Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool Ringleader

Biography

The Comics Industry's best known journalist and groundbreaking creator of Lying in the Gutters and BleedingCool.com. As a comic book writer, Johnston has worked on titles for a wide variety of indy publishers, including X-Flies (Twist and Shout), Holed Up (Avatar Press), Watchmensch (Brain Scan), Doctor Who (IDW), and Chase Variant (Image).

Johnston began his career as a comic industry columnist on Usenet in 1994, and his trademark blend of industry insight, gossip, and breaking news went through a number of incarnations including All the Rage for Silver Bullet Comic Books, Lying in the Gutters at Comic Book Resources, and now his own Bleeding Cool.