Rich Johnston Archives

So Dynamite have announced they'll be selling their digital comics on Dark Horse's proprietary digital platform, as well as on ComiXology and Comics Plus.

So, guns. There's a lot of them about, it seems. Not so much over here, but in America, in Africa, in the Middle East, there seem to be quite a few. And

I don't know why but my patriotic side just flipped out, reading today's Guardians Of The Galaxy. Oh sure, we might take the mickey out of ol' Brian

We ran the first review of Jupiter's Legacy #1, out today, last week. During which we mentioned a very specific panel by artists Frank Quitely and Peter

The Brazilian version of Judge Dredd Megazine, is finally going to be published, in Portugeuse. A licensed version of Dredd and the 2000AD characters is

There are a number of rather lovely narrative tricks in today's Young Avengers, and students of the comics form would be wise to pick it up. Including

One of the problems with the ComiXology 700 #1 Marvel giveaway when announced was that thousands of people then started clicking seven hundred buttons on

Ten Grand is a hard book for me to read with any consistent authorial viewpoint in my head. Written by Joe Michael Straczynski and painted by Ben

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCeZ3OxhK-0 Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando writes; Hey Fandom! This is Image Comics' week! Independence Day came

UPDATE: Just wanted to add, much of this is a mixture of of bits and pieces from a number of sources, and yes, some of it may be old and out of date, some

From last week's Savage Wolverine, before Shanna The She-Devil is resurrected from the dead by submerging her corpse in Man Thing goo, that dribbles down

Former French Attorney General and current European MP Rachida Dati, who has just withdrawn from the Parisiene mayoral contest, is the subject of a

Batman Inc has been a funny old title as far at the New 52 is concerned. The relaunch happened half way through its rather intricately designed run, which

It is one of the problems with licensed comics. Sometimes the approval process takes longer than expected. Check out Marvel's Dexter, now onto its third

Hi ho, hi ho, it's trademarking we go. With issues over Dynamite's trademarking of Uncanny last year nicely settled (for now) I thought I'd see what other

  Steve Horton will be signing AMALA'S BLADE #1 at booth 801, the Dark Horse booth, at C2E2 all three days: noon Friday, 10 a.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.

    celebrated at this special gallery show and auction. To enhance the experience for attendees, The Walking Dead #100 original sketch cover

Debuting at C2E2 from Atypical Comics, Geoffrey D Wessel's self publishing operation are Takedown #1 and Keeper #2.... Table F15 if you want to make a

Last week, CBR announced the end of the B&B columns, where senior editorial staff Bob Harras and Bobbie Chase of DC Comics talked about upcoming DC

Denver Comic Con writes; We need some help. A friend of ours, Nick Vanover, was instrumental in making Denver Comic Con 2012 happen. Unfortunately, he's

Yesterday, we ran a preview of The Uncanny, originally self-published last year by William D Hodge,, now moving to ComiXology. A few days ago we ran a

Last month, you could buy eight copies of Robert Kirkman's Irredeemable Ant Man comic on eBay for a dollar. The first issue, even from the co-creator of

I understand that film production company Lionsgate has expressed interest in the recent comic launched by Bleeding Cool owners Avatar Press, Uber. By

Teebusters busted? Offering today, a super-take on Amy Pond. Naturally they made it different enough from Karen Gillan to avoid issues over likenesses.

We're getting a first glimpse on Free Comic Book Day of Chris Roberson and Scott Kowalchuk's Strangers. But the book itself will see publication in July

Thanks to Martin Ansin...

One of the most enjoyable things about comics shows like Comiket is finding stuff that you've meant to pick up for ages but, you know, just never got

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQccrQjQqBM Stadium Comics of Ontario unpack their Free Comic Book Day comics. And go through all of them....

As this runs, I'm probably sitting down with the good lady wife to watch The Book Of Mormon. Tickets bought in November, which is what you have to do these days.

Tim Hanley writes; Although DC went up and Marvel went down in February, Marvel had the higher percentage of female creators yet again, continuing an