Rich Johnston Archives

  Is it just me or are exclusives... growing? And as with Boom, you can order IDW San Diego Comic Con exclusives in advance, although you can pick

USA Today reports on new digital comic books to be published, based on eighties and nineties TV shows, Knight Rider, Airwolf, Miami Vice, Punky Brewster

A DC Collectibles SDCC exclusive, a ‘Man of Steel’ Superman statue from Gentle Giant our movie Superman standing on skulls. This rather depressing image

In 1971, Mattel put out a Lone Ranger board game, themed as a comic. And got Jack Kirby to do the artwork...

By Cameron Hatheway Everyone is an artist, but some are much better than others. With tons of practice and pencil sharpening however, and a hardcore

By Cameron Hatheway, Be extremely careful what you wish for. I learned this the hard way when joking about tentacle porn on Twitter several months ago

By Hannah Means-Shannon The con machine that is Stan Lee had quite a presence at Wizard World’s “New York City Experience” on July 28-30th, and at a

Never ask how the sausages are made. You don't want to know... Newsarama January 7th Jim Zubkavich: Rather than pitching specific plot details or which

Well now. The Other Dead, by  Joshua Ortega, Digger T. Mesch and Kevin Eastman is a zombie comic where the animal undead have risen, instead of the

Rumours of legal paperwork drafted to prevent Rebellion's sale of The Complete Zenith are for naught, it seems. The book has gone onsale at

Warning: contains minor spoilers. Every time a new Alan Moore project is announced, it’s a big deal. The Kickstarter campaign for His Heavy Heart, the

The New York Times article on Vertigo managed to miss out all sorts of pertinent information on the new Vertigo that the DC Comics blog has just backed

Evening all. Afternoon all. Morning all. Night all. There are a lot of time zones to consider. A busy week as San Diego pre-planning starts to kick in.

Some thoughts on eight new comedy pilots that you can watch right now.

Erik Hollander wrote; Buying comics, especially lately has been pretty expensive. It helps that a lot of DC books, and a few Marvel titles are 2.99, but

Louis Falcetti writes; Would you like to know one of the most important lessons I've learned about the world at large? No one who should pay attention,

Marvel's Tom Brevoort's new Formspring spinoff Tumblr has been giving some interesting answers to some interesting questions... Any chance we'll be

Doctor Who is a part of Cardiff life. Filmed there, with plenty of Torchwood and Sarah Jane Adventures action over the years as well, locals are used to

The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman and JH Williams III, will begin on Oct. 30, and be published bi-monthly, so says DC Comics to the New York Times.

We're used to ComiXology sales, where a stack of titles will be sold at 99 cents each. And Dark Horse's Digital Bundles where a huge amount of digital

BOOM! Studios are offering four pre-order packages of exclusive titles and variants available at San Diego Comic Con this year. No rushing to get in line

Natasha Simpson writes; Not another Kickstarter! Crowd-sourcing is now a great way to get projects funded whether its film, art or even comics, it’s

Derm McG writes; Bunsen Bunnies is a web comic about lab rabbits. Just not the usual sort. Most lab rabbits have science done to them. These bunnies DO

Bleeding Cool’s Kickstarter Correspondent, Shawn Demumbrum has lead three Kickstarter campaigns to launch comic books, two successfully funded and one

Gerry Conway writes; I need your help. DC Comics is a great company. It was the first major publisher to offer creator contracts on a regular basis,

By Cameron Hatheway Sometimes you may have a great idea for a comic, but don’t have the funds to afford an artist to make your vision come to life. Why

Diamond Book Distributors has launched their Diamond Graphic Novel Common Core List for teachers and librarians, with a series of graphic novels

Louis Falcetti writes; The scariest stories are always the most plausible. For instance the popular Saw franchise, which capitalized on the very

Colin O' Mahoney writes; IDW’s Half Past Danger #1 was announced last week as a sell-out that is going back to print. That printing will now also include