Rich Johnston Archives

Today's Astonishing X-Men Annual suggests from the top that, at least, writer Matthew Rosenberg has been reading X-Men Gold. As he should, since it's a

Hobart Brown is a parallel dimension version of Spider-Man, dubbed a "radioactive suicide machine" to fight the President Norman Osborne of his world.

DC Entertainment has announced new details for Batman Day 2018 -- now in its fifth year and scheduled for September 15th, 2018.

In Tony Stark: Iron Man by Dan Slott, Valerio Schiti, and Edgar Delgado we see the idea of Artificial Intelligence rights in the Marvel Universe.

In today's Peter Parker, Spectacular Spider-Man #308 by Chip Zdarsky and Chris Bachalo, the Steve Ditko tributes keep coming.

Ever since we watched Superman: The Movie, we know there's only one way to do the impossible and save the world. And going back in time to fix mistakes

Man, there I was slating Thor #4 for avoiding an intriguing possibility for a crossover with Infinity Wars... as Thanos came to the Norse realm of death,

Extermination is upon us. The mini-series series by Ed Brisson and Pepe Larraz that will finally deal with the fate of the Original Five, the Cyclops,

The return of Batman's underwear-outside-the-trousers look is explained, mostly, and spoilery, in Batman #53 for those who want to know.

From today's DC Comics titles, a preview of Batman: Damned by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo as Bermejo promised the other day. With a Gotham with a dead

Aspen does like to be first out of the gate when it comes to full monthly solicitations, and the publisher has its November titles all lined up.

Zenescope has officially announced its own Zenescope Comic Festival in Philadelphia in 10 days' time.

The second printing of Fantastic Four #1 runs the big spoiler from the inside of the comic on the front cover, drawn by Sara Pichelli.

Wacoinda is the name of a black technology and economic Facebook group that is centred around cryptocurrency and financial education that focuses on black

This is the solicited cover to Infinity Wars #2, out tomorrow. But it seems that some stores are getting a cover that they didn't order alongside it.

It is five weeks to Thought Bubble. Probably Britain's best comic convention/festival (though I know The Lakes would want to have words over that), this

We've been asking people to check in with their local Walmart stores, as to how the rollout of DC Comics Giant anthologies has been received. Marc Turnage

When Infinity Wars Prime came out alongside Thor #3, we thought there may be some kind of clever tie-in. In the former, Gamora has killed Thanos,

Ex-Vertigo and ex-Humanoids editor Tim Pilcher has accepted an offer from British graphic novel and comic publisher Soaring Penguin Press to become

Mark Waid was referenced in 2016's 'Saving The Day Pt 1' by SuperHero, but now he has an entire song dedicated to him, courtesy of rapper Nocando.

The final chapter of the How to Train Your Dragon franchise is DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

I heard last week that Marvel staffers had been reading John Byrne's fanfic project he has now dubbed X-Men: Elsewhen, posted on his official message board.

Two years into running a bookstore, I’m no longer surprised by parents refusing to let their kids self-select their books, though I’m still dismayed by it.

Some people come into creating corporate storytelling through writing fanfic or fanart. It's a way to stretch and practice working within a certain arena,

This Thursday, alongside Orbital Comics' new gallery exhibition, the creative teams behind two new graphic novels, 'Apollo' and 'Tumult'.

Last month, DC Comics suddenly applied to register the words "Super-Pets" after Super Monsters Animation applied to register the words "Super Pets".

Batman #50 did well -- but only sold 50% more than Amazing Spider-Man #1 despite the huge attention and multiple upon multiple of variant covers.

Lee Bermejo has been working on Batman: Damned, a Batman/Hellblazer project written by Brian Azzarello and now part of their Black Label imprint.

In August, Wichita Falls police released a security video showing an individual engaged in the theft of a number of comic books worth over $100,000.

Next week Terry Gilliam will receive the annual Raindance Auteur Award, recognizing his achievements in filmmaking and contributions to the film industry.