Rich Johnston Archives

There has been a resurgence of late in colouring books aimed at an adult audience. Basically Simon Pegg was right. Anyway, this one caught the eye of

It's Licensing Expo this weekend. And Warner Bros is stepping up big time... and it's a canny way to see what they are most interested in pushing,

"We wanted to hit the ground hard" - Dan Didio. I think he meant "running", but anyway. Dan DiDio talked about the DC YOU June relaunches happening in a

We are told that the All-New Hulk will cause controversy. That just the character's silhouette alone will cause ructions. And that the same folk who got

Remember Marvel Point One, the first time Marvel did a round of themed revamps, from 2011? The focus was Nova, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Ultron, Phoenix,

It is the comic book series with two colons, a good trick if you can get it. Star Wars: Kadan: The Last Padawan is, however, to undergo a colonesectomy.

Last week Kodansha's Morning magazine began its serialization on wine-based manga, The Drops Of God's final storyline, by creators Tadashi Agi and Shū

Another 16 hours, another teaser image from Marvel for All-New All-Different Marvel in which they relaunch every Marvel Universe title. We have been

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 the first page of the new Corto Maltese comic book, the first to be published after creator Hugo Pratt's death, published in the French newspaper

There may be no more exclusive retailer variant covers for Sex Criminals, by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky. But there are plenty of other imaginative

In one week, the launch of Midnight Society The Black Lake, Constantine: The Hellblazer, Earth 2 Society, Red Hood/Arsenal, Starfire, Section 8,

Makes a change to have someone other than Marvel deleting characters... above was the knocked-back cover sheet to the Justice League United short story

I really liked the first Hellboy movie. I bloody loved the second. And the comic book by Mike Mignola is omne of my all-time favourite. Today, the star of

From Mashable and USA Today, two of Marvel's favoured mass media partners, comes the confirmation of a All-New All-Different Marvel relaunch starting in

Tom Spurgeon is in a dungeon it seems. Especially on a day like this. Here are a few books that Tom could add to his list on Comics Reporter if he so

Neil Greenaway got trigger nsappy at Phoenix Comic Con and came back with some of his favourite cosplay from the show last weekend... here's how it's

From today's Justice League #41... and the beginning of the Darkseid War. The story has been building since Justice League #1 by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee.

Sent in by Bleeding Cool contributor William Wright, from today's Howard Stern Show, less than a minute in, Jada Pinkett Smith is asked if she reads comic

Ever since DC Comics moved coasts from West to East Coast, there have been pressure on West Coast comic book publisher jobs. Since there's suddenly a

I talked a lot about Secret Wars titles earlier today. But I did purposely leave this one out. For now. Through the history of Doctor Doom and the Marvel Universe, since his first appearance in issue five of the Fantastic Four, there is something we have only seen glimpses of

Mystique does a hell of a good camouflage/ambush trick in the final issue of Wolverines, out today. And, despite not mentioning it on the cover, with a

Today's All-New X-Men doesn't follow up on the headline making news of the last issue, where the younger Bobby Drake Iceman, taken from the past to the

I am not sure how much we are to believe in Batman Beyond's statement that it portrays the definitive future of the DC Universe, in that it appears to

All-Star was a DC Comics imprint intended to publish definitive non-continuity new reader friendly takes on DC Comics characters from some of the finest

Today's launch of Bizarro #1 features a variant cover by Kyle Baker. But surprisingly, it also featured a page guest drawn by the legendary Bill

Today sees the release of Secret Wars #3, and the realisation that while the issues so far have trotted along, issues 4 and 5 are going to be further

In today's Action Comics, part of the DC You refreshment, we see an low powered Superman traveling the USA. And finding a rather intolerant place towards

All the DC Comics today have a double page half-size ad for Twix featuring a guy I've never heard of (and a Google search ensuring I never want to) with

At Book Con this weekend, Marvel revealed the under-the-mask look of the new Star Wars character, who is currently seeking Han Solo in the Star Wars comic