Rich Johnston Archives

April sees the launch of six brand new series. And five sequels/prequels/spinoffs. Which will be the next Walking Dead? The next Saga? The next Sex

It is a project, the non-existence of which still drives Joss Whedon fans to distraction. The lack of a greenlit Wonder Woman movie written and directed

I live just outside Kingston-Upon-Thames, on the far south west of London. It's over an hour into central London for the triumvirate of West End comic

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran a brief look at the script for the pilot of the new AMC Walking Dead spinoff series, which appears to be called Fear The

If you thought you had your fill of Star Wars #1 covers, here's a one-off sketch cover on eBay from Dean Trippe. Very pretty. On eBay right here. Maybe

This is Nick Griffin. He used to be a leader of the BNP, the British National Front, a fascist political party. I am well aware that the orthodox opinion

The French cartoonist Riss, real name Laurent Sourisseau, injured in the attack against Charlie Hebdo almost two weeks ago, will succeed the late

UPDATE: David K. Caplan of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP gets in touch to say: Notwithstanding this, it has come to our attention that

As Reed Pop acquires ECCC to sit alongside C2E2 and NYCC, and Wizard World brings in Pittsburgh Comicon (does any of that money go to convicted

We'd heard they were paring back the Avengers titles, But today's solicitations confirmed one. SECRET AVENGERS #15 ALES KOT (W) MICHAEL WALSH (a) Cover by

December saw DC Comics take the lead in marketshare in the number of comic books published in 2014, but how much of that was down to publishing more

Angoulême is the world's largest comic book art festival, with its 42nd annual event scheduled for the end of the month, in the French town that gives the

In a Previews interview with Dan Jurgens and Jeff King, we learned a few things... Firstly, there's a mix of Alan Moore's Supremacy and Grant Morrison's

It was the name of a rather fun fan-fic-editing project (see below). But it is also where Captain America is heading... Age Of Hydra.

It's always fun when this kind of thing happens. This week, I took the girls to see Big Hero 6, ahead of its UK release at the end of the month. By which

We saw the top ten December 2014 direct market comic book statistics last week, now everything fleshes out a little. Four issues of Axis pushed The

Marvel Comics are pushing out their full solicitations a day earlier than usual - and DC of course put their out two months ahead of usual... Thanks to

Adi Tantimedh writes, Warning: Spoilers There’s a reason many hardcore film fans are into Michael Mann. He’s one of the last hardcore proponents of Film

Dan DiDio has been posting on Facebook his memories of DC Comics as they prepare for their move to Burbank. It sounds a little too much like a memorial

It may have sold out once the price dropped this weekend. But Amazon are promising to get more copies in and the price is staying the same. The Walking

A few changes 'twixt solicitation and publication... Injustice: Gods Among Us #7, solicited with art by Bruno Redondo and Mike S Miller, was actually by

Back in September, Bleeding Cool was the first to tell you about White Fox, a new Korean character being introduced to the Avengers cartoon in Korea by

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what

Sinners Comic Book - Issue 1 - Hope Is Dead. Writer - Simon Birks. Sequential Artist – RHStewart. Cover Artist & Letterer - Lyndon White. Story

He said he was taking a break from Marvel after the end of Secret Wars and his run on the Avengers... but might there be room for a small one? I hear

The first two issues of the anthology Meanwhile from Soaring Penguin Press came out in the UK last year. Featuring the return of Gary Spencer Millidge's

7 Days Of Death. Written and drawn by Jordan Michael Johnson. Colours by Jasen Smith. Coming in May from Devil's Due. That is all I know... I presume he's

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

Comic Con Wars continue. No sooner than it's been announced that ECCC has been picked up by the owners of C2E2 and NYCC (and subsequently running out of

Back in November, Ron Frenz talked about Spider-Verse, and the use of May Parker, Spider-Girl. “Spider-Girl’s been in a very rarefied place, being in a