Rich Johnston Archives

Two years after joining Marvel as a talent director after being a director of publishing at Harris Comics, Bon Alimagno is off again. He has quit his job

It has been observed that Marvel doesn't like keeping a large backlist of their hardcovers and trade paperbacks. Or indeed any backlist. And as a result,

It's was an odd product update from Marvel. Fantastic Four #601 will be printed in a self-cover format, where the paper stock on the cover and the

Sorry for the reduced content today folks. I've been suffering with flu and have found it impossible to concentrate on anything. I couldn't even play

In last week's address to Comic Book Resources by Axel Alonso, much attention was focussed on his spoiling of the upcoming issue of Avengers Academy. Oh

The BBC have reported on the current decline in the Indian comics industry from its glory days. See if you recognise any of the following statements.

Here's two free comics of the Flash Gordon comic that Dynamite isn't publishing. But Ardden Entertainment is. That's what happens when you license the

Comic book conventions and the internet. They have brought down the traditional divide between author and reader. And while for many this is a

FluWatch: Bleearrghh OtherMotherWatch: Chris Riddell's illustration from the upcoming tenth anniversary of Coraline reissue... TranslationWatch: Glenat

Not everyone's mother threw their comics out when they were at summer camp. No, at least one of them just stuffed them in the attic. Which is how George

Yesterday, Kevin Smith tweeted; Mr. @JayMewes is doing a BLUNTMAN & CHRONIC cartoon and we need an Alfred voice, all British and whatnot. It's gotta

He writes the Marvel Adventures books for Marvel, their no. 1 subscription titles, that get republished all across Europe and South America on newsstands.

A rather wonderful sketch by John Byrne. It's been a week of sales, spoilers and swipe files, with some more Granito-like action to come later. But this

Laura Sneddon conducted an interview with Alan Moore for the Independent newspaper that was a little on the short side. Thankfully she's transcribed the

So there is much rejoicing that James Bond is back. Production will be starting soon with casting news coming fast and thick. There had been a lot of

  Beginnings is an anthology project from attendees of the Australian Capital Territory comic book meetups. It currently will include the work of

What do you get the man who's co-created everything? Stan Lee is 89 in one months time. But rather than getting him a pair of socks, another tie or the

In an interview with the Pittsburg Trubune, Duane Swierczynski, talks about his new novel, Hell And Gone. During which he confesses as to how writing the

If Frank Cho and Dean Haspiel can win Emmys, then 2000AD artist Steve Roberts can win a BAFTA (British Academy Of Film And Television Arts) . Known for

So who is doing what on Cyber Monday? Skybound is giving Bleeding Cool readers a free copy of The Walking Dead signed by Robert Kirkman with any purchase

NookVsFireWatch: Which is better for reading comics? Nook or Fire? "Unlike the Fire, the Nook Tablet can pinch to zoom in those spots of artwork that

Another week, another chance to stay up and watch a new episode of Misfits. Obviously, spoilers, spoiler everywhere, as far as I can see. Especially the

Thanks to one Little Bleeder who bought eight boxes of Golden Grahams to get the set, here are the covers and inside pages of the Justice League comics

The DC Universe is a mix of fictional and real places. You have Metropolis and Gotham, you also have New York. And various cartographers have tried to

Here is the opening two panels of last week's Justice League Dark, by Peter Milligan and Mikel Janin. And this is "Into The Mist" by photographer and

It wouldn't be the first time that iconography associated with Alan Moore has escaped into the wild. The blood splattered smiley face image, created by

He thought it might have been announced at this years's New York Comic Con. It wasn't. What is Frank Cho currently drawing for Marvel? And why do

Stephan Burn writes for Bleeding Cool; Irrespective of whatever differences they may have, Grant Morrison and Alan Moore, what they do have in common is

Matt Busch, creator of the Indiana Jones World Maps intended to benefit disabled veteran charities, has given us the latest on his attempts to retrieve

Justice League #1 was the sales highlight of the New DCU with copies sold getting closer and closer to that half million spot. But what if there was a