Rich Johnston Archives

Bleeding Cool reported that the Florida comic store A Comic Shop got broken into again over Christmas. A smash and grab of the register, and though they

Matt Wagner has created this year's Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Matt Wagner membership art, for members' membership card, pen & notebook set,

Target got an exclusive Batman 100-Page Giant recently, Batman: The Caped Crusader #1, selling instore for $9.99. It was not announced by any publicity,

Saladin Ahmed, Miles Morales, Black Bolt and Ms Marvel writer, and Dave Acosta, Elvira Mistress Of The Dark, Twilight Zone and Chastity artist, are

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In November, Marvel saw their marketshare down with a 37.41% dollar share and a 42.68% unit share but still ahead of DC Comics as they dropped down to a

Two days ago, Bleeding Cool ran an article about QAnon conspiracy recruiters being the latest to utilise the Marvel logo for The Punisher. after a

Cartoonist Carol Isaacs launched her first graphic novel The Wolf of Baghdad at the Cartoon Museum in London last night. Attended by the likes of Martin

Welcome to Thank FOC It’s Friday, a semi-weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the

Boom Studios had a very good 2019, with record sales from all-star creators defecting to them in Azzarello and Llovet’s Faithless, Gillen and Mora’s

Empyre #1 by Dan Slott, Al Ewing and Valerio Schiti is out in comic stores in April. But as we know, events can't start with an issue #1, but an issue #0.

We all know Jean-Luc Picard's personal choice of beverage and the manner in which he orders it from the replicator in the starship Enterprise. Tea, Earl

Just a little Frankensteining before today’s announcements... but no Three Jokers. Event Leviathan: Checkmate #1 (of 6) (W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Alex

Marvel Comics will announce their full January 2020 solicitations next week, but as ever, we just can’t wait, so have Frankensteined a few of them

No news on whether or not we are getting The Three Jokers #1 in April from Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok. But it would be appropriate if we do. Because DC

Does this tweet from artist Jason Fabok... big #batman #Threejokers news coming soon... stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/q6HrCAqPbD — Jason Fabok (@JasonFabok)

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There have been a few delays and creative switcheroos on the X-Men title spinning out of a House Of X. Well. here’s another one. X-Men #8 will now be

I'm a big fan of comics illustrator Meghan Hetrick and I support her work on Patreon. I got the chance to talk to her about her upcoming Cover Alpha

Comic book creators Shane Riches and Jared Barel have a new graphic novel out called ha.i.ley. from ComicMix. A husband and wife fight for their survival

The collection of Resonant by David Andry, Ale Aragon and Jason Wordie from Vault Studios is out in comic stores on January 22nd, and in bookstores in

David Avallone's has a Writer's Commentary on Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark #11, available from Dynamite now. Did you read Elvira #11? Because this is

What do you get the Green Lantern who has everything or has received every commendation? In The Green Lantern Season 2 #1 by Grant Morrison and Liam

Rockhead's Comics & Games of Kenosha, Wisconsin, will be closing after 47 years - unless they find someone willing to buy the business.. Current owner

Introduced in December, Diamond Comic Distributor's redesigned 200-count, 400-count, and 200/400-count combo shipping boxes were intended to provide comic

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #101 is getting a second printing for the 4th of March from IDW. And it will be joined by a plethora of Marvel titles, out

The Angoulême Grand Prix is the most prestigious award in the comics medium and is intended to award a creator's life's work to date. This year, the

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A few late comic books slipping down DC Comics' pipe... Superman: Heroes #1 has slipped a week from the 29th of January to the 5th of February. As a

DC Comics has issued the credits to Wonder Woman Giant #3 just before the oversized comic book goes to Final Order Cut-Off. With a new cover from Chad