Rich Johnston Archives

Paul Gravett reports, The news came through to me in a short email yesterday, March 7th 2015: “Sensei passed away today.” Yoshihiro Tatsumi is the

A few changes 'twist solicitation and publication from the Big Two... Avengers #44 will now be drawn by Kev Walker and Stefano Caselli, not the previously

We already showed how Marvel are incentivising retailers to order as many Secret Wars #1 orders as possible, as well as certain spinoffs. Well, that

  Andrez Bergen writes, Let’s cut to the chase here: My loyalties are skewed, especially when it comes to that thing people love to call “artistic

Ninjasaur by Jason Horn. End Date of Kickstarter, March, 31. Publishing date, Oct. 2015. Jason Horn writes, Ninjasaur, as you can imagine, is a dinosaur

There were a few teething problems. It is the internet after all.  But for the first live in-store comic con was star studded and full of comics,

She was once one of Dark Horse's early superhero comic book character Barb Wire and she headed up their superhero line, Comics Greatest World. Then she

At the Instore Comic Convention Kickoff, live streaming to thirty-six comic stores, saw Dark Horse's Randy Stradley asked about the future of the Dark

So I write this recently. About how there were four books from the June mini-relaunch that I was really excited about, but seemed not to be lighting the

It was the In-Store Comic Convention Kick off Marvel panel streaming live in thirty-six comic stores across the USA - but where was guest Brian Bendis?

To be announced in Emerald City, with a preview out in May, and the book published for July. The new IDW comic book by Gabriel Rodriguez, the artist of

Debuting at the In Store Comic Convention Kickoff and shown off by Chris Ryall... the triptych cover to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for #46, #47, #48

Mark Bristow writes, Since Forever Evil, Tom King, Tim Seeley, and artist Mikel Janin have been paving the way for Dick Grayson's new status quo as a

We are promised that there will be more Star Wars series from Marvel to be announced soon... ods are heavy on a Boba Fett comic. But they weren't to be

Shown off during the In Store Comic Convention Kickoff, your first look inside Secret Wars... Thanos, Mr Sinister and more... We also got to see a few

During Secret Wars, Rocket Raccoon is cancelled and replaced by Groot... launching in June. And announced during the In Store Comic Convention Kickoff!

Mark Avo writes, The independent digital comics publisher Panel Syndicate has just released their latest issue of Albert Monteys’ UNIVERSE!. Fans of Panel

Comic book inker Norman Lee, has been reported missing, after going snorkelling with his wife in the Cayman Islands on Thursday. CBS reports, Family

Butcher: A Lesson In Criminality follows a devious career criminal beginning his bloody rise to power through the ranks of a dark syndicate. Standing in

Last Saturday, Owen Michael Johnson and John Pearson threw a rather wild party to launch their Beast Wagon exhibition and Kickstarter at Orbital Comics,

Thanks to a Writers Guild event scheduled after the episodes are released, we know have an idea of the names of the Daredevil Netflix show writers...

A good percentage of British magazine publication is based on the partwork model. Wherein a volume is serialised published weekly, fortnightly or monthly.

Tomorrow seems a rather special event in American comic book stores, a comic convention event livestreamed through the day to thirty-six comic book stores

This the the BattleWorld promotion giveway sent to stores participating in the Secret Wars Party promotion, when launching Marvel's summer event, we

Next week sees the launch of Itty Bitty Comics: Grimmiss Island, Batman: Arkham Knight, Detective Comics Endgame, Southern Cross, Spawn Resurrection,

Away from Secret Wars, Amazon reveals a very obscure Marvel reprint, reprinting Greenberg The Vampire by JM Dematteis from the early eighties for no

Marvel's comic book series Alias, that formed the basis for the upcoming Netflix series AKA Jessica Jones, so as not to get confused with another TV show

Marvel seem to have given Amazon.com a series of placeholder titles for upcoming books. But there is still enough to data mine some erroneous conclusions

Tomorrow sees the The Cartoon Museum in London launch their new Comics Gallery and Comics Creators project. It's completely free, though booking is

Nonplayer #2 has been a long time coming. Originally planned for May 2011, it makes even Brilliant #6 look timely. And it is finished, I can confirm that,