Rich Johnston Archives

Hang Ups is a new Channel 4 sitcom starting tomorrow, and it’s one that’s got me very excited due, primarily, to its format.

Considering some of the complaints about a number of shows I have heard, many might be wise to consider picking up one or two tips from Nine Worlds.

Marvel Comics has asked the US Trademark board for an extension of time to oppose two separate trademark applications that are doing very similar things.

A solid comic that builds its world split off into different areas that will no doubt now go on to conquer -- but it as a reader, it feels more homogenised.

Fantastic Four #1 doesn't begin with the story. Instead, the inside page and the following three pages are dedicated to the memory of Steve Ditko.

It's been a long journey since for Todd Matthy. Now published by Dynamite, he's talking through Robots vs. Princesses #1, out last week.

Apparently that grand gesture that unsold Batman #50 covers could be returned to DC Comics isn't fully accurate, without some begging.

After previously talking about Marvel restrictions on creating new mutant book characters, it looks like Chris Claremont has someone new for October.

Josh Hoopes calls himself a Targeted Individual, and you can read his complaints about being such on his Facebook page. But this may have something to do

Look what popped through the letterbox courtesy of Federal Express about an hour ago... Fantastic Four #1 by Dan Slott, Sara Pichelli, and Marte Gracia.

Written by Christina Hodson and directed by Travis Knight, Bumblebee is the Transformers prequel movie coming to town. And here is its new poster.

Identity badges at comic cons usually double as your ticket into the show. But at Nine Worlds Geekfest next weekend, you can learn a lot more.

Following serious concerns expressed during Silicon Valley Comic Con, it looks like Stan Lee will no longer participate in public signings.

Mark Weiss writes to Bleeding Cool, As you know and spotlighted us almost a year ago, ComicBooks For Kids! provides comic books to children in hospitals

Last year, Bleeding Cool ran a piece on British company Exclusiv Flooring, and their range of laminated flooring using embedded images of officially

Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, Bleeding Cool’s weekly runaround of the most read stories on the site through the week. The passing of Marvel's Tahlia

Sean Aitchison writes for Bleeding Cool from San Diego Comic-Con. Steven Universe has had a big year; we learned that Rose was Pink Diamond, Ruby and

Marc Jackson writes, This weekend sees the launch of issue 1 of Goof! the brand-new, all-ages comic for everyone, launched as ‘Issue zero’ back in June at

Sean Aitchison writes for Bleeding Cool from San Diego Comic-Con. The Venture Bros. is returning for a long-awaited 7th season next month, and at San

This is the Top 10 Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what are

Oh, and hey: we don’t care if you believe in God. We don’t care if you don’t. This has nothing to do with that. We promise.

Sean Aitchison writes for Bleeding Cool from San Diego Comic-Con: Steven Universe had a big presence at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con -- the Cartoon

The Hound of the Baskervilles, arguably the most famed of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes works, was known to have been acknowledged in Doyle's

Big Bang Comics is a Dublin comic book store that has only been around for seven years but has made a massive impact on the comics retail and fan community.

The published version, out on Wednesday, has new dialogue. Rather than just the Thing narrating, you have the entire family -- Ben, Johnny, Reed, and Sue.

It follows Harambe on a tale that starts off as revenge and turns into him saving the world from the devastating attacks of Operation Caeser.

Russell Mark Olson writes, Back in 2008, I picked up sticks from the sultry September streets of St. Louis, Missouri and boarded a plane for England. It

In November 2015, Malaysian cartoonist Zunar returned home from England to face charges of sedition that could have seen him sentenced to 43 years.

Sid Beckett writes, Following on from the success of their Unrustable Bastards Kickstarter campaign and subsequent toy line launch, Mayhem Mekanics is

There are lots of things to do in August in London if you like comics. But Forbidden Planet celebrating their fortieth birthday is helping. Here is a