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ComiXology Layoffs in The Daily LITG, 19th January 2023

An LITG look at the most read stories on Bleeding Cool yesterday, and on this day over the last five years.


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LITG: The ten most popular stories yesterday

  1. Major Layoffs Reported At Amazon And ComiXology
  2. Doctor Who: Bad Wolf Being "The Home of The Whoniverse" Very Promising
  3. I Want My No-Prize Over Immortal X-Men #10 (Spoilers)
  4. Three-Body Problem Episode 1 Proves Slick But Conventional: Review 
  5. A Sinister Secret For Professor X, Revealed In Immortal X-Men #10
  6. Will We Get Punisher Vs The Marvel Universe In Two Months? (Spoilers)
  7. $40,000 Of Comics & Cards Stolen From Canadian Comic Store
  8. The Three-Body Problem Ep. 2 Review: Things Start Getting Weird
  9. Professor X Stopped Nuclear War From Ever Happening, Is That Okay?
  10. Tonight Is Regice Raid Hour In Pokemon GO: January 2023

ICYMI: More comic book stories from yesterday

LITG one year ago, Broken Todd McFarlane Toys

The Daily LITG, 19th January 2022

  1. What is Going On With McFarlane Toys DC Comics Figure Line?
  2. Buffy, Angel Star Charisma Carpenter Responds to Joss Whedon Article
  3. Chris Weston Annoyed Boba Fett Can Use Zips When Last Jedi Couldn't
  4. The Witcher Showrunner: "I Am Very Sorry to Those Who I've Hurt"
  5. Marvel's Defenders Will Return In Summer 2022
  6. Amazing Fantasy #15 Milestone Edition CGC 9.8 On Auction
  7. Tini Howard, Nico Leon & Sozomaika's Catwoman #39 Booms On eBay
  8. Penguin Random House Apologieses To Comic Book Stores For Outage
  9. Jonathan Hickman & Chris Bachalo on Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood
  10. Joss Whedon Offers "Buffy" Reax: "Sometimes You Had to Yell" & More
  11. Mignola, Roberson, Mutti Launch British Paranormal Society in April
  12. Thor #20 Booms On eBay Over The God Of Hammers
  13. Steve Niles, Szymon Kudrański Launch A Town Called Terror in April
  14. DC Comics Tease Another Corinthian Sandman Spin-Off In April
  15. James Tynion IV & Lisandro Estherren On The Corinthian From DC Comics
  16. Just Two Panels From… Detective Comics #1049
  17. Mike Schimmel Promoted To Vice President Of Sales At Diamond Comics
  18. Boom Studios Announce New Hires And Promotions After Two Leave For DC
  19. Mr Terrific Brought Back Nightwing's Finger Stripes – And More
  20. Lex Luthor Involved With Bendix's Rising In Superman: Son Of Kal-El?
  21. Putting Zips On Boba Fett In The Daily LITG, 18th January 2022

LITG two years ago, Revisiting Karate Kid 2

LITG three years ago, Ezio Returned Again

And X Of Swords was on the way.

  1. "Assassin's Creed II" is Back As Ezio Returns Once Again
  2. "The Orville" S04, "Castle Rock" S03 & "Veronica Mars": Hulu Updates
  3. Does Nightwing Get His Dick Back in April?! Or are DC's Solicitations Confused?
  4. How Target Stocks Their Batman: Caped Crusader 100-Page Giant #1
  5. Jonathan Hickman Says You Don't Have to Buy Every X-Men Book if You Don't Want to
  6. Vita Ayala and Bernard Chang Introduce New Gen Z X-Men in Children of the Atom this April
  7. Ubisoft Releases The "Just Dance 2020" Song List
  8. "Modern Family" S11E11 Broke Our Hearts, Left Lasting "Legacy" [Review]
  9. "Supergirl" S05E10 "The Bottle Episode": Lex Luthor… Ally?!? [PREVIEW]
  10. Joker War is Coming to Batman Comics, And it Starts in April

LITG four years ago, Sylvester Stallone was pushing Last Blood.

  1. Samuel L. Jackson Tells Jimmy Fallon How He Became Nick Fury
  2. Kate Mulgrew Shares her Favorite 'Star Trek: Voyager' Memory
  3. Final Fantasy XIV's Blue Mage Job is Completely Ridiculous
  4. 12 DC Comics Covers Revealed – Rob Liefeld's Superman, Artgerm's Wonder Woman, Frank Cho's Catwoman and More
  5. Will West Coast Avengers be Cancelled in April?

Comic book industry birthdays

Comics folk are still getting older and still celebrating that special date.

The Daily LITG, 19th January 2020, Happy Birthday
Joe Staton, photo by Luigi Novi

  • Joe Staton, longstanding DC artist and co-creator of The Omega Men.
  • Tom Yeates, Prince Valiant and Zorro artist, co-creator of Time Spirits.
  • Tim Townsend, inker on X-Men, Doctor Strange, Captain America and Spider-Man.
  • Jenny Frison, comic book cover artist.
  • Andrew Satterfield founder of Cincinnati Comic Con.
  • Jay Leisten, inker on X-Men, X-Factor, Witchblade.
  • Brian Gorman, writer/artist on New Dawn Fades.
  • Matthew David Smith, writer of Amazing Age, Bee Sting

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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