Rich Johnston Archives

Found on CraigsList in the San Diego employment listings, ahead of next month's San Diego Comic-Con. For the sum of $15 an hour and a four-day pass to the

Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market, where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale. Where supply and

Remember this scene from All-Star Superman? Picked up by Zack Snyder for Man Of Steel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wArmHSPIvlQ Well for those reading

Yesterday, Chelsea Cain talked about getting nominated for an Eisner Award (two) but not knowing what happened next. Because Marvel hadn't told her.

Christopher Priest has already written on Bleeding Cool about this week's Deathstroke #20 with Larry Hama and Carlo Pagulayan in an article that must have

Just the one Secret Empire comic book out this week. Brave New World #1, a few short stories looking at how a variety of Marvel characters are coping with

Bleeding Cool was the first news site to mention the existence of the E4 superfiction TV show Misfits and to review it, so I've always felt a little

Two issues in and it's the new Vision. Or, at least, the new Superior Foes Of Spider-Man. Either way, Rocket by Al Ewing, Adam Gorham and Michael

When the comic book Green Arrow rebooted six years ago with DC Comics' New 52 publishing initiative, he no longer lived in Star City. In fact, Star City

In recent issues of The Walking Dead, there have been a few... changes. There have been huge zombie attacks. The Survivors have finally shown up. Negan

Today's Spider-Man #28 sees Spider-Man, Peter Parker Industries, Mockingbird and Silver Sable and her Wild Bunch attempt to take down an entire country,

Why are the light sabres, as used by the Sith in Star Wars films, red in colour? The Star Wars wiki tells us, While the Jedi used natural crystals, the

Valiant’s Faith-centric summer event officially begins next month in Faith and the Future Force #1... but how does Faith make it from the pages of her

Oh, you thought there wasn't anything more in Batman #24 to spoil? After DC first gave away several pages from the beginning and then from the end, and

In the last issue of Superman, Lois Lane had her leg dismembered in battle, above the knee. Superman cauterised the wound with his heat vision, then flew

Remember the nineties? When everyone and their dog was starting a new superhero universe? Milestone, Comics Greatest World, Valiant, Wildstorm, Top Cow,

Olly MacNamee plugs: If you’ve ever had the great fortune of watching GWAR live, then you’ll know what to expect from this debut issue of this gory,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmMjX5ev_Cc Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes, Hey Fandom! This is one of those weeks that makes

It was the scene that launched a thousand memes from Frank Miller and Jim Lee's All-Star Batman. But does a preview for Dark Knight III: The Master Race

"You just missed them, mate. They just cleared out..." I had the tip that the Justice League crew were filming reshoots in Kempton Park, west of London,

Just announced this morning at Mashable, Valiant is stepping outside of its superhero universe for the first time since the publisher’s 2012 relaunch and

Steve Sansweet of Ranch Obi-Wan the largest private Star Wars museum in the world, in Sonoma county just outside Petaluma, California, writes, Dear fellow

  So there is a big spoiler out there on the interwebs regarding the ending of Batman #24, out tomorrow by Tom King, Clay Mann, Seth Mann, David

by Ray Flook BookExpo 2017 ended their first night on a charitable note with the 2017 Silent Art Auction to Benefit ABFE and Every Child a Reader,

Olly MacNamee writes While the Collectormania debut show here in Birmingham wasn’t as packed as the MCM shows (thankfully, although exhibitors and dealers

By Ale Bodden This past week I had the opportunity of attending Book Expo for another year. Once again I am baffled by how much of a wonderful experience

Diamond Comic Distributors have announced the categories for their summer retailer Best Practice Awards, rewarding comic book stores who excel in certain

GeekWork reports on jobs in the comic book or comic book-related areas. Well, it's one way to avoid the ticket queues. Comic-Con: International, the

A few upcoming retailer exclusive covers...  starting with Fried Pie Comics. Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man – Mike Perkins – 3,000 Print Run Go Go

https://twitter.com/ChelseaCain/status/869789014236082176 Novelist and collaborator with Chuck Palhianuk, Chelsea Cain was nominated in the upcoming