Rich Johnston Archives

There have been riots in London the last few nights, with copycat situations kicking off in Bristol, Liverpoool, Birmingham and Nottingham, with looting

At the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour this weekend, ABC President Paul Lee told reporters, talking about TV series Castle, that Andrew

It was the Sunday Telegraph that did it. With the headline "Smutty Show A Comic Outrage", it looked at Robert Crumb's upcoming Australian appearance,

A hit at the Kapow comic convention in London, Joel Ronson is a thirteen year old young man (happy birthday Joel!) who loves comic books. And wants to let

This is the giveaway poster for the new John Carter series from Marvel. Um. You know, I'm sure the Princess is the person John Carter is rescuing, or

At the DC Retailer Conference in the UK, Bob Wayne, Senior VP DC Comics told the assembled retailers that he believes  All-Star Western is the  most

Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson's Astro City will relaunch with a new #1 and from then on be a monthly title, UK retailers were told today at the DC

I love the way pop culture has a tendency to coincide with the times in ways so coincidental nobody could possibly foresee. Take this week. We have the

Alan Moore states, on the matter of PFC Bradley Manning, held over charges related to the Wikileaks expose; “With any legitimate trial of whistleblower

Yesterday on 4chan/co, an anonymous individual claiming to be a DC insider spilt a lot of information. From an ongoing Grant Morrison/Alex Ross New Gods

So that was the race week that was. Normally the Perry White news would have made an impact, but Spider-Man stole his thunder somewhat as the entire media

Elliott Serrano and Kate Kotler write for Bleeding Cool; This week we're giving advice to someone looking to help their geeky friend avoid falling into

Marvel's longest running comic Fantastic Four concluded with issue #588 last year, twelve issues short of the #600 issue, and restarted with FF #1. Well,

Big Planet Comics in Washington DC in celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary this year. So they've sponsored a series of alternative endings to Nick

Isotope in San Francisco ran a late night party event with Grant Morrison last week, to celebrate the launch of his new book, Supergods: What Masked

There were almost eighty Godzilla #1 retailer-specific covers. There were one hundred and fifty Amazing Spider-Man #669 retailer-specific covers. There

Marvel do love a silhouette don't they? They really do, playing a game of who's-in-this-issue-who's-not and we all play along like giddy schoolchildren.

Okay, so I didn't get into the DC Retailer meeting in London today - I had been semi-invited but it all seemed to fall through at the last minute. I ended

Accroding to the TV Guide, Robert Kirkman is considering writing a Walking Dead graphic novel, Volume Zero, that would show just how the two character

TwitterWatch: StephenWacker: @KurtBusiek I only hear your negative thoughts. I'll see you on Bleeding Cool tomorrow. FeifferWatch: Fantagraphics will not

We know the story. Jack Kirby, enraged by the lack of respect and/or money he was getting from Marvel Comics, moved to DC. This was a big deal, the

It's time for a preview of one of my daughter's new favourite comics. Reed Gunther, an all-ages Western comic from Image, that rather enjoyable on all

Accessible, embeddable, here comes Cerebus TV to YouTube, from Dave Sim and friends. We start with the Steve Canyon board game, we move onto the comic

A Banksy-eye-view on the current Murpert Murdoch phone hacking scandal.

Dave McKean was signing at the new Gosh Comics today, which brought all the usual suspects out to pop by, some to see Dave, some to see the new store,

I don't know. You wait ages for a Kevin Maguire Metal Men to come along, you pick up the 100 page Metal Men Spectacular collecting the Metal Men backup

Thanks to all the people who emailed me this one. Bryan Talbot has announced the threequel to his steampunk anthropomorphic series of graphic albums,

Our Love Is Real has been a real cause celebre for Bleeding Cool, and the authors kindly credited us for their comics instant sell out of all three

At the Kapow Comic Con earlier this year in London, Mark Millar and friends set the world record for the fastest completion of a comic book, with writers

This is the approved DC radio ad that retailers can run in their local area, and get 75% of the costs back. Shame it's so very very dire. Some of you know