Rich Johnston Archives

So what did we learn from the Forever Evil #1 preview? A flying/superstrong woman with heels and a cape... and two flying men descending from the sky to

Yesterday, ICV2 published a two part interview with Dan DiDio and Jim Lee. They asked some hard questions, but it seemed more of a questionnaire, only a

Of late, American TV has found much inspiration in the British TV market. Not so much for shows that succeed like The Office, or fail like Skins,

  At San Diego Comic Con, IDW announced a new Little Nemo project, Return To Slumberland by Eric Shanower and Gabriel Rodriguez. But it's not the

In New Avengers, the Illuminati have been struggling with the idea of destroying other Earths in order to save their own. In Infinity #1, it looks like

It was solicited that Neil Gaiman was to co-write Guardians Of The Galaxy #5 with Brian Bendis, specifically that he'd write the words for Angela. That

A preview page of Batman Inc #13 reveals a last minute change from Jason Todd as Wingman on the left, replaced by Dark Ranger on the right in the finished

Every week, reporting from the coalface of the comics industry, which books are retailers trying to up their orders on before they come out, as they see

Tom Strong knows the score. So, today, that's exactly what I did. And here's what I thought. Grant Morrison's Batman comes to an end. Not with a bang, but

From Ten Grand... "CEMETERY CATS, the first illustrated fantasy novel from Joe's Comics, tells the story of Kristabel, a cat whose fourteen-year-old

Frazer Irving first drew Grant Morrison's comics for Seven Soldiers with Klarion, Since then, he's been seen on Batman Inc and the like. And now he's

Nice big massive spoilers for today's Fearless Defenders. Because they've created a rather interesting set up today. From next issue's solicitations, "New

By Hannah Means-Shannon Sitting down to read a new Tom Strong comic is incredibly nostalgic for me, and probably for many readers. Alan Moore’s ABC comics

Diamond Comic Distributors are lining up the five categories for their next Best Practice Awards for retailers. If you are a retailer, get in touch, if

Over in Uncanny Avengers, Uncanny X-Men and All New X-Men, they've been fighting over the use of the word mutant, or M-Word, and on what side individual

By Hannah Means-Shannon I’ve gradually become acquainted with the guys behind Black Mask Studios (co-founders include Matt Pizzolo, Steve Niles, and Brett

One punchline. From today's Red Lanterns by Charles Soule and Alessandro Vitti. I look forward to the sex education manual to follow, The Joy Of Zox in

Lots of cool stuff happens in today's Uncanny X-Men by Brian Bendis and Chris Bachalo.

That's a scene from today's Guardians Of The Galaxy. More on that later. But it's another of the timequake scenes kicked off by the end of Age Of Ultron.

My mind is still playing catch up with reality, which is how I missed a relatively long promotional interview with Grant Morrison in USA Today, timed for

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgTiLyV6Bnw Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida writes; Hey Fandom! I'm Aaron, and I'm talking about New

Dylan Gonzalez writes; Beer: Noble Rot Brewery: Dogfish Head You smell that in the air? Like something is rotting… Okay, Dogfish Head’s Noble Rot doesn’t

Hope you enjoy Guardians Of The Galaxy #5 tomorrow, because you're going to have a two month wait until #6. We noted how Hawkeye was slipping down the

Thank you Jonathan for this handy dandy reading guide to your Infinity crossover... especially since certain types might be able to work out which comics

A "raw" ungraded B+W Neal Adams covered Walking Dead #1 just went for $180 on eBay. A signed standard version went for over $60. They were given away to

From Justice League Of America #4, a look at the latin motto used by the Secret Society Of Super Villains, there to prepare the way for the Crime

For a first issue from Image Comics, that would be a good number. But for a second issue? That's golden. Image Comics announced that Lazarus #2 has sold

  Welcome to your first look at Battle Of The Atom #1 by Brian Bendis and Frank Cho. There is time travel, there are X-Men going back and forth, of

Mark Waid, of Thrillbent has announced the opening of the Thrillbent store, allowing people to pay to download PDF versions of the Thrillbent comics they

Sometimes I dream of revolution, a bloody coup d'etat by the second rank--troupes of actors slaughtered by their understudies, magicians sawn in half by