Rich Johnston Archives

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

Okay, we've all seen it now... but what actually is going on? From a vampire story, shot in Trogir... Ah, Miss River Song, glad to see you again... or

Indian mobile phone comics, or momics, have received some Bleeding Cool coverage, but 2010 promises a lot more. Mogae Digital in a joint venture with

Kurt Westergaard, the Danish cartoonist whose work showing the Islamic prophet Mohammed caused international controversy, gaining a million dollar bounty

Neil Gaiman wrote and directed Statuesque, a short silent movie for Sky TV starring Bill Nighy and Amanda Palmer as part of their Twelve Films Of

1. Now that DC Entertainment looks like it may take a more aggressive role in the marketplace, look for the battle of the exclusives will kick up again.

SURVIVOR OF THE DECADE Who hung on despite the odds? Who reinvented themselves for a new audience? Who shows no sign of it slipping away? Rob Liefeld was

SCOOP OF THE YEAR So what were the best Bleeding Cool/Lying In The Gutters scoops of the year? There were a lot to choose from The industry announcements

SWIPE OF THE YEAR Many to choose from, there are some favourites below, including another X-Men classic from Greg Land; A Terminator swipe from Bryan

HAVE A GO IF YOU THINK YOU'RE HARD ENOUGH AWARD So, who's had the acid tongue these days? Well Mark Waid has been on point talking about DC employees

FIRING OF THE YEAR One of the true oddities of the year was the lack of expected firings. Of course I lost my job before being rescued by William

Despite the recession, this was one of the better years for people owed money and there were no major comics bankruptcies. Zenescope went from being one

Achieve even a modicum of success in the field of writing comics -- a solitary prideparticle of Published Material; a lonely tick on your comicography; a

Sorry about the silliness earlier, here is the full image - although why Peter Parker's nose is still hidden beats me... and yes, it's the return of the

Blackest Night has been the big crossover that has pushed Green Lantern to the fore, redefined the mythos of the character, made it relevant to all the DC

He's bald, he's got two major sci-fi franchises under his belt and now the Queen has made if official, naming Patrick Stewart in her New Year's Honours

PornWatch: Playboy's Hugh Hefner spent his teenage years writing and drawing autobiographical comic books, reproduced in the examinatory volume Hugh

Wallet Pop has run a price comparison chart across the noughties, seeing what everyday items have increased in price over the last ten years and by how

Everyone's doing lists. Can I do one, can I? Can I? Can I? Remember, this list will be wrong for many reasons. Wrong for missing out the ones you know are

Created to help sell the world of The Book Of Eli, with the comic book artists used for conceptual, illustration and storyboard designs for the movie,

So Marvel have released a number of puzzle pieces to make up an image showing Spider-Man's future in 2010... Some enterprising chaps have pieced them

I read the first collection of Chew this week which, given the week also saw my introduction to the wonderful world of food poisoning, may not have been

This week Diamond Comics Distribution doesn't ship comics to any of its stores. This was because, due to UPS holiday schedules, a significant percentage

These are the prototypes for upcoming Dan Dare figures to be manufactured by day2daytrading, known for their retro-style Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon

Stolen Comic is a new website that, surprisingly, isn't a pirate torrent collection, but a way to publicly report stolen comic books and to warn potential

Devil's Due's Spartacus: Blood and Sand has a motion comic available. Narrated by Ray Park, the man who couldn't even do his own voice in Phantom Menace,