16 Facts About Rich Johnston

Richard "Rich" Johnston is a British comics creator, columnist, and founder of the comics news site Bleeding Cool.

Rich Johnston's Revelations was originally a simple relisting of British magazine comics news.

Rich Johnston then took the column, around onto the burgeoning World Wide Web, with "Rich's Revelations" on the now-defunct Twist And Shout Comics website.

Rich Johnston later started the comics gossip column "All The Rage" for Silver Bullet Comic Books, later Comics Bulletin.

Rich Johnston wrote the column "Lying in the Gutters" for Comic Book Resources, 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.

On 27 March 2009, Rich Johnston announced his launch of the website BleedingCool.

Rich Johnston was awarded the Shel Dorf Award for Best Comics Blogger for his work on Bleeding Cool in 2012.

Rich Johnston has written a number of comics, mainly consisting of one-shots and graphic novella.

Rich Johnston wrote and drew a number of pages for the Popbitch book and curated the Harrods Comic Timing exhibition of original comic book artwork.

Rich Johnston wrote a short story, "Rustlin Up Business," for the second volume of Outlaw Territory, published in February 2011.

Rich Johnston has written Kate and William: A Very Public Love Story, a comic commemorating the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, published by Markosia.

Rich Johnston wrote briefly for newspapers like The Guardian and magazines like PlayStation World.

Rich Johnston appeared as an interviewee in After the Chalk Dust Settled, a documentary included on the DVD release of Steven Moffat's sitcom Chalk.

Rich Johnston was a zombie extra in Shaun of the Dead and a congregation member in the movie Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Rich Johnston wrote and directed a series of radio advertisements for telecommunications company TalkTalk starring Mark Heap.

Rich Johnston appeared as a character in the Jodie Picoult novel, The Tenth Circle and made a more major appearance in the Leverage novel The Con Job.