Rich Johnston Archives

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS1KZrKaVVY Smell like the undead...

Andrew Mertes writes; The Age of Ultron has begun, and all tremble in its wake… unless you happen to be in the business of selling comic books, in which

Gavin Lees writes; Brian Posehn is best known as a stand-up comedian, and for his roles in Just Shoot Me and The Sarah Silverman Program.  It's clear from

Professor Jeremy Larance writes; Yes, you can now major in comic literature. As an English professor at a relatively small public university in West

Gavin Lees writes; Jae Lee made a rare convention appearance at this year’s Emerald City Comicon, so I took the opportunity to speak to him about his work

Bringing in DC' solicitations, as revealed by Comic Book Resources, Comic Vine, Newsarama, IGN, MTV, iFanboy, Comics Alliance all into one spot... no sign

Matt Harding writes; First part here. To start off part two of my story covering the ECCC’s Artists Alley, I’d like to share with you the comic “Martin

Lately, Marvel have been making all sorts of claims about the end of Age Of Ultron. Ordinarily people might be a little wary of giving them any credence.

Justice League Beyond follows the continuity of the Bruce Timm Justice League (Unlimited) cartoons where Wally West was the modern Flash, rather than

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7se3sxrVYhE After last week's Marvel Creative Summit video from Patrick Willems, now we get Part Two! Featuring bad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgPk9naqyjY That was... really something. I feel uplifted. Click here to find out more.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9FI7OZTBLo It's Fun With Flags with Sheldon Cooper. Okay, no, it's Freebie Friday. People send me stuff, I hold them up in

It's been a while since DC Comics topped the North American direct market charts, but Justice League Of America #1 did that admirably. With Batman and

He tries his best, bless him. But the lack of gravitas, post production and, to be frank, an American accent really doesn't help this latest partwork

It's time for the Diamond Comic Distributors' Best Practice Awards process to begin once more, these long hallowed trophies now entering their second

Coming next week, we're getting a bunch of Batrequiem books, the last Ozymandias issue where where discover just how right Len Wein was when he was

A few weeks ago, Bleeding Cool reported that Tony Lee was dialoguing Superboy #18 and writing Superboy #19. Last night he tweeted; So I can finally say

On Saturday at 5pm, Shannon Wheeler and ComiXology are holding court, talking about ComiXology Submit. There is no news as to whether or not Shannon will

SUPERCONSERVATIVE Paul Abbot, senior researcher to a Conservative MP writes for ConservativeHome writes about something that I've mentioned, how the

No movie Hulk until Avengers 2? Too bad. Does the presence of so-called Hulkbuster armour in Iron Man 3 signal an appearance by The Hulk? Of course not,

Well, you know. There are Ultron things happening. So we get 99 cent sales on Mighty Avengers 1 to 6, Moon Knight 1 to 12, Annihilation Conquest #1-7,

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals. And this is what we learned... from lots of people Mathew Southworth

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals. And this is what we learned. Sean Galloway said he's unlikely to come

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals. And this is what we learned. Scott Snyder has been perhaps the most

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals. And this is what we learned. Mark Waid really is one nicest creators

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals. And this is what we learned. Brian Wood  might stay on Conan after his

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals. And this is what we learned. David Petersen is a total Teenage Mutant

At ECCC, a number of anonymous Little Bleeders talked to a number of professionals. And this is what we learned. Josh Fialkov said that his upcoming run

When I was a poor university student in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, and then when I had my first job as an even poorer advertising copywriter in Gateshead, I

We know that Geoff Johns seems to self identify with Hal Jordan. He brought the character back to the DC Universe and established an entire franchise