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IDW, The Morning The Night Before in The Daily LITG, 28th April 2023

An LITG runaround the previous day on Bleeding Cool, and the past four years, as well as comic book creator birthdays.

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The industry story yesterday was IDW cutting back by 40%. Bleeding Cool broke the news while the company meeting was going on, and we followed up with a list of staffers who had gone, and those who had been promoted. We will follow up further today.

The ten most popular stories yesterday

1. IDW Cuts Two-Fifths of Employees, Executives, Stock Exchange Listing
2. How Orchis Spoils The Hellfire Gala – Free Comic Book Day #XSpoilers
3. Batman #900 Will Bring You Everything A Bat Fan Could Want (Spoilers) 
4. DC Launches Power Girl Series by Leah Williams & Eduardo Pansica
5. When The People Turn Against Spider-Man- Free Comic Book Day Spoiler
6. Jessica Jones Star Krysten Ritter on David Tennant, Doctor Who Fandom
7. Mountain Dew Announces MTN DEW Summer Freeze Flavor
8. The Future Of Marvel Rewritten By Sins Of Sinister Finale #XSpoilers
9. Arby's Are Bringing Back Their Limited-Edition D&D Tabletop Dice
10. DC Launches Fire & Ice Series by Joanne Starer & Natacha Bustos

LITG: more comics stories you may prefer

• IDW Layoffs In More Detail As New EIC And Co-Publishers Named
• A Very Rare Hangman #6 Pops Its Head Up From 1943
• I Don't Know Which Is Love & Witches Marriage- Yen July 2023 Solicits
• The Gangster's Guide to Housekeeping in Viz Media July 2023 Solicits
• Opus & Ashes & Mother Russia in CEX July 2023 Solicits
• Jacin & The Olympians in Band Of Bards July 2023 Solicits
• The Theory Comes To T-Pub's July 2023 Solicits
• Sins Of Sinister & Mother Righteous in The Daily LITG, 27th April 2023

LITG one year ago: Mary Jane Watson's Sin's Past

1. Big Plans For Peter Parker? More Amazing Spider-Man #1 Spoilers
2. As DC Comics Loses One Trinity, It Gains Another (Spoilers)
3. CinemaCon 2022: Walt Disney Studios Presentation Liveblog
4. Wednesday's Amazing Spider-Man #1 is Sin's Past Meets One More Day
5. What Did Mary Jane Watson Do? Amazing Spider-Man #1 Spoilers
6. Xander Harris, Now A Queer Young Man In Boom's Vampire Slayer Comics
7. Mary Jane Watson's Sin's Past Story in The Daily LITG, 27th April 2022
8. Beadle & Grimm's Reveals D&D Spelljammer Special Editions
9. McFarlane Toys Reveals Red Lantern Atrocitus Build-A-Figure
10. Sabretooth, Nature Girl & Deadpool's Case Against Krakoa (Spoilers)
11. A First Look At Pages From Marvel's A.X.E. Judgment Day #1
12. DC Reveal Robin & Blood Syndicate Pride Variant Covers
13. Thor #24 Has A Direct Sequel To Loki Agent Of Asgard #17
14. Oxford's Interactive Comics Experience With Beano, 2000AD & Phoenix
15. Malachi Ward Joins Jeff Lemire For Black Hammer: The End In 2023
16. Will Usagi Yojimbo's 1st Appearance in Albedo #2 Take the TMNT Leap?
17. Joe Glass Wins Best LGBTQ Comic Book Moment in Gayming Magazine Awards
18. The Hand's Plans For The Punisher Go Back Decades (Spoilers)
19. Ms Marvel – Kamala Khan or Kamala Kang? Beyond The Limit #5 Spoilers

LITG two years ago, Introducing The United

The world keeps turning, and America is beginning to heal from all the burns. Even if a few scabs need pulling off first.

1. DC Comics Launches New Galactic Superhero Team, The United
2. Action Comics #1030 Full Of Foreshadowing For The Death Of Superman
3. WandaVision Pulled Off What The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Couldn't
4. So This Is Why #Colossus Is Trending On Twitter…
5. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: "Frank Reynolds" Has Chance Reunion
6. Lucifer Team Offers Lucifans Next-Best-Thing to Season 5B Trailer
7. Paramount+ Posts Star Trek: Discovery New Federation Ships Concept Art
8. DC Comics' Nightwing, Batgirl and Starfire Love Triangle? (Spoilers)
9. Invincible Has Sold Over 100,000 Graphic Novels in 2021 Already
10. Funko Reveals Entire Wave of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Pops
11. DC Universe Infinite Unveils Plans for AAPI Heritage Month
12. PrintWatch: Stray Dogs & George C Romero's The Rise Get Second Prints
13. Luciano Vecchio Debuts New Marvel LGBTQ+ Character On Variant Cover
14. Why Do People Collect Comics? Comic Store In Your Future
15. How Bolt Got Her Name In Teen Titans Academy #2 (Spoilers)
16. Lovesickness: Is Junji Ito's Classic Horror Manga Really a Comedy?
17. Brother Power The Geek Can't Get James Gunn To Answer His Tweets
18. Huntress Tells You Not To Use Your Keys For Self-Defense
19. Invincible Has Sold Over 100,000 Graphic Novels in 2021 Already
20. We Meet Vol For The First Time In The Next Batman: Second Son
21. Something Is Making A Killing on eBay
22. Illinois Comic Shop Still Doing Free Comic Book Day On 1st of May
23. Which Will Sell More Copies? Dogmatix Or Dog-Man?
24. Just Call Him Nightwang – The Daily LITG, 27th April 2021

LITG three years ago, Star Trek, Stranger Things, Bill Sienkiewicz

Bleeding Cool continued to report from the comics industry shutdown, With more from Star Trek Discovery, Stranger Things and Bill Sienkiewicz' bottom.

1. Star Trek: Discovery Director Jonathan Frakes Teases Season 3 Details
2. Stranger Things 4 Video Store Fridays Final Edition: The End of An Era
3. Bill Sienkiewicz Goes Viral Again and It's All His Fault
4. DC Comics Arrive In Stores – In Bubble Wrap
5. SNL at Home Still A Charm Second Time Around, But A Bit Too Polished
6. Gen-X Finally Takes a Stand When Millennials Try to Steal Keanu Reeves
7. Looking Back at Better Call Saul Season 5's Breaking Bad Easter Eggs
8. Ubisoft Releases The "Just Dance 2020" Song List
9. The Patriarchy Cost Britt Baker a Developmental Deal with WWE
10. Spawn Kickstarter Hits 2 Million and Gets More Upgrades

LITG four years ago, Avengers Endgame,

All Bleeding Cool readers wanted to read about was the future of their favourite Marvel Movie characters the weekend that Avengers Endgame came out. Who knew that one year later we'd be living in that world?

1. Captain America Comic Rockets In Value Over Avengers: Endgame (Spoilers)
2. Were the Actions of the Avengers in Endgame Worse Than Those Of Thanos? (Major Spoilers)
3. Avengers: Endgame is Going to Make Actor's Agents and Studio Executives Lives a Lot Harder (Spoilers)
4. Thor Comic Rockets In Value Over Avengers: Endgame (Spoilers)
5. The Future Of Iron Man After Avengers: Endgame (Major Spoilers)
6. The Future Of Thor After Avengers: Endgame (Major Spoilers)
7. The Future Of Spider-Man After Avengers: Endgame (Major Spoilers)
8. The Future of Captain America After Avengers: Endgame (Major Spoilers)
9. Any Future For Loki After Avengers: Endgame? (Major Spoilers)
10. 'The Rookie': After Great Season 1, Why Won't ABC #RenewTheRookie?

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.

• Co-creator of Squirrel Girl, Will Murray
• Jeff Jensen, writer on X-Factor, Green River Killer, Team Titans.
• Creator of Lethargic Lad, Greg Hyland
• Zeb Wells, writer on New Mutants, Spider-Man, Snake Woman, Heroes For Hire
• Comics journalist Hilton Collins
• Ed Dukeshire, letterer, founder of Digital Webbing Press
• Former retailer, Lee Hester
• Josh Adams, comic book artist

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