Rich Johnston Archives

It's Wednesday! Lots of comics came out today! Here are a few thoughts about a few of them. Mostly (but not totally) ones I haven't talked about already

There's using tact. And then there's Darwin in today's X-Factor, addressing a certain Monet. You know this can only lead in one direction, right?  

So Avengers gives us some major Infinity continuity tie-ins, as the biggest galactic Alliance go toe-to-toe with The Builders. And you get some truly

At the end of the last issue of Superior Spider-Man, Daily Bugle photographer Phil Urich was named as the secret identity of the new Hobgoblin by the

From today's issue of Nova. Ex-members of the New Warriors, Justice and Speedball, knocking back a burger and a beer Pepsi. Of late, there have been a few

Spoilers and stuff... Bleeding Cool was the first to cover the news that Batwoman, Kate Kane, had proposed to her girlfriend and police officer Maggie

Superman comics (and the recent Man Of Steel movie) have, every now and then, shown Superman at odds with a military figure or two, though usually it all

Lots of companies have been using social creative networking sites such as DeviantART and Digital Webbing to find new comic artists, from the biggest to

Damn it, this is getting bigger than Doctor Who. I'm told hundreds of fans have turned up at expected filming locations before now.

As an Edinburgh Book Fair exclusive, as part of the Stripped festival, the UK edition of the first volume of the new Young Avengers comics from Marvel,

Tomorrow's DC comics feature all the Villains Month covers with the backgrounds and everything added. In glorious 2D. So a friendly retailer sent in a

Trent Pitts and Ann Harkey wrote from Gen Con; Gen Con is the annual gathering of gamers of all shapes and sorts in Indianapolis, Indiana. If there’s a

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKVgsFgs7MA Aaron Haaland writes; Hey Fandom! I'm back with NEW COMICS NOW, enjoying creator owned and corporate controlled

Hannah Means-Shannon, our senior New York correspondent, writes; Hang Dai Studios is a collective of artists and writers working in several media forms,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba-vp0hZGHc Grace Randolph looks at last week's Infinity and X-Men: Battle Of The Atom to come...    

There have been enough rumblings about problems with Funko Pop's line, but this one takes the biscuit. I mean look at that red ink, it's everywhere, a

I was talking to a senior Marvel executive at San Diego Comic Con about the increase of the 100% Returnable promotion as a way to launch new comic books.

The Guardian has been in the news itself of late. On one hand we have the boyfriend of their chief reporter on the Edward Snowden story getting held and

Ha ha, Simon Pegg, ha ha. From Los Angeles... Everyone's gone to see World's End, right?

There was no solicitation for Venom or Captain Marvel in Marvel's November solicitations, leading some to believe the book had been cancelled. Oddly,

One of the sections of Mother And Child Divided by Damian Hirst. From the pilot episode of Under The Dome. In Swipe File we present two or more images

  It may have underperformed expectations at the box office.  But it seems even Spider-Man wants in on the action. From the comic strip by brothers

There is a Brazilian crowdfunding project aiming to publish an art book named "Ícones dos Quadrinhos" ("Comics' Icons"), where 100 artists around the

Here we go folks, The Star Wars #1 from Dark Horse Comics, an adaptation of the original screenplay that would, one day, become Star Wars. Everything is

With Red Team out from Dynamite, a new Punisher mini-series scheduled for next year and Crossed growing into quite the franchise, Garth Ennis is

From Dynamite, hitting the stands tomorrow... RED SONJA #80 Brandon Jerwa (w) Sergio Fernandez Davila (a) Lucio Parrillo (c) FC • 40 pages • $4.99 • Teen+

Think Tank #9. From Matt Hawkins, Rahsan Ekedal and Image/Top Cow Comics. FIELD TEST,' Part One Dr. David Loren used to worry about the deadly

We've already written that Nightwing will be a focus for the upcoming Forever Evil event. And we've also stated that we don't believe he's going to die.

Cameron Hatheway writes; Father, husband, stranger; it’s interesting how the nameless can go by many different names. A name can bring fear, panic, or

Oh dear. We'd reported on some of the dodginess concerning Jesse Grillo, Bleeding Ink Productions and Kickstarter before. Today it all came to a head. Hey