Rich Johnston Archives

The Spider-Man mini-series by JJ Abrams, Henry Abrams and Sara Pichelli has been a little on the late side. But here is the latest news on the fate of the

Family Tree #3 by Jeff Lemire and Phil Hester just came out last week from Image Comics, now it and Family Tree #2 have gone to second printings. And it

Marvel Comics, as ever, is putting a few of their comics through second printings. But their first Rise Of Kylo Ren issue is getting more. It's true,

Brian Garside is the founder of Manage Comics, subscription pull list software for comic shops, and he’s dedicated his life to helping comic stores grow,

Bon Alimagno was a Senior UX Program Manager in Core Shopping (CXT-Design) at Amazon for five years. But ten years ago, he was Talent Co-ordinator at

DC Comics has decided to let folk know what they are planning for Superman 100-Page Giant #2  - and we learnt something more about the From Beyond The

They say you can never go back home. That is not true, it seems, for comic book store Seidr’s Den, in Caspar, Wyoming, owned by Steve Howe. It is moving

Ahead of Final Order Cut-Off dates, a number of publishers release new covers, sometimes tiered to orders of other comics or cover to help boost their

Comic book writer Gail Simone first wrote the Birds Of Prey title in 2003 with #56 at a time when the series was planned to be cancelled. Featuring

Batgirl #44 was originally solicited as a City Of Bane aftermath comic book. But it looks as if DC Comics has decided to junk all memories of that

This is how Wonder Woman #86 was originally solicited, before Wonder Woman #84 became #750. WONDER WOMAN #86 (W) Steve Orlando (A) Max Raynor (CA) Guillem

Once & Future #1 by Doctor Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora has just made a jump - to an eighth printing. Which has to be a modern-day record. I mean, it

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I didn't go to the London premiere of Birds Of Prey (And The Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn) last night. But I did walk above it, held as it was at the

Last summer, Jonathan Hickman oversaw the rejuvenation of Marvel’s X-books with the immensely popular House Of X and Powers Of X miniseries, spawning a

I have taken much delight in my home having both Alexa and Google Nest speakers in my home since Christmas. Especially the function where, through my

Marvel Comics has published memorials for Tom Lyle and Gerry Alanguilan in today's comics. It is particularly poignant in X-Men #5, as Gerry Alanguilan

Avengers #28 was out for Christmas. And it seems that the Three Wise Heralds of Galactus had a message for us all, for a cosmic nativity. Following yonder

Last month's issue did pretty much exactly what it said on the tin. I mean, half-ish. Two of this pretty lot. Magpie, off-panel. ...and Cavalier, very

Today’s X-Men #5 sees Cyclops putting a team together for a mission. one of the members is Synch, from Gendration X, created by Scott Lobdell and Chris

Frank Tieri has been writing the Ruins Of Ravencroft one-shots that have led up to today's Ravencroft #1. And in doing so has been doing his own

Last year, Urban Comics, a DC Comics licensor in France, published a hardcover gallery of Lee Bermejo's work for DC Comics. It included finished art,

In X-Men #1, with the Krakoan hit squad hitting Orchis hard, they released a lot of imprisoned mutants. Although they were not all mutants. One was

This is a panel from towards the end of today's Justice League #39 by Scott Snyder and Jorge Jimenez. With the Spectre and the Phantom Stranger narrating

Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail

Victor Santos Montesino is a cartoonist and writer of Valencian comics. One of the biggest Spanish writers in comics today, he has also worked for several

I am rather against the way most comic book publishers run previews for comic books. Lining up the first five or six pages is a lazy cop-out way to tease

James Gilarte and Tony Donley are putting out a digital apocalypse threat of a comic with Zero Day Threat #1, out in April from Red 5 Comics. With a new

We mentioned earlier that Avengers #30, published today, featured a parallel to the Christmas nativity, albeit not an exact one, as the Starbrand is

Erik Klaus and Katy Amacker are launching what looks like the perfect collision yet to be explored, Ninjas Vs Robots #1 with Klaus working with Kevin