Rich Johnston Archives

In eight days I'll be flying out to San Diego Comic Con and, like the monster it is, it seems to be taking over my every waking thought... sorry if I

We reported that venture capitalist Timothy Draper had paid $25,000 for Jim Lee to paint his wall, for the We Can Be Heroes Indigogo campaign. With hours

I just got the notification as a backer. The graphic novel drawn by Injustice: Gods Among Us artist Mike S Miller, based on Anne Rice's novel about the

Dragon*Con, the popular culture convention much criticised due to one of its founders charged with criminal acts of paedophilia, and one who has used

Adi Tantimedh writes; WARNING: SPOILERS FOR BOTH BIOSHOCK: INFINITE AND THE LAST OF US I’ve played through both BIOSHOCK: INFINITE and THE LAST OF US, two

I do give credit to Pádraig Ó Méalóid for spotting this quote from Andrew Hope. First interview request for my top secret, miraculous Marvel project, from

More top hundreds, top fifties and top tens than you know what to do with for the month of June, as sold by Diamond Comic Distributors to the direct

We talked to Glasweigan writer Andrew Hope last year about his new Marvel comic project. Of which he couldn't say much. Hope was a peer of Mark Millar

Image Comics have just launched their new website. And you know what one comic book publisher getting a new website makes other publishers feel, they want

By Chris Thompson It’s a big week as Taylor & I tackle not one, not two, not three, but FOUR hot new books. First up we take a look at Jeremy Holt

A graphic novel exhibit at the German university of of Duisburg-Essen features the work of Israeli artist, Rutu Modan as part of a series of displays for

Carnage, Carnage USA, Venom Vs Carnage, Maximum Carnage, all 99 cents a pop. But not Minimum Carnage... Thanks to top spotter Tom Huxley. Who had another

Meet Angel Face, Dennis The Menace's rival who began appearing in the weekly Beano comic strip since last year, but is now making a jump to the new series

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m4CBk-HX1I Grace Randolph writes; Rila Fukushima is Yukio in The Wolverine 2013. 20th Century Fox and Hugh Jackman hope

Tyler Shainline, Image Comics Events Coordinator, came home from Image Expo to the following; Don't use @PublicStorage if you want to keep your stuff

Vertical Ink announces; So our newest license acquisition is Moyoco Anno’s bio-manga “Insufficient Direction." Here Moyoco details her budding romance and

Dynamite's print run for Red Sonja #1, the relaunch written by Gail Simone, was I understand 35,000 copies, a healthy overprint based on initial orders

It's the weekly chart that measures Wednesday and Thursday sales each week, to measure the purchases of those who just can't wait until the weekend to get

I'm hoping we've all seen Man Of Steel. Or been willingly spoiled on Man Of Steel. Or have no intention of seeing Man Of Steel after being spoiled on Man Of Steel.

The San Diego Law Library is hosting an interactive discussion, titled Censorship: From 1950s Superheroes to Today’s Manga, on the Tuesday before San

In Injustice: Gods Among Us, Superman punches people into space. A lot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKuvEsfr3mw Thankfully, Wired have worked out just

Michael Sheen on comic books and Neil Gaiman at the hands of drama college student Gary. "Here's the Watchmen, here's Swamp Thing, here's Hellblazer and

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Fred Boulos writes; “So you want to make lots of money making independent comics?” Uh...no. “So you want to turn that fantastic idea into something you

Here's the listing from the Heroes: Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary exhibition at s1 Artspace in Sheffield. Stoneface Sculpture – Andrew Vickers will

Fancy a dip in the San Diego harbour or hotel pool? From Romwe, some superhero-themed bikini and leggings lines deserves a little investigation and

In the nineties, Rick Veitch published the incredible Maximortal, a follow up to his successful Brat Pack series. It told the story of True-Man from two

British journalist Laura Sneddon has been writing a series of articles for The Beat, breaking down the legal quagmire of comic books created for 2000AD,

Thanks to Adam Messinger and Brian Bautista for this look of Image Expo 2013... including the after party!