Rich Johnston Archives

The other night on BBC's Celebrity Mastermind, Russell Grant, Diane Parish, Tony Parsons and Paul Gambaccini answered questions on their specialist

In March, as readers of Bleeding Cool can't be unaware, Mark Millar and Steve McNiven publish their creator owned comic Nemesis through Marvel. Also in

In the recent Siege #1 (shipped in the US yesterday, in the UK who knows when) there's a printing error in which dialogue and text is repeated in the Ares

Eve, our Alien Snowman (about to be beamed up to his ship) and Alice. Yes, that's what I was doing when I was meant to be checking my sources, spelling,

Earlier this week, Mark Millar posted on Millarworld, Financially, it makes so much sense for us to do one of our own properties next, either Nemesis or

Here's the full colour version of the Doctor Savage/Spirit/Batman cover by Neal Adams from DC's New Wave series. We previously showed the black and white

Comics archaeologist Pádraig Ó Méalóid has been at it again. We previously reported that Padraig claimed to have found a copyright line in a Young

Big Numbers #4. Miracleman #25. Hepcats #13. And the Cowboys And Aliens movie. Conceived of by Scott Rosenberg and promoted off the back of Men In Black,

The great comic book drought of '10 continues, as Diamond UK confirm there will be no deliveries to UK stores today or tomorrow. There is a possibility

It's not just films that are forgetting to actually have the comic before adapting a graphic novel. This Sunday in Saratoga Springs, the play Manhattan

So why was there no cover image in Marvel's March solicitations for Nemesis, the new creator-owned series by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven? Especially

January 27th. That's the expected date for the official announcement of Apple's new tablet-style machine, known as, amongst other things, as the iSlate. A

I understand that David Finch has signed an two year exclusive deal with DC Comics. Canadian artist Finch has been an exclusive Marvel comics creator for

026 "Heroes" is playing through my desktop speakers. And stops. Moves on to "Clay Bodies" by Zola Jesus. The robot head of Jack Kirby, set next to the

PornWatch: The Guardian looks at Alan Moore's sexual literary history with his illustrated essay 25,000 Years of Erotic History.The book can be ordered

Snow has hit the north of England. And Diamond Comics Distributors UK in Warrington is covered. Add to that icy conditions, closed roads and possible Yeti

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool talked about Take Comics winning a competition to raise capital to fund its development of online comics technology. Looks like

So what have I been up to this week, as we swing round from two-thousnad-and-nine to twenty-ten? I had a look at Neil Gaiman's Statuesque short film, the

And lo, DOCTOR WHO ended the decade with a death and rebirth as both showrunner Russell T. Davies and star David Tennant (as well as executive producer

Splatterman is a new original graphic novel from writing team of Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti, the first comic to be published by Kickstart Productions

TurkeyWatch: As a statue of Atatürk is planned for Kushimoto, Japan, the site where a Turkish ship once sank, its sailors rescued by the local Japanese,

Okay, so I'm not unemployed. I'm busy as all hell. But that mostly involves staying at home, looking after the kids and writing Bleeding Cool. Either way

Okay it's a PR stunt. But I think I've got to give them this. Astronomer Mark Garlik has "discovered" a new constellation in the shape of Stewier

We haven't heard from the Sacremento-living comics con man Josh Hoopes for quite some time. But we have tracked down another of his victims. Indian artist

The USPS has released details of new postage stamp issues through 2010. These include the Sunday Funnies set, including Beetle Bailey, Calvin And Hobbes,

I'm told by close friends that Barry Blair, founder of Aircel Comics, died today from a brain aneurism. He complained to friends of an ear ache previously

The 419 scam is, to some, Darwinian principles in action. The stupid, the greedy, the ignorant, getting parted with their cash. Those emails, often

There have been plenty of TV-to-comics over the years, from Sergeant Bilko to Doctor Who. For some it became a licence to print money, such as X-Files or

BeanWatch: Larry Marder unveils the cover to the next Beanworld volume, entitled "Something More" as the Beanworld enters Summertime, and the Beanworld

Mentioned it yesterday without realising exactly what a scoop it was, then found the pages below appearing as if by magic in my inbox. Noble is a new