Rich Johnston Archives

Strange Academy #1 by Skottie Young and Humberto Ramos seems to have been a strong launch from Marvel Comics last week. As as the second issue has just

We mentioned that the great British comedy writer/actor John Finnemore was going to both be writing for and appearing in Armando Iannucci's sci-fi comedy

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

Mariko Tamaki, best known for her graphic novels Skim, Emiko Superstar, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, the Eisner-Award winning This One Summer,

Christine Adams writes, Back when I first moved to Los Angeles, I had the opportunity to model for celebrity photographer Allan Amato. In this photoshoot,

In January, French cartoonist Pénélope Bagieu was the publication of her graphic adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Witches, the first official adaptation of

Terry Cronin writes, It seemed like a simple idea and nothing is ever simple but let me start at the beginning. I’ve had a modicum of success in the

Richard Carrington writes, Imagine there’s a bar where all your favourite Super-Heroes hang out together after a long day of solving crime and saving the

We noted some of the Dave Sim, Mike Allred, Jack Kirby, Murphy Anderson, Frank Frazetta, Mike Mignola,  Jim Lee and Carl Barks' original artwork being

Mad Cave Studios, founded by Mark London in 2014, and best known for comics such as Battlecats, Midnight Task Force, Knights of the Golden Sun, Honor and

A few more interesting collections are coming through DC Comics towards the end of the year - we looked at some slipcases and Omnibuses, but there are

Planet Comicon in Kansas City, Missouri, is another comic show going ahead on the 20th and 21st despite fears of the coronavirus. Indeed, they have

You may know Graham Crackers Comics from the Bleeding Cool Bestseller list, and that they have twelve stores nationwide. Well, this weekend, one of them

James Romberger is best known for graphic novels 7 Miles a Second with David Wojnarowicz and his wife Marguerite Van Cook, and Aaron and Ahmed, with Jay

James Tynion IV has been writing in his newsletter about how he came up with new Batman character Punchline, and how she was introduced to the comics in a

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

In October, it appears that DC Comics will find a new way to sell their backstock of original graphic novels intended for the YA and middle-grade markets

Matthew Warner was a character created by Tom King and Travis Moore, a young boy from a wealthy Gotham family who became obsessed with Bruce Wayne and

John L. Davis IV is the Editorial Assistant for The Ralls County Herald-Enterprise. He is also an independent author with several titles in the horror and

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what

With a certain comic book coming to Netflix, it seems a fine time for DC Comics to gather up all the Sandman trade paperbacks and package them together in

We noted some of the Dave Sim, Mike Allred, Jack Kirby, Murphy Anderson, Frank Frazetta, Jim Lee and Carl Barks' original artwork being offered for sale

These are yet to hit Amazon or Previewsworld... but here are some upcoming DC Comics Omnibus volumes to anticipate - and build bigger shelves for.

We noted some of the Dave Sim, Mike Allred, Jack Kirby, Murphy Anderson, Frank Frazetta and Carl Barks' original artwork being offered for sale from

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

We noted some of the Dave Sim, Mike Allred, Jack Kirby, Murphy Anderson and Carl Barks' original artwork being offered for sale from Heritage Auctions in

We noted some of the Dave Sim, Mike Allred, Jack Kirby and Carl Barks' original artwork being offered for sale from Heritage Auctions in a big new

Bleeding Cool ran the well-sourced rumour a few weeks back that Image Comics is planning the return of the shared superhero universe that kicked off the

Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, Alan Moore wrote and drew a cartoon strip called Maxwell The Magic Cat for his local newspaper Northants Post

We noted some of the Dave Sim, Jack Kirby and Mike Allred original artwork being offered for sale from Heritage Auctions in a big new original artwork