Rich Johnston Archives

ThanksWatch: Give thanks to Bill Mantlo. "Mail is required by law to be delivered immediately to residents. For someone like Bill, who may not have a lot

You can see the thinking, sat at the Image Comics booth at a variety of comic conventions across North America... all that travelling, all that fuss, all

Not here obviously. No spoilers for Fantastic Four #600 here. But I understand that Marvel is looking to get a little publicity for this comic when it

Kate Kotler writes for Bleeding Cool; I feel almost guilty slagging off (in any way) on the book Geek Girls Unite, How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks

They may be ridding themselves of some of the lower selling titles at Marvel in an attempt to raise profitability. But don't think that means Marvel will

I've said it before, pre-relaunch, I was not a fan of Tony Daniel's Batman. I'm not a Batmanologist of any sorts, but a love a good dark knight story as

Could this be the best Thanksgiving deal for aspiring or working comic book professionals? Manga Studio Ex 4 down from $300 to $60 on Amazon right now.

The Avengers and The Justice League courtesy of dNa... 39 today, I shaved my beard off. Mid life crisis over. But now I look like a potato. Okay, so what

Art For Hope is a digital anthology of art from Viz and Autodesk, launching on the first of December. Skullkickers' Jim Zubavich and Chew's Rob Guillory

From Patrick Willems for Bleeding Cool, Marvel super villain The Spot makes an appeal to the top for his own series... And the video that inspired

It's not one of the more higher profile of the New DCU books. Maybe this kind of thing might help that? Artist Scott McDaniel's trailer to the new arc,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csTf2Z7xlQ0 WARNING: SPOILERS ABOUT SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD AND THE GLORIOUSLY SILLY BOLLOCKS IT GLEEFULLY TROTS OUT. For the

Si Spurrier writes; This episode’s crop of Remake/Remodel favourites. Instructions went as follows: “Fantomah is a mysterious godlike being who protects

From Greg Capullo's Facebook... a page of Batman #3 pencils. And the page it became...

It's voting day today, folks, voting day. The popular tumblr DC Women Kicking Ass has held a month long tournament to decide which DC female character is

In this month-and-a-half's CLiNT Magazine, out later this week, Dave Gibbons and Mark Millar talk about their new comic book, The Secret Service, created

PekarWatch: The memorial to Harvey Pekar has met its $30,000 target in Kickstarter. PosterWatch: The inspiration for Occupy posters. The strong

We've just had another new episode of Misfits in the UK. And naturally there are spoilers if you haven't seen it. So, you know, do the usual. Don't Let A

Sorry for the paucity of posting today, folks, birthday tomorrow, family descended, and I'm now off out to the BBC for a double recording of Just A

Paul W Franklin writes weekly for Bleeding Cool about the life of an Extra. When somebody asks if you'd like to work on the new Martin Scorsese film,

MooreWatch: Laura Sneddon talks to Alan Moore; "I suppose all fictional characters, especially in adventure or heroic fiction, at the end of the day are

I picked up Generation Hope this week expecting to hate it. After all, it wasn't written by Kieron Gillen anymore, was it, a victim of the "Nextwave

Last week, when the Frank Miller blog exploded across all known media (to the extent that he won't answer questions about it right now), film director and

US federal agents, working with Mexican counterparts seized seventeen tonnes of marijuana earlier this week, as attempts were made to smuggle the haul

Look, it's Stan. Just go with it, okay? TheRealStanLee.Com starts soon... Note that The Real Stan Lee is nothing to do with StanLee.net. Which was

No one in the UK actually calls the newspaper The Times Of London, it's just The Times. But foreigners still like to. And it has a certain feeling of

This is Computo the Comic Link Conqueror speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I

Yeah, this isn't going to play well is it? Marvel cancelling their LGBT solo lead comic, the other book written by Rob Williams of Ghost Rider (which has

Don't call them Point Ones. Or Flashpoint Ones. But I understand that DC is planning a number of books, ancillary one shots if you will, intended to plug

The Lion's Head Tavern is on the corner of 109th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan. It's been open since 2002, offering "wings, beer, and sports".