Rich Johnston Archives

Michael Bay writes; Paramount marketing changed the name. They made the title simple. The characters you all remember are exactly the same, and yes they

Peter S. Svensson reports for Bleeding Cool. Eventually. Rob Pereyda is the craziest editor-in-chief in the industry, and you’re only now just hearing of

The Danger Club comes out from Image next week. It sold out at Diamond Comic Distributors a week ago. I'm sure there will be a press release along any

      Is it really only ten years since Dan DiDio, smuggled into DC by Warners as a co-writer on Superboy with Jimmy Palmiotii, was made a

As the cheque that bought Superman goes to auction, Warner Bros now say they want a trial by jury over what happens to the rights to Superman in the

StoreWatch: The famous Nottingham store Page 45 gets profiled by the local press. Page 45, in Market Street, believes it is the only comic bookshop in the

Dr Manolis Vamvounis writes for Bleeding Cool; What happened this week in comics!   I didn’t have the heart to spoil this last week, but in the shocking

Gendercrunching January 2012 January wasn’t particularly great for either publisher, with both DC and Marvel just barely reaching double digits for female

You're a retailer, enjoying the success of The Walking Dead in your store. The comics disappear off the shelf, the collections won't stay in stock, it's

Bleeding Cool has pointed out how, after increased discounts and valuable variant cover distribution, comic book retailers basically getting all their

This is a public message to the comics industry from Bleeding Cool. The names have been removed to protect the guilty. If, as a senior comic book figure

That's what it feels like, looking at the new solicitations anyway... apologies to the Blues Brothers. Top Twenty Stories By Traffic 1. Batman And Wonder

Lee Barnett writes for Bleeding Cool; “When it comes down to it, it's about who you know, and who's a fan. It's about whether you're the right age,

  Here's a preview of the AVX comic, Versus, intended to expand the fight scenes in the main title like children sat around a schoolyard scrap. And

On the left is Jim Lee's Batman. On The right is Paola Di Clement's Nathan Naver, a popular Italian comic book. It has caused quite the stir, but could

Well now this is a thing. Tommy Lee Edwards of Turf and 1985 has worked with Edgar Wright of Spaced and Shaun Of The Dead, with voiceover by Julian

At the weekend, CB Cebulski took part in a round table discussion about the comics industry for the Toronto Star. An unexpurgated version later went

Adi Tantimedh writes for Bleeding Cool; I’ve always had a soft spot for Abel Ferrara’s movies. Apart from the Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese, I felt

Last week, Editorial Vid, the publisher of DC Comics in Mexico announced they no longer had the rights to do so and had ceased publication. This has been

Batwoman won another GLAAD award for DC Comics this year, under the title Outstanding Comic Book in New York. Other nominated comic books were Avengers:

MangaWatch: Vietnam gets an exhibition focused on female manga artists. Manga authors Mutsumi Hagiiwa from Japan and Foo Swee Chin from Singapore, who

Tickets to the San Diego Comic Con 2012 sold out in 90 minutes of being onsale. But there were problems with the forwarding link sent out to people by

Acme Comics in Greensboro, North Carolina entertained a group of third grade students from The Sumner Elementary school this morning before they left to

Marv Wolfman, amongst many comic book acheivements, co-created the character Blade for Tomb Of Dracula. After the first movie was made, Wolfman sued

Yesterday we ran a few clips from CB Cebulski's foodie interview for the Toronto Star that told a number of home truths about comics book creators, the

Thanks to the Little Bleeder at the Doctor Who Convention this weekend, who very discretely let us know that they'd bumped into Mark Sheppard, who played

Marvel has done this digital-to-print voucher before but there are a few new rules this time. Rather than get the voucher with any purchase, you have to

PresidentWatch: Cartoonists for Romney, apparently an unaffiliated, pro-Romney cartoonist resource... FinchWatch: We wrote about how Canadian artist David

When Batman was arrested for driving the Batmobile without tags/number plates. Of course not, he's trying to preserve the car's secret identity! Don't the

Actor and comics writer James Amus, who has recent written a Generation Hope arc that I much admired, has a new Marvel comic out. It's completely free.