Rich Johnston Archives

Here’s the headlines, based on DC Comics solicitation information for new monthly comics for February (minus the licensed, creator-owned and Vertigo

Here's the headlines, based on Marvel Comics solicitation information for February. Marvel Comics (minus the licensed and Icon titles) now publish more

Beginning in 2000AD Prog 1712 out next week, Brendan McCarthy, co-creator of ReBoot and artist on Spider-Man Fever has created a two part Judge Dredd

So, Marvel announce the Death Of Spider-Man - but aha! It's the Ultimate Spider-Man! Fooled you! Is it me, or was Ultimate Spider-Man actually meant to

Yesterday, Marvel announced that the readers could decide which Deadpool comic would be cancelled, Deadpool Team-Up or Deadpool Corps. Rob Liefeld, who

It began yesterday with this tweet; Left my iPad on the Delta flight to LAX, didn't realize it until I walked in the door at home. I'll never see it

Gamma Proforma DJs, graphic artists and ABSOLUT cocktails. Music, comics and alcohol, the deadly three. Works from from Syd Mead, 123Klan, Paul Pope, Phil

SwipeWatch: Big Bang Theory's "I Informed You Thusly" - Bleeding Cool's "Respectfully We Informed You Of This Event At An Earlier Juncture". ImmoWatch:

Marvel's decision to reduce the amount of repeat titles it's publishing of its core characters had been welcomed by fans committing to collection a

Okay, this is shocking. Josh Hoopes is one of the biggest con artists in comics. Although to call him an artist is a bit of a joke in itself. I've

James O'Barr, creator of The Crow, has a new version of The Crow on the way with over sixty pages of material. And he's been appearing at a number of

The life and times of Steig Larsson, author of world-wide acclaimed  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, are being turned into a graphic novel. Swedish

Christmas is coming, the fanboy's getting fat Please put an omnibus in the old man's hat. If you haven't got an omnibus an absolute will do. If you

Could Iran's reported hatred of Spider-Man lead to a scene such as the one above? Welcome to Lying In The Gutters for another week. This Sunday I turn

At the London Film Museum right now. Laura Hadland has created a Na'Vi mosaic made up of 4,000 Blu-ray discs for her film fanatic husband, and with a

So there’s this game that just came out that’s all shooty-shooty and shit, and it seems to be a big deal… Cold Warrior looks manly even when taking a

Hastings continue their roll out of comic stores across certain parts of the country, and have now established the largest direct market comic chain in

A few eBay listings that might be worth bringing to your attention. First up is an original piece of art by Dave Sim featuring Lady Gaga and Cerebus

The superhero is the dominant cultural myth of the 20th century, and with each passing decade there comes a work to re-imagine and contextualize the

LateNewsWatch: Chicago Now picks up on the AMC-banned Comics Vault ad we ran last week on Bleeding Cool CatWatch: The Garfield Veterans Day Conspiracy

From the new issue of Amazing Spider-Man, by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos. Coming a few months after Kevin Smith on Batman: The Widening Gyre Seriously

According to the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Mohammad Reza Naghdi, the commander of Iran’s Basij force has declared that Spider-Man is an

In the left corner it's Susan Boyle and her album The Gift, current the UK's number one. And in the right corner we have fictional comic book family The

Thanks to DC Comics' Facebook page, here's a run through the corridors at 1700 Broadway...

CosplayWatch: Photo by Patrick King, from Wizard World Austin. Brilliant. EmotionWatch: The anger of John Byrne; "I realize that what I am about to write

So DC announce the Return Of Doomsday in response to Marvel's Death Of Spider-Man? Well, from the CBR Not-A-Cup-Of-Joe, Marvel strike back with the return

It's been years without any new Alan Patridge material in the UK, and fans of Steve Coogan's Norwich-based sports reporter-turned-chatshow host have been

Here's a video report of the Rio Comicon held this weekend, from Brazil's Globo News. Kevin O'Neill talks about not being inclined to use the phrase

It's hardly a secret now. But later today Wizard World will confirm that, yes, as of next year Mid Ohio Con will join the Wizard World Comic Con lineup,

My wife once bought me Dave McKean's Cages from Gosh Comics. I was so so happy, I hadn't a clue, I didn't know she even knew I wanted it. She wasn't my