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Masticore Of Its Domain – The Daily LITG, 6th June 2020

The world seems like a terrible and strange place sometimes, but fandom still brings us together. These are strange times, but The Daily LITG is becoming a valuable way to quantify just what comic book geek culture is up to in this time of trial. Yesterday that saw Magic The Gathering Masticore reveals even beat out the news that DC Comics was leaving Diamond after all these years. Welcome all, to the daily Lying In The Gutters, a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here.

Gathering of tribes, and the eleven most-read stories yesterday

Bleeding Cool continues to report from the comics industry shutdown, as it starts to ramp up, while everyone instead gets excited about Masticore, Doctor Who tweetalongs and Walking Dead messages. Here's the eleven top stories of the day.

1. Magic: The Gathering Core 2021 News & Reveals Continue
2. Doctor Who Lockdown Canceled: "Doesn't Seem Appropriate at This Time"
3. The Walking Dead Has Message for Fans Bothered By Its BLM Support
4. Spider-Man and RoboCop Get SDCC Exclusives Next From Diamond
5. DC Comics Quits Diamond For Good, For UCS/Lunar – What About UK?
6. Dennis Barger and Brian Hibbs Agree Over DC Quitting Diamond
7. The Punisher Has Words For Police Who Use His Skull Logo (#13 Spoilers)
8. Lucifer Cancelled, Final Story Released as a DC Graphic Novel
9. Marvel Comics Collections Reveal Details Of What Would Have Been
10. Stagnant DC Sales, Diamond Plans and What Happens Next – The Gossip
11. DC Comics Q&A On Quitting Diamond After 25 Years Exclusivity

Ten stories, one year ago

A happier, more halcyon time. Who'd have thought we'd look back on 2019 so fondly? Even if this was when Bleeding Cool first ran rumours that Vertigo was being closed and Walking Dead was coming to an end too…

1. 'The Orville' Season X "Oh, Captains! My Captains" Goes Bold [OPINION]
2. The Return of Blade From Marvel in 2019 – Third Time Lucky? #BringBackBlade
3. Today's Uncanny X-Men #19 Kills the Eighth Mutant Ever Invented (Spoilers)
4. After Twenty-Six Years, DC Comics Rumoured to Close Vertigo
5. The Biggest, Baddest Spoilers for Tomorrow's Walking Dead #192
6. Is This Superman's Biggest Punch Ever? Justice League #25 Spoilers…
7. Today, We Welcome a New Member of the Justice League (#25 Spoilers)
8. There Will Never Be A Superman – DC Comics Runs Prelude to Syfy's Krypton Season 2
9. Those DC Vertigo Comics Shuttering Rumors, the Day After
10.  Vampire Xander Harris Foretells the Future of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (#5 Spoilers)

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. Including The Walking Dead's Skybound Entertainments with some rare variants to flog.

• Drawn Together: The Improvised Comic Strip, The Modern Schemers, 8-9pm UTC+08
• POW! Writing and Drawing Comics – Spring 2020 Online, Uptown Stories, 3pm EDT
• Million Comics Sale hosted by New Dimension Comics Pennsylvania 8am-7pm EDT

Comic Book birthdays today

There may not be much of a party atmosphere right now. All depends on which state you are living in. But comic folk are still getting older and still celebrating that special date. With eleven years for us as well.

• Nick Pitarra, artist on The Red Wing, The Manhattan Projects, Leviathan
• Arlen Schumer, comic book historian
• Charles Brownstein, director of the CBLDF
• Max Bertolini, artist on Universo Alfa, Nathan Never.
• Tyrone Tony Reed Jr, author of With Great Power.

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