Rich Johnston Archives

Marc Jackson writes, Coming at the end of May, I’ll be self-publishing an all-new Lenny the Lettuce Summer Special! Lenny first found fame two years ago

 Thanks to Mordechai Luchins again... look who's filming at 51st and Park in Manhattan on Monday... that's the filming code for Iron Fist. Anyone fancy

In today's Ultimates, Captain Marvel can't believe that SHIELD folk are still messing with cosmic cube-like stuff after the Pleasant Hill debacle. But

There are many cases in entertainment where someone has clearly been inspired by the work of another, to the point of plagiarism. This really is not one

The word on the street is that we are about to get a brand-new, very well-funded awards show for San Diego Comic Con. I understand that high level talks

I've been calling The Vision by Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez Walta (and now Michael Walsh) with Jordie Bellaire, Marvel's Watchmen. With today's issue

We showed you how British price comparison site Compare The Market - who have used as their mascot for years, Easter European meerkats of fake rival site

Bleeding Cool runs an irregular feature looking at the changes in creative details between solicitation and publication. And how the artist intended to

It is still the most ridiculous title for a comic book. But Tank Girl: Two Girls One Tank #1 on sale next week is hitting with a few retailer exclusive

This is the cover of Sensational She-Hulk #1 by John Byrne. And this is how it appears in this year's Marvel calendar. And, no, there are no mentions or

Today in All-New All-Different Avengers #9 we properly meet the New Wasp. We had a glimpse in the Captain America Free Comic Book Day issue. We knew her

The rather entertaining and well-regarded Hellblazer/Harry Potter fanfic by Camwyn sought to place John Constantine in one of the four house of Hogwarts,

In the late eighties/early nineties, I studied A-Levels at New College, Pontefract, West Yorkshire. That included English Literature classes. Which is

From the shout sheet to next week's Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD. Looks like those glimpses of the future are consolidating...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnkx9g61d1U Someone had a busy Free Comic Book Day... Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes, Hey

Tomorrow's Catwoman #52 was solicited with art by Inaki Miranda, but has been joined by Pop Mhan and Giuseppe Cafaro Constantine: The Hellblazer #12 was

UPDATE to article below: In case you thought it was just a co-incidence, from the published issue...   Original article below: A few decades ago, DC

All alone in the night, Gerard Way is DC Comics' last, best hope for mature readers comics, until the Sandman spinoff titles come along. On Tumblr he

By Tim Hanley DC's overall percentage of female creators ticked down slightly in March while Marvel's took a sizeable, record setting jump. We also take a

Pilgrim Media Group, the maker of The Ultimate Fighter and ESL, the world’s largest esports company, have partnered to create and distribute original

Remember when they used to do this kind of thing for Hostess Fruit Pies or Twinkies? Given a strange magical allure to me, as neither brands were

Comic book artist Buzz has come back from Wizard World Minneapolis, where he became somewhat of a cause celebre opposing an artist selling ripped off

This weekend, Hellboy creator Mike Mignola won the Grand Master Award from the Spectrum anthology. The Spectrum Awards were established in 1994 to

Archie Comics continue their current rep of recruiting the best and the brightest for their current Archie titles. And their PR department has sent

This is an unlettered preview of Civil War II: Gods Of War #1 by Dan Abnett and Emilio Laiso out in June, focusing on Hercules.     Which has

Comic book writer Van Jensen has been named the the first-ever Comic Book Ambassador of the United States. He says, I was asked by the U.S. Embassy in

Next Tuesday, Valiant Entertainment will be hosting a Valiant Summit at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Theatre in New York. And it will be streaming

Jason Borelli went to Anime Fan Fest 2016 for Bleeding Cool, I try to be open-minded about things. That’s why I called my blog Closet Optimist . . .

Electric Dreams: The World of Philip K Dick is a new TV series executively produced by Ronald D. Moore, Michael Dinner and Bryan Cranston based on the

Wednesday sees Action Comics #52, the finale of the series before DC Rebirth. As the solicitation shows, the New 52 and the Pre-52 Supermen meet. But much