Rich Johnston Archives

    It's been pointed out that Portland may have the greatest number of cartoonists and comic book creators per capita than anywhere else. So

Potato Comics is publishing Xeric winning small press title Freedom by Seamus Heffernan in April, now distributed by Diamond Comic Distribution. Set

Say you have an awesome idea for a comic book... where do you begin? The knee jerk reaction would be to start drawing... or writing a story. Stop! Ask

Again, much thanks to Midtown's database for this one. You've already seen Marvel's April 2012 solicitations - albeit with the credits of March. Well, now

As the comics industry comes to grips with what will be coming to stores in April and May, there is one book likely to smash sales record that's not from

BuffetWatch: A Japanese biography of Warren Buffet has now been translated into English. PastaWatch: Tintin, now in pasta form. TrialWatch: Tunisian

Five days ago, Rob Liefeld tweeted; Infinite fans -Update I tried a new finisher/inker over 14 pages of issue #5. I loved em but split decision at

So I'm getting my six year old daughter a subscription to a new comic book she's been reading. Not by Marvel, DC, Archie, not from the staples of DC

Okay, "needs" is a strong word. As Paul Duffield says, he can work one day a week on his new graphic novel, and it may take years. But if he can raise

Coming from Bongo in April, is the Simpsons Comic spinoff Milhouse, Bart Simpson's Pal, written by Gail Simone and Pat McGrealm and drawn by Bob Smitjh,

Paul W Franklin writes for Bleeding Cool about the life of an Extra. Recently I've been pootling around the East coast of Australia, in a rather carefree

Sam Humphries is well known to Bleeding Cool readers. He's scored monster self distribution hits with Our Love Is Real and Sacrifice. But before writing

PiracyWatch: Megaupload is shut down by the US - which shows that authorities don't need SOPA or PIPA to target internet piracy. Now all they have to do

Grace Randolph's Between The Pages - Catwoman

Courtesy of Midtown Comics, here are the Marvel solicitations for April 2012. Ish. For monthly comics at least. There seem to be a few glitches that need

Maybe you know him from his recent X Club work. Or from his 2000AD and Judge Dredd comics. Maybe from his Bleeding Cool column or his Remake/Remodel

"The superhero who suggested that all this fighting was just silly and everyone should just kiss and make up." Or the cover to Wolverine And The X-Men #9

John Rozum wrote the first four issues of Static Stock in the DC New 52 relaunch, a replacement for the previously announced Felicia Henderson, before

April brings many delights. But one specifically appears to be a soft backed version of The Pterodactyl Hunters In The Gilded City by Brendan Leach,

So, one Kickstarter project has gone down in flames leaving nothing but... ashes. Alex De Campi has promised to refund pledgers if they wish, and to

Making your own digital comic for worldwide distribution on iOS. And by digital, I mean with all the bells and whistles. Panel by panel guide, animation,

There was one time when Ron Perazza was consider one of the most powerful up and coming comics employees, DC's digital expert and founder of their

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool gave you issues 0 and 1 of Kirby Genesis by Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross and Jack Herbert from Dynamite.... for free. Today, you get

Welcome to the act of "foreheading" where two butch males press their skulls against the other, while also demonstrating the size of their respective

Right now there is a clash between copyright systems between the USA and Europe. In the USA, anything created before 1922 is public domain. In Europe, it

That's the thing about White Apes Of Mars. They can get ever so grabby. Dynamite are launching a new Wardlord Of Mars spinoff. A new Warlord Of Mars:

This is a list of Marvel titles shipping to comic stores in the month of April Of note, there is no listing for Generation Hope. It is presumed cancelled

XXXWatch: Looks like Barbara Gordon is back in the wheelchair... but only in the porn parody version for Extreme Comixxx line of DVDs. And I'm betting she

The standard cover for Fatale #1 from Image Comics has just successfully sold for $9.75 plus $3.95 shipping The standard cover Prophet #21 from Image

Lollipops, T-shirts, comic boxes, temporary tattoos, bookmarks, wristbands, stickers, buttons, there's a lot more to Free Comic Book Day than Free Comic