Rich Johnston Archives

Once upon a time, Thomas Nachlik drew a comic book I wrote called The Flying Friar. Smallville in 16th century Italy. It was a thing. He's much better

Just on a whim, what with the coronavirus and all, I looked at Airbnb rates for Venice, at the epicentre of European pandemic infection right now. They

Bleeding Cool has got the word that Marvel is planning on giving away the secret "True Believers" black and white variants to Marvel super fans in Chicago

As backorders continue to come in, Batman #90 has sold out At a distributor and publisher level, ahead of its March 4th on-sale date in comic stores. And

This afternoon, Forbidden Planet Megastore in London was host to a signing for the new Death’s Head original series collection that was a real murderer’s

It was probably the shot early on in Onward, the new Pixar movie about a suburban family of elves (and a centaur step dad figure) in a fantasy land that

Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail

BBC 2 is showing the latest episode of comedian Frankie Boyle’s wander around Scotland mixing up encounters and stand up comedy. And tonight that included

James Haick, President of Scout Comics writes about a new product launch at ComicsPRO last weekend. You can catch up with all of Bleeding Cool's ComicsPRO

On the floor of C2E2, Graphitti Designs are selling special foil-covered versions of next week's Flash #750 a week early - and for $25. Well, I've just

Warner Bros and DC are to host the New York premiere screening of Superman: Red Son, based on the comic by Mark Millar and Dave Johnson, at 7pm, March

Oni Press is adding multiple collections of big-name webcomics  to their 2020 publishing slate. Following up on this month's release of Valerie Minelli's

Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch and Kevin Nowlan are halfway through their series The Batman's Grave, and are going to take a planned month's publishing break

Fabian Nicieza and Ron Garney are returning to Marvel Comics for a new Dawn Of X title starring Juggernaut. Nothing can stop the Juggernaut... but what

Welcome to Thank FOC It’s Friday, a semi-weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the

I understand that it is too late to affect Flash #750, out at C2E2today and in comic stores on Wednesday. But it appears that a number of writers who have

Okay, so yes, take this with a pinch of salt. Feel free to follow my logic - and reject any and all conclusions I draw. I am showing all my working out

Last year, Matthew Rosenberg, co-creator with Tyler Boss of the Black Mask comic book 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank, mentioned he hired to adapt his comic book

Oh boy. So, your tulip Batman #89, the first cameo appearance of the Joker's new girlfriend Punchline that came out on February 19th, have been selling

C2E2 is the first major comic convention in the US of 2020, and just as news about the Coronavirus is stepping up to approach pandemic level. Organisers

Things to watch out for at C2E2 2020, kicking off today at McCormick Place, Chicago, heading towards a total attendance of around 100,000. 1. DC Comics

Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail

There's been a lot of noise of late that, apparently, Warners/AT&T is going to close the comics publishing side of DC Comics if the planned 5G

Amazing Spider-Man: The Daily Bugle #3 was scheduled to be published on the 25th of March, but it looks like it will now be a month late, shipping on the

Marvel Comics are sending two - just two - comics back to the printing mill this week, Star #2 and Ruins Of Ravencroft #2, second printings both out for

There are plenty of comics-making their debut, limited or ezclusive to C2E2 this weekend in Chicago. Here's a few Bleeding Cool stumbled across. If you

In May, Jason Aaron and R. M. Guera are bringing back their biblical noir comic book series for its second chapter. And it’s set in the run up to the tale

DC has announced contents for Batman Giant #4 and The Flash Giant #4, both on Final Order Cutoff this week for comic stores, and already rolling out

This Thursday, Dr. Cain's Comics, of San Luis Obispo, California, is celebrating the creative life of the late Norm Breyfogle, who died eighteen months

There are delays for all you Punchline second print watchers as Batman #89 and Hell Arisen #3 slip a week from the 4th of March to the 11th of March. And