Rich Johnston Archives

It appears that the folks at Chevrolet liked the Unity wrap from the New York Comic Con promotion (above) so much they kept it on the car. and are

It's that time again. Time for all the solicitations to start being pushed out ahead of the February's solicitations. We mentioned Fuse yesterday, now

Welcome to another wonderful week of comic books on a Wednesday. So what's hitting the racks today? Well first, a little education, courtesy of Professor

So, everyone knows the All-New X-Men are getting nice new costumes. As if by Magik. And Professor Kitty Pryde is there to diss their old costumes.

In the first issue of Three by Kieron Gillen and Ryan Kelly, Gillen talked about how it was a reaction to Frank Miller's 300, after he got very angry with

  Will Romine writes; Hey-o Pals! It's your old friend Will Romine.  It's been a while since you heard from me last.  I hope you weren't worried!

Debuting at the Thought Bubble convention in a week-and-a-bit, Master Tape by Harry French; Leo O'Brien is the universe’s last remaining record executive.

What is it you're meant to make instead of war again? The current audience of comic book readers in comic stores is stereotyped as men of a certain age,

It's Children In Need night on Friday, a big BBC telethon, with lots of TV stuff (including new Doctor Who) and lots of money raising. Tony Lee has a long

From today's Justice League Of America... I'm not sue if everyone's locked up in a prison on Earth 3, or if they are all actually inside Firestorm, now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJBccneNEQ8 From Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida. Hey Fandom! I'm Aaron, I love comics and talking about

There's a common trick in popular entertainment. Taking the popular thing off the table. Relegating it. Putting the focus on something else for a while.

The Blank Sketch Variant cover began with Gen 13. Now it's an epidemic. Covers which readers can get artists, whether associated with the book or not, to

It may have gone to back order at Diamond Comic Distributors and is getting a second print. It may be an important part of the Killable arc. It may be by

 Brendan McCarthy's history with the Thunderbirds movie is pretty well known. He did some designs, they went in a different direction.   What I

So.. what's happening with DC Comics in April? Lots of things seem to be coming to a head. Gothtopia finishes in March - will that be the end of Batwing,

The temptation, or course, is to think that this has something to do with the current "Killable" arc in Wolverine, sans his healing factor. But there are

That's the word. Who wants to work at Marvel? Marvel Entertainment is seeking a talented Web application developer. At Marvel you will work with a

Elizabeth Heyman writes; As anyone from the 30+ age group would passionately tell you, there was a time when comics weren’t considered fashionable. It was

Neil Gaiman was asked about the two month delay on Sandman Overture #2 we mentioned yesterday. He replied; Sure. I understand your disappointment and

This was the solicited cover to All-New X-Men #19 by Brandon Peterson. It's actually for tomorrow's issue instead. The costumes of the All-New X-Men,

From the inside back page of Unity #1, coming from Valiant tomorrow. Courtesy of a loving retailer... That's the return of Valiant classic title from the

An artist-cum-writer from Newcastle, England - Martin Kirby is currently gearing up for the launch of Freelancers, with the first issue being available at

“Dr. John Watson! Bard William Shakespeare! Lost in time – fighting crime!” Those rousing words open Chris Miskiewicz and Christopher Piazza’s action-comedy series The Adventures of Shakespeare and Watson: Detectives of Mystery

So, yesterday, I wrote a story about a rumoured upcoming Storm monthly comic from Marvel, without any word of creators. Lots of people got excited.

At Gosh Comics in London tonight, the release of Bleeding Cool's Tim Pilcher's Comic Book Babylon. You can read extracts he wrote for Bleeding Cool right

There's more X-stuff leaking out from last week's Marvel Retreat. The big one is word of a new Storm series. No idea of the creative team, but the last to

Bleeding Cool first started talking about Five Years Later last month. Which may have led to DC's decision to take a little bit of ownership of the rumour

That Superboy Dies! rumour is still running around willy nilly. Well folks, he still seems to be around in February 2014. You may have to wait a little

Okay, we're going to take a punt here. From the new February DC solicitations; EARTH 2 #20 Written by TOM TAYLOR Art by BARRY KITSON Cover by JAE LEE 1:25