Rich Johnston Archives

Here you go folks. The cover to the final issue of Uncanny X-Men, issue 544, by Kieron Gillen and Greg Land. It's part of Schism, it will no doubt lead to

Another one of those "oh yeah"... posts. A while back I reported the existence of Superman Beyond #0, which DC are publishing in August, set in the Batman

It appears that the image released by DC Comics with the information about the Teen Titans #1 relaunch in September was not the actual cover to the comic

PantsWatch: As the Supergirl #1 relaunch news is expected today or tomorrow from DC, it looks like one company is beating them to it. And ignoring any

Tom Harris, Labour member of Parliament, we thought we knew you. Popular geeky online politician, blogger, tweeter, before it was fashionable for a

From the Newsarama interview with Scott Lobdell about Red Hood.. Nrama: What do you think of the chance to launch a new #1 with the other titles in this

A number one from Marvel in September. Spider-Island: Avengers #1 by Christopher Yost and Mike McKone. $2.99. Here's the Leinil Francis Yu cover... And,

Licensing.biz tells us that Warners is working from a three year calendar matching DC Comics with licensing partners, that covers the new Green Lantern

Batman Beyond writer Adam Beechen tweeted today that we're going to get a Batman Beyond #1. The plan as I understand it is to keep all storylines going,

Today, Marvel Comics publish Mystery Men #1, the first issue of a five part series,  The indicia of the comic however says that all characters featured

I think the upcoming Dredd movie may have something to do with it. Currently US readers of 2000AD get a batch of four or five issues of 2000AD in one go

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran a piece based on the Private Eye report about the troubled series seven and the subsequent hurried tweet response from the

I like this Deadpool. This Deadpool wants to have a laugh, cause chaos, with no apparent end game in mind. Stuck at the beginning superhero-proofing

So I was discussing the DC Relaunch with a couple of friends in the pub. And I was reminded of criticism aimed Bob Harras at Marvel that I once reported

DC has handed io9.com news about more issue one titles from September. And there are some interesting twists. Legion Lost #1, as we BleedingCooled, by

This looks like it could be Keron Grant's new cover to Static Shock #1. There was meant to be a new Static Shock series starting this Spring by Felicia

Two comics, both event crossovers, both issue ones, both out today, both starring Frankenstein's Creature. Or just Frankenstein as they're calling him

ArchieWatch: After Elton gets a preview of the Kevin Keller #1 comic from Archie, out today. WarrenWatch: Warren Ellis calls for an animated reworking of

One of the more peculiar aspects of the DC Comics Relaunch was the edict reported by Bleeding Cool that the female characters all cover up their legs, a

Not only is Brian Wood no longer DC exclusive, not only was he ditched from Supergirl days before the DC Relaunch announcements, not only is DMZ coming to

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool Buyer beware, there is no steamship ark piloted by Noah in Jeff Vandermeer’s Steampunk Bible. Nor to the Hebrews

Where is Mike? At E3, the slacker, but we get Aaron of A Comic Shop in Florida, solo, showing concern for Bleeding Cool's source at DC (singular, Aaron?),

And there we have it folks. Voodoo #1. By Ron Marz and Sami Basri. This marks the return of Wildstorm to the DC Universe. I don't know how much DC will be

Entertainment Weekly may not care about artists but their writers do! Scott Snyder has tweeted Yanick Pacquette as main artist on Swamp Thing #1 as we

I understand that the writers of the yet-to-be-announced Supergirl #1 are Michael Green and Mike Johnson, best known for their Superman/Batman work. Green

DC Comics are giving Entertainment Weekly more stories about their issue one comics today, and it seems to all be around the more supernatural elements of

Men swing their weapons. Women pose with theirs. Welcome to five character posters for the upcoming Conan movie. Out on the 19th of August in the USA and

Comic writer/artist/messiah Mike Netzer has responded to the David Goyer story that enraged a nation in Action Comics #900 in his own special way.

James Pinkerton is very positive. He not only like X-Men First Class as a film, but is intrigued by the mixture of political and social issues it raises.

It wasn't that long ago that Alan Moore declared that DC's current work was based on his own stuff for them years ago, and he wished they'd come up with