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Venom War and London Comic Con in the Daily LITG, 2nd of March, 2024

Travelling to London Comic Con (Spring) over at Olympia, as Venom War topped yesterday's traffic at Bleeding Cool. But what else did well?



Article Summary

  • London Comic Con (Spring) kicks off at Olympia under rainy skies.
  • Marvel's Venom War is set to dominate the summer comics scene in August.
  • Bleeding Cool's top ten stories are a mix of comics, TV, and collectibles news.
  • Daily LITG includes a look back at Star Trek: Picard and industry birthdays.

As I stated in Things To Do In London If You Like Comics In March 2024, today kicks off London Comic Con (Spring) over at Olympia. Though it it raining now so I may not cycle there. Will I see you? Say Hi! Aside from that, yesterday the incoming Venom War topped yesterday's traffic at Bleeding Cool. where 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.

Venom War and London Comic Con in the Daily LITG, 2nd of March, 2024
Venom War and London Comic Con in the Daily LITG, 2nd of March, 2024

Venom War tops the ten most popular stories yesterday

  1. Marvel To Launch Venom War In August 2024
  2. Geoff Johns' Justice Society Of America Gets Later… Is It Personal?
  3. Superman "Unofficial" Image Is Fake; James Gunn Credits Alex Ross
  4. DC Comics Pay Their Cleaners More Than Their Associate Editors?
  5. Star Trek: William Shatner Not Feeling Bruce Campbell's Kirk Swap 
  6. Bleeding Cool's First Look Inside Next Week's Batman #145 (Spoilers)
  7. Jason Aaron Going Back To Basics On Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  8. Rob Liefeld Action Figures For Bloodstrike And Bloodwulf For 2024
  9. Sting Retirement Fiasco Cheeses Off True Fans on AEW Dynamite
  10. Batman Returns to His First Appearance with New McFarlane Toys Figure 

And a few other comic stories you may prefer

 

Star Trek: Picard: Terry Matalas on Jurati Borg Status for Season 3
Alison Pill in Star Trek: Picard. Image courtesy of Paramount+

LITG one year ago, Star Trek: Picard Showrunner on Jurati Borg

  1. Star Trek: Picard Showrunner on Jurati Borg, "Real Borg" S03 Statuses
  2. South Park Season 26 Ep. 3: Randy's New Obsession? Japanese Toilets
  3. Tropic Thunder Jemele Hill Agrees with Stiller's Method Acting Message
  4. Justice Society of America Further Delayed by DC Comics
  5. Scott Adams Makes Dilbert Private Subscription Only After Cancellation
  6. Sarah Michelle Gellar Shares "Buffy"/Pedro Pascal Reminder (RIP Eddie)
  7. Hasbro Loses Their Minds By Dropping $75 Carbonized Star Wars 2-Pack 
  8. A Black Rose Fate Awaits Power Girl (Action Comics #1052 Spoilers)
  9. Cobra Kai Co-Creator Clarifies Series End; Not Done With "Miyagiverse"
  10. The Future Of Teenage Boys Reading Comic Books In America?
  11. 22 Years Late, Joe Madureira's Battle Chasers #10 In June. Probably.
  12. Jeff Lemire & Andrea Sorrentino's Tenement Now A 10-Issue Series
  13. Marvel Drops New Guardians Of The Galaxy Trailer Tomorrow
  14. Culture War Seem To Be Fine With Joker As The Father of Batman Baby
  15. Will This New Batman Character Get Stuck in Your Head? (BatSpoilers)
  16. From Pub To Posy Simmonds- Things To Do In London If You Like Comics
  17. Why Shazam Went To See A Pediatrician, Revealed (Spoilers)
  18. Justice Society of America Not in The Daily LITG, 28th February 2023

LITG two years ago, Paramount Mountain

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LITG Image: Screencaps
  1. Star Trek: Number One & Spock Save Paramount Mountain But Not Kenny
  2. The Comics Publisher "Not In The Cullen Bunn Business Anymore"
  3. DC Comics Moving Offices Yet Again, To A "Hot Desk" Model
  4. Jodie Whittaker Just Photobombed Doctor Who Cosplayers At LSCC
  5. The Batman Review: Strips Everything Unique From The Source Material
  6. Saturday Night Live "Cut for Time": John Mulaney Goes Joe Rogan & More
  7. Frank Cho's Power Girl, Supergirl, Krypto & Majik Sketch Covers
  8. Rich Johnston Hands Over His Impossible Collection To CGC
  9. Lex Luthor To Keep The Batman Suit? (Bat-Spoilers)
  10. Better Call Saul: Rhea Seehorn's "Goodbye" to Kim a Kick to Our Feels
  11. Speculator Corner: Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #3 (Spoilers)
  12. Jamie Lee Curtis Does A Keanu Reeves With Graphic Novel Mother Nature
  13. Christopher Priest To Launch Vampirella: Phase Three Epic
  14. Vault Comics Is The Latest Publisher To Join Lunar Distribution
  15. Ben Dunn's Facebook Has Been Hacked, Sending Out Phishing Spam
  16. Dynamite To Publish Army Of Darkness Event Comic For 30th Anniversary
  17. Something Savage From Dynamite Announced at ComicsPRO
  18. Look-In's Robin Of Sherwood Comic by Arthur Ranson, Collected
  19. Bill Sienkiewicz & Szymon Kudranski Draw Stan Lee's Alliances Comic
  20. Human Target On Publishing Pause From March To September
  21. Jodie Whittaker's Big Surprise In The Daily LITG 28th February 2022
  22. Alan Moore & Ian Gibson's Ballad Of Halo Jones Gets An Omnibus

LITG three years ago, Michael Rosenbaum, Jon Cryer and Joss Whedon

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LITG Lex-Off – Warner Media

    1. Michael Rosenbaum, Jon Cryer Continue Trolling, Out-Lexing Each Other
    2. Joss Whedon Report Offers Insight Into Carpenter, Trachtenberg Claims
    3. Joss Whedon to Lucifer – The Daily LITG, 28th February 2021
    4. The Full Art Trainer Cards Of Pokémon TCG: Cosmic Eclipse Part 3
    5. Superman & Lois Writer: "I Can't Say I Felt Heard"; Fisher/JL Case
    6. Lucifer Star Lesley-Ann Brandt Marks Bittersweet Season 6 Moment
    7. Warner Bros Black Superman Movie Sees DC Comics eBay Sales Explodes
    8. Shiny Landorus, Thundurus, Tornadus, & Nosepass Come to Pokémon GO
    9. 3 Marvel/DC Comics From 2020 That Were Pulped But Never Sold
    10. Law & Order: SVU/OC Event: Ice-T's Fin Drops Stabler Tease on Benson
    11. Black Knight #1 Auction Happening Right Now At Heritage Auctions
    12. The Week in Comics – Sunday, February 28th, 2021
    13. Venom Lethal Protector #1 Rare Gold CGC 9.8 On Auction At Heritage
    14. X-Men Beats Batman To Top Bleeding Cool Bestseller List 28/02/21
    15. West Coast Avengers #45 For $1500 And More WandaVision eBay Bumps
    16. Out First Look At New Batman Villain, Simon Saint (Spoilers)
    17. Prelude And Preview To Peach Momoko Demon Days X-Men
    18. Starlock/Homichron Out From Hexagon Graphic Novels in March

LITG four years ago – Joe Hill never heard back from Marvel

And people were already making Dan DiDio jokes.

      1. When Joe Hill Pitched Hulk to Marvel But Never Heard Back, and Tom King's Jokes About Dan DiDio – C2E2 DC Nation Panel
      2. Post-Dan DiDio Changes, Already Happening at DC Comics?
      3. An Exclusive Look Inside Flash #750 from C2E2 – and the Story That Will Change the DC Universe (If They Let It) SPOILERS
      4. Marvel's C2E2 X-Men Panel – Preview Art for X-Men, X-Force, Wolverine, Cable, Children of the Atom, X-Factor, More
      5. Jonathan Hickman, Benjamin Percy Respond to Questions About a Certain Wolverine Conspiracy at C2E2
      6. Jim Lee Says DC Comics Isn't Going Away, But Also Claims He Will Live to Age 140
      7. Batman Goes Gold With New "Arkham Knight" Hot Toys Figure
      8. Marvel Plans to Make Readers Vomit with Immortal Hulk #33
      9. Could Harley Quinn and the Birds Of Prey #1 be the Actual First Appearance of Punchline
      10. Marvel's Big X-Event: X of Swords by Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, and the X-Men Slack Team

LITG five years ago – Animal Kingdom inherited the mantle

And Brian Hibbs could see falling sales.

      1. 'Mayans MC'? 'Animal Kingdom' is Heir to 'Sons of Anarchy' [REVIEW]
      2. Konami Reveals What's Coming to Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in March
      3. Who's to Blame For Falling Comics Sales? And What's to be Done? Brian Hibbs at ComicsPRO
      4. 'American Horror Story': Stevie Nicks Ready to Get Coven Back Together
      5. Our Five Suspects For The Sanctuary Murders Of Heroes In Crisis

Comic book industry birthdays.

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

      • Tamra Bonvillain, colourist on Moon Girl, Wayward, Once & Future, Captain Marvel, Wonder Woman Doom Patrol. Cruch & Lobo, C-Men, Avengers and more.
      • Aurelio Mazzara, artist on Kung Fu Panda, Starcadia Quest, Quincredible
      • Joyce Brabner, political comic book creator and publisher.
      • Scott Weinstein, artist on The Perhapanauts
      • Tom Orzechowski, Spawn letterer/writer/editor.
      •  Matthew Dow Smith, comic book writer

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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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