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Mike Richardson & Dark Horse Comics- The Daily LITG, 6th of March 2026

Mike Richardson being fired from Dark Horse Comics was, again the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday.

Mike Richardson being fired from Dark Horse Comics was, again the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past seven years. Founded seventeen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen years before that, Bleeding Cool has become one of the longest-standing and most well-known pop culture websites around. The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running runaround the day before and possibly the day ahead. In summary, you can sign up to receive Lying In The Gutters as an email here. And maybe you just have.

Mike Richardson Fired From Dark Horse and the top ten stories from yesterday

1. Mike Richardson Fired From Dark Horse After Founding It 40 Years Ago
2. Firefly: Nathan Fillion Recruits Jewel Staite; March 15th Announcement
3. JMS, Bendis, Berger, Mignola, Stradley, Talk Mike Richardson's Firing
4. Marvel To Launch Shalla-Bal: Silver Surfer In June 2026
5. The "Invincible Effect" Adds 500,000 Orders Onto Image Comics Variants
6. CoverWatch: David Nakayama's White Colour Block Variants From Marvel
7. Jonathan Hickman & Adam Kubert Create The Grittiest Spider-Man Ever
8. Law & Order: Check Out Our Season 25 Episode 14: "Remedies" Preview
9. Boom Studios To Reboot Mighty Morphin Power Rangers For 2026
10. Fear Factor: House of Fear S01E07 EXCLUSIVE: Time to "Walk the Plank"

And a few other stories I wrote yesterday…

• TJ Sterling and Xong Bros Bring David Mack to Rae's May 2026 Solicits
• Gail Simone's Return To Deadpool For April Pool's Day With The X-Men
• Club Nephilim, an Angel-Run Brothel, in Devil's Due May 2026 Solicits
• Kyle Higgins Launches Black Market Presents For Phone-Read Comic Books
• Can We Make Shaman Kane #1, Out Next Week, A Hot Collectible Comic?
• Have You Seen This Man? Watch Out For Joshua Spiller At ECCC This Week
• Narco #1, The Latest Image Comic To Explode On eBay, Gets Second Print
• Katelyn Windel's Devil In The Herd in Invader Comics May 2026 Solicits
• Mike Richardson Fired From Dark Horse – Daily LITG, 5th of March, 2026

LITG one year ago, Marvel Comics' New Use For The Punisher Skull

1. Marvel Comics Finds A New Use For The Punisher Skull Logo in Ultimates
2. Desperately Seeking Charles Xavier In Today's X-Men Comics (XSpoilers)
3. Alien: Earth Series Preview Includes Look at Timothy Olyphant & More
4. Runaways Return For One World Under Doom With Rainbow Rowell
5. The Rookie Season 7 Ep. 10: "Chaos Agent" Official Overview Released
6. $800 Exemption To Canadian Tariffs Restored… For Now
7. Scream 7 Is Bringing Back Everyone That Died, But Why?
8. Superman & The Absolute Universe Version Of The Legion Of Super-Heroes
9. Star Wars Days Of Future Past In Jedi Knights #1 (Spoilers)
10. Become Doctor Doom with Hasbro's New Marvel Legends Replica Helmet 
11. Bad Idea Comics Ask You To Gamble With Mints At ECCC Tomorrow
12. Kyle Starks Returning to Rick and Morty for Oni Press?
13. Doctor Strange #1 Is Not a One World Under Doom Tie-In But NYX #9 Is
14. Alien: Earth's Timothy Olyphant in the Daily LITG, 5th March, 2025

LITG two years ago… Kneel Before Zod

1. The Fridging Of Kneel Before Zod #3 Revealed (Spoilers)
2. Birds Of Prey In Underwear? DC Asks What Else Could You Possibly Want
3. Blue Beetle #7 Is Basically A Keith Giffen Tribute Comic (Spoilers)
4. Daniel Capito Playing A Very Long Game With The Joker in Batman #145
5. This How Zur-En-Arrh Allies With Amanda Waller? (Batman #145 Spoilers)
6. Rewriting Poison Ivy's Origin Again… Green With Envy ? (Spoilers)
7. Pepe Larraz & Jed MacKay's Bloodcoven For Marvel Comics' Blood Hunt
8. Obi-Wan Kenobi: Did We Just Get Our Final Answer on Season 2?
9. Sting Wins Final Match in Ultimate Betrayal of Wrestling Legacy
10. Jack Kirby's Daughter, Susan Kirby, Was A Sixties Pop Star In Britain
11. The Addiction Launches Exclusives Featuring Artgerm, David Mack, More
12. Lee Loughridge, Writer And Colourist On New Comic Book, Midstate
13. Go Go Loser Ranger! Manga in Kodansha's May 2024 Solicits
14. Star Wars Manga Visions In Viz's May 2024 Solicits
15. Sylvester McCoy Plays The Spoons On Colin Baker And Bonnie Langford
16. Sting Wins Final Wrestling Match In The Daily LITG, 5th of March, 2024

LITG three years ago, Chris Rock outrage

1. Chris Rock Unleashes His "Outrage" on Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith 
2. Batman is Back with McFarlane Toys Brand New The Flash Collectibles
3. Doctor Who 60th Anniv Event: Tom Baker Returns for Ep. 1 "Past Lives"
4. The Sandman: Neil Gaiman Pitches Perfect Delirium Fancasting Idea
5. Will DC's Knight Terrors Begin With Death of Sandman's Doctor Destiny?
6. Hasbro Loses Their Minds By Dropping $75 Carbonized Star Wars 2-Pack 
7. The Hitmon Family Has A Higher Shiny Rate Today In Pokemon GO
8. The Flash: John Wesley Shipp Lets Wrap Party Pictures Do The Talking
9. Hasbro Celebrates Avengers 60th Anniversary with New Marvel Legends
10. A New Superhero Name For Irey West (Flash Spoilers)
11. Is This Weekend At Bruce's? Batman #133 BatSpoilers
12. From One Side Of London Spring Comic Con 2023 To The Other
13. Jack Kamen Covers the Controversial Claire Voyant, Up for Auction
14. Theo Parish Auctions US Rights to Nonbinary Graphic Novel, Homebody
15. Todd McFarlane's Batman in The Daily LITG, 5th March 2023

LITG four years ago, Pokémon GO, Quantum Leap

1. What Is The Grey "Battle Pass" In The Pokémon GO Shop?
2. Quantum Leap: Raymond Lee Tapped to Lead Pilot; Plot Twist Revealed
3. Dave Gibbons To Talk About The End Of His Relationship With Alan Moore
4. After 3 Hours It's Not Worth Staying For The Batman Post-Credit Scene
5. Walker: Jensen Ackles Gets Red Hood & Days of Our Lives Reminders
6. SNL: Bob Odenkirk Explains Hating Chris Farley's "Chippendales" Sketch
7. Grant Morrison Confirms Damian Wayne Was Consensual
8. How Many Pokémon TCG Packs It Took To Get Rainbow Charizard VSTAR
9. Exclusive Cat Comics On Marvel Unlimited With Marvel Meow
10. Garth Ennis Returns To The Punisher In Vietnam In 2022
11. Dark Horse to Publish Debut Graphic Novel by Soroush Barazesh
12. Dark Horse to Release Brazilian Graphic Novel Maze in English
13. Marvel's Punisher Versus Molon Labe Militia This Wednesday?
14. The DC Wild West Comic Gangs Of Gotham That They Never Published
15. A Quick & East Guide To Asexuality? Thank FOC It's 3rd of March 2022
16. Russian Comic Publisher Bubble Comics Has Gone Silent For Two Weeks
17. Yen Press Announces Narrators for Upcoming Yen Audiobooks
18. Kevin Smith Launches New Comic Line, Secret Stash, From Dark Horse
19. Does The Batman Have A Post-Credit Scene? Daily LITG 5th March 2022
20. Valiant Classics Reprints For 2022 & 2023, 250 Pages For $24.99

LITG five years ago, Snyder Cut Sequel, Law & Order, Pokémon GO

1. Law & Order: Meloni Goes OC; McDermott's Entrance; Benson/Stabler Art
2. Zack Snyder's Plans For Justice League Sequel, Illustrated By Jim Lee
3. Pokémon TCG Drops New Shining Fates & First Partner Packs Tomorrow
4. Buffy Star Charisma Carpenter: Joss Whedon Post Was "A Call to Action"
5. Punisher Returns With Four More Heroes Reborn One-Shots From Marvel
6. Rick and Morty Art Department Selects 10 Favorite Season 4 Images
7. Evangelion x Godzilla Collab Arrives With Mechagodzilla From Aoshima
8. Giovanni Battle Guide for Pokémon GO Players: March 2021
9. Camping Outside Comic Shops As Bad Idea Bans Store For Breaking Rules
10. Tony Khan Drops Clues About Mystery Wrestling Star Signing with AEW
11. Chris Weston's Judge Dredd Art For Anthrax Graphic Novel
12. Take Pride, Silk, Witchblood And Thank FOC It's Friday 5th March 2021
13. Mindless Speculation: Could Echo Be The New Phoenix? Heroes Reborn
14. Darkhold First Appearance, Marvel Spotlight #4 Sells For $500 On eBay
15. WandaVision Credits Remove Jim Shooter, Add Gerry Conway & Mike Ploog
16. PrintWatch: Batman, Demon Days, Nocterra, Two Moons, Crossover, More
17. CoverWatch: Spawn, Batman Fortnite, Crossover and Heroes Reborn
18. Christopher Cantwell Brings Together United States Of Captain America
19. Ghost & Att-Lass- Marvel Movie Figurines Hero Collector June Solicits
20. Cosmic Odyssey Comes To DC Hardcovers in Hero Collector June Solicits

LITG six years ago – Jim Lee was rolling back 5G

And comics were jumping in price again.

1. Jim Lee – Not "Ageing Up Characters or Shuffling Them Off" For 5G
2. Man Who Writes 6-Dollar X-Men Comics Amused by How Affordable They Used to Be
3. Black Cat's Brand New Costume… Iron Cat
4. LATE: Doom Patrol, Legion Of Super-Heroes, Metal Men, Birds of Prey at DC Comics
5. The Return of WildCATS and All the Delicious Contradictions Of The DC Timeline in Flash #750 (Spoilers)
6. Funko Not Deserting ECCC Over Coronavirus Fears… And Others
7. DC Cancels Six Days TPB, and Orders For Inferior Five and Batman vs Ra's Al Ghul #5 and #6
8. X-Men vs Sentinel Gets a Second Statue with Iron Studios
9. Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo's New Joker Story, For Both Deluxe Hardcover and 80th Anniversary Special
10. How Kevin Eastman Found Out He Was No Longer Publisher of Heavy Metal Magazine
11. Brexit (Finally) Sees ComiXology UK Increase Prices By 67%, With Pound Dollar 1:1 Parity
12. No, Onward Does Not Have Post-Credit Scenes… But It Has Something For The Real Geeks

LITG seven years ago – Superman/Batman was late

And Cosmic Ghost Rider was up to stuff.

1. DC Cancels Superman/Batman Vol.7, Will Resolicit in 61 Years
2. Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History… But Also Preserves Some Of It, Sadly (SPOILERS)
3. [SPOILER-FREE] Are the Captain Marvel Post-Credit Scenes Worth Staying For? Who Cameos? And Can You Take Kids?
4. DC Comics to Start Detective Comics Numbering Again With Vol 1
5. DC Switching to Longer Hardcover Collections of Ongoing Series?
6. What Happens When Your Comic Is Cancelled Three Issues In? Green Arrow #50 Preview

Comic book industry birthdays.

Comics folk are always getting older and still celebrating that special date.

• Joe Pangrazio, creator of Canny Cthulhu Holmes
• Nathan Massengill, inker on Deadpool and JSA.
• Mariah Benes, inker on Teen Titans, Ms Marvel, Superman.
• Tone Rodriguez, Simpsons artist.
• Grant Richards, artist of Away graphic novel.
• Louis Bright-Raven, editor, writer, and illustrator.
• Mike Burkey, comic book art dealer.
• Chris Johnson, artist on The Boy With A Balloon For A Head.
• Richard Dean Starr, writer on Hellboy, Zorro, Kolchak.

If you are in comics and have a birthday coming up – or you know someone who has – get in touch at richjohnston@gmail.com.

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