Rich Johnston Archives

It has been rumoured. It has been teased. And on the cover of today's Superman #6 you knew it was coming... But could it be a hoax? A trick? An imaginary

Comic stores have received their Diamond 2019 calendars which helps to see what publishers the distributor will be focusing on and when. January is the DC

Two years ago Spawn Kills Everyone oneshotwas a smash hit from Image Comics, going to multiple printings as Todd McFarlane's Spawn murdered his way

This week's issue of The Avengers #11 from Marvel Comics promises War Of The Realms in four months. But there are other realms it is concerned with in

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Five most-read stories yesterday: Ratched: Ryan Murphy

Tonight, London was treated to a half hour presentation of footage from the upcoming Alita: Battle Angel movie on Cineworld’s IMAX screen on Leicester

I've just run a review for Aquaman, but this is the thing I always get asked. So I thought I'd clarify. No spoilers. After the end of the film proper,

I like superhero films, generally. I think I am genetically predisposed to get the most out of them. And, yes, that does include the likes of Batman Vs

Jean-Marc Lofficier puts together a Writer's Commentary on the Barbarella Holiday Special on sale now from Dynamite. Page One: When I was a kid, most

From Amazing Spider-Man #50 to #52 in 1967, courtesy of Stan Lee and John Romita, Peter Parker gave it all up. Spider-Man No More... because he got no

Getting a comic book graded by CGC as a 2.5 out of 10might sometimes be a disappointment. But for Detective Comics #27 that still means a lot of change.

Courtesy of The Beat comes this preview of tomorrow's Batman Annual #3. And it's the age-old story of the death of Batman's parents told from a different

Alan Moore has written on Facebook about his new film, currently in production, The Show. No seriously, he has. It's on his Official Facebook Page and

It's Rogol Zaar Vs General Zod Vs Superman. And Clark seems to be suffering from a little insecurity and self-doubt. But he only has seconds to get over

Once upon a time, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm stole a rocket ship and launched it into space. Whereupon it went through a cosmic

We know that big changes were made to Batman Damned #2 as a result of the reaction to Batman Damned #1. But it seems that some things haven't changed. And

In the Fantastic Four Wedding Special, out tomorrow, the lead story by Gail Simone and Laura Brady sees the bride-to-be Alicia Masters gets taken out be

This week sees the launch of the Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse movie, featuring Miles Morales as Spider-Man. By a staggeringly huge coincidence,

 The Show is the new feature film currently filming in Northampton, written by Alan Moore and directed by Mitch Jenkins, to follow their previous Show

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Five most-read stories yesterday: Ratched: Ryan Murphy

Two of Antarctic Press' biggest comic books from 2018 are going back to print. Rags #1 is getting a third printing, Punchline #1 is getting a second

It's all go today in comic books. No sooner is Greg Goldstein out at IDW, and Chris Ryall back in, and all the questions and answers that will bring, then

Roy Thomas co-created Carol Danvers as Ms Marvel - now Captain Marvel - with Gene Colan back in Marvel Super-Heroes #13 in 1968. The new Captain Marvel

Much-loved Canadian comic book store The Comicshop of Vancouver, British Columbia, has had a tough few months. For reasons revolving the transfer of the

J Scott Campbell is one of the best-selling comic book artists today - even though he doesn't seem to create comic books anymore. His Spider-Man story

We looked at the top ten and the November marketshare for comic books ordered by direct market comic book stores in North America in November 2018 - what

Vicious Creatures is a collection of horror comics that London comic book creator Sarah Gordon has been working on for a couple of years. Short, bloody

In cinemas in November 2019... Here's a teaser poster look at Sonic The Hedgehog, the movie. From the producers of Deadpool and The Fast and Furious. Yup.

We have mentioned ShortBox, a box of comics exclusively created and shipped out by mail every quarter, and published by Zainab Akhtar, on Bleeding Cool

In 2019, the British Museum in London is to put on the largest exhibition dedicated to manga ever held outside Japan. It was probably the perfect time for