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Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Five most read stories yesterday: The DC Universe Has

Heroes & Villains, a superhero merchandise shop in the Eldon Square shopping centre in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne is to close less than a year after opening.

Bill Schanes, former Diamond VP has been continuing to entertain the troops with comic distribution history as he wanders Europe taking photographs of

Geek Haven of Ramsgate, England is to close before the shop celebrates its second anniversary. Having opened on Star Wars Day, May the fourth 2017, they

Dirk Wood writes, Those of you who have run a Kickstarter know… what an unholy pain in the ass it is. Apologies to my good friends at Kickstarter, but you

Rob Williams has a Writers Commentary for Project Superpowers #5, just published by Dynamite Entertainment. He writes, Happy new year! PG 1 So much of the

Does Identity Crisis count as a Crisis? What about Heroes In Crisis? The DC Comics naming convention for inter dimensional continuity shifting events has

It’s true. Thanks to Warner Bros, the owners of DC, Harry Potter will make an official appearance in this coming Wednesday’s Young Justice #1 from DC

Uncanny X-Men #11 is what the current weekly run, Extermination, Multiple Man and more has been leading up to. The kick off of the Age Of X-Man. And

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Five most read stories yesterday: In Latest Retcon,

Welcome to Thank FOC It’s Friday, a weekly-ish mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the

Courtesy of Diamond Comic Distributors, here are the nominees for the Diamond Gem Awards of 2018, to be voted on by comic book retailers in the direct

Matthew Snyder writes, Welcome to the ComiXology Bestseller list, your guide to see how well your favorite titles are selling digitally. Every week I'll

Okay, so this is a peculiar one. Sgt Fury Epic Collection: The Howling Commandos TPB appeared in the most recent Marvel Comics solicitations. But its

There are often a few slips 'tween solicitation and publication. And as deadlines bite, it seems that Marvel Editorial are upping their game of bringing

Man, everyone is doing Watchmen these days. DC Rebirth... Doomsday Clock, obviously. And Batman.   And The Flash. And Superman. And The Green

There are often a few slips 'tween solicitation and publication. And as deadlines bite, it seems that Marvel Editorial are upping their game of bringing

Comic book retailers have to pay for the comic books they give away on Free Comic Book Day. Usually 25 cents a copy, depending on the publisher. So, while

February 6th is going to be a busy time for stores who like to get second printings of Marvel Comics in. Because they will be getting 16 of them in.

There are often a few slips 'tween solicitation and publication. And as deadlines bite, it seems that Marvel Editorial are upping their game of bringing

Every month, Marvel offers retailers the chance to commission exclusive covers for certain titles — as long as they order thousands of copies. It’s an

There are often a few slips 'tween solicitation and publication. And as deadlines bite, it seems that Marvel Editorial are upping their game of bringing

Erica Henderson is opening a new gallery exhibition at Orbital Comics in London tomorrow. Running until the end of the month, it will showcase her

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Five most read stories yesterday: Those Killing Joke

Marvel's new event comic War Of Realms #1 by Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman and Matthew Wilson appears in the new Diamond Previews, although not in the

These are the current cover ratings for Marvel Comics titles. ALL AGES – Appropriate for all ages. T – Appropriate for most readers, but parents are

No, this has nothing to do with comics. Sorry. But this week, British chain of bakers Greggs launched a vegan sausage roll after a successful PR campaign

Mile High Comics is one of the biggest comic stores in the USA, with a massive online warehouse that dwarfs everyone else. But as of 2019, it will have

Red Paw Comic and Cards of Oneida, Tennessee is to close at the end of the month. On Facebook they post, It's with a heavy heart we have to say, we will

Mondo Comics in Mansfield Road, Nottingham, owned by David Smith, is to close at the end of the month. He writes on Facebook, I've neglected this page for