Rich Johnston Archives

I am a big fan of Dave Sim and his comic book series Cerebus. I consider it one of the leading works of the medium of the twenty-first century. But I'm

Part One - X-O Manowar #1 Reading X-O Manowar #2 by Robert Venditti, Cary Nord, Stefano Gaudiano and Moose Baumann, there is only one way this can end. As

Multiplex: The Revenge Kickstarter project by Gordon McAlpin. Funding End Date: a couple of hours. Publishing Date: September, 2016 (tentative) Gordon

CBR has it straight from Marvel's EIC Axel Alonso. regarding a second Brian Bendis Iron Man title that he had teased. Brian and David are playing the long

There is the getting-close-to-100 million volume selling manga, internationally. There are the animated adaptations and spinoffs. There are the two

This is how Dave Gibbons did it in Watchmen. This is how Zack Snyder did it in the movie. And this is how Olivia Mears did it on Etsy. In Swipe File we

How long until they announce Death's Head. hrrm? Going through this list we ran a couple of weeks ago, Marvel PR have now confirmed a Black Knight series

Marvel are determined that retailers, and fans, know as much as possible about their upcoming All-New All-Different comics in October. Which is why they

Does lighting strike twice? Valiant found themselves with quite the hit on their hands earlier this year with Divinity - a four-issue prestige format

Did your retailer underorder Old Man Logan #1? One of the more popular Secret Wars crossovers, there may finally be an upside for them. We mentioned the

One month ago, the comic book series Action Comics saw the now-outed Superman, defending the neighbourhood in which he grew up, against the police,

I have a press ticket to see The Fantastic Four on Wednesday next week, the day before release. This website has, over the least year or so reported a

Originally quoted by Superior Spider Talk, from their Ultimate Spin podcast yesterday, Spider-Gwen artist Robbi Rodriguez talked about the rules regarding

Two advance copies of upcoming comic book collections arrive at Bleeding Cool's London offices. Step Aside, Pops by Kate Beaton, the second collection of

  Are you planning to buy a copy of the Walking Dead Vol 22? Does it have a signed and numbered bookplate in it by Charlie Adlard? It doesn't? Well

The most recent Previews listed four new Vertigo titles for October, of twelve new launches planned for this year. Art Ops, Clean Room, Survivors Club and

This is a side-effect of the move by Marvel Studios to get their films distributed more widely in China, that they may not have anticipated. Iron Man 3

In one week we get the launches of This Damned Band, Dark Coridor, Jirni Vol 2, John Flood, Red Sonja/Conan, Shadow Vol 2, And in two weeks? Adam 3, King

Wow. So much. August is jam-packed-full if you are a comics fan in London. Time for me to pick and choose... Saturday August 1st Mark Buckingham Signing,

Sex Criminals #11 by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky, with its flourescent pink bags, it's 1:35 sketch covers, and its Bryan O'Malley variant was

Invincible Iron Man is the lead title of the All-New All-Different Marvel relaunch. But it may not be the only Iron Man title Brian Bendis is writing.

A few changes for the Big Two, 'twixt solicitation and publication. Ian Churchill will be the artist on Wonder Woman #43 rather than David Finch and

DC Comics is getting 500 free bags to retailers. They will feature two shows airing on Fox, Gotham and Minority Report and will arrive in stores on

David Walker, writer of DC's Cyborg, the recent Shaft comic book and the recent Shaft sequel novel argues against the making of a comedy remake of Shaft

Bluewater now appear to have changed names, changing to StormFront Media, ahead of publishing a Metallica biography,

Andrez Bergen writes, What is it about Melbourne? Strangely enough, the five novels I've published and two previous graphic novels have all been set at

PM Buchan writes, The SEQUENTIAL summer sale, which ends on Saturday, is the biggest indie graphic novel sale EVER, featuring over 350 graphic novels at

The HBO show Girls, created by, and starring Lena Dunham, was filming outside the comics studio building Gowanus in Brooklyn, yesterday. And Bleeding Cool

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

They begin next week in StocktonCon. Valiant Entertainment are announcing all of their upcoming comic con appearances until the end of the year, including