Rich Johnston
Rich Johnston | |
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Born | Richard Johnston United Kingdom |
Area(s) | Comics journalist, gossip columnist, comics writer |
Notable works | Lying in the Gutters Watchmensch Bleeding Cool |
Awards | Shel Dorf Award, 2012 |
Children | 2 |
Richard "Rich" Johnston is a British comics creator, columnist,[1] and founder of the comics news site Bleeding Cool.
Early life
Johnston grew up in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. He subsequently moved to London.[3]
Career
Comics journalism/gossip
Rich's Revelations was originally a simple relisting of British magazine comics news.
Johnston wrote the column "Lying in the Gutters" for Comic Book Resources,[8] posting rumours and gossip, with a traffic light icon imparting advisory caution as to the possible credibility of each rumour: a red light denoting the least likelihood of accuracy, a green light for the most credible reports, and a yellow light for those that fall somewhere in between.
Johnston's writing does not often impart sources. About that, Johnston said, "I often obfuscate sources to hide their identity—even deny that a story has sources on many occasions." Johnston sees himself as part of a tradition established by the "British tabloid press, one that seeks to entertain rather than inform."[2]
Bleeding Cool
On 27 March 2009, Johnston announced his launch of the website BleedingCool.com.
Bleeding Cool was nominated for the "Favourite Comics Related Website"
Comics creator
Johnston has written a number of comics, mainly consisting of
In 2007, he wrote the IDW trading card set George W. Bush and the Weapons of Mass Distraction.[18][19]
He wrote and drew a number of pages for the Popbitch book and curated the Harrods Comic Timing exhibition of original comic book artwork.[20]
In 2009, he had a story scheduled for the Spearmint anthology from Image Comics with Sleaze Castle writer-artist Terry Wiley.[21] He wrote a short story, "Rustlin Up Business," for the second volume of Outlaw Territory, published in February 2011.
He has also written Kate and William: A Very Public Love Story, a comic commemorating the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, published by Markosia.[22]
In 2012, he wrote a comic serialised in
Johnston writes and draws weekly cartoons for the UK blogger Paul Staines, appearing each Monday and collected at RichAndMark.com.[23]
Non-comics writing
Johnston wrote briefly for newspapers like
His poster campaign for the Churches Advertising Network in December 2006 generated coverage,[27] including a leader in the Times Newspaper[28] and an appearance on BBC's The One Show.
He was an advertising
Media appearances
Johnston contributed to the British
He appeared as an interviewee in After the Chalk Dust Settled, a documentary included on the DVD release of Steven Moffat's sitcom Chalk.[29]
He was a zombie extra in
Parodies
In 2006, he appeared as a character in the comic book
Personal life
Johnston has two daughters.[34][35]
Bibliography
- Dirtbag (Twist and Shout Comics, 1995)[36]
- The X-Files (Twist and Shout Comics, 1997)[37]
- Rich Johnston's Holed Up (Avatar Pres, 2004)[38]
- The Flying Friar (with Thomas Paul Nachlik, Speakeasy Comics, 2005)[39]
- Civil Wardrobe (with various artists, including Darick Robertson, Ashley Wood and Frazer Irving, Brain Scan Studios, 2006)[40]
- Watchmensch (with Simon Rohrmüller, Brian Scan Studios, 2009)
- Doctor Who: A Room With A Deja View (with Eric J., IDW, 2009)
- "A Trip into Space" (with Terry Wiley, in This Is a Souvenir: The Songs of Spearmint & Shirley Lee, Image Comics, 2009)
- Chase Variant (with Saverio Tenuta and Edmund Bagwell, Image Comics, February 2010, forthcoming)
- Kate and William: A Very Public Love Story (ISBN 1-905692-45-5) collects:
- ISBN 1-905692-44-7)
- ISBN 1-905692-43-9)
- The Many Murders of Miss Cranbourne, with Simon Rohrmuller, Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse Comics, 2012)
- The Avengefuls (Boom! Studios, 2012)
References
- ^ Singer, Matt (14 March 2006). "Pulp Friction". The Village Voice. New York City. Archived from the original on 15 March 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
- ^ a b Dean, Michael (2005). "Online Comics Journalism: Does It Exist? Part 3: Rich Johnston's Honest Lying". The Comics Journal (266): 21–23. Archived from the original on 5 May 2006.
- ^ Johnston, Rich (4 July 2013). "Adi Granov: Man Of Ilkley, Yorkshire" Archived 22 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Bleeding Cool.
- ^ Johnston, Rich (2 December 1998). "What is Ramblings 98?". Rich's Ramblings '98. Archived from the original on 2 December 1998. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
Ramblings 98 has had a number of forms. Originally a simple relisting of British magazine comics news, Rich's Revelations, it has been praised, condemned, exhalted and threatened with libel suits. This culminated in a series of targeted attacks that led to the author conducting a vote. The final tally was 104:5 in favour of the continuing of the column with an advisory label, written by Greg Morrow and a name change to Rich's Rumblings. But that was then.
- ^ "Lying in the Gutters". Comic Book Resources. 1 July 2002. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011.
- ^ Johnston, Rich (10 October 1999). "Rich's Ramblings 1999". Twist and Shout Comics. Archived from the original on 12 October 1999. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
Archives: Feb 1998 to Sep 1999 (Rich Johnston is an advertising copywriter, co-self publisher of Twist And Shout Comics, BBC comedy writer and comics columnist. He currently lives in South London, England.)
- Silver Bullet Comic Books. Archived from the originalon 23 July 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ CBR's Lying in the Gutters Archives Archived 12 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 18 January 2008
- The Beat. 24 May 2010. Archived from the originalon 30 May 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- PC Magazine. Archivedfrom the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ "Bleeding cool". 21 September 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ^ "Bleeding Cool Wins Shel Dorf Award For Best Comic Blogger (Other People Win Things Too) - Bleeding Cool News And Rumors". bleedingcool.com. 27 October 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Ekstrom, Steve (5 March 2009). "Who Skewers the Watchmen? Rich Johnston on Watchmensch". Newsarama. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ Singh, Arune (14 August 2006). "Rich Johnston Changes Minds In "Civil Wardrobe"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ Marshall, Rick (17 April 2009). "EXCLUSIVE: 'Doctor Who: Room With A Deja View' Writer Rich Johnston Talks TARDIS And Time Lords". Splash Page. MTV. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ Dowling, Tim (3 December 2007). "A saint with the powers of Superman". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ Wigler, Josh (10 December 2009). "Johnston Pursues His "Chase Variant"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 15 December 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ Weapons of Mass Distraction Archived 21 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 27 January 2008
- ^ Maev Kennedy (21 June 2007). "Report on George W Bush cards". London: Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ Harrods Comic Timing Exhibition 2008 Archived 20 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 17 October 2008
- ^ Image Comics Solicitations for January 2009 Archived 18 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 17 October 2008
- ^ Good, Oliver (16 January 2011). "Wills'n'Kate: the comic book". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ RichAndMark.com site Archived 8 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 27 January 2008
- ^ The Guardian, Feb 28th, 2001 Archived 11 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 27 January 2008
- ^ PlayStation World UK Archived 9 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 27 January 2008
- ^ Sequential Tart interview, November 2002 Archived 4 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 27 January 2008
- ^ Google News Cache. Accessed 27 January 2008
- ^ Times newspaper, September 15th 2006. Accessed 27 January 2008
- ^ After the Chalk Dust Settled, featurette on Chalk Series 1 DVD, ReplayDVD.co.uk, prod. and dir. Craig Robins
- IMDb. Accessed 18 January 2008
- ^ IDW's Dying In the Gutters' site Archived 4 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 27 January 2008
- ^ Film Ick Archived 11 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 2 April 2013.
- ^ Bleeding Cool Archived 18 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 2 April 2013.
- ComicBookResources.com. Archivedfrom the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ Johnston, Rich (23 March 2019). "Joyce Chin Admitted to Chicago Hospital With Arthur Adams, Not at C2E2". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ Official Dirtbag site Archived 28 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 27 January 2008
- ^ Official X Flies site Archived 28 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 27 January 2008
- ^ Official Holed Up site Archived 20 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Official Flying Friar site". Flyingfriarcomic.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ Civil Wardrobe download Archived 6 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 27 January 2008
External links
- Rich Johnston at the Grand Comics Database
- Bleeding Cool
- Lying in the Gutters, Johnston's Comic Book Resources column.
- Rich Johnston at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Waiting For Tommy, Johnston's Dynamic Forcescolumn (largely interviews).
- RichAndMark.com, Johnston's collection of non-commercial performance work.
- Rich Johnston at IMDb
- Darius, Julian (4 November 2002). "Rich Johnston on Comics Gossip". Sequart Research & Literacy Organization.
- "Rich Johnston". 2000AD Review. 15 June 2005