. Or Geoff Johns. It was One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda, with an annual income from the comic and merchandising, netting him a

MediaWatch: The mass media finally notice the planned death in Fantastic Four as Marvel kick their PR into gear. MoneyWatch: Beano and Dandy publisher DC

Brits know Piers Morgan well, Editor of the News OF The World and then the Daily Mirror newspapers, celebrity obsessive, left-winger and smarmy bastard.

In a presidential news conference happening right now, President Barack Obama has stated, regarding greater bipartisanship in policy making, that

The Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans Of America have announced a new reward, a year's subscription to the Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited service. It's free

Here’s the numbercrunching headlines, based on Marvel Comics solicitation information for March. At NYCC, Marvel announced they would be reducing the

"...gone is the father of Kal-El" Written and sung by Michelle Osorio. See, definitely Christmas time when this sort of stuff starts happening. Anyone

There are spoilers for Neonomicon #3 below. Neonomicon#3 leads off with an FBI interview as the crew tries to find their missing two agents, Brears and

Bleeding Cool covered reports regarding the warring factions of Frank Frazetta's family in depth when Frank was alive, with differing family members

This is The Bleeding Cool ComicChron Robot speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I

You've waited long enough. Tomorrow in the USA and Canada and on Thursday in the UK, snow willing, comes the third part of Alan Moore's final graphic

Misse the live show? Don;t worry, you can always play catch up with Bleeding Cool and our handy dandy little bleeders Ismael Tirado on video and Farhan

Chew #16 from Jon Layman and Rob Guillory ships tomorrow in the US and on Thursday in the UK from Image Comics.

Aaron and Mike of A Comic Shop in Florida celebrate Christmas with a Geoff Johns Larfleeze Christmas Special, the real cover to Batman Inc #2 that DC

Can this officially be the first online Fear Itself parody? Okay, okay, here's the actual Fear Itself teaser artwork stuff. Okay, okay, sorry, I did it

Here you go folks. The first issue of Warlord Of Mars by Arvid Nelson, Stephen Sadowski and Lui Antonio for free reading from Dynamite The third issue of

"There is nothing to fear but fear" - Sir Francis Bacon "There is nothing to fear but fear itself" - Franklin Roosevelt "Whatever knows fear burns at the

Keith Davidsen writes for Bleeding Cool. If you’re a Little Bleeder, you’ve heard the name David Lapham quite a lot.  As one of the most distinct voices

Here’s the headlines, based on DC Comics solicitation information for new monthly comics for March (minus the reprint, licensed, creator-owned and Vertigo

It's only been a few years since Paul Levitz was so disgusted with the way The Boys portrayed superheroes that he cancelled it, and let Dynamite take over

TweetWatch: On Pat Lee... "ridiculous...this guy owed me almost 5k" - Marcelo Matere. DADTWatch: JH Williams on Batwoman: "Now to figure out what this may

So right now my brain is rocking a little. A little while ago I was approached by one of the Dabel brothers. You know, the folks who have set up numerous

Here are two pages from next month's Jennifer Blood #2 from Dynamite. Oh, and the Tim Bradstreet cover. Look, she's got a gun. You can find a preview of

Felix Ruiz is an artist who owes a fair bit to the work of Bill Sienkiewicz. For example, this from Uranian. Quite Bill-ish, yes? But he won't leave it

So,who wants to buy a comic store? Here's an email sent to me - sadly, I don't have the money. And Chicago is a hell of a commute. So... anyone else fancy

Tweet Of The Night: "I've been laid off from Fantagraphics. Wednesday will be my last day as The Comics Journal's newsblogger". - Dirk Deppey. Damn. This

‘Tis the week before Christmas, and the ‘toons are all about the TRON LEGACY. Probably staying home from the movies at lookitmoves@gmail.com I’ve begun

Would you like to see more raw inks of Bill Sienkiewicz over Neal Adams pencils for Batman Odyssey? Would you? Would you??? Go on then.

When Mark Millar announced Kapow as the first big British comic con in London since the UKCACs, people at the MCM Expo were understandable a bit narked.

The following is based on a combination of bar and party talk in and around the blocks of Manhattan that separate DC from Marvel. Use your own judgement,