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Pokémon GO on Free Comic Book Day, The Daily LITG, 15th August 2021

LITG: The world can seem like a terrible and strange place sometimes, but 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. The world keeps turning, and America is beginning to heal from all the burns. Even if a few scabs need pulling off first.

LITG: The ten most read stories, yesterday

Sylveon in Pokémon GO. Credit: Niantic
LITG: Sylveon in Pokémon GO. Credit: Niantic
  1. The Sylveon Name Trick in Pokémon GO: Eeveelution Guide
  2. Greg Berlanti & "Green" Arrow Convinced Stephen Amell to Return
  3. Transformers: The Movie Coronation Starscream Coming From Hasbro
  4. Titans Star Vincent Kartheiser Investigated for On-Set Conduct: Report
  5. Law & Order: Mariska Hargitay Hits Meloni with Her Own SVU/OC Surprise
  6. Is The Eevee Community Day Ticket Worth Buying In Pokémon GO?
  7. Spider-Man Free Comic Book Day Makes Ben Reilly The Real Spider-Man
  8. Free Comic Book Day Reveals Hulk's New Story: Operation Smashtronaut
  9. Law & Order: Christopher Meloni & "Mom" Check In on Mariska Hargitay
  10. Tasks & Rewards For Eevee Community Day Ticket In Pokémon GO
  11. Substack, Bisexuality, Stephen Amell in Daily LITG, 13th August 2021

ICYMI: more you may prefer from yesterday.

In case you fancied more LITG about comics.

LITG one year ago, Pokemon, Seth McFarlane and what on Earth DC is up to

The big changes that have led to DC Comics layoffs were confirmed, as we started to see initial impacts…

  1. Understanding IVs In Pokémon GO: Rating Your Pokémon's Stats
  2. The Orville Creator Seth MacFarlane Is Going to "War" with NBCU
  3. DC Cancels Hellblazer, Hawkman, Teen Titans, Young Justice and More
  4. Supernatural: Michael Sheen Greets Misha Collins with Castiel Cosplay
  5. DC Comics Publishing Numbers Will Be Cut From 20-25%
  6. A Very New Look For Red Hood From DC Comics In November
  7. Jim Lee & DC Comics' Two Year Plan For Global Digital Dominance
  8. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: "Emmys Burn War" Turns Heavenly
  9. DC Comics November 2020 Solicitations – 11 Titles Frankensteined
  10. DC Comics Sold 300,000 Copies Of Three Jokers #1 – But How?
  11. DC Comics to Publish Alan Moore's Twilight Of The Superheroes
  12. Marie Javins and Michele Wells Are Editors-In-Chief Of DC Comics
  13. DC Universe RIP: Original Content Moving to HBO Max, Jim Lee Confirms
  14. DC Will Publish John Ridley's 5G Luke Fox-as-Batman Comic After All?
  15. Spawn's Comic Book Sales Jump Up 25% With Gunslinger Spawn
  16. DC Comics November 2020 Solicitations – A Little On The Thin Side?
  17. DC Comics Answers the Future with DC Direct Collectibles
  18. Scott Snyder Has A Fancy New Logo For… Something
  19. Crossover Has 20 Variants, But Department Of Truth Gets Peach Momoko
  20. Neil Gaiman, Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee, on DC Fandome Comics Panels
  21. DC Has Over 200 Free Comics To Read During DC Fandome Next Weekend
  22. Killadelphia Sales Up 40% – Gets Hollywood Attention From Blumhouse

LITG two years ago,

Oh look, DC Comics rummaging through Alan Moore's bin… plus ca change….

  1. Were "Superman" #14 and "Supergirl" #33 Destroyed Over Racial Concerns? (Spoilers)
  2. Is Amanda Waller the Jeffrey Epstein of the DC Universe? Event Leviathan #3 Spoilers…
  3. What If the Green Lantern Corps Never Existed? Grant Morrison and Xermanico Rewrite DC History in Green Lantern: Blackstars
  4. The Legion Of Super-Heroes Preview That Didn't Appear In Today's DC Comics
  5. Blizzard Offers An Update To Upcoming Support For "Diablo 3"
  6. Does Marvel Now Think Hydra Are Nazis, in Today's Powers Of X #2? (Spoilers)
  7. DC to Rummage Through Alan Moore's Trash Bins Again as Blackest Night, Infinite Crisis Get Dark Multiverse Tales
  8. New Youngblood Publisher Will Meet Alan Moore's Conditions, No Matter How Outrageous
  9. "Without Preacher Is Only Chaos" – AMC's Latest Evangelical Christian-Parody Ads in Today's DC Comics
  10. Tomorrow's Captain Marvel #9 – Not The Comic Some Speculators Thought it Might Be (Spoilers)

Comic Book birthdays today.

There might be partially slightly more of a party atmosphere right now. It all depends on which state you are living in. But comics folk are still getting older and still celebrating that special date with twelve years for us as well.

  • Paul Gulacy, artist on Master of Kung Fu, Catwoman.
  • Jim Balent, creator of Tarot, artist on Catwoman
  • Boo Cook, artist on 2000AD, Elephantmen.
  • Jim Korkis, comics journalist and historian
  • Lamar Waldron, co-founder of Atlanta Fantasy Fair
  • Dale Kanzler, former director Speciality Sales at Marvel Comics
  • Terry Shoemaker, artist on X-Factor, Spellbound, Legion Of Super-Heroes, Strange Tales.
  • Erik W Hendrix, writer on Deadly Harvest, The Evil Tree, Ralph Filmore, Sideshows
  • Andrea Speed, editor-in-chief for Comixtreme
  • Bill McKay, artist on Zombie Tramp, AmeriKarate, Night of the 80's Undead, DollFace

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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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