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The Daily LITG, 20th February 2020, Happy Birthday Steve Oliff

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The 10 most-read stories yesterday

  1. "The Umbrella Academy" Season 2: They're Back – But When Are They?
  2. Warning: This Is All You Get of Punchline in Batman #89 (Spoilers)
  3. Wally West Joining Up The Dots Between Heroes In Crisis, Rebirth, Doomsday Clock in Flash Forward #6 – 5G Next? (Spoilers)
  4. The Joker Takes His Crowbar to Dick Grayson One More Time (Nightwing #69 Spoilers)
  5. Krakoan Crack, Fight Scenes and Jim Lee Impressions (New Mutants #7, Wolverine #1 and Marauders #8 Spoilers)
  6. The Spider-Man Who Laughs? Marvel Heroes Get Dark Variants in May
  7. Don't Pay $15 For Batman #94
  8. Marvel Comics Gets Fully Unionized in May 2020
  9. Batman's Wonderful New Toys, Harley Quinn's Plan For The Joker, Very Little Punchline in Batman #89 (Spoilers)
  10. Fast Food Industry Doesn't Understand Why Comic Book Website Keeps Writing Articles About It

One year ago…

  1. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Glenn Howerton On Reddit Q's [Video]
  2. 'Warhammer: Chaos & Conquest' Brings Classic Warhammer to Mobile
  3. Big Announcements From DC Comics Coming This Week
  4. Brian Bendis Has Given Superman a Brand New Super Power
  5. Frankensteining Marvel Comics May 2019 Solicitations

Happening today…

  • ComicsPRO begins in Portland, Oregon.
  • Barbican Comic Forum, An informal group dedicated to the understanding and enjoyment of the multifaceted medium of comic books and graphic novels. Barbican Library, Silk Street, London. 5.30-7pm.
  • Create a Comic-strip Workshop. Chris Geary takes you step-by-step through the process of creating a page of comic-strip art featuring your own characters. Cartoon Museum, Wells Street, London, Ages 8-12 / 2pm – 4pm / £12
  • Make A Mini-Comic Workshop. Lots of comic creators get started by making mini-comics. Steve Marchant shows you how to create your own characters and draw them into a special booklet that you'll easily be able to make copies of to give to your friends. Cartoon Museum, Wells Street, London, Ages 8-12 / 11am-1pm / £12

Happy birthday to…

The Daily LITG, 20th February 2020, Happy Birthday Steve Oliff

  • Steve Oliff, comics colourist
  • Justin Jordan, co-creator of Luther Strode, Deep State, Spread, Dead Body Road, Dark Gods, and Savage Things.
  • Stuart Moore, former Vertigo/Marvel Knights editor, novelist and comics writer of Wolverine Noir, Firestorm and Detective Comics, and Captain Ginger for Ahoy.
  • Manga writer/letterer Alex Giles

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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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