Rich Johnston Archives

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

It was meant to be the flagstone for the New 52, the comic in which Pandora's identity would be revealed and with Demon Knights as its past, made up of

The DC Comics solicitations for February 2014  are trickling out... and it's not looking good for Nightwing. FOREVER EVIL #6 Written by GEOFF JOHNS Art by

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New comic book creator, and previous Doctor Who actress, Jessica Martin is debuting her self published book Elsie Harris Pictures at Thought Bubble, the

The Deal there, from Moonhead Press. Will they get a DC deal out of it? Or will another publisher beat them to it? So what have you been reading this

It's Alan Moore's sixtieth birthday next week. For his fiftieth birthday, Gary Spencer Millidge put out the anthology Alan Moore: Portrait Of An

Bleeding Cool recently ran a piece on the possible downsides of returnable promotions in the comics industry, where a publisher will make a comic book

Image Comics will be coming to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on January 9th for their new Image Comics Expo. The event is open to all

Sandman Overture #1 came out in October, and each scheduled to come out every two months, with a special edition of the previous month's issue shipping

Adi Tantimedh writes; The 1960s were a boom time for Samurai movies, with studios in Japan churning out not just epics but popular series on a regular

The stats for October 2013 through the Northern American direct market via Diamond Comic Distributors is out. So what have we learned? Walking Dead kills.

A new Image comic. Probbaly for March. From the Wasteland team of Anthony Johnston and Justin Greenwood. There's a website. It will probably be updated

Ripped straight from the LA Times, a look at the new - or rather old - Batmobile, as seen in the upcoming Batman #25. It's got a bit of an Alfa Romeo look

Marvel Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso revealed the makeup of last week's Marvel Retreat to CBR, made of up writers "Brian Bendis, Dan Slott, Jason Aaron,

FEMALE GAZE Heidi MacDonald attacks the Comics Journal's almost all-exclusive male credits and focus. And does a little Gendercrunching on a number of