Rich Johnston Archives

The fuss around day-and-date digital seems almost quaint by now. It's expected that most publishers will put out a digital comic alongside its print

Grath Ennis' Fury book has a certain controversial reputation to live up to. The first series he wrote managed to kill the George Clooney-starring film

This is the year that saw Brian Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming's Powers return after a bit of a TV-imposed sabbatical. But with the future of the

Once upon a time, there was a company called Titan Distribution, the leading comic book distributor in the UK. There were also joint companies Titan Books

Alan Davis always seems to have the concept of family at the heart of the stories he writes. If a character hasn't got a family, he finds one for them.

Here's the solicitation copy for Avengers Vs X-Men #7 shipping in July from Marvel Comics. AVENGERS VS X-MEN #7 (OF 12) AVX MATT FRACTION (w) • OLIVIER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6BxFiQlZkc Anne Hathaway is Catwoman aka Selina Kyle in The Dark Knight Rises 2012, following in the footsteps of Michelle

When Image Comics publish The Walking Dead #100 in July, they'll be doing so with a bang. As well as Charlie Adlard doing a cover, a wraparound cover and

Ame-Comi Girls, based on DC's manga-style statues of Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Catwoman and other superheroines, will be a new digital comic published by

Retailers got a look at some Before Watchmen pages in black-and-white at the Diamond Chicago Summit. As I'd previously heard, and now have confirmed, only

Coming out of the Diamond Retailer Summit is the news that Ultimate Captain America is to return as a series from Marvel this summer, expected to get big

  It's been a while coming certainly. But Punk Rock Jesus #1 by Sean Murphy is solicited by DC Vertigo for July. And while much attention at the show

At the Diamond Chicago Retailer Summit, taking place right now, IDW announced to the retailers present a new project, teaming up Danger Girl and GI Joe.

DC Comics has launched a New Frontiersman teaser for Before Watchmen, based on the radical political newsletter from the original series. The first

Did you get a copy of Incorruptible #28 from Boom? It may depend on exactly where your comic shop is. It appears that Diamond Comic Distributors may have

From the Anime Boston Con last weekend. And I quote. So Friday afternoon outside the dealers room my friend Logan (Rorschach) proposed to her boyfriend

Jesse James is attending C2E2 for Bleeding Cool. But got some questions in early. The last two years I have been able to watch Rob Guillory grow into a

On Wednesday I received this e-mail. With it, was attached a CBR file of Iron Muslim #1. It read; Dear Rich, Been a HUGE fan of your comics since Civil

DC Comics is set to show off Watchmen this weekend in Chicago. But it won't be the first time some folks will have seen the pages they are showing off. A

"Currently, DC Comics are no longer available for purchase on our Fire app." -  ComiXology representative to a Bleeding Cool reader After making such a

One is famed for writing and drawing tales of a rabbit samurai, Usagi Yojimbo. The other is famed for printing those comics. Now Stan Sakai and Mike

Marvel Comics are running a promotion with comic book stores and cinema chains, to try and make the link with The Avengers movie and their offerings for

The new chapter of the Crossed webcomic Wish You Were Here by Simon Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine is now out, after last week's smaller

This is the new Pop Culture Shock/Sidedhow statue of Judge Dredd, to be unveiled later today but sneak-peeked in advance. It's the Simon Bisely Dredd from

It's a small amount. But considering the drops of the last decade and a half, any increase has to be seen as a good thing. Announced at the Diamond

Where do pirates get their digital scans from? Almost all pirated and illegally uploaded comic books appear on the Wednesday the comic is on sale,

IronWatch: I may have called Larry of Larry's Comics all names under the sun. But he sure knows how to rack a comic book. TweetWatch: Amazing Spider-Man

Thanks to one hard working YouTuber, we now have the Alan Moore interview with BBC's HARDTalk online for everyone to see. The BBC generally don't take

Batman Hush promo vs Gambit #25 cover, both from 2oo1... In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be

I know I know, you haven't even finished reading this week's comics, and already we're talking about next week? And the week after? Well, them's the