Rich Johnston Archives

In June, DC Comics is running it's mini-relaunch, as their titles get "batgirled" in an attempt to find and serve new audiences A couple of them slipped a

So, there was a Batman leak today. You may have read about it. And people have been waiting for Scott Snyder to respond to it. I know there's a story out

This is the regular column that hates Convergence. With editor Marie Javins preparing comic books in advance for April, so that all the solicited creators

A look at a few cover variants coming down the pipeline... The Bloodshot Reborn Ultimate Comics exclusive cover by Cary Nord. The Phantom Variant for Big

Aquaman and Mera were married. Once upon a time. Bleeding Cool pointed out a while ago that the DC Comics edict that their main characters no longer be

Glen Baisley, a cousin of legendary comic book artist Herb Trimpe, posted on Facebook. This past weekend I had the pleasure of seeing my cousin, Herb

Mark Waid has been talking to Diamond about his upcoming revamp of Archie with Fiona Staples. But it may be Jughead who is going through the retcongrinder

Recently I showed you what contributors to the Cerebus Archive Kickstarter Fund got for their donation towards Dave Sim's remastering of Cerebus from the

We're half a month from Free Comic Book Day. The comics are already in the stores waiting. And people are getting jittery about spoilers. So that's where

Amazon's listing for The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1: Squirrel Power has it containing issues 1-5. The Hachette listing for Vol 2 from a few days ago,

We are knee deep into DC's Convergence right now. The consensus is that those bits that deal with the past realities are great, the bits that deal with

The graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi tells her own story, living in Iran amongst the Westernised middle class, after the Shah revolution, and

These are the Avatar Press comic books published for July 2015... which means the launch of Mercury Heat, more Providence from Alan Moore and Jacen

Adi Tantimedh writes, Yen Press has been nice enough to send us comp copies of their Spring books, and since their manga are covered amply by the anime

Boom Studios has had quite a bit of success over the last few years breaking relatively unknown talent in the comic book market. New artists like Jeff

This morning Bleeding Cool told you that Mike Marts had quit as X-Men executive editor at Marvel Comics to move to a new publisher, after barely a year in

I'm Daredevil, folks! This Monday I am in New York. Next Monday I will be seeing Avengers. The Monday after that, sitting in my pants binge watching old

Kieron Gillen has a busy month in July. Not only does he have his Star Wars and his Secret Wars projects from Marvel, but he has three comics from Avatar

It's big. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdKf3MneyI Out in July, folks. And from Avengers: Age Of Ultron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww5JGEKyGjw

Top 100 comic books and graphic novels sold in March 2013 in North America by Diamond Comic Distributors. It's notable that the best selling GN was the

Last week was tumultuous in terms of the comic book industry it seems. 'Twixt Wondercon and Megacon (and MoCCA), with the Marvel writers retreat and DC

"Chicken Outfit : The Comic "by Joe Deagnon & Kirby Stasyna. "Kickstarter Close Date: May 2. "Publish Date Issue #3: Oct 31". Joe Deagnon writes The

Super: Issue 3. Creators: Joshua Crowther (Writer), Bruno Chiroleu (Artist), Josh Burcham (Colorist), Chas! Pangburn (Letterer), Steven Forbes

Ray Chou writes, Before launching Skies of Fire on Kickstarter last year Vince and I had no idea what to expect. We were just hoping to raise enough money

Written by Scott Amundson Everyone who reads comics wants to make comics. And, they should! You would be surprised how controversial this opinion is to

Of late a number of comic book artists have received criticism - and support - for drawings they have made that concern themselves with the portrayal of

From Entertainment Weekly, four covers that join together for Avengers: Age Of Ultron. From X-Men #1 by Jim Lee from 1991. In Swipe File we present two or

 Writer and creative director Roye Okupe will launch his debut graphic novel E.X.O. - The Legend of Wale Williams August 2015, narrating the origins of a

This, from the Avengers: Age Of Ultron cast/character listings: Dr. Helen Cho (Claudia Kim) is a world-renowned geneticist and an ally of The Avengers.

We told you that Divinity #1, Valiant's new comic from Matt Kindt and Trevor Hairsine about a returning long lost cosmonaut and the freakish new reality