Rich Johnston Archives

Loot Crate in September. It's a 'Speed' crate - but nothing illegal here. Items from Flash, Arrow, Battlestar Galactica, Batman, Iron Man 2 and Gone In 60

Sports site MMQB ran a readers letters page which commented on the decision of another site to drop a long-standing writer from their staff. First from

Lucky Luke, the continually popular Franco-Belgian comedy western comic created by Morris, has a new album that aims to be rather topical - as least as

American Vampire Anthology #2 was meant to go on sale a month ago, on July 27th. It promised much. The first was a success but that was back in 2013 and

Originally a series of Japanese novels, then adapted into an anime movie in 1985,  one of the first distributed in the West, Vampire Hunter D holds a

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

This is how Ulises Farinas's comic book Motro looked when it was published on Act-I-Vate. Here's how it will look when published by Oni Press in November.

Rebellion, the Oxford-based publisher of 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine has bought the comic book archive of IPC/Fleetway, including Roy Of The

Central London comic book store Orbital Comics won the Eisner this year, the first Britsh store to do so.  Much of this was down the store's events and

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Dave Stone on fire off the shoulder of Steve Dillon. I watched CEOs glitter in the dark near the

Bleeding Cool loves a Kickstarter. Our weekends are usually full of them. Our employers Avatar Press seem rather keen on them too. Well, at Long Beach

Chad Bowers is the co-writer of X-Men '92 and the upcoming Deadpool: Bad Blood OGN with Rob Liefeld. Jim Towe is an artist of...well, a lot of sketches

I've got to say, these Champions #1 teasers are dull. Maybe they're building to something and we'll look back on them and go "wow!" But I can't see it.

  Here's Fiona Staples' cover to Gotham Academy: Second Semester #2 In this issue, written by Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl with art by

Only one per store, only in the US and Canada, and retailers will have tp stump up $175 to get theirs, but this LED Wonder Woman sign is being offered to

Posted by the legendary comics creator Rick Veitch yesterday... a brand new thing to be announced soon. And now today... Whatever it is, it is guaranteed

November sees the launch of Terry Moore's new comic Motor Girl from his publisher Abstract Comics. When Samantha's junkyard is visited by a UFO looking

Four books are out from Black Mask Comics in November. And they begin with the much-awaited  comic written by Eric and Adrianne Palicki and drawn by Ari

Here's a look at what Titan Comics is offering in November, 2016 four launch titles, The Mummy, Assassin's Creed: Awakening, Dark Souls: Winter's Spite

It was given away free in Barnes & Noble. Now you can read this new prelude to the latest Inhumans comic Mosaic - and the latest comic to make an

I've booked my AirBNB (a mattress on the floor of Hell's Kitchen, 45th and 11th, but it's only $50 a night) and really need to lock down flight details.

Take a look at what Boom! Studios has in offer for November 2016. Remember when they were cutting back on titles? Now, not so much... And launches of WWE.

 The new Backstagers comic by James Tynion IV and Ryan Sygh for Boom! has just sold out and gone to a second print. Odds are it won;t be the only time it

There are a bunch more Marvel Civil War II crossovers published today. But some are hardly even pretending to be Civil War II crossovers. So, depending

Some of the DC Rebirth titles continue without much note of what came before, with maybe an occasional throwaway line. But while Wonder Woman #5 sees

As we reported yesterday, with out hardest hitting journalist hats on, today's Invincible Iron Man by Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev uses a naughty word.

This is Jack Kirby Week. Marvel Comics, after settling with his family and estate with a mid-eight figure sum over royalties due for his lifetime's work

Today's Hellblazer #1 does a fine job throwing shade on the previous New 52 version of John Constantine as writer Simon Oliver says that his time in

Tomorrow's International Iron Man #6 by Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev, I am reliably informed, passed another social milestone. A Marvel non-mature readers

Tomorrow sees the launch of Six Pack & Dog Welder: Hard Travelin' Heroes by Garth Ennis and Russ Braun from DC Comics. We all know Dogwelder has the