Rich Johnston Archives

FilmWatch: Tim Robbins has been cast as Senator Hammond, Hector Hammond's father in Green Lantern. Robbins' previous comic-based film? Yes, that would be

Secret Avengers by Brubaker and Deodato Jr? I want more adjectives dammit! Avengers Academy won't be enough, I want Preppy Avengers Academy!! So what else

It was announced a week ago that NBC are working on a number of new television dramas, including commissioning a pilot  The Cape by Thomas Wheeler, a

As Rich reported last week, many news outlets would only report on the prospect of a WATCHMEN sequel by speculating on the prospect of a movie sequel

I have to say I do have a problem how some sites show off preview pages to comics. Take DC's The Source, they have just put up preview pages of Batman And

Gareb Shamus has bought the North Coast Comic Con and will rename it Cleveland Comic Con. Seriously, there should be a template for this by now. Garab

So just how did Paul à Québec win the Angoulême Public Award - mostly voted on by French voters, when it hadn't even been published in France? Was it all

FilmWatch: Bill Murray has confirmed he'll be in Ghostbusters 3. Ish. In a bullet point-style quasi- interview with the British newspaper, The Mail on

Price: $5.99 How much? $5.99. I know, I almost dropped my bacon sandwich. Comic page count: 45 So that's basically the same as two $2.99 standard books? I

A Little Bleeder writes; Just wanted to say thanks for your articles on Josh Hoopes/Ron Runstrom. Whenever I get a new artist apply I check out not only

FellWatch: Looks like we will be getting more of Warren Ellis and Ben Templesmith's Fell from Image Comics. Warren tweeted; Warren Ellis: just shot six

It was a story I ran quite a while ago. That comic book and fantasy writer Neil Gaiman was to write an upcoming episode of the decades-running British

Is this Alan Moore in the first episode of the new series of Lost? Or at least someone meant to be him? Bleeding Cool apparently inspired this amusing

Next year's Guinness Book Of World Records will feature a special section dedicated to comic books and graphic novels. As part of a list of the best

Spider-Girl is a curio of Marvel publishing history. Created by ex-Marvel Editor-In-Chief  Tom DeFalco with artist Ron Frenz, she is a spinoff character

Getting people to go on the record about any possible Watchmen 2 plans is... problematic. I ran the story two days ago after getting confirmation from a

Comicon.com was one of the earliest big brand comic book websites, hosting both the likes of Newsarama and Heidi MacDonald's The Beat, before both left

Yesterday, Joe Casey gave an illuminating interview into how comic book marketing works, regarding his recent Superman/Batman comic being an Our Worlds At

As the third issue of the Fall Out Toy Works series looms upon us, Bleeding Cool is giving you the first issue of the series for free, followed by the

Olivia Munn is an American actress and TV presenter, best known for her work on Attack Of The Show - and she's even got a part in Iron Man 2. Excellent

Oh you thought you'd had enough iPadness had you? No such luck my fellow men. Here's a runaround from Jim Shelley of some of the people who were talking

I remember reading (and enjoying) this Evan Dorkin comic, coming off his excellent Bill And Ted comic book (now available in glorious black and white from

PaperWatch: The Guardian ask if the existence of Kick Ass will make Spider-Man 4 redundnant - and describe Kick Ass, rather wonderfully as Matthew

So I run a well sourced story on Bleeding Cool that a series of Watchmen prequel/sequel comic book projects are being considered, even pursued, at DC

"I will say that Vertigo is an area of great interest to me. It is even less well tapped than other parts of DC, and could potentially offer amazing

Here's the international Kick Ass poster. Empire gives it five stars apparently. I'm still not allowed to tell you what I gave it, bloody embargo. Anyway,

Froma publishing fair in Hong Kong comes this look at the Avengers teams for animation - seems a good way to get the kids used to differing continuities

I understand that London comic book creator Brendan McCarthy is currently in LA, taking  meetings with a number of  major film studios to pitch a

Apparently a number of the Wizard World Comic Cons this year will be hosting what they call "Sanctioned Trading Card Gaming tournaments" Magic: The

MausWatch: Art Spiegelman is to give a lecture at the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium on the Dickinson College Campus, Carlisle, Pennsylvania today at