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AENT Bought Diamond Comics in The Daily LITG, 26th of March 2025

AENT or Alliance Entertainment buying Diamond Comic Distributors was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool again yesterday.

AENT or Alliance Entertainment buying Diamond Comic Distributors was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool again yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before – as well as over the past six years. Founded sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip a further eighteen years before that, Bleeding Cool has become one of the longest-standing and most well-known pop culture websites around. The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and possibly the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. And maybe you just have.

The Diamond Comics Auction in the top ten stories on Bleeding Cool yesterday

1. Alliance Entertainment Buys Diamond Comic Distributors
2. Graham Nolan Comes Out Against Absolute Bane In Absolute Batman
3. Masters of the Universe Man-At-Arms Maquette Debuts from Tweeterhead
4. Silence Vs Joker In Jim Lee & Jeph Loeb's Batman #158: Hush 2 Spoiler
5. How Jonathan Hickman's Imperial Ties In With Krakoa And Current X-Men
6. The Rookie Season 7 Ep. 11 "Speed" Images Released; S07E12 Overview
7. The Truth Behind Inferno And The Legion of Doom Revealed (Spoilers)
8. Absolute Martian Manhunter Shows The Positives Of Smoking (Spoilers)
9. Will Batman And The Joker Betray Jason Todd In Hush 2? Spoilers…
10. How Did We Not Know Severance Star Adam Scott Was "Dead at 21"?

And a few more of mine from yesterday

• Universal & Ad Populum Are Joint "Back-Up" Bidders For Diamond Comics
• Alliance Entertainment Stock Price Up 13% After Buying Diamond Comics
• Derek Laufman Joining Skottie Young's I Hate Fairyland In June
• This Philly Comic Shop Claims To Have Made A Bid For Diamond Comics
• Piranha Comics Of Kingston-Upon-Thames Opens A New, Bigger, Store
• Diamond Comics Auction Continues in The Daily LITG, 25th of March 2025

LITG one year ago…

Tom Brevoort x Bill Jemas x Rob Liefeld tops the ten most popular stories yesterday

1. Tom Brevoort Says Bill Jemas Renamed Xbooks To Stop Paying Rob Liefeld
2. Bosch: Legacy, The Lincoln Lawyer: Michael Connelly Offers Updates 
3. Accusations Over DC Comics Artists Using Artificial Intelligence Mount
4. Ultimate Spider-Man #3 Preview: Web of Corporate Lies 
5. Smiling Friends Returns Next Sunday; Season 2 Mini-Teaser Released 
6. Ghosts: Asher Grodman on Trevor, Season 4 Hopes, UK Crossover & More
7. X-Force #50 Preview: Beast Finally Gets What He Deserves 
8. Hasbro Announces New Packaging For Marvel, G.I.Joe and Star Wars 
9. Daredevil #7 Preview: Claws Out, Horns Up
10. Kensington Palace, UK Press Owe Middleton, Markle & Diana Apologies
11. The Marvel Comics Calendar Book: A Visual History: 1975-1981
12. Kyle Baker's Tardigrade, Deathcathlon & Fine Art Gallery For Free
13. Donald Duck, Banksy And The Tree Graffiti, Separated At Birth
14. Massive Select's Rare, Tiered & Con Exclusive Covers Direct To Stores
15. Titan Comics To Publish Jamie Hewlett's Phoo Action: Silver Jubilee
16. DC Comics Vs AI in The Daily LITG, 25th of March, 2024
17. James Mascia & Kodaris' Dungeons & Dimwits in Dren June 2024 Solicits

LITG two years ago, Kate Mulgrew Toasts Star Trek

1. Kate Mulgrew Toasts Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Ep. 6 Nod to "Voyager"
2. Dawn of DC Teasers- Nightwing, Superman, Green Arrow, Wonder Woman
3. Si Spurrier & Mike Deodato On The Flash Is A Betrayal!
4. Batman/Catwoman Crossover "Showdown" For Dawn Of DC
5. Frank Miller Presents Svengoolie In June 2023 Solicits
6. Cherry Poptart Tops BC Chart in the Daily LITG, 25th of March 2023
7. Cherry Poptart Returns In Vault Comics Crossover
8. Justified: Timothy Olyphant; Boyd Holbrook "City Primeval" Looks
9. A Very Savage Dragon Wedding in Image Comics June 2023 Solicits 
10. Mondo Gutted By Cowards At Funko, Future Up In the Air 
11. Captain Marvel in the Fawcett Giants of the Golden Age, at Auction
12. Kevin O'Neill 2000AD Artists Edition in Rebellion June 2023 Solicits
13. Shazam! America's Greatest Comics #4 From 1943 Has Bid Of Just $6
14. 3 Bulletman Comics From 1942, Currently WIth $3 Bid At Auction Today
15. Ninja Funk Returns in Whatnot & Heavy Metal June 2023 Solicits
16. Frank Frazettaverse & Sanjuliánverse in Opus June 2023 Solicits

LITG three years ago, Marvel's Toilet Paper Printing Process

1. Were This Week's Marvel Comics Printed On Toilet Paper?
2. Batwoman & Legends of Tomorrow Limbo Bad Move: BCTV Daily Dispatch
3. Todd McFarlane's Gender Bomb in The Daily LITG, 22nd March 2022
4. Netflix Breaks Up with Password Sharing After 5-Year "Love" Affair
5. Separated At Birth: Rob Liefeld & Ryan Stegman, Wolverine & Stryfe
6. Better Call Saul S06E01 & S06E02 Overviews Not A Good Sign For Nacho
7. The X-Men Doom Their Future With A New Big Bad For 2022 – Moira XI?
8. DC Comics' Flashpoint Beyond Delayed, Now Finishes Three Months Late
9. DC Comics Cancels Sandman #1 Facsimile Edition For Now
10. The Boys Star Jensen Ackles Has 2-Word "Herogasm" Tease: "Holy S**t"

• Marvel Wants You To See Their Man-Things Touch
• Metal Society #1: Top Cow/Image Releases Cover, Trailer, Preview Pages
• Alan Moore Wants to Make You a Better Writer in His BBC Maestro Course
• Rock Band Halestorm Gets A Graphic Novel, Hyde Manor, For Halloween
• Lucy Brown's Debut Graphic Novel, The Nightwoods, At Roaring Brook
• Melissa Pagluica's Debut Graphic Novel Above The Clouds, From Vault
• Steven Walsh of Gosh Comics & Avery Hill Publishing Has Died – RIP
• Todd McFarlane & Female Figures in The Daily LITG, 24th of March 2022
• Corey Egbert To Adapt Jack Gantos' Joey Pigza As Graphic Novels

LITG four years ago, DC Comics recalls the Grant Morrison Superman Omnibus

1. DC Comics Replaces All Of Grant Morrison Superman Omnibus For Free
2. Powerpuff Girls Star Chloe Bennet Proudly Owns Her Blossom Look
3. The Death Of Superman & Changing The Future In Action Comics #1029
4. DC Comics To Discontinue DC Connect Print Version For Good
5. DC Comics To Send Replacements For Yesterday's Action Comics #1029
6. Tony Isabella: "JIM SHOOTER IS A LIAR!"
7. Konami Reveals Next Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Booster Set: King's Court
8. Superman And The Authority By Grant Morrison and Mikel Janin For DC
9. Tasks & Rewards For Weather Week Timed Research In Pokémon GO
10. Justice League Dark Omnibus, More Deluxe & Big Books From DC Comics
11. Jimmy Palmiotti Talks To Terry Steiner About Sex & Violence In Comics
12. The CBLDF Creates Its Own Ethics Committee
13. Marvel/DC Comics Ch-Ch-Changes To Superman, Miles Morales & Valkyries
14. Unboxing Justice League Mother Box After It Sat In The Sun For A Week
15. Gaze Into Brian Bolland's 200 Signed Prints Of His Most Famous Panel
16. New Robin Character Flatline Had A Cameo In Detective Comics #1034
17. King In Black Not Quite Finished In Savage Avengers #19 And Scream
18. Deep Krakoan Dives In Cable #9, Excalibur #19 and Savage Avengers #19
19. One Year Ago, Everything Changed – The Daily LITG, 24th March 2021

LITG five years ago – the comic industry was being mothballed.

It was the end of times.

1. "Street Fighter" Cammy Gets Three New Statues from PCS Collectibles
2. Diamond's Steve Geppi Confirms Closure, No New Comics After This Week
3. "Stargirl" Creator/Co-Showrunner Geoff Johns Releases Heartfelt Letter
4. "Supergirl": So Why Did The Show Kill Off Jeremiah Danvers So Sloppily?
5. Diamond Comic Distributors No Longer Taking In New Comics
6. The State of the Comics Industry Under Coronavirus – On Tuesday
7. DC Comics' Printer Closes Tomorrow
8. Steve Geppi and Diamond Making Plans For After The Coronavirus Pandemic
9. Ubisoft Releases The "Just Dance 2020" Song List
10. Comic Store In Your Future No More?

LITG six years ago – Walking Dead was previewed

And The Orville was reviewed.

1. 'The Walking Dead' Season 9, Episode 16 "The Storm" [PREVIEW]
2. 'The Orville' Season 2, Episode 11 "Lasting Impressions" Review [Spoilers]
3. Imagine Doing 'Alien' As Your High School Play Because These Kids Did
4. Welcome to the X-Men, Jonathan Hickman… Hope We Survive the Experience [X-ual Healing 3-20-19]
5. Tini Howard and Kei Zama Launch New Death's Head Comic For Marvel, With Wiccan and Hulking
6. Everything in Mark Brooks' Art For Jonathan Hickman's House of X and Powers of X is There For a Reason
7. Is Chris Claremont About to Rewrite the History of Nightcrawler? (Spoilers)
8. Mr. and Mrs. X #9 Introduces Another Secret X-Men Child (SPOILERS)
9. Marvel Comics Doesn't Want Anyone to Think the Punisher is a Hero
10. Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Gets an Omnibus, and More For 2019

Comic book birthdays today

There may still not be much of a party atmosphere right now. It all depends on which state you are living in. But comics folk are always getting older and still celebrating that special date.

• José Luis Garcia-Lopez, legendary DC comics artist, creator of the DC Comics Style Guide
• Brian Bolland , legendary comics creator, artist on The Killing Joke, creator of The Bishop & The Actress
• Mark Verheiden, writer on Aliens, Predator, The Mask, Timecop.
• Robert Kraus, owner/creator of independent company RAK Graphics
• Mitch O'Connell, artist on World of Ginger Fox, Munden's Bar and The Badger.
• Clydene Nee, colourist, organiser of San Diego Comic-Con Artists Alley
• Olivier Jalabert Pro, senior editor at Depuis
• Lee Lightfoot, comics artist at Topps and on zombies.
• Wakefield Morys-Carter, creator of sci-fi collectibles, comics art collector.

Diamond, Diamond, Diamond, Diamond

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