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John Cassaday's Beast Makes Bank in the Daily LITG, 31st January 2024

John Cassaday's Beast may have caused initial outrage, but is now making bank. Welcome to the new economy at Bleeding Cool.



Article Summary

  • John Cassaday's controversial Beast artwork is now a hit, securing sales.
  • Daily LITG round-up covers the latest in comics, TV, games, and more.
  • Top comics stories include X-Force cover art and Marvel's 2099 launch.
  • Look back at past LITG topics like Rick & Morty and David Tennant's Doctor Who.

John Cassaday's Beast may have caused initial outrage, but is now making bank. Welcome to the new economy. At Bleeding Cool, you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more. The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here.

John Cassaday's Beast
John Cassaday's Beast

John Cassaday's Beast tops the ten most popular stories yesterday

  1. John Cassaday's X-Force Cover With The Beast & Wolverine Sells For $27
  2. Some SNL Cast Members Not Happy with "Surprise Guest" Chappelle? 
  3. Where The "Nightwing Snacc" Image That Outraged Chuck Dixon Came From
  4. SCOOP: Marvel To Launch "2099" In The Summer Of 2024
  5. Is Mark Waid Working On Something Big From Small People? (DC Spoilers)
  6. Batman #142 Begins Joker Year One – What Did Bleeding Cool Get Right?
  7. Metamorpho's Dad Is DC Comics' Equivalent Of Indiana Jones (Spoilers)
  8. Chuck Dixon And Dean Cain, Making Up Outrage For Clicks And Giggles
  9. Is Dead X-Men The Moira Mactaggert Comic That Never Was? (XSpoilers)
  10. Alan Scott & Wally West Develop New Powers In Tomorrow's DC Comics 

And a few other comic stories you may prefer

  1. Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow Prices Jump on eBay Again
  2. Star Trek: Lower Decks Gets A Choose-Your-Own Adventure Graphic Novel
  3. Teen Titans: Starfire Graphic Novel Gets 110,000 Print Run From DC
  4. Chuck Dixon And Dean Cain in the Daily LITG, the 30th of January, 2024

LITG one year ago, Rick & Morty

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  1. Rick and Morty Writer Clues Us In on Reason for Justin Roiland Silence
  2. Warrior Nun Tweets Break 8M; Simon Barry Offers 10M Tweets Incentive 
  3. The Rookie, Star Trek: Picard Star Annie Wersching Passes Away, Age 45
  4. City Boy, A New Jack Hawksmoor, For Dawn Of DC in 2023 (Spoilers)
  5. Vince Colletta's Letter To Marvel's "Droppings Of The Creative World"
  6. A Brand New Firestorm For Dawn Of DC in 2023 (Lazarus Planet Spoilers)
  7. An Origin For Cyborg's "Booyah" From DC Comics (Spoilers)
  8. 2023 Royal Rumble Breaks All the Records According to WWE
  9. Dave Bautista Spoke with James Gunn, Won't Be Playing Bane for DCU
  10. Vixen & Batwing, Together At The Dawn Of DC (Spoilers) #Vixwing
  11. Brenna Thummler's Sheets & Delicates Threequel, Lights, For September
  12. Apocalypse Returns, Legion Vs Nimrod & 4 Sinisters in Before The Fall
  13. Archie Caught Between Betty & Veronica in Pep #143, Up for Auction
  14. Walt Lardner's Little Leager From 1956 Rereleased As Meager Leager
  15. Superman Breaks The Walls Down in Superman #116 UK Edition, at Auction
  16. Armed With Madness, New Graphic Novel by Mary M Talbot & Bryan Talbot

LITG two years ago, The Day Of David Tennant's Doctor Who

How David Tennant Returning As Doctor Who Is Set Up By Steven Moffat
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  1. How David Tennant Returning As Doctor Who Was Set Up By Steven Moffat
  2. Who Are The New Exiles In Sabretooth #1? (Spoilers)
  3. Florida Polk County Schools Pull Raina Telgemeier's Drama From Shelves
  4. Despite Its Flaws, McFarlane Toys Year Two Batman is a Great Figure
  5. Art Spiegelman's Maus Back In Bestseller Charts After Classroom Ban
  6. Danhausen Joining AEW at Beach Break Is a Slap in the Face to WWE
  7. Marvel Declares That Mutants Are Deviants According To Eternals
  8. Justice League Incarnate #4 Preview: Crisis of Infinite Crises
  9. Savage Spider-Man #1 Preview: Spidey Hungy!
  10. The Legend Of Vox Machina Proves Imperfectly Near-Perfect: Review
  11. Follow Me Into FOC – It's Sunday, 30th January 2022
  12. X-Men, Kingpin & Batman Beat Saga In Bleeding Cool Bestseller List
  13. Clementine Book One: Walking Dead Spinoff Graphic Novel Gets Trailer
  14. Gender Queer Graphic Novel Repeatedly Removed From Schools & Libraries
  15. Ben Templesmith Is Publishing Original Hate: The Graphic Novel
  16. Donny Cates Warns Of Spoilers For Crossover #11 (Spoilers)
  17. The Day Of The David Tennant in The Daily LITG 30th January 2022

LITG three years ago, Sneasels And Superman –  the ten most-read stories yesterday…

The world keeps turning, and America is beginning to heal from all the burns.

  1. Tasks & Rewards For Sneasel Limited Research Day In Pokémon GO
  2. Funko Debuts New Comic Cover Pops With Action Comics #1
  3. Will CM Punk Return to WWE at the Royal Rumble?
  4. Lucifer Co-Showrunner Says Not So Fast on God as Season 5B's Big Bad
  5. Law & Order: OC Star Christopher Meloni Shares His NYC/NJ Commute
  6. Raikou Raid Guide For Pokémon GO Players: January 2021
  7. Hasbro Unveils Walmart Exclusive Star Wars Vintage Collection
  8. Pokémon TCG Previews Anticipated Shining Fates Set
  9. The Unreleased Unova Shinies In Pokémon GO – Part Eleven
  10. February 2021 Spotlight Hour & Breakthrough Details In Pokémon GO
  11. Jan Strnad Remembers A Life With Richard Corben
  12. Justice League Zack Snyder Cut Gets A Menu Option
  13. CBLDF – Defending Whistleblowers, Challenging Algorithms and Brexit?
  14. Taboo And B. Earl To Write Apache Ghost Rider, Kushala, For Marvel
  15. Million Print Run For Shannon Hale & LeUyen Pham OGN Friends Forever
  16. ComicsPRO Launch Their First Online Retailer Meeting In February
  17. Middlewest and Dragman Win Big Angouleme Comics Prizes

LITG four years ago – Baby Yoda crashed Sideshow

And My Hero Academia had a Heroes Rising

  1. Baby Yoda Revealed by Sideshow Collectibles, Crashes Site
  2. "My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising" Release Date Announced
  3. Was Margot Robbie a Little Chilly at the London Premiere of Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn)?
  4. Baby Yoda Revealed by Sideshow Collectibles, Details Are Here!
  5. The Truth About Professor X, in Today's Dawn of X Comics – X-Force #6, New Mutants #6, Fallen Angels #6 and X-Men #5 Spoilers
  6. Will Jonathan Hickman's Decorum #1 Outsell His X-Men? Preview…
  7. The Return of The Children Of The Vault to Today's X-Men #5 (Spoilers)
  8. Today's Justice League #39 On Whether Doomsday Clock is DC Canon or Not (Spoilers)
  9. Gail Simone Tells Us All Why She Has No Worries About The Cast Of Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn)
  10. "Unsanctioned" Spoiled In Full! – "Magic: The Gathering"

LITG five years ago – Wally West Wasn't Dead

And Justice League looked ahead

  1. Why Would Anyone Believe Wally West is Really Dead in Flash Annual #2 (Spoilers)
  2. Justice League Annual #1 Lays Out The Immediate Future of the DC Universe
  3. What Clues Does Heroes In Crisis #5 Offer to Tom King's Next DC Comics Project? (Spoilers)
  4. Peter Parker is in His Mid-Twenties, Official, According to Mary Jane
  5. Crush, Lobo's Daughter, is DC's Latest Gay Character (Teen Titans and Mysteries Of Love In Space Spoilers)

Comic book industry birthdays.

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

  • Henry Barajas, DOO of Top Cow
  • Grant Morrison, writer of Luda, We3, Arkham Asylum, Invisibles, The Filth, New X-Men, Happy, Zenith, St Swithins Day, Animal Man, Doom Patrol, Seven Soldiers, Wonder Woman Earth One, Batman RIP, All Star Superman. 
  • Jonathan Baylis, writer of So Buttons.
  • Former 2000AD editor, Jonathan Oliver.
  • Paty Cockrum, Marvel production designer, founder of the Dave & Paty Cockrum Scholarship.

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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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