Dr Fredric Wertham, pursued the comics industry over perceived dangers towards children in their titles, and successfully infantalised the medium in
Rich Johnston Archives
I want them to stop catering to the perverted needs of forty-five year old men, I want to stop seeing Batman fucking Black Canary, I don't want to hear
Wonderful. Wonderful. Remember that protest group that was concerned about McDonalds using superheroes as Happy Meals toys for kids? Well, their protest
All power to the couple. I mean, not all the power in Middle Earth. But you know... Comic book legend Adam Hughes has just married long time partner
This is The Bleeding Cool ComicChron Robot speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I
Roger Fletcher of Diamond Comics Distribution gets in touch regarding the note that Diamond UK sent to retailers this morning saying that a Tuesday
Bleeding Cool has the first art by Szymon Kudranski for Bruce Wayne - The Road Home: Commissioner Gordon #1 coming out in October. Written by Adam
A few weeks ago Bleeding Cool reported that Noel Clarke (companion on Doctor Who, writer on Torchwood, writer/director on aDulthood) was looking for comic
Doesn't it feel the one of these is the sequel to the other? Both issue ones, both on sale, one from Marvel, one from IDW, today in the US, tomorrow in
Number crunching takes a terribly mercurial and statistical take on modern pop culture. Ascribing to the motto: Never mind the quality, feel the width, in
Despite Diamond's letter to publishers stating that comic books would now be delivered to all comic shops in the USA and the UK on the Tuesday of each
English film blog Hey You Guys was offered the original Kick Ass costume by Universal Studios to play with, and asked Bleeding Cool's Brendon Connelly to
TwitWatch: had a dream last night that Alan Moore and I killed @richjohnston with copies of @dodgemlogic. odd - though the worst bit was me making a cup
What's the comic? CLiNT, from Mark Millar anf friends. Featuring Kick Ass 2, Turf, Nemesis and Rex Royd. Cost: £3.99 ($6.17) Comics story pages: 71 Price
Couldn't make it to Fan Expo Canada? Of if you did, missed out on a panel or two? Time to catch up! Drawing Ahead: The Future of Comics (51:36, 47.2mb)
Pilgrim is a modern day magical fantasy horror series by Sebastian Baczkiewicz, broadcast by BBC Radio 4. And it gloriously and unashamedly rips off John
Aaron and Mike from A Comic Shop in Florida talk about tomorrow's comics. See, they already get their comics on a Tuesday. Soon every comic shop will do
Last week, Bleeding Cool broke the story that Diamond Comic Distributors would move to ship comic books to all comic stores across the USA to Tuesday, for
Bluewater Productions continues to relive Revolutionary Comics' history with startling similarity. Kenneth Feinswog, has sent cease and desist notices to
Daredevil hasn't yet been made into a Silly Bandz or a Character Bandz. Even though Abomnation has. There's no justice. But Jock's cover art from
Collectable? Check. Cheap? Check/ Loved by kids? Check. Silly mispelling using the letter 'z' at the end? Check. Silly Bandz are a major US youth craze
Boo hiss. Paul Cornell's screened pilot of his new hospital sci-fi horror TV show Pulse on BBC 3 has not been picked up for a series. At the Edinburgh TV
Jeff McClinchey got busy with the clicky at the Fan Expo this weekend in Toronto. He told Bleeding Cool; The show seemed bigger then ever. They changed
What is it with arching back bald men with small hooked noses that Jae Lee just loves? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each
MarvelWatch: Today is the first anniversary of Disney's purchase of Marvel Comics. What has changed? In the day-to-day comics, very little. Certain
No advice, examples, tutorials, anecdotes or sneak previews in this special edition of Pond Life, just a cautionary tale and some setting straight of the
Many people seem to believe that Alan Moore hates films. He just doesn't like a lot of them these days. And he's not keen on people taking what he once
Or, The World of Visual Novels Part 3 This week, I’m going to cover a third visual novel creator, Type-Moon. Where 07th Expansion has become a successful
Both made headlines. Both were believed to have died at the hands of a sci-fi gun. Both had their roles taken over by their most famous sidekick. Both had
Another week, another set of statistically based lists on your Lying In The Gutters. Still trying to digest the gossip spilling out of the conventions. So