Rich Johnston Archives

JD Church writes, based on a piece we ran yesterday; Is it impossible for Beast to be an atheist in the amazing world that he lives? After all, he’s

Orbital Comics in London became a makeshift television studio yesterday, when BBC 1 used it to record an episode of the current affairs show Inside Out.

Roger Priebe writes; I love comic books. Even more than that, I love the history behind the comic books. I soak up magazines like “Alter Ego” and “Back

This is what Kieron Gillen's World War 2 superhero comic Uber for Avatar looked like in 2008. On a fridge. The issue being laid out here will be published

Man of Steel with military might arrayed in the background? What does this latest glimpse of Superman tell us about the film? BC has theories.

Ooh, I bet Dynamite wish they'd thought of that one. Or possibly Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Or even Frank Miller. But there you go. "Super Noir" for

Billie Piper appeared on on Graham Norton's chatshow on BBC 1 tonight, and was asked if she was returning to Doctor Who for the show's 50th anniversary.

We've already talked about Kieron Gillen's Heat, a planned six-issue sci-fi mini-series for Avatar, about the policing of Mercury, that has yet to see

This was the solicitation for A+X #2 KAARE ANDREWS & PETER DAVID (W) KAARE ANDREWS & MIKE DEL MUNDO (A) Cover by KAARE ANDREWS Variant Cover by ED

The case of atheism is a practiced and oft repeated one. I've never been totally convinced myself, as I still have an inability to explain consciousness

Since we ran the story about a Remote Controlled Flying Superman spotted in the wild, it has picked up rather with TV news getting involved; The designer

Peter David suffered a stroke on holiday. He is currently being treated, while working on X-Factor scripts. But treatment costs. And rehabilitation costs

Shame: Pursuit is the new graphic novel from Renegade Arts Entertainment coming out at the end of April. Written by Lovern Kindzierski and painted by John

On Saturday, January 12th from 10am to 4pm, The Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture of Harlem, New York, will be launching their first Black

Nathan Miller writes; Ambria Rourke is okay. She doesn’t mind when people call her Ambria, but she prefers to be called Bri, which she finds much less

A reader writes to me; I recently bought up the last year's worth of Amazing Spider-Man in print, and was selling the digital codes on eBay, and a few

Along with Batwoman, The Flash from the pen of Francis Manapul, is one of the few DC New 52 comics that is trying something new with the form. Using

Coming down the pipe... If you are enjoying Si Spurrier's run on X-Men Legacy, then his five issue miniseries X-Club will be 99 cents an issue tomorrow on

We recently reported that the Steve Ditko Variant for Amazing Spider-Man #700 was selling on eBay for over $1200 and copies are still selling for over a

In one week's time, we start to get round to a full week's worth of comics. Dark Horse has teh amazing Cherubs by Bryan Talbot and Mark Stafford, more

This commission is from artist Nate Snareser. The phrase that comes to mind is... "clicky for biggy" The Batmen and women of the DC Universe and beyond.

Mary Talbot and Bryan Talbot appeared on Britain's Channel 4 News tonight to talk about their Costa Award-winning graphic novel Dotter Of Her Father's

Tony Panaccio used to run CrossGen's digital comics line. So, yes, he has stories. But he also has an idea about a possible future for digital comics and

The successfully Kickstarter-funded Molly Danger from Jamal Igle is approaching completion, with the firstv sign in print, the Molly Danger FCBD title.

The Eisner Awards 2013 have opened nominations for this year's awards, to be presented at San Diego Comic Con. The tentative categories include best short

Louis Falcetti writes; 2013 has begun, and a look at the comixology charts shows that the world has continued on buying digital comics and showing what

So what's been happening at the retail ground level over Christmas and the New Year? The reorder charts gives us the highest reordered books through

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SV1yX-Kp5c At an Amanda Palmer New Year's concert, Neil Gaiman sang the theme tune to Gerry Anderson's Fireball XL5. When

Warren Ellis knows how to get his comic book spread by social marketing doesn't he? Getting Wil Wheaton to read from Gun Machine. His next novel, he's

Sam Humphries, current writer on Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates, Sacrifice and Fanboys Vs Zombies, has a new project for Marvel this year, which he teased