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From BBC Zoom to Marvel Comics #1000 – The Daily LITG 10th May 2020

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From BBC Zoom to Marvel Comics #1000 - The Daily LITG 10th May 2020.
From BBC Zoom to Marvel Comics #1000 – The Daily LITG 10th May 2020. Image from BBC.

Bechdel, BBC Zoom, Baron Corbin and the Ten Most-Read Stories yesterday

Bleeding Cool continues to report from the comics industry shutdown, with comic book stores closing and creators switching to crowd funding. Keep up with your Daily LITG.

  1. BBC Releases Doctor Who, Blake's Seven Set Shots for BBC Zoom Backgrounds
  2. Baron Corbin Spills the Coffee Beans as Renee Young Makes Corn Soup
  3. Green Lantern Writer Gerard Jones Writes a Blog From Prison
  4. San Diego Comics to Permanently Close, Can't Wait For Diamond Anymore
  5. Mansplaining The Bechdel Test To Rick And Morty Fans
  6. Why Batman Forever Turned Out to Be Never Again
  7. Rich Johnston Talks to "Michael Grey", Uncovers Their Real Identity
  8. Community Read Enrolls Pedro Pascal; Rick and Morty Season 6 Update
  9. Sean Gordon Murphy to Crowdfund Graphic Novel, The Plot Holes
  10. Comedian Tom Segura Says Wrestling's for "R****ds", Wrestlers Respond

Marvel #1000 and the Five Most-Read Stories one year ago

A year ago we were learning and scooping details on Marvel Comics #1000. Was that only a year ago?

  1. Welcome to Marvel Comics #1000 – Is This How Marvel Intends to Sell a Million Copies in August?
  2. Many More Creators For Marvel Comics #1000 – Has to Be One-Page Stories #MarvelComics
  3. LATE: Heroes In Crisis #9 Slips to the Same Week as Doomsday Clock #10
  4. Layoffs Follow Lion Forge/Oni Press Merger, As Does Backlash
  5. Marvel Shuts Down Claim That Marvel #1000 Teasers Not Diverse Enough

Comic Book Events happening today

There would also have been signings, appearances, symposia, all manner of comic book-related events. But a few have gone online, and here are some still happening today, on the Daily LITG. And we are returning to events in the flesh as well.

Comic Book Industry birthdays, today

There may not be much of a party atmosphere right now. Or if there is, the police will come and shut you down. But comic folk are still getting older and still celebrating that special date.

  • Rex Mundi creator Eric Johnson
  • Comics journalist, Stephen Jewell
  • Comics colourist Nate Lovett
  • Comic book editor Murray R. Ward

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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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