Rich Johnston Archives

If I were a Thomas Hardy, I probably wouldn't abbreviate my name. I'd like being associated with an expensive ale. Huh? Novelist? What? Anyway. We've

The solicitation says it all. MAGNETO #1 Written by HOWARD CHAYKIN Penciled by TBD Cover by ROGER CRUZ Before the Brotherhood, before his greatest battles

ALex Ross on plots, designs and covers. Scripts by Jai Nitz. Art by William Tortosa. From Dynamite! This is Bring the Thunder, with Wayne Russell as a

Notice, no issue #3 of David Finch's Dark Knight in the January solicitations from DC Comics, despite unveiling the cover a month ago? I hear the boy

Here's the deal. Twenty people get to spend the evening drinking with Marvel Knights founder Jimmy Palmiotti. Wizard Hot Artist Amanda Connor, Punisher

Out in US shops today, UK shops tomorrow. Night Of The Living Dead #1 from Avatar. Solciitation and preview below... Cover: Paul Duffield Writer: Mike

For the month of November, to coincide with the release of the new Tron movie by Disney, Marvel get Tron variant covers for a chunk of the line. Here are

PremiereWatch: Warren Ellis his the Red red carpet in the rain last night for the London premiere. NovelWatch: Turbulence, a new superpowered novel set in

At NYCC, Marvel stated that they expected January's solicitations to be fewer in number. And so they are. However, a number of titles are doubling up for

Aaron and Tri-Force Mike from A Comic Shop and Geek Easy in Orlando, Florida flick through tomorrow's comics today. And this week they are all about DC,

The DC solicits are out. The new prices are clear to see. But in the bleak harsh winter of January, how much will DC collectors be able to save? Here are

It was one of my favourite comics of the nineties. Smoke, by Alex De Campi and Igor Kordey published by IDW. A dark and detailed political thriller romp

Tanks, dinosaurs, machine guns and axes. Is this Garth Ennis' version of Toy Story? The story of Wee Hughie's return home to his Oor Wullie backstory

Sorry, that's Cheech And Chong. That's better. Chung and Chang. Kevin Church on the left there, comics creator and industry blogger and Bernard Chang,

The longest running adult comic book in Britain, Viz Comic has just hit issue 200. A true milestone for this bi-monthly/ten times a year magazine. A

SwipeWatch: When Paul Pope does that John Buscema Silver Surfer cover... FreeWatch: British local newspapers continue to give away Disney/Pixar graphic

Thank you Nikki! The Finke reports news that Disney are buiying back the final two films out of the Marvel/Paramount six film deal, which will make up

Misfits is, to date, the best expression of the superpowered individual on the screen in a dramatic form, whether TV or film. And the second series/season

It's two pages long. It's very simple. But it had me. With the power of Nicholas Gurewitch's best Perry Bible Fellowships, here we have Magneto, Galactus'

On the left is the Midtown Comics variant cover to Stan Lee's Soldier Zero drawn by Javier Pina. And on the right, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's Silver

Bleeding Cool has been reporting a number of French translated projects from Fantagraphics of late as it mines the country's rich history of work. But in

2010 was full of announcements for Wizard World expanding its strings of comic conventions across the country. Well, it looks liek we haven;t finished

We listed a batch the other day. Well, here are a few more... from Titans #31, JLA #53, Green Arrow #8. Emerald Warriors #6 and Green Lantern Corps #56

David B is a fine mime performer in restaurants. We shared a few meals in Italy recently during the Treviso Comic Book Festival and he's great for silent

Ten Top Most Popular Stories Of The Week 1. New Conan Images 2. NYCC Cosplay Scandal 3. Batman XXX Porn Video Trailer 4. DC Remove Twenty Foot Swear Word

We present the second installment in Bleeding Cool’s first fiction serial by Adi Tantimedh and premier PUNISHER writer Steven Grant.  You already know

It began in the nineteen thirties, going biweekly during the War, then returning, alongside sister comic The Beano, to become a true national institution,

Bleeding Cool ran a review of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's script of Paul last year. And based on this trailer, the screenplay has made it through

Losers, Jonah Hex, Kick-Ass. Scott Pilgrim. All underperformed at the box office, and a stack of potential green lights turned to yellow as a result. The

Welcome to the Numbercrunching review of Superior #1 from Marvel, out this week. Numbercrunching aims to eschew the traditional review for a more