Rich Johnston Archives

2013 is the 25th anniversary of The Sandman comic. And when we may see the return, in the to-be-renamed Sandman Zero. Dave McKean has been commissioned by

Welcome to a new semi-regular column looking at the industry of variant covers. First up, these are the four retailer-exclusive variants for Max Brooks'

Rob writes; Welcome to another special episode of The Orbiting Pod! Earlier this month, Chris Thompson once again made a trip to the emerald isle to

Scott McCloud defines comics as sequential. juxtaposed, visual art. This is usually interpreted as comic strips, comics pages, ways of telling stories in

This is the variant cover to Age Of Ultron #10, spotlighting the first appearance of Angela in the Marvel Universe, now fully bought from Neil Gaiman. I

Did you think that firm denials by involved parties would stop the Doctor Who Missing Episodes rumours? Think again! The big rumour de jour is that a

AMAZING DESIGN Via George Peter Gatsis, a Steve Ditko fifties comics cover with a familiar left panel pattern... MAUS IN THE HOUSE Australia discovers

Dave Sim has been talking order numbers and print numbers on the 30th Anniversary edition of Cerebus: High Society. That's when I got the phone message

Warwick Johnson writes; I love Westerns. I know that’s kind of an easy thing to say, no one is really going to judge or bully you for loving Western

Kicking With Cactus by Chad Hindahl has been running on Sunday's for a year now. Here, in one place, is the full story so far...

Travis Ellisor writes; If my memory serves correctly, I discovered Drew Rausch’s art a few years ago when Gabriel Hardman retweeted one of his posts on

By Hannah Means-Shannon Among other controversies at the launch of Superior Spider-Man (and there were plenty), setting aside the strange “death” of Peter

By Josh Finney So why Kaiju? And why now? The idea for World War Kaiju came about roughly two years ago. I was coming off of putting the finishing touches

Heri Mcochka writes; At the Forbidden Planet Signing this past Tuesday for some reason known only to Neil Gaiman.. He started to Lick his own book....

Ian Melton writes; Praise for a rare "licensed" book that is good and funny. Reading comic books there are few really "fun" books that come out

On Wednesday we get more comic books Hooray! Batman/Superman #1 launches, which will probably be the No 2 launch of the month, just behind Superman

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

There has been considerable promotion and attention paid towards March Book One, the first volume in the graphic autobiography of Civil Rights pioneer

Ian Melton writes; Ask a comic book fan about Todd McFarlane and they’ll probably tell you one of three things: he draws a great Spider-Man; he created

Dylan Gonzalez writes; Beer: CascaZilla Brewer: Ithaca Beer Co. CascaZilla is a beer available throughout the year, produced by the Ithaca Beer Co. It is

Travis Ellisor writes; I first discovered Nate Stockman's art when another artist posted a link to his work online. I immediately took a liking to his

  "I go to the comic shop maybe 3 or 4 times a year at the most. Most of the people in this room, I don’t even know who they are." - Michael Lark

Corry T. Fitchpatric writes; In 2009, the individual that I regarded as a father figure killed someone. It was devastating to watch someone who had such a

Cameron Hatheway writes; 100 Bullets: Brother Lono #1 by Dave Johnson ¡Ay, caramba! Such a delightfully pulpy cover by the Reverend Dave Johnson. While

It is an option...

Neal Adams is adding his art to new printings of Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore's The Walking Dead #1 for Wizard World, the colour version being given away

Jesse James writes; Jimmy Jay did something I totally disagreed with, he set up his Amazing Vegas con as far from the famous Vegas strip as possible. Not

Here's an example of work sold by A Mean Fish, a shop and market stall attendee in Canberra, Australia. Husband and wife team, Matthew and Louise Judd,

I've told comic book publishers that I will report on their sell-outs, but only if I get accurate sales figures to accompany them. So, yes, there always

By Cameron Hatheway When diving through the quarter bins at conventions, you’ll always come across quite a few interesting titles from bygone eras. When