Rich Johnston Archives

Four years ago, comic book inker and cosplay photographer Rick Basaldua had a restraining order legally placed against him from another, female, comic creator. And this weekend, a number of cosplayers have come out to share stories about other alleged misbehavior, as well as those defending him.

Check out these upcoming DC Comics covers for  December and January shipping titles. As ever, you may have seen some of them, but you won’t have seen most

Two comics out today. Dark Nights: Metal #4 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, the team that brought you over four years worth of New 52 Batman stories and

Black Mask has two big new launches for March next year... it looks like it's going to be a busy month! BILLIONAIRE KILLERS #1 (W) Matteo Pizzolo (A) Soo

All the IDW Entertainment solicitations for Match 2018 you could want - including the return of Sal Buscema to draw comics starring ROM, the Space

There's a scene in Hot Fuzz where you see the police, at the end of the film, doing the "considerable amount of paperwork" that had been alluded to

This tweet doesn't exist anymore. http://www.twitter.com/danslott/status/943219106542649344 But for a short period, it did. We'll get to that in a minute,

We saw designs before. But now we get a look at the actual thing. The bloodied version of the Lying Cat POP Funko figure based on the character from Fiona

Next week's Diamond Previews catalogue, the January issue, featuring items coming to comic book stores from March 2018 onwards, has the new American Gods

Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop, Orlando, Florida, Hey Fandom, it the last Wednesday before Christmas and I must have been on the nice list to get this

A few changes 'twixt solicitation and publication are a common occurrence in contemporary comics., Here's a few that got caught past due date... As Batman

Ed Brubaker's latest newsletter pulled together all the various strands of his current work - that the public knows anyway - and corrected a few media

Once upon a time, Peter Parker married Mary Jane. A Spider-Marriage. A few decades later, the powers that be decided this was a bad idea and had Peter

Image Comics solicitations for March 2017 have six new launches, including one from Robert Kirkman, and a 50th anniversary issue for Saga.

Jim Starlin told CBR why the upcoming Infinity Siblings graphic novel (previews in this article) with Alan Davis would be part of his final Thanos story.

Metropolis Comix of Sacramento, California, is to close at the end of the year; now Broadway Comics and Cards is to join it, after 30 years in the business.

Marvel Comics solicitations for March 2018. Looks like there are many Marvel changes coming in April 2018... can you see signs of what's coming? We have a

The Silver Books for Free Comic Book Day 2018 have been announced including the return of Stranger In Paradise, Infinity Watch from Marvel - possibly to

Yesterday saw the release of DC Comics' solicitations for March 2018 — including one for Red Hood and the Outlaws that seemed a little familiar to some...

Titan Comics have announced a brand-new Sea of Thieves comics, based on the upcoming shared-world adventure video game from Rare.  Writer Jeremy Whitley

The Mile End Genesis cinema in the east end of London is showing Akira tonight, with introduction and discussion. Our monthly screening with Nick Walker

Find out all about what DC has coming up in March 2018 with the January Previews Catalog! This month, DC’s Young Animalis back to bringing the weird, with

Valiant’s new Quantum and Woody! #1 doesn’t go on sale until this Wednesday; but, as announced by Valiant this morning, it’s already sold out at Diamond.

In 2001, David Goyer and Geoff Johns created a weapon for Hawkman that would be his most powerful weapon ever: the Claw of Horus.

We ran the marketshare breakdown half an hour ago, including the Top 10 direct market sales in North America for the month of November 2017. But here are

Those of you who were reading comic books in 2012 may recognise this scene from an issue of Hawkeye by Matt Fraction and David Aja, Clint Barton's modesty

Fighting American: The Ties That Bind #1, coming in March 2018. Fighting American first appeared in 1954, created by the minds behind Captain America Joe

Orbital Comics in London has a new gallery exhibition running until the 14th of January in tribute to Jack Kirby, on the occasion of his 100th birthday

Dennis Barger, well known and outspoken comic book retailer of Quickstop Comics and Wonderworld Comics in Detroit, Michigan, as well as organiser of the

The Temple News, the weekly newspaper of the Temple University community in Delaware Valley, Philadelphia, has run a feature on a new bookstore opening in