Rich Johnston Archives

We mentioned this earlier, but thought it probably deserved its own entry. Boom! published Over The Garden Wall, a comic book adaptation of the Cartoon

There are spoilers for recent issues of Axis and for aired episodes of the TV show Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD coming up. Be warned.

We start to get a bit moreof the chart for November (with more to come tomorrow.) Quite a drop-off between Superior Iron Man #1 at no 7 and #2 and number

Starting in January’s Lumberjanes #10, Carolyn Nowak will be taking over the art duties from Brooke Allen for three issues. Carolyn already has a two page

Remember Phoenix Jones? Seattle-based vigilante who dresses up in a super hero costume and took justice to the streets, including hand to hand combat,

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what

In recent years, Gail Simone writing Batgirl presented a transgender character, Alysia Yeoh, as Batgirl/Barbara Gordon's flatmate, her backstory emerging

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saD2pP-PvX0 Comic book retailer and founder of Free Comic Book Day, Joe Field, writes, Back before Flying Colors Comics

This is the watermarked bookplate for Midtown Comics' signed-by-Brian-K-Vaughan-and-Fiona-Staples and numbered edition of Saga HC Book One. .. The one you

At San Diego Comic Con, at The Maze Runner panel, an exclusive prequel comic book was handed out to attendees by Wes Ball and T.S. Nowlin (the film’s

This Star Wars #1 cover, by Dave Dorman, is exclusive to M & M Comics, and is the 49th cover for Marvel's relaunch of the series as a comic book that

Written by Chris Welsh, art by Ammar Al-Chalabi. Kickstarter ends on 12/01/2015. The books will be published in March 2015. WART is the story of an

So, Star Wars #1, with its many covers and many locations, will sell over a million copies. This we know. But will Star Wars #2 be the biggest dropoff in

Last year photography studio Aurum Light released a pinup calendar featuring women in states of undress with their modesty (barely) covered by milk,

Kevin Smith famously sold his comic book collection and maxed out his credit cards to make the film Clerks. It made his career. Well, one fellow is hoping

Coming next week... Multiversity Thunderworld, Smallville Season 11, Rumble, Rocket Salvage, Solitary, Squarriors, Captain Stone and Mono.. And te week

So, will it be an early Star Wars #1? Or will another comic book warp December's charts instead? Loot Crate are promising a new comic with an exclusive

Two more covers, exclusive to Emerald City of Florida... and by artist extraordinaire, Alan Davis. Adding to the big list...

We mentioned back in October that Gerry Conway was looking to return to Spider-Man in Spring 2015. And he will be writing the Spider-Man .1 series that

A mixture of news, rumour and more mindless speculation... how are Marvel's ongoing titles looking right now? Which will stay, which will go and which

Brian Wood writes, MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD – I’d advise anyone to not only have read the series up to this point, but also last week’s #29 before going any

Illustration by Michael Davis from a Photo By Mike Siegel / Seattle Times Michael Davis is an artist, writer, mentor, and entertainment executive. He

Crossed: Dead Or Alive has just released a new episode by Garth Ennis and Daniel Gete in its attempt to crowdsource money to launch a series of webisodes

It’s time for another look at the cold hard statistics of the North American direct market for comic stores, as supplied by Diamond Comic Distributors.

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

Forget your Green Lantern rings, your Morbius false teeth or your Original Sin eyes! The Black Vortex crossover promotional item is... the reflective

The first issue of Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt and Paolo Rivera's The Valiant #1, published this week, has sold out of its 22,000 print run, and has gone to

Adding to the list... an exclusive Star Wars #1 cover for Bampf by Mike McKone

No spoilers. Well, hardly any. If you want to remain virgin pure before watching Black Mirror White Christmas on Channel 4 next week, then stop now. But I

The closure of a comic store doesn't always make headline news. This may be an exception, however, as Laughing Ogre in Lansdowne is owned and managed by