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do like the art, and the way it copies the Watchmen style and paneling and everything while also making it seem so utterly absurd.
But the story never grabbed me, Johnston grew up in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, studied politics at University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and was an advertising copywriter untilhe currently lives in Kingston Vale, London, with his wife, Janice Hodgson, and their young daughters, Eve and Alice Johnston.
CareerGossip columnist Johnston began writing as a gossip columnist for the USENETnewsgroups inas Richs Ramblings, The Comics Journal declared Johnston as having claim to being the oldest extant comics news reporter on the Internet.
He then took the column onto the burgeoning World Wide Web, with Richs Revelations on the now defunct Twist And Shout Comics website.
After a few years, he was headhunted by Marvel Comicss David Bogart to write for NextPlanetOver a Johnston grew up in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, studied politics at University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and was an advertising copywriter untilhe currently lives in Kingston Vale, London, with his wife, Janice Hodgson, and their young daughters, Eve and Alice Johnston.
CareerGossip columnist Johnston began writing as a gossip columnist for the USENETnewsgroups inas Rich's Ramblings, The Comics Journal declared Johnston as having claim to being "the oldest extant comics news reporter on the Internet.
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He then took the column onto the burgeoning World Wide Web, with Rich's Revelations on the now defunct Twist And Shout Comics website.
After a few years, he was headhunted by Marvel Comics's David Bogart to write for NextPlanetOver as The Gutter Press.
However, when DC Comics threatened to withdraw advertising, the column was dropped, Instead, Johnston started a new comics gossip column, All The Rage for Silver Bullet Comic Books, now Comics Bulletin.
Lying in the Gutters Johnston was then headhunted by Jonah Weiland to write a new column Lying in the Gutters at the Comic Book Resources website, 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.
Scoops included the first visual of Two Face from The Dark Knight movie, Alan Moore's decision to pull The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen from DC Comics to Top Shelf Comics as well as his engagement to Melinda Gebbie, and the existence of DC Comics titlesand its various spinoffs, Countdown, Final Crisis, "One Year Later",and "Batman RIP".
He also first publicly revealed payment problems from the now defunct CrossGen, Dreamwave, and Dream Engine, The column ultimately came to an end afterinstallments, Bleeding Cool OnMarch, Johnston announced that he would be starting a new blogsite, Bleeding Cool, funded by, but independent of, Avatar Press, which he described as "Lying In The Gutters, four times a day, seven days a week.
" He recruited the likes of Warren Ellis, Si Spurrier, Adi Tantimedh, Josh Adams, Irene Adler, Alex De Campi and Denny O'Neil to provide regular content for the site, and continues many of his themes from Lying In The Gutters but with British content creator control, swipe files, non paying publishers and scoops of upcoming content, but adding reviews, roundups and commentary into the mix.
Scoops have included Marvel Comics on the Apple iPhone, Neil Gaiman writing for Doctor Who, Terminatorset in London, the appointment of Diane Nelson to head up DC Comics, the Michael Jackson written comic book Fated, the resignation of Paul Levitz and the signing of the Clawar movie.
The site also heavily promoted the a pricing glitch at, com which saw large hardcover volumes distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors, like the Marvel Omnibus editions, priced at or below their printing cost,although some of the reporting drew criticism.
Johnston's writing does not often impart sources, Johnston notes, "I often obfuscate sources to hide their identityeven deny that a story has sources on many occasions.
"However, his column reported first on many topics of note regarding the comic book industry, something The Comics Journal attributes in part to "Johnston's discerning intelligence and an attitude that sometimes approaches iconoclasm.
" Johnston sees himself as part of a tradition established by the "British tabloid press, one that seeks to entertain rather than inform" Bleeding Cool was nominated for the "Favourite Comics Related Website" Eagle Award inand was named as one of PC Magazine's top blogs of.
Comics creator Johnston has written a number of comics, mainly consisting of one shots and graphic novella, The first consists of parodies, sitelink,