Rich Johnston Archives

The Nightmare Week Before Christmas
We all know that December 30th is a comic book skip week. No New Comics. Apart From That Blackest Night #6/Free Origins Of Siege/Avengers Calendar And ID
Number Crunching: X-Factor #200
Price: $4.99 Comic page count: 74 What? Really? Yes How much original comic material: 52. They reprint Madrox #1 as well. Splash pages? 6 That's still
FBI Say SNIKT! To Wolverine Pirate
It was the big pirate scoop of the year. An early release of Wolverine, which the studios swore was different to the final release, but turned out to be
Studio Ghibli Adapt The Borrowers
Friend of Bleeding Cool, Brendon Connelly of /Film is reporting that Studio Ghibli, the people behind Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle, are adapting
Preview: Gravel Vol 2 TPB
It may have just been sold as a movie but the mighty Gravel keeps rolling along.  Warren Ellis and Mike Wolfer continue to give up ground-level, SAS-style
Not For The Chop: Wizard Price Guide
It's been a sore point of comment for many that over the last few months, the monthly comics magazine Wizard: The Guide To Comics has been missing its one
For The Chop: Incredible Hercules
Incredible Hercules will finish with issue #150. Originally a stealth comic, taking over the Incredible Hulk's numbering first as a stunt, then as an
Preview: Last Episode Of Misfits
Tommorrow, the final episode of the extraordinarily good superhero TV show Misfits airs at 10pm on E4. Seriously, the time travel episode is still the
Do Anything 024 by Warren Ellis
024 Down into the streets, the creases of Jack "King" Kirby's face, trapped by what could easily be the canyons of New York city avenues, the grey
Tuesday Morning – Chewing On Misney
MisneyWatch: Okay, not sure what Marvel or Disney will make of the $15.99 copyright/trademark-busting print but still, ain't that pretty? Pretty satire.
Lying In The Gutters – 14th December
This was the week that; Dynamite paid off Dabel debt. Scott Kurtz and Neal Adams teaming up for PVP with video. Valerie D'Orazio writes Punisher MAX. Oh
Short 'n Curlies #22 by Si Spurrier
BrainFart: Crazy urban troubleshooting this week... Problem: How do you stop crowds of listless hoodie-wearing juvenile scallywanks from hanging about in
21 Superpowers Covers 21
Well, it's possible the people who posed for these posters could have been nude. No evidence they weren't. And that's good enough for me. Twenty-one
Alex De Campi and Neil Gaiman?
Oh please make this happen. Bleeding Cool writer Alex DeCampi (and animation director) suggested on Twitter that this manner of animation would suit a