Rich Johnston Archives

Here is an exclusive first look at the finished art for a series of beer bottle labels drawn by multiple Eisner-winning Nexus artist Steve Rude. These are

When the USA Today article about the upcoming Image comic The Big Lie by Rick Veitch and Gary Erskine hit, I'm not sure that they were expecting the

It was only weeks ago that I talked to friends of Leandro Fernandez who told me he was still working on Mark Millar's upcoming Hit Girl series. Well,

It would be crass and simplistic to say that Horsewoman from Demon Knights #1 is a "replacement" for Oracle, who seems to be regaining the use of her legs

Diamond Comics Distribution and Diamond Books Distribution, the leading comics distributor in Northern America, generally gives retailers around 40-55%

You can probably blame Mr Law for Jude jumping from 174th to 88th place. But Logan makes an even more impressive leap from 158th to 28th place since 2000,

Word comes to Bleeding Cool that Barnes & Noble, previously moving into periodical American comic books in a big way, may be performing a bit of a

Okay, so this is how they are playing it. Counting down till the revelation of who the next Ultimate Spider-Man will be after the death of Peter Parker.

Powers, the comic by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, has been filming its pilot episode. And artist Van Oeming, has been sketching the

Steve Uy was an acclaimed Marvel and DC comic book artist on books such as Uncanny X-Men, Avengers Initiative and Eden's Trail, the latter of which was a

My second-to-local university is involved with the Comics And Conflict conference being held at the Imperial War Museum in London in August. Conference

BeanoWatch: This week's Beano is a special National Trust issue... This week's special issue of The Beano comic is the first time the National Trust has

Untold Tales Of Spider-Man was a comic by Kurt Busiek and Pat Olliffe (and a few friends), that told early stories of Spider-Man, all for an

So Amazing Spider-Man #666 hit today. The beginning of the Spider-Island mini-event. And a chance for retailers to get their store on the front of the

Earlier today, digital comic book readers were pleased to discover that The Red Wing by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra was available through comiXology

Here is a video of what the retailer digital storefronts may look like when DC Comics goes day-and-date digital in September, powered by comiXology. And

We suggested last night this may be coming. Kick Ass 2 #1 was published on October 20th 2010 . Kick Ass 2 #2 was published on March 20th 2011. And that's

At San Diego Comic Con I learned that, bucking market trends, the amount of comic stores in North America rose by 0.5%. And both Marvel and Diamond are

Martin Ansin's illustration for a Rolling Stone magazine piece on Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark... And the cover to The Sensational She-Hulk #3 by John

Keep Your Pants On: Dating Advice for Geeks, Nerds and the Like Elliott Serrano and Kate Kotler write for Bleeding Cool; Kate Kotler is a geek girl with a

This is a vampire from the most recent X-Men #1, by Victor Gischler and Paco Medina. And this is a vampire, Mr Dark, from Bullet & Justine by Mauro

Coming out this week is Crossed: Psychopath #4 by David Lapham and Raulo Caceres. And because this Avatar, you don't get one choice of cover, oh no. You

Colleen Doran writes "some time ago, J Michael Straczynski approached me about developing a new look for Wonder Woman for a possible, more

From Hollywood Reporter, a look at the Geoff Johns/Ivan Reis Aquaman series.

Two origin stories. Both familiar characters. Both portrayed as young boys being used by the American government to fight their wars. In Captain America

Okay, so, minor spoilers for X-Men Schism #2 out today. But I thought this one was worth celebrating. As we saw in X-Men Schism #1, the world has been

JobWatch: Want to be a Mad Magazine Senior Analyst? StupidCriminalWatch: The Captain Comics store in Boise is broken into, smashing a window, but the

Mark Millar and John Romita Jr's sequel to their Marvel comic Kick Ass has been plagued with delay, rather, which Millar has attributed to John Romita Jr

At the San Diego Comic Con, David Gabriel from Marvel said that they had had to remove a Sarah Palin appearance from one of the one hundred and fifty

Kate Kotler writes for Bleeding Cool; There is an old adage about pop-culture which I find to be particularly true: “If you create it, the porn will