Rich Johnston Archives

Not Paying Peanuts For Peanuts
United Media Licensing, which owns the licensing rights to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the ''Peanuts'' gang have been sold by owner E.W. Scripps
Smurfs Are Back Smurfing In America
I blame Avatar. Suddenly it put Smurfs back in the national consciousness. NBM/Papercutz are republishing the Belgian comic book series created by Pierre
Diamond UK Get Their Comics Through
Today I received a Bleeding Cool cheque from Avatar Press and a Tales Of The Uncanny package from Steve Bissette. I can almost smell the volcanic ash on
Random Acts Of Mark Waid
Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray and Giancarlo Caracuzzo's new graphic novella from Image Comics is published next week. A metatextual tale about a comic
Superman No More? (JMS Responds!)
A couple of weeks ago, Bleeding Cool reported rumours that Marc Guggenheim may have stepped down from the Action Comics book, because of JMS' insistence
Yet More Comic Icons For The Wall
We just can't get enough of Rogan Josh/ModHero/Etsy's prints with iconic views on some of American comics' biggest names. Here are the last two posts
NPR Catch Up To PBS Comics Scamp
National Public Radio has caught up with a story I ran last year, The JP Silva PBS/History Channel Scamp. I reported how Mr Silva has been calling comic
More Comic Icons For The Wall
We showed you ten earlier... so here's another ten to match. I've just ordered the Mad Man/Mad Men. Diamond bullet to the forehead that one. Don't walk to