Rich Johnston Archives

July Solicitations already? And so it begins... Space Goat Productions has let loose it's offering for San Diego Season.... THE HOWLING: REVENGE OF THE

So I like politics in my storytelling. How can there not be, I ask, when Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water, I am concerned about

Chris D'Lando used to report from comic conventions for Bleeding Cool. Then, one day in 2013, he joined Marvel Comics in their marketing department. As

I was totally in the middle of an article entitled "In Defense Of... Secret Empire" when this dropped. Wary of outside media, Marvel's owner's own TV

It's the 25th anniversary of the release of Youngblood #1. And, so, we get another Youngblood #1 - without Rob Liefeld. But with Chad Bowers and Jim Towe.

Legendary British cartoonist Leo Baxendale died last week. Five years ago, Bryan Talbot drew this panel, for the upcoming fifth volume of Grandville, the

The launch of Street Fighter Vs Darkstalkers #1 in two weeks time has just added a couple of reasons for folk to pick it up. The first issue now includes

Yesterday, we ran 19 comic book stores big plans for Free Comic Book Day this Saturday that go above and beyond handing out the freebies. Here are the

Why not take a break from your busy schedule and watch Hate For Sale, a stop-motion animated short film created for the Visible Poetry Project 2017 based

Steve Bissette is looking to raise money to help Swamp Thing co-creator Bernie Wrightson's widow, Liz Wrightson at this difficult time. Later in May, with

By Tim Hanley After topping Marvel's overall percentage of female creators for a lengthy run, a sizeable drop at DC has put them behind Marvel for the

The Superman books continue to explore the mysteries regarding their new origins, and the people around them that seem to tie in a msyerious way. Such as

From All-New Guardians Of The Galaxy #1 by Gerry Duggan and Aaron Kuder, out tomorrow from Marvel Comics, ten pages of preview, some lettered, some not,

This week sees Josh Williamson take over the writing on Batman #22 as Tom King throws his hands up at the whole Button crossover thing. As the Flash sees

Today saw Gorillaz, the fictitious supergroup band formed by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett announce the dates for the new Humanz tour across Europe.

Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool ran a couple of reports regarding the health of legendary comic book creator George Pérez, as he headed to hospital rather

Today, Latonya Pennington posted an open letter to Marvel Comics on BlackNerdGirls in protest against recent storylines and treatment of characters in

Marvel launched X-Men Gold and X-Men Blue as a pair of twice-monthly ongoing X-Men central team comic books, alongside the monthly Astonishing X-Men. So

Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is out on May 26th. But on May 6th, it will be dominating Free Comic Book Day with back page or inside

It must be said that Bleeding Cool was rather mean regarding the portrayal of location and distance in the UK, during Bendis and Maleev's run on

Brian Bendis has written extensive runs on Spider-Man, X-Men, Avengers, Iron Man, Daredevil and more - but The Fantastic Four are missing. As it stands,

Senior Boricua Correspondent Marco Lopez writes, As you all know the purpose of You’ve Never Heard Of… is to shine a spotlight on self-published creators

You have nothing better to do for the next 16 minutes than watch this 1978 documentary, The World Of Comic Books, which looked at the New York comics

Last week, we had a brief look at the conflict kicking off in Florida regarding a Free Comic Book Day event that had been kiboshed over its conflict

Earlier this year, the Vans Warped Tour – America’s longest running touring music festival – announced that it had brought Valiant on board to design

It seems that Disney Descendants isn't the only Free Comic Book Day title that has fallen foul of international licensing issues. I am told by UK stores

Thanks to the History channel for this one, and their new show Superheroes Decoded, which ran in the US last night (and again later tonight). A while ago,

There are fifty official Free Comic Book Day titles available next Saturday, with two more snuck in and distributed in the same fashion from CBLDF and

Comic convention organisers Wizard World will be giving seven stores, close to some of their shows,  a limited supply of exclusive Wizard World Walking

If you are a comic book store with some major event plans for Free Comic Book Day next Saturday, email details (brief description and visual) to