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DC Fandome Begins – The Daily LITG, 22nd August 2020

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. And today, DC Comics is launching its rather-shrunk-all-of-a-sudden 8 hours-stretched-into-24-hour event, DC Fandome. 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.

WWE Raw, Pokemon, Rick And Morty and X-Men – the ten most-read stories yesterday…

1. Rick and Morty Co-Creator Justin Roiland Offers Health Update on Jerry
2. What Do The Berries Do In Pokémon GO? A Pokémon Item Guide
3. Rumor: Vince McMahon's Large Adult Son to Take Over WWE Raw
4. X-Men On The Problems Of Bringing People Back From The Dead SPOILERS
5. Pokémon GO Unova Week Review: Was This Event Worth The Time?
6. Thirteenth Doctor Meets Rose Tyler in the New Doctor Who Comic #1
7. Mighty Morphin, Power Rangers, Origins in Boom November 2020 Solicits
8. Ex-Squidbillies Actor Takes Firing Well: "Hope You A**holes are Happy"
9. Dave Bautista Predicts Trump Will Turn on Son to Save "Bloated Ass"
10. New Star Wars Funko Pops Include Ralph McQuarrie Concept Designs

ICYMI: five more you may prefer.

A comic book by any other name would smell so sweet..

1. Sandman/Locke & Key and Spider-Man #1 in IDW November 2020 Solicits
2. 4-Page Preview Of Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's Crossover #1
3. Spider-Whore "Dishes The Dirt On Feminism" In New Cerebus In Hell
4. Kick-Ass vs Hit-Girl Returns in Image Comics November 2020 Solicits
5. Marvel Fortnite Crossover To Take Place During Donny Cates' Thor #4?

What was happening one year ago.

Batman #77 featured the death of Alfred. We were certain it had all been set up as some kind of trick. And indeed, that seems to have been the original intention. But then something changed…

1. Setting The Scene For The Magic Trick Of Batman #77 (Spoilers)
2. WARNING – MAJOR SPOILER From Tomorrow's Batman #77 Posted On Social Media
3. "Breaking Bad": Bob Odenkirk Confirms Film – "They Did It"
4. Wolverine Goes Full John Constantine in Today's Marvel Comics Presents #8 (Spoilers)
5. Today's Top Typo in Powers Of X #3 (Spoilers)
6. Batman #77 Sells For Up to $30 on eBay Before Comic Stores Have Even Opened
7. The Predator is a Yellow Lantern in the NYCC Exclusive from NECA
8. "Spider-Man": Deadpool Ryan Reynolds Reacts to Disney-Sony Fallout
9. Why Is Rocket Raccoon Dying Anyway? (Spoilers)
10. Tomorrow's Powers Of X #3 Has a Secret Cover Variant… Will You Get One?

What's happening today with DC Fandome and more…

Plenty of comic book events happening online as a handful return to going offline

• DC Fandome from 6pm BST, 1pm EDT, 10pm PDT
• Little Giant Comics Old School Comic Show, Everette Arena, Concord, NH 10-6pm EDT
• Planet Comics zum Shoppen auf dem comicpark, Planet Comics, Erfurt, Germany 9am-6pm UTC+2
• Darkside Comics 2nd Cosplay event, Crawfordville, Florida, 2pm EDT
• Michael Golden artist signing at Yancy Street Comics, Port Richey, Florids, 1-5pm EDT
• Black Cat Comics Presents: Comic Shop Talk Live with Jim Zub, 2-3pm PDT

Comic book industry birthdays

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

• Ken L. Jones, writer of Donald Duck comics
• Will Shetterly, creator of Captain Confederacy
• Anna-Maria B. Cool, artist on Barbie, Elvira.
• Dan Chichester, writer on Daredevil and Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Gerry Turnbull, comics colourist
• Eric Lehtonen, sketch card artist
• Rob Davis, writer for Roy of the Rovers, Judge Dredd, Doctor Who Magazine and Doctor Who Adventures. 
• Alan Henderson, creator of The Penned Guins.

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