Rich Johnston Archives

They've been Robots. They've been Hulks. They've been Apes. They've been Zombies. They've even been Superheroes. Well now, thanks to d.r3sto on Flickr,

Thirty year's worth of the British weekly sci-fi comic 2000AD, flash flash flash... Watch as the price sloely creeps up, as the logo switches and switches

Variety reports a rather interesting development in Japan. That ten of the biggest Japanese comics publishers, including Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan

GrinchWatch: Ward Sutton shows us how Wikileaks Stole Christmas This is The Bleeding Cool ComicChron Robot speaking. I come for your women. But for now I

So I was just talking about my love for Peter David and Joe Quesada's X-Factor #87, the issue in which the new team are psychoanalysed by Doc Samson. It

It's one of the criticisms most levelled at Brian Michael Bendis' work. Superheroes just sitting around and talking to each other over a kitchen table for

To some, she is the epitome of female independence, to others a traitor to feminism. Could apply to either Barbie or Hillary Clinton, I suppose. Anyway,

Matt Fraction: people of singapore if you were any nicer you'd all wake up in a bathtub of ice cubes missing a kidney with CALL 911 written on your chests

Frankie Boyle, author of Rex Royd in CLiNT, and famed British stand up comedian is in trouble in the UK, for a joke he made about glamour model Jordan's

This is The Bleeding Cool ComicChron Robot speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I

Whaddaya think? In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations,

From the professional portfolio of Edmund Woodward, working on the new Dredd movie. And a few prelims...

From May to August, here are a few of the Wildstorm license and creator owned books being collected under the DC Comics label; STARCRAFT TP Writers: Simon

Described as Chester Gould's Dick Tracy mixed with Martin Scorcese's Taxi Driver on steroids in Spain, Fantagraphics are translating Martís first volume

This is The Bleeding Cool ComicChron Robot speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I

Christos Gage tweeted, regarding upcoming issues of his Avengers Academy. Issue 13 is the Superhero Prom. And 14 has awesome high-profile villains &

First of course there was the singer Taylor Swift making her signature heart shape with her hands... Was it reflected in this Brian Bolland Zatanna cover

There have  been 222 exemptions approved by companies and other bodies to the strictures imposed by the new US healthcare insurance policies, nicknamed

Last night on Conan O'Brien's talk show, he chatted about DC Comics characters with Peter Gerardi, the Creative Director of Warner Bros Animation. And

Looks like the classic reprint programme is well and truly back in action... and oooh, Brian Bolland covers collection. And Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko

Apparently CB Cebulski, Matt Fraction and Ivan Brandon are already enjoying the bar life. This weekend sees the Singapore Toy, Comics And Comic Convention

Earlier this year L'il Orphan Annie went to meet her parents. Then Cathy gave a final "Ack!" And now the seventy-year long strip Brenda Starr, Reporter is

From the trailer to I Am Number 4, upcoming movie about an alien hiding in high school. And the cover to Ultimate X by Art Adams, one of the more

Time Magazine just compared Wikileaks with the mythological Hydra. As in, "cut off a head and another will take its place". What was the name of the US

I love Threadless T-shirts, Excellent designs that last for years, but when you have outgrown them, mentally or physically, you can sell them on eBay and

Comics writer James Robinson has sworn off Twitter, and deleted his account. But a few hours before, he seemed so happy. Here's a timeline of last night.

ClassWatch: Erik Larsen went to school with Glenn Beck. 27Watch: 27#1 has settled in nicely around the $15-20 mark. I have had some very nice e-mails from

The lettering makes it clear. The upcoming issue of Alan Moore's Dodgem Logic is a Christmas special, nay a Christmas Annual, with Beano-style lettering

Supposition Alert! Arooga Arooga! Marvel declared that in 2010 there would be no more cross-company crossovers. Shadowland didn't count apparently, it was

Axe Cop Volume 1 by written by five year old Malachai Nicolle and drawn by his much older brother Ethan Nicolle has been a smash web comic success. And