Rich Johnston Archives

On the day I turned twenty-five, I came to consciousness at 3am in a twenty-four hour laundromat in Brooklyn, New York, eating cracker jacks in my

Last night’s comics festival party was in a terribly fashionable barfull of the beautiful, TV producers, directors, musicians and magazine editors 

This is the Marvel Map Of The Future. Tom Brevoort discusses a number of aspects here. But what is he not saying? What is he hiding? What is he keeping

Quick, name an Asian character in superhero comics! Now name an Asian character who doesn’t know any martial arts! OK, as stereotypes go, that’s probably

Rich Johnston is in Italy, writing from the Treviso Comics Festival. Apologies for the reduced posting but this is bloody Italy, okay? Day One: Okay,

From the New York Comic Con event listings, for the Saturday at 11am... MTV Geek with Stan Lee Join MTV Geek as they discuss what's in store for MTV

Last Unicorn is an adapted comic series coming out from IDW based on the Peter S. Beagle novel, by Peter Gillis, Renae De Liz and Ray Dillon, through

SPOILERS FOR ASTONISHING X-MEN: XENOGENESIS #3 BY WARREN ELLIS AND KAARE ANDREWS. What seems like an age ago, I reported that Warren Ellis was

It's 2.30pm in New York City. The one-on-one interviews with DC and Wildstorm staff have been completed and they're running one big internal meeting about

I always thought you couldn't libel the dead. Drinky Crow/Maakies creator Tony Millionaire seems to be of another opinion. In that one of his old strips

This is what Dynamite are serving up for the festive period, a Project Superpowers Christmas Carol, written by Alex Ross and Brandon Jerwa, drawm by

This is a sketch from a new Dynamite book by Garth Ennis and Adriano Batista. Garth already writes the Boys and Battlefield books for Dynamite, Adriano

On Wednesday, The Walking Dead #77 went live on Comixology, downloadable onto PCs, iPads and iPhones on the same day as release in print in the US - and a

Okay, okay, it's not from Tony Scott. But it is an upcoming superhero movie called Nemesis that seem to have nothing whatsoever to do with Mark Millar and

The Delcourt "Seven" series of graphic novels. Cover designs from 2007. The Marvel Civil War crossover. Cover designs from 2006. In Swipe File we present

JobWatch: Anyone to take a brief for a high profile paying job drawing/painting in the more-intricate Disney style? Think painted castles and

So the Wildstorm Universe titles are to end. And the licensed books to be published by DC. But what about the rest? The Wildstorm creator

In today's Panel Borders podcast, Alex Fitch interviews Paul Cornell. During the conversation he lets listeners know, regarding the appearance of Sandman

Bleeding Cool has received an early copy of CLiNT#2 out in a week. So what's the score? Cost: £3.99 Pages of Kick Ass 2 #1: 8 Pages of Turf #2: 14 Pages

On the left, an illustration by Dune's John Shoenherr from And Seven Times Never Kill Man by George R R Martin that appeared in Analog. And on the right,

Currently Amazon are listing the B.P.R.D. Plague Of Frogs hardcover, to be released in February, at a massive 52% off. Down from $34.99 to $16.86. Given

IndiaWatch: It's not just America where movie stars can become comic book creators overnight. In India, Bollywood star Arya Babbar has written his first

To promote the 480-page  Simon And Kirby Superheroes hardcover volume published by Titan Books on Friday in the UK and next week in the US, this is Poison

While Charlie Brooker glowers from above. Sadly he doesn't seem to be doing a comic, and neither do Pegg or Frost. Boo. Instead, as well as continuing

It's been a long time coming. Hell, Comixology got the files from publisher Markosia at San Diego Comic Con last year. But today, The Flying Friar went

This is something to do with American Sports I think but apparently in some match or other, some kid tried to dress up in a superhero-style costume and

Marvel are running a sweet little ad for their Digital Comics Unlimited service, on the likes of Yahoo Answers, featuring a post coital scene with the

Getting Lost Girls into the UK has always been problematic, due to inconsistent anti-pornography measures taken by UK Customs And Excise. And yes, it

Recently Dark Horse's Mike Richardson put on an exhibition of his original comic book artwork - and made a bit of a show of it. Here he is in conversation

So Wildstorm is finally ceased to be, the studios in La Jolla ceased to be, staff and projects absorbed into DC Digital in Burbank. Wildstorm was the Jim