Rich Johnston Archives

'It's important to get out there and meet the fans' - Mike Perkins on his Presidency of Contern By Olly MacNamee With his artwork on Carnage hitting it

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

As posted by Marvel CCO Joe Quesada... "So this just came in the mail today. IN what alternate dimension does this happen?" Well not Earth 616 anymore, we

When launching a new comic book, comic book line - or any project really, it's always a good idea to do a google to see if there is anything you may not

It's one way to up orders. For the launch of Champions #1 from Mark Waid and Humberto Ramos, Marvel Comics is going all in for a big launch. Well, getting

Last week, Bleeding Cool reported on news from San Diego Comic-Con that J Michael Straczynski reported he was quitting comics, in preference for novels

  Civil War II: The Accused by Marc Guggenheim, Ramon Bachs, Garry Brown and Ruth Redmond gets a preview courtesy of Marvel PR and CBR. And a

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c12TXeXca3w SID from Slipknot and horror rapper Necro have created a new track together,  Hail The Villains, from the

This is not a kidnapping. It's a liberation. A photo posted by Bill Stiteler (@bstiteler) on Aug 3, 2016 at 5:23pm PDT

Aspen Comics are usually first off the blocks when it comes to releasing their upcoming solicitations, and so it is the case here with their solicits for

UPDATE: Uncanny X-Men #11 writer Cullen Bunn writes, https://twitter.com/cullenbunn/status/761542673891074048 The original story runs below. Uncanny X-Men

IDW have two sellouts and second prints on the way, as two major comics have sold out for them, Rom #1 and Powerpuff Girls #1. Each will be reprinted and

The final date to comic book retailers to register for the 2016 Diamond Retailer Summit in Baltimore before the Baltimore Comic-Con has been extended to

Here is Frank Cho's variant cover for Harley Quinn And Her Gang Of Harleys #5, out at the end of the month. He does seem to have found his forte. And I

At the DC Rebirth launch, DC Comics announced two books Super Sons and Justice League Of America. But there has been no sign of them since. Could these be

We just pointed out that DC Comics are republishing every individual issue of Watchmen as a hardcover volume and then collecting them all together in a

Okay, am I the only one who thinks this is really weird? DC Comics are to republish each issue of Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons in an individual

“One of the things I love most about Hellboy’s world is the richness of the setting and the backstory, and Sir Edward Grey’s London is one of my favorite

Harley Quinn #1 is out today. This Rebirth "relaunch" isn't a reboot and is not even a relaunch, but a continuation of the regular series with a retelling

We already pointed out from a preview how Batman #4 by Tom King and David Finch, out today, had done a panel for panel reprise of the famous Regan scene

  Go check for yourself. Right now, on Amazon.com, the best-selling book is the script of the Harry Potter And The Cursed Child play. The next three

From today's Deadpool Vs Gambit, we see Gambit in the aftermath of a foursome that included someone with a familiar looking white streak in her hair.

In the New 52 Prebirth issues of Green Lantern, we saw the origin of new Lantern Simon Baz. As an Arab-American car thief who steals a van full of

I don't think we've had a Marvel Exclusive announced for a while. Well today Marvel Entertainment has announced that Aaron Kuder, most recently seen

It's not long until he's gone. Which is why everyone is coming out of the woodwork to publish comic book stories with Obama front and centre. We'be had

From today's Invincible Iron Man #12, sitting in the rubble of the World Trade Center Stark Towers. War with the Inhumans? What would they think about

Back in Fantastic Four #3, the Fantastic Four met the Skrulls. Shape shifting aliens who they degfeated and then hypnotised and turned into cows. That's

The usual practice in digital comic books was to wait a while after initial publication and then drop the price of your comic by a dollar. $3.99 become

Suddenly I have the desire to collect variant covers... these are the covers to tomorrow's Harley Quinn #1 for £4.95, the upcoming Suicide Squad #1 for

Twenty pages has fast become the norm for monthly comic book titles from the Big Two. And The Walking Dead remains with the previous twenty-two pages