Rich Johnston Archives

Gwen Stacy died in a rather undignified fashion. To be fair, most everyone does. But unconscious, knocked off the Brooklyn Bridge by the Green Goblin,

Every now and then, Marvel and DC Comics tell very similar stories simultaneously. X-Men and Doom Patrol. Man-Thing and Swamp Thing. The death of Batman

That's the thing about the DC Universe. They just love showing us the future. Even if that future never comes to pass, seriously, did anything in Five

The charismatic Walking Dead comic book character Paul Monroe, otherwise known as Jesus, was defined as a gay character a long time ago, but the

Today's Harley Quinn #14 sees the mistress of unrule open something that clearly wasn't meant to opened. Released a figure who was meant to have been

The fifth issue of Meanwhile. the anthology comic from Soaring Penguin Press launches today with a signing event from Orbital Comics in London, from 5pm

At 2000 AD, it’s Pat Mills who’s known for stitching all his creations into one big continuity blanket (one of 2000 AD’s first strips, Invasion, is meant

York Comics And Cards, of Parma, Ohio is to close. The owner posted to Facebook tonight, CLOSING SALE AFTER 23 1/2 YEARS WE ARE CLOSING OUR DOORS. UNLESS

A few DC Comics variant covers I haven't seen around the place yet... well, DC are off on one of their two-day retreats right now. No one is answering

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn_4BTeNBoA Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes, Hey Fandom! This week of comics was won by DC hands

In the latest DC All Access video, Jim Lee shows off the pencils to an upcoming Grifter variant cover for The Wild Storm, and talks about how each is a

Tomorrow's Marvel comics come with free digital download codes for the following titles: Deadpool & The Mercs For Money #1 - of the Mo Mercs, Mo Money

My kids grew up on CBeebies, the BBC's young children's channel. And Andrew Davenport's Teletubbies and In The Night Garden played major roles in that.

From the shout sheet for next week's Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD, Marvel seems to be teasing the deaths of a couple of their main cast. Now, this could be

We told you over a month ago that Marvel would be running a Secret Empire title doubling up with Spider-Man for their Gold Free Comic Book Day title,

Bleeding Cool pointed to Scott Lobdell's introduction of a new trans woman character for the upcoming superhero team book No World, combining characters

So what are Dark Horse giving out to comic book retailers attending the ComicsPRO summit this week in Memphis, Tennessee? Here's a list... Three ashcans

Comics Beat boasted that they had all of the solicitations for DC's Young Animals imprint for May 2017, given to them by DC's PR marketing department,

Abraham Reisman interviewed Warren Ellis for Vulture about The Wild Storm, the first issue of which is out this week from DC Comics by Warren Ellis and

Los Angeles' Golden Apple Comics will be setting up stall at Long Beach Comic Expo this weekend. As part of their stall, they will have a "pop up" signing

We predicted we'd be getting a book called Superb from Catalyst Prime as well as Noble and Accell. Based on Lion Forge's trademark registrations, we asked

For the last few weeks, Kris Marshall has solidified his lead among the bookmakers for the next Doctor Who, with William Hill giving him 3 to 1 odds. This

Courtesy of Comicosity, Comics Alliance , The Beat, Newsarama, CBR, Comic Vine, AV Club... It's time to start Frankensteining DC Comics' solicitations for

Here are two of ComicsPRO variants, Planet of the Apes/Green Lantern #1 and WWE #1, being given to attending retailers to ComicsPRO in Memphis, Tennessee,

Pat Mills had a dream last Friday night. Of a razor-sharp Space Spinner, of the kind given away with the first issue of 2000AD, flying through space, then

We've looked at some of the freebies that Dark Horse, Scout Comics and AfterShock are giving to attendees of the ComicsPRO summit this week at Memphis,

The CBR preview is clear. It’s February, so Love is in the air! So of course, we’re guest-starring the one character no one can kiss! That’s right: Rogue

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what

Cougar And Cub #2 from Action Lab is still listed by Diamond Comic Distributors to be published this week. However, it won't be. Not in print anyway. I

That's an extended version of the discussion between Stephen Fry and Dave Gibbons about the use of onomatopoeic sound effects in comic books, as part of