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Daily LITG – 15th September 2018 – It's Batman Day

Welcome to the eighth daily Lying In The Gutters – our week anniversary. A runaround of yesterday's news on the site and what we might expect today. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here.

Five most-read stories yesterday

1. Marvel Preview Reveals Rogue is Secret Daughter of Professor X and Lilandra
2. When Richard Meyer Tried To Gaimansplain Neil Gaiman Over His Own Career
3. 19 Revealed DC Comics Covers for October and November From Jenny Frison, Jim Lee, Bill Sienkiewicz, Frank Cho and More
4. Marvel Asked Chelsea Cain to Keep Vision Cancellation "Clean and Quiet"
5. 3 New Images From Titans Featuring a New Look at Jason Todd

Marvel teased stuff

• Marvel Brings The End to Daredevil, With Bill Sienkiewicz – and Karen Page?

Comic stores opened and closed or kept going

• Bamf Comics & Collectibles Opens In Florida
• Lynchburg, Virginia's Last Comic Shop, Star Port, Closes
• DJ's Comic Corner in St Catherine's, Ontario Opened This Past Weekend
• Gosh Comics of London Are Hiring as Well
• Employee Took Closing North Carolina Comic Store, Reopened It as Morgan's Comics

We got some stats…

• Fantastic Four #1 Helped Marvel Squeeze Out DC and Image Comics Marketshare in August 2018
• Comixology Bestseller List – 14th September 2018 – DC Going Through a Dry Spell?

Happening today…

• It is Batman Day today in a comic shop, bookstore or library near you…
• Including Andy Kubert signing at Vroman's, Pasadena at 11am followed by Jim Lee at 12:30pm
• And Paul Dini signing at The Perky Nerd, Burbank at 3pm
• The International Comics Expo in Birmingham begins today.
• Monroe Comic Con begins today.
• Saskatoon Entertainment Expo begins today.
• Keystone Comic Con from Reed POP, Pennsylvania Convention Center, continues.
• Erie Comic Con begins today, at the Bayfront Convention Center in Pennsylvania continues.
• Heroes Comic Con Stockholm continues today in Sweden.
• Comic Con Africa at Kyalami Grand Prix Cirt, Midrand, South Africa continues.
• Cincinnati Comic Expo at Duke Energy Convention Center, Cincinnati continues.
• Metal musicians The Sons of Baluar Forbidden Planet London Megastore 11am onwards in support of Alec Worley and Pye Parr signing The Realm Of The Damned, Forbidden Planet London Megastore 1-2pm

Happy birthdays to…

• Comic book colourist Laura Martin
• IDW Senior Editor Scott Dunbier
• Italian artist for StarComics and Sergio Bonelli Editore, Giancarlo Caracuzzo
• Max Douglas aka Salgood Sam, cartoonist, author, illustrator, and teacher.
• Mark Stokes, comic book creator of Zombie Boy.
• Judge Dredd artist Sam Hart.
• Ashley Fox, Creative Director / Consultant at Alpha Channel Books

And to American comic books themselves.

Fandom 1842: Happy 176th Birthday, Comic Books in America

Happy birthday comic books…

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