Rich Johnston Archives

Let us begin by expecting the answer to this question to be "No." Amazon list all manner of advance information about upcoming comic books, some of it is

Well, ABC are owned by Disney... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yCttmYcMLA America's No.1 morning news show, so I'm told...  

In one week, the launch of Kings Road, Batman And Harley Quinn, Dark And Bloody, Insufferable On The Road, House Of Montresor, Second Sight, Jonesy,

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

You remember those presumably-ridiculous rumours about the nature of Civil War II? Looks like the cover to one of the Marvel Free Comic Book Day titles

Can you feel the chill? The Coldest City is a graphic novel by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart, published in 2013 by Oni Press and intended to be the first

The Fix is the new comic from Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber, the team behind the much-admired Superior Foes Of Spider-Man, to be published by Image Comics

I.D. is a comic by Emma Rios, that's been serialised in the Island anthology, published through Image Comics. A dystopian tale that analyzes the conflict

I really like the Twilight Princess Zelda game. Spent many a happy evening wolf-transforming in battle. Well, ahead of the game being rereleased in HD for

I understand that DC Entertainment held an impromptu editorial staff meeting yesterday, the message of which has been passed to creators. Regarding

Did you know that Bernie Sanders' campaign manager is a comic book store owner? Jeff Weavers, owns the comic shop Victory Comics, has been a regular Comic

Well, Olive Garden ignored One Millions Moms and its demans that they stop sponsoring Lucifer last week, with very little repercussion, it seems. Will Kay

 Marvel EIC Axel Alonso has given the Washington Post some PR for the upcoming Civil War II series with the cover to Civil War II #0 by Oliver Coipel.

Welcome to Guardians Of Infinity, Marvel's comic book that's all alone in the night.... Recognise that space ship?   Maybe for those who watched

 This is one for the #PoisonIvyLeague crew. The first print of the new mini-series has sold out at Diamond Comic Distributors, so they're putting out a

The Doctor Strange comic has been relaunched ahead of the new movie. Doctor Strange now looks a little younger, sprightlier, he's basically been

  I have The Prodigy in my head today... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qriH-8yeqcE There are all sorts of people one might expect to find in the

In today's Deadpool & Mercs For Money #1 (with its free Spidey #1 in the back), the gang are getting and transporting a bx which they must look

Of late, Superman has seen his powers go all wonky. His newly developed Superflare explosive power took away all his other powers for a considerable

The Walking Dead has seen big bad guy (or is he? (yes, yes he is)) Negan imprisoned by Rick Grimes and his community, rather than executing him. And he's

I know I said that old pitches at DC Comics were being junked for new. And that people couldn't repitch pre-Rebirth pitches anymore? Well, it may be

We had lots of fun with the DC announcement of the new Hanna Barbera comic books, including Scooby Apocalypse. Especially a certain Hipster Shaggy. But it

Tomorrow sees the release of The Vision #4 by Tom King, Gabrielle Hernandez-Walter and Jordie Bellaire. Tom King is expected, by this website if nothing

A couple of looks at two Aftershock Comics titles out next week... The debut of Second Sight #1 by David Hine and Albert Ponticelli Ray Pilgrim knows how

Chris Ahrnsbrak went to PAX South. And we made him take all these cosplay shots for Bleeding Cool...

By Ian Melton It isn’t his first OGN, but Jonathan Case has something special with his most recent book from Dark Horse The New Deal.  Perhaps best known

Gutter Magic #1 was recently published by Comics Experience and IDW. But there's a problem. This comic book, by Rich Douek appears to have gone missing.

I've been going drinking on and off with Andrew Wheeler for almost twenty years. More a mental state rather than physical, as he's been living in North

The first 72 pages of a very long but very funny Secret Wars parody, Illuminated Wars, has begun. You can read the prologue here but the first full

Crossed is the franchise series created by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows for Avatar Press. They both return to to it occasionally but have other series