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True Story Of DC's Changing Logo in the Daily LITG, 17th of May 2022

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LITG: The true story of DC Comics' Changing Logo, in the ten most-read stories, yesterday

1. The Font Used In The New DC Comics Logo…
2. A Bi-Curious Bruce Wayne In Batman: The Knight? (Spoilers)
3. Todd McFarlane Finally Returns Joyce Chin's Angela Original Artwork
4. Don't Ask The Undertaker to Sign Your 1991 Trading Cards at MegaCon
5. Stargirl & S.T.R.I.P.E. Confront Pat's Past in Arrowverse Crossover
6. Star Trek: Picard: Matalas on Jean-Luc's Letter; Seven/Raffi Concerns?
7. Batman Animated Series Character First Comics Appearance (Spoilers)
8. Lots Of People Suddenly Have Plans For Conan The Barbarian
9. Elvira Gets The Tribute She Deserves With New NECA Figure
10. Saturday Night Live Season 48 May Be "Year of Change": Lorne Michaels

ICYMI: more you may prefer from yesterday.

In case you fancied more LITG about comics.

1. Will Frank Miller's Dark Knight Cover Crack A Million At Auction?
2. Breaking: Valiant Partners with Blanx to Tell Stories on Sneakers
3. Marvel Comics Announces Final Conan Stories… For Now
4. How Many Teams Is Harley Quinn In? Shadow War/Dark Crisis Spoilers
5. Secrets Behind the Invisible Plane in Marvel's USA Comics, at Auction
6. Fraction and Lieber Follow Up Jimmy Olsen with Perry White One-Shot
7. Grim #1 2nd Print Allocated, Grim Reaper First Appearance in #2
8. First Look at X-Men Legends #1 by Roy Thomas and Dave Wachter
9. TMNT Image Comics #1 Taking Bids At Heritage Auctions Today
10. A.X.E.: Judgment Day: Marvel Drops August Crossover Solicitations
11. Secret Wars Debut Of Julia Carpenter On Auction At Heritage
12. Talking to Joyce Chin About a New Chris Claremont Project at Lake Como
13. Die, Rainforest, Die! Todd McFarlane's 1st Spawn NFTs Drop This Week
14. Robert Kanigher's Baseball Fandom in Zip Comics #25, at Auction
15. Talking To Liam Sharp At Lake Como Comic Art Festival
16. Don't Ask The Undertaker in the Daily LITG, 16th of May 2022

LITG one year ago – England Opened Up

LITG one year ago: Digital First-Among-Equals for DC Comics

1. Bring It On Franchise Returns…As A Horror Film In 2022
2. The Orville Season 3 Producer, Coleman Check In; MacFarlane Shout Out
3. The Witcher: Henry Cavill Pushes Back on Online Negativity, Trolling
4. Evil Superman From Dark Nights Metal Arrives From Prime 1 Studio
5. Giovanni Battle Guide For Pokémon GO Players: May 2021
6. Night Court: NBC Pilot Approach Helps Larroquette/Rauch Sequel Series
7. Immortal Hulk's Secret Origin Revealed in Time of Monsters #1 Preview
8. Target Employee Tells Us About Trading Card Customers From Hell
9. Space Jam: A New Legacy – 5 Character Posters Highlight the Villains
10. Wally West vs. Hitler in The Flash #770 [Preview]
11. Joker Beats Heroes Reborn To Top The Bleeding Cool Bestseller List
12. Unto Us a New Symbiote is Born in Extreme Carnage One-Shots in August
13. The Debut of the Batman Who Vanishes in Swamp Thing #7 Up for Auction
14. Does New Kang Comic Suggest Cameo in Loki TV Show?
15. Why Isn't Marvel's Voices: Identity Published In AAPI Heritage Month?
16. Venom Gets Scarce with Venom: Lethal Protector #1 Black Up for Auction
17. 12-Way Auction For Hena Khan and Safiya Zerrougui's We Are Big Time
18. Lawrence Lindell Sells Middle-Grade Graphic Novel, Buckle Up
19. Bring It On, From Vaccines To Horror Films – Daily LITG 16th May 2021
20. Zainab Akhtar's Next ShortBox #13 Will Be The Last

LITG two years ago – Black Lightning strikes twice

Bleeding Cool continued to report from the comics industry shutdown, steeped in DC Comics solicitations, Black Lightning reaction and more.

1. Tony Isabella Speaks Out About DC Comics' Treatment of Black Lightning
2. Walker Star Jared Padalecki Already Making the Right Fashion Statement
3. Dave Bautista Shoots on Rand Paul, Donald Trump Jr.
4. Samurai In A Hoodie, From Wu-Tang Clan's RZA and Sputnik, To Continue
5. My Little Pony Applejack Becomes Human with Hasbro and Kotobukiya
6. DC Comics Full August 2020 Solicitations – Harley Quinn Cancelled
7. Street Fighter Chun Li Gets Yet Another PCS Costume Statue
8. DC Comics Cancels The Terrifics, Last 3 Issues Digital-Only
9. Spider-Man Fuses With Ghost Rider for New Sideshow Collectibles Statue
10. Transformers Masterpiece Arcee Races on in with Hasbro Pulse

LITG three years ago – Seeds, Snyder and Source Walls

Another world, full of promotional seed packets and Scott Snyder's Justice League.

1. When Scott Snyder Will End Justice League – and What Grant Morrison Told Him Was Beyond The Source Wall
2. Marvel Sends Seed Packets to Comic Stores Promoting Jonathan Hickman's House and Powers Of X
3. Marvel Shocker: Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider Relaunched in August
4. Superman: Year One by Frank Miller and John Romita Jr is No Longer Mature Readers Only
5. Separated at Birth: Lucca Comics 2019 Poster by Barbara Baldi

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.

• Garry Leach, creator of Warpsmiths, artist on Miracleman.
• Steve Geiger, Hulk and Spider-Man artist, creator of The Evilgeiger Empire
• Dave Sim, creator of Cerebus, publisher of Aardvark-Vanaheim.
• Chris Ecker, first employee of Moondog Comics, co-founder of NOW Comics, co-creator of Big Bang Comics.
• Dr Malcolm Bourne, comic book letter writer and journalist
• Pete Fitzgerald, comic artist on Cracked.
• Jennifer M. Contino, comics journalist
• Huwj Matsumura, comic creator
• Marko Stojanovic, Balkan comics writer
• Luigi Mutti, comics translator
• Josh Elder, Former associate editor at Wizard Magazine, creator of comic strip Mail Order Ninja.

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

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