Rich Johnston Archives

Tim Hanley writes for Bleeding Cool; Both publishers did a little bit better in July, but they also remained far off their best totals. The slew of big

Astro City artist Brent Anderson had a large amount of original comic book artwork stolen last month from San Diego Zoo, worth tens of thousands of

VertigoWatch: A spread from Unwritten #28 by Mike Carey and Peter Gross. FoodWatch: The Independent covers Marvel cake molds... AnalysisWatch: Time Out

With DC Comics releasing their November solicitations, we can take a look at how the relaunch is handling the creative teams on tight deadlines and no

Helmetgirls: Origins is a new original graphic novel by Camilla d'Errico (Sky Pirates) and Joshua Dysart (Violent Messiahs, Unknown Soldier) based on a

How did Nick Spencer arrange an exclusive contract with Marvel that still allows him to write a comic for DC Comics? Put it down to the ex politician's

It paid for my honeymoon and my bathroom back then, you know. The decision by Paul Levitz to pulp DC's Elseworlds Eighty Page Giant back in 1999 came at a

Deadline reports that, as expected,  lawyer Marc Toberoff is appealing the decision made by the courts in the case of the Kirby estate vs Marvel over the

The “Remake/Remodel” challenge, founded by Warren Ellis, gives artists of all abilities the opportunity to show-off what they can do in the midst of the

Coincidences where pop culture reflects real events are unpredictable and fascinating. I finished last week’s column before the riots in London escalated

It's the beginning that does it. The cover to Heart #1 by Blair Butler and Kevin Mellon is the first panel of the story. The second panel happens a second

Bleeding Cool was very happy to help raise the profile of Our Love Is Real just before publication. So, it's not exactly parental pride, but possible the

Well basically, that was the reason I was buying the book, though I was enjoying Salva Espin and recently Jamie McKelvie's work on the book too. But, you

Northwest Press, a specialist in publising LGBT comics, has announced that Apple have approved a number of their titles without any issues, including one

Gotham Girls Plushies from Michelle Legendre, on DeviantArt... Another week, another Lying In The Gutters, another look at what you've all been reading on

We may be in sunny, breezy bright Summer still, but the books we'll be ordering are for deepest, darkest November... blimey, I'll be 39 then. Hmm. Anyway,

Ultimate Fallout #4 featuring the first appearance of Miles Morales is getting a second print. Nothing too unexpected about that. But Marvel are

Two weeks ago, we ran an image based on an original by Coelasquid, that had been updated and improved by denizens of 4chan/co, showing a variety of

Daniel Best has run a full and fascinating report on a deal between Steve Geppi and the family of Archie artist Bob Montana to buy his collection of

Jason Young has decided to commission a wide variety of artists and cartoonists to re-create Fantastic Four issue 9, page by page, from his own pocket,

"He was fed up with pool and we went and sat at a quiet booth. I didn’t really expect the tirade I was about to receive. There was no warning, he just

GooglePlusWatch: We ran a piece on the Google Plus identity debate over the weekend. Ryan Estrada nails it. Genderwatch: The female creative statistics

This is not a Batman sketch by Jim Lee on eBay. I mean it should be obvious but already it's getting bids close to $200 with eleven hours to go. But how

Eric Glover writes for Bleeding Cool; Thinking over three reactions to an article on the Barbara Gordon controversy About a month ago, I wrote an op-ed on

When I bumped into Brian Bolland at the opening of the new Gosh Comics in London, we reminisced about the Erro swiping of his work, and how Bolland was

Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, have you seen this man? This is Kenneth Arron, or Kenny Aaron, or Kenny Yochelson... or whoever he is today. Bleeding Cool

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool I get asked on occasion why I still go and cover Wizard World Chicago. It's not quite the event it once was, lacking

From Rob Liefeld, a couple cover sketches for Hawk and Dove. The first is an abandoned cover for issue 3, the second is a rough sketch for the cover issue

From Botgirl Questi; There are a number of comic book writers who work or have worked under pseudonyms, including Oscar Jiminez, Frank Quitely, Jamie

A very real Man Thing created by Mike Campbell of the Where Monsters Dwell podcast, via Don MacPherson .