Rich Johnston Archives

At the MCM London Comic Con yesterday, I had the immense pleasure to meet Richard Starking once more, signing and selling plenty of Elephantmen comics at

In cinemas in the US over Memorial Day weekend, Bleeding Cool has been told that Marvel Comics will be running ads for the Miracleman comic book. The ad

I'll shortly be heading out to the second day of MCM London Comic Con today, with the kids. But here's how it was looking on the admittedly quieter

Reboots, Guardians And No More Mutants

I have to admit, Homestuck Spider-Woman was my favourite. But there was plenty of excellent cosplay on display today at MCM London Comic Con, held at the

Boom. Sonic Boom. And do we have our Future New Teen Titans? Heretic, Klarion, Lagoon Boy... And is that Jesse Quick?

This was July's solicitation from Marvel. IRON PATRIOT #5 ALES KOT (W) GARRY BROWN (A/C) “UNBREAKABLE” PART 5 • The conclusion of “UNBREAKABLE” arrives --

Bleeding Cool was first on the mark to point out why Invincible #110 may suddenly become a very collectable comic book. Well, the market seems to be ahead

Last week, we let you know that BOOM! Studios' Lumberjanes #1 had sold out with a print run three times its initial orders. The week before that The

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

Matt Miner (Occupy Comics, Liberator) does like a good title. Such as Zombie Punks Vs. The Westboro Baptist Church. With Sean Von Gorman, they are

Hermes Press, already bringing back Buck Rogers in comics form, are also looking to create new stories for another pulp hero of the past. Peter David and

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool broke the story that DC Comics' longest standing executive, Bob Wayne, would be stepping down from the publisher when it moves

    A quick look at Original Sin #4 then... With The Punisher pointing a rifle at Doctor Strange. Piff paff poof, he'll turn it into

Tomorrow I head east. The 85 bus to Putney, the train to Waterloo, the Jubilee line on the tube to Canning Town and the District Light Railway to Custom

At the Diamond Retailer Summit we had the results of their Best Practice Awards, for retailers for a number of categories. And the winners were from all

I wonder what he though of this week's issue's opening page after a three month wait? Especially using his fingers to feel for the ink... if that even

Appearing in this week's Original Sin #2... Exterminatrix. And appearing from IDW some years ago, courtesy of Gene Simmons...   But from Marvel Boy

  From the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas, a break down of how Free Comic Book Day did, by the numbers...   Basically more comics ordered

Bryan Lee O'Malley used to be known as the author of Scott Pilgrim. But now he is rapidly being regarded as the guy who does variant covers for Kieron

Bob Wayne joined the Sales department of DC Comics at San Diego Comic Con in 1987. Previous to that he ran a chain of comics and science fiction stores in

Jaymes Reed is the letter on Crossed. But he has a more diverse past. As a comic creator, he debuted a character in the anthology comic, Best Cellars #1.

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. In August, Charles Soule will be the credited writer on: The Death Of Wolverine #1-4 She-Hulk #7 Inhuman #5

We ran this image on Monday, but with the back cover of Diamond Previews, we have it at far greater detail. So we can flip the bit at the bottom. And see

Thanks to The Mary Sue for the transcript of the Scriptnotes live audience podcast focussing on suprrheroes with Andrea Berloff, Christopher

One year ago, Mark Millar asked a question on a now-deleted Millarworld thread. In the middle of the next big Millarworld book, coming out at the end of

Yesterday, Marvel Comics announced that Gerry Duggan would be writing Hulk from issue 5, replacing Mark Waid, and we ran the solicitation this morning.

Here are Dynamite's new offerings for August. Plenty to choose from here... got to say Battlestar Galactica: 1880 is just a great high concept title...

At the Diamond Retail Summit in Las Vegas, Marvel announced Time's Runs Out, a new Marvel event for May 2015 by Jonathan Hickman, spinning out of his

As Marvel solicits the childbirth issue of Miracleman #9 for August, over twenty-five years after it first caused such concern, so today’s Saga #19 opens.