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The Passing Of Sam Kieth – The Daily LITG, 22nd of March 2026

The announced death of The Maxx and Sam Kieth's Sandman was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday.

The announced death of The Maxx and Sam Kieth's Sandman was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday, again. 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.

Sam Kieth and the top ten stories from yesterday

1. Sam Kieth, Creator of The Maxx and Sandman, Has Died, Aged 63
2. Image Comics Full June 2026 Solicits And Solicitations
3. John Byrne's X-Men: Elsewhen in Abrams' Full June 2026 Solicits
4. DC Comics' Full June 2026 Solicits And Solicitations
5. Absolute Universe Crossover In November & Spoilers For Absolute Batman
6. 20 Years Out Of Print, Alan Moore's Albion Comes To Rebellion In June
7. DC Comics' Full June 2026 Solicits in The Daily LITG, 21st March 2026
8. CoverWatch: DC Pride 2026 Variant Covers For June
9. SNL UK Debuts TONIGHT with Tina Fey & Wet Leg: Here's Our Preview
10. Frank Miller Draws First Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cover For #300

And a few other stories I wrote yesterday…

• Sam Kieth, Creator of The Maxx and Sandman, Has Died, Aged 63
• Absolute Universe Crossover In November & Spoilers For Absolute Batman
• How Spider-Man Saves Superman In Superman/Spider-Man & More (Spoilers)
• Dynamite Entertainment's Full June 2026 Solicits And Solicitations
• 20 Years Out Of Print, Alan Moore's Albion Comes To Rebellion In June
• John Byrne's X-Men: Elsewhen in Abrams' Full June 2026 Solicits
• New Archie Character, Eternity Fields, In Time For FIFA World Cup 2026
• TOLDJA: Steve Ditko Moment In DC's Superman/Spider-Man Confirmed
• DC Comics' Full June 2026 Solicits in The Daily LITG, 21st March 2026

LITG one year ago, Full DC Comics June 2025 Solicits

1. The Full DC Comics June 2025 Solicits… More Than Just Batman
2. Absolute Batman Is Big… But Absolute Bane Is Bigger (Spoilers)
3. Take Pride in Marvel Comics Full Solicits For June 2025
4. ThunderCats & Powerpuff Girls in Dynamite Full June 2025 Solicits
5. Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #1 Sells Nearly 400,000 Copies
6. Image Comics Full June 2025 Solicits, With Spectators & Lazarus Fallen
7. The Upcoming First Appearance Of Weapon Exile in Weapon X-Men #3
8. American Dad Needs a New Home: TBS No Longer Airing New Episodes
9. Rocky Horror Show in Dark Horse Full July 2025 Solicits, It's A Sequel
10. Marvel Comics June 2025 Solicits in The Daily LITG, 21st March 2025
11. Skybound Entertainment Make Layoffs, Two Identified
12. Summer Legends Launch In Zenescope June 2025 Solicitations
13. White House Robot Romances #1 in Dstlry Full June 2025 Solicits
14. Blood Type, Biker Mice, Benjamin, Sixth Gun in Oni June 2025 Solicits
15. They Chose Violence… in AWA's Full June 2025 Solicits
16. Titan Comics Full June 2025 Solicits Differ From Diamond To Lunar
17. Garth Ennis's Judge Dredd Vs Johnny Alpha in 2000AD June 2025 Solicits
18. Boom's Full June 2025 Solicits: Be Not Afraid, Last Witch, VR Troopers
19. Yes There Will Be A Diamond Previews Next Week… The Last One?

LITG two years ago… Marvel Comics June 2024 solicits

1. Full Marvel Comics June 2024 Solicits & Solicitations
2. Hasbro Announces New Packaging For Marvel, G.I.Joe and Star Wars
3. Who Were The New X-Men And Why Did Marvel Change Plans In Ten Days?
4. DC Big Books, Omnibus, Deluxe, Absolute, For Late 2024 & Early 2025
5. Jerry Ordway on DC Comics Publishing Superman Triangle Era in Omnibus
6. Todd McFarlane's Spawn Cover Contest Was Won By AI User Robot9000
7. More X-Men Relaunch Tidbits, Gossip And Mad Speculation
8. Nemesis: Rogues Gallery, Sequel To Big Game, Out In July
9. James Marsden Say's He's Proud of Sonic The Hedgehog 3
10. McFarlane Toys Reveals Kingdom Come Armored Batman (Patina Edition)
11. IDW's June 2024 Solicits With Godzilla, Sonic, Star Trek & Turtles
12. Ninjak Vs Roku in Valiant Entertainment & Alien's June 2024 Solicits
13. The One Hand And The Six Fingers To Be Collected Together
14. Venomverse Reborn From Marvel In June
15. Conan: Battle Of The Black Stone Includes Novel By James Lovegrove
16. One For Sorrow #1 & Big Burn #1 in Dstlry June 2024 Solicits
17. DC Collects First Half Of Jason Aaron & RM Guéra's Scalped As Omnibus
18. The Ten Days That Changed The X-Men- The Daily LITG, 21st March, 2024

LITG three years ago, This Is What Happens When You Fire Your Editors

1. Hey, DC Comics, This Is What Happens When You Fire Your Editors
2. Marvel Cancels Captain Marvel In June
3. The Amazing Spider-Man To Destroy York, Pennsylvania?
4. William Shatner Doesn't Know George Takei- Daily LITG, 20th March 2023
5. DC Comics On Wanting To Make Titans West Happen (Spoilers)
6. The Boys: Karl Urban Goes Butcher in Twitter Warning to Toxic Fan
7. Mattel Surprises Fans with Masters of the Universe Fall 2023 Catalog
8. Tonight Is Litten Spotlight Hour In Pokemon GO: March 2023
9. The Uncanny X-Men Arrive at RSVLTS with Giant-Sized Collection
10. Harley Quinn as Red Bat in Harley Quinn: The Animated Series Season 4
11. Gold Key Comics Returns To Publish Boris Karloff's Gold Key Mysteries
12. DC Comics' Legion Of Bloom Leaves A Horrific Batman Threat Behind
13. A New Insult for Dick Grayson, Nightwing, From Harley Quinn (Spoilers)
14. The Flash Family Get A New Group Cry In Flash #795
15. Sleeze Brothers And Sequels, But No Sign Of Tales From The Quarantine
16. Queen Of Swords, Godfell, End After End in Vault June 2023 Solicits
17. JSA Out Of Order & Missing Word Balloon in Daily LITG, 21st March 2023

LITG four years ago, Todd McFarlane's Gender Bomb

1. Todd McFarlane Puts Foot In Mouth About Female Action Figures
2. Netflix Breaks Up with Password Sharing After 5-Year "Love" Affair
3. Buffy Star Nicholas Brendon Explains How He Was Hurt by Joss Whedon
4. Uzumaki: Junji Ito Honors Toonami 25th with Anime Series Teaser Image
5. Batman Gets A New Batcave Tomorrow From DC Comics (Spoilers)
6. Poison Ivy, Now A Meat-Eating Genocidal Murderer, For Pride Month
7. Hasbro Reveals Animated X-Men Jean Grey Marvel Legends VHS Art
8. When British Tabloids Made Up Stories About The Next Doctor Who
9. Star Trek: Picard Director Lea Thompson Talks Time Travel & Borg Queen
10. Better Call Saul Teaser Fast-Forwards to Its "Breaking Bad" Beginnings
11. Kung Fu Legume – The New Turtles? In Keenspot June 2022 Solicits
12. Black Mass Rising: A Plodding Dracula Sequel with Pretty Art
13. 2000 AD 45th Anniversary: Massive Online Comic Con is this weekend
14. The Forgotten Blade: A High Fantasy Saga as Theological Allegory
15. JM Lofficier Revives Captain Ukraine To Raise Money For Red Cross
16. Poison Ivy, Now A Meat-Eating Genocidal Murderer, For Pride Month
17. Something Is Killing The Children #22 To Get Three First Appearances
18. Archer & Armstrong & ArmorClads in Valiant June 2022 Solicits
19. Mike Mignola Returns To Drawing Comics With Something New
20. Kazuki Takahashi's Marvel Secret Reverse In Viz June 2022 Solicits
21. Akira Art Of Wall in Kodansha & Vertical Solicits For June 2022
22. Mike Deodato & Gregg Hurwitz' Black Mirror-Like New Think From AWA

LITG five years ago, How much for Batman?

1. DC Increases Price Of Monthly Batman Comic, And Others, To $6 Each
2. Please Don't Talk To Ed Brubaker About Falcon and The Winter Soldier
3. Stranger Things Season 4 Gets First Collectible With Bandai
4. Sally From The End Of Texas Chainsaw Massacre Returning In New Film
5. The Walking Dead: Jeffrey Dean Morgan Shares "Here's Negan" Preview
6. Drama Alert: WWE Removes Charlotte Flair from WrestleMania Graphics
7. The Avengers Suit Up As Funko Unveils New Mech Strike Pop Vinyls
8. The Fiend Returns at WWE Fastlane
9. Teen Titans Academy #1 Gives Clue As To Red X's Identity (Spoilers)
10. The Future Of Connor Hawke In The DC Universe (Major Spoilers)
11. The First Appearance of the First Martian Manhunter Up for Auction
12. Harley Quinn Goes Full Florida Woman in Harley Quinn #1 Preview
13. X-Book Previews: Cable and Esme Try Roleplay; Captain Britain Found?!
14. The Underappreciated Debut of Hawkgirl Up for Auction
15. The Week in Comics: NFTs, Price Hikes, & Super-Mega-Crossover Events
16. Teen Titans Academy #1 Gives Clue As To Red X's Identity (Spoilers)
17. Justice League Beats Thor in Bleeding Cool Bestseller List
18. The Falcon & The Winter Soldier Comics Creator Credits Hit eBay Sales
19. The Visitor Returns And Valiant Uprises in June 2021 Solicits
20. Scout Comics Launches Claire And The Dragons For $2 in June Solicits
21. A Darling New Comic Book In Source Point Press' June 2021 Solicits
22. Ed Brubaker and The Winter Soldier – The Daily LITG 21st March 2021

LITG six years ago – Rick And Morty had COVID warnings

And Street Fighter got statuesque Cammy.

1. "Rick and Morty": Wash Your Hands… And Get Your S**t Together [VIDEO]
2. "Street Fighter" Cammy Gets Three New Statues from PCS Collectibles
3. "Killing Eve" Season 3: So "Plans Change" For Trailer Drop? [PREVIEW]
4. Ubisoft Releases The "Just Dance 2020" Song List
5. Open Letter From Comic Shops to Readers – "Please Be Patient With Us"
6. Golden Girls Geeki Tikis Available March 24th From Toynk
7. Superman Gets What He Deserves in Action Comics #1021 [Preview]
8. Marvel Launches New Politically Correct Woke Superhero Comic to Insult Long-Time Readers
9. Valiant Comics Creators Told "Pencils Down" By Bosses, Close for a Month?
10. Gamestop Being Closed in CA, PA, Presumably More

LITG six years ago – Gail Simone wrote for Playboy

And Hulk went political.

1. Gail Simone, Joyce Chin's Vampirella Comic in Playboy for 50th Anniversary of Character
2. Immortal Hulk #15 Dives Into Politics In a Big Way – and Marvel Comics Continuity (Spoilers)
3. Bill Jemas and Axel Alonso Announce AWA Comics by Frank Cho, Reginald Hudlin, ACO, JMS, Garth Ennis, Peter Milligan and More
4. Harley Quinn Will Be an Amazon? More Spoilers For the Future of DC Comics in Justice League #20
5. When Looney Tunes Invades Batman #67 (Spoilers)

Comic book birthdays today

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

• Simon Furman, co-creator of Death's Head, Astrobots writer.
• Phil Jimenez, comics writer/artist of Wonder Woman, Superwoman
• Diane Valentino, colourist, letterer
• Lisa Moore, colourist for Boom and Dynamite, co-publisher and inker for Last Ember Press
• Rob Humphrey, writer for Punching The Clock
• Ron Cacace of Archie Comics
• DK Saris of The Becoming
• Martha Scheidegger Donato of MAD Event Management

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