Rich Johnston Archives

Thanks to our Ian Pattinson for snapping this one in very nice detail from the Captain America movie set - the Excelsior Cigar Shop and the Vernon Photo

Bleeding Cool has reported problems with the current schedule of the Superman book, following writer Joe Michael Straczynski's health issues. And while

On Tuesday, the 2010 Telefilm Pitch This! competition, the eleventh to date, was won by a very familiar sounding movie pitch. With Hamlet, Juliet, Othello

Marvel have teased the following image; Using the "All New, All Different" line used to summon the original (and final) appearance of Thunderbird, it

Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's book as part of the ten issue Multiversity series next year, will be entitled Pax Americana, as the

In the middle of the night, on a Chicago street, Lexi finds a Winnebago with it's door open. Inside, the stereo blares reggae, and a pale, older man

Some will see this as being invited to commit hari kiri, others a way to grab some money in the inevitable move to digital, for others a chance to ground

There was a line from Paul O'Brien's X-Men Azazel review that sticks. "If you like this comic, you are objectively wrong.  I can prove it with graphs."

Living in an age where every thought is blogged; every face is booked; and every passing moment is tweeted, retweeted, and finally pasted under an old New

Are they just trying to get Chris Sims to enlist? While Jack Kirby may have fought on front lines, and comics are always  being sent to American

With Heidi MacDonald seemingly painting this column's analysis of recent comics statistics as reeking of alcohol fumes from the pub we'd like to point out

I mentioned the other day that Paul O'Brien's review of Uncanny X-Men #433 was my second favourite of his. My first is his review of Uncanny X-Men #439.

In the left corner, the new low budget superhero movie written and directed by Mark Millar, Miracle Park. In the right corner, Miracle Park, in Palm Beach

Aaron and Mike from A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, and presenters of A Comic Show for Bleeding Cool every week have a very special message to their

Okay, so it's not Watchmen 2. But recently on BBC Radio 4's The Strand, twenty minutes in, Alan Moore spent considerable time talking about the creation

With Tom Strong and the Robots Of Doom snaking to a conclusion, the cry goes out - what's next for the Science Hero of Millennium City? Turns out, another

I understand that a week before the new Skullkickers #1 ships to stores from Image Comics, the creative team have already created and signed off the cover

Bleeding Cool has previously reported on Mark Millar's low-budget superhero film that he's written and is currently directing in Scotland. Described as

MooreWatch: Classic comic short story Pictopia, by Alan Moore and Don Simpson, is being exhibited at the ToonSeum in Pittsburgh from the 25th September to

Springheeled Jack by David Hitchcock was a beautifully crafted graphic novel that found a small but loyal audience in the US and UK and an Eagle Award to

If the printed comic is the lifeblood of the comic book industry, conventions its soul and the local shop the beating heart, then comic societies are the

To celebrate John Romita Jr drawing Judge Dredd for the new American reprints, here's a run through of some commissions from US artists of the Judge and

When Alan Moore, Dan Clowes and Art Speigelman did their comic book store signing in Simpsons, voicing themselves, I felt that Neil Gaiman got a bit

From the Drudge Report. With, um, a few additions. Thanks to Joe Szilagyi for the original screencap.

Matthew H. Kleinert is an attorney and long term reader of Spider-Man. Till today. His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of Bleeding Cool. But

Here's a look at the exclusive items Avatar is bringing to the New York Comic Con. In order we have (breathe in) Neonomicon #1 NYCC Exclusive Cover (Jacen

The Firestorm fansite FirestormFan posted a rumour from comics fan Brandon Leonard reporting that at Toronto Fan Expo, a writer said that he'd turned down

Every now and then a reality show has to confront a voting scandal. Whether its work edited together to elicit a certain reaction, the use of vocoding

Currently all DC hardcovers are shrinkwrapped when shipped to stores. It stops the books from being damaged  - but also being browsed through. Sometimes

Aaron and Mike from A Comic Shop in Oregon, Florida run through the week's new comics for Bleeding Cool, as well as let us see their party footage from