Rich Johnston Archives

Uncanny X-Men #11 is what the current weekly run, Extermination, Multiple Man and more has been leading up to. The kick off of the Age Of X-Man. And

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: In Latest Retcon,

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

Courtesy of Diamond Comic Distributors, here are the nominees for the Diamond Gem Awards of 2018, to be voted on by comic book retailers in the direct

Matthew Snyder writes, Welcome to the ComiXology Bestseller list, your guide to see how well your favorite titles are selling digitally. Every week I'll

Okay, so this is a peculiar one. Sgt Fury Epic Collection: The Howling Commandos TPB appeared in the most recent Marvel Comics solicitations. But its

There are often a few slips 'tween solicitation and publication. And as deadlines bite, it seems that Marvel Editorial are upping their game of bringing

Man, everyone is doing Watchmen these days. DC Rebirth... Doomsday Clock, obviously. And Batman.   And The Flash. And Superman. And The Green

There are often a few slips 'tween solicitation and publication. And as deadlines bite, it seems that Marvel Editorial are upping their game of bringing

Comic book retailers have to pay for the comic books they give away on Free Comic Book Day. Usually 25 cents a copy, depending on the publisher. So, while

February 6th is going to be a busy time for stores who like to get second printings of Marvel Comics in. Because they will be getting 16 of them in.

There are often a few slips 'tween solicitation and publication. And as deadlines bite, it seems that Marvel Editorial are upping their game of bringing

Every month, Marvel offers retailers the chance to commission exclusive covers for certain titles — as long as they order thousands of copies. It’s an

There are often a few slips 'tween solicitation and publication. And as deadlines bite, it seems that Marvel Editorial are upping their game of bringing

Erica Henderson is opening a new gallery exhibition at Orbital Comics in London tomorrow. Running until the end of the month, it will showcase her

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: Those Killing Joke

Marvel's new event comic War Of Realms #1 by Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman and Matthew Wilson appears in the new Diamond Previews, although not in the

These are the current cover ratings for Marvel Comics titles. ALL AGES – Appropriate for all ages. T – Appropriate for most readers, but parents are

No, this has nothing to do with comics. Sorry. But this week, British chain of bakers Greggs launched a vegan sausage roll after a successful PR campaign

Mile High Comics is one of the biggest comic stores in the USA, with a massive online warehouse that dwarfs everyone else. But as of 2019, it will have

Red Paw Comic and Cards of Oneida, Tennessee is to close at the end of the month. On Facebook they post, It's with a heavy heart we have to say, we will

Mondo Comics in Mansfield Road, Nottingham, owned by David Smith, is to close at the end of the month. He writes on Facebook, I've neglected this page for

Bleeding Cool ran what we considered were vaguely amusing pieces on what we saw as a little 'fan service' in the recent Heroes In Crisis #4. But there was

Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market. Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale. Where supply and

Mitch O'Connell advertises his work with a billboard over in Mexico City. A Trump billboard using the imagery of the movie They Live. Naturally, it has

A Bleeding Cool reader writes, So it looks like ComiXology  just screwed over Buffy fans who were buying the book digitally. The final volume, Season 12,

The contents of Detective Comics: 80 Years Of Batman: Deluxe Edition have been revealed. The volume, being published alongside Detective Comics #1000 has

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Man, there was so much to respond to in yesterday's

Comic book writer Tom King has responded to allegations that he wasn't in the CIA.

Bob Wayne has the reputation of being a fine upstanding southern gentleman of the old school. Former SVP of DC Comics and current roving representative of