Rich Johnston Archives

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

Fantastic Four Snubbed In Marvel's Greatest Collections

We have Civil War II FCBD, Civil War II #0 and now Civil War II: Ulysses a new prelude to the Marvel Civil War II event comic. And just think, if it

We've heard that Funko are to be producing POP Vinyl figures based on the Scott Pilgrim comic books. Well, the more detailed word is that, for San Diego

Tim Lundmark's page has been removed from Wizard World. This is how it used to look.... Top Twenty Traffic Of The Week 1. Buzz Sends Tim Lundmark Packing

This coming week, Mitch Jenkins will be filming a new Show Pieces film both written by and co-starring Alan Moore. It will feature Moore's character from

In a press release, Marvel comics have unveiled three of the twenty Death of X variant covers running in July across their titles. Each featuring a dead

I was at the Barbican in London yesterday for a screening of the Show Pieces film with a Q&A with Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins. Where I also met

I attended the screening of Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins' Show Pieces at the Barbican yesterday, with a Q&A to follow. More of that elsewhere on the

The final/dressed versions of Midtown Comics' Civil War II variants by J. Scott Campbell and Nei Ruffino.   $12 and $18 a pop,

By Anthony Desiato @DesiWestside For years, I identified the start of my collecting career as the 1992 release of "The Death of Superman" when I was five

Misfits creator Howard Overman has a new show. And, no, it's not More Misfits. Crazy Face, airing on E4 in the UK and Netflix worldwide is a" funny,

We wake up to Monday with the news that Oni Press has announced a new sex-positive erotic and sex-education comic book line, Limerence Press. It is