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Fortnite V-Bucks Like Bitcoin in The Daily LITG, New Year's Day, 2024

It's a brand new year! Happy newness! Have you reported your Fortnite V-Bucks to the government? And what was going on at Bleeding Cool?



Article Summary

  • Discover if Fortnite's V-Bucks are the new Bitcoin in the gaming world.
  • Check out Bleeding Cool's top stories on IRS troubles with V-Bucks.
  • Explore comic updates and the hype around the latest Marvel and DC titles.
  • Get a recap of previous year's LITG highlights featuring comics and TV shows.

It's a brand new year! Happy newness! Have you reported your Fortnite V-Bucks to the government? And what was going on at Bleeding Cool for the last day of the year? Let's find out. No matter what the world throws at you, at Bleeding Cool, 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.

Fortnite V-Bucks Like Bitcoin in The Daily LITG, New Year's Day, 2024
Fortnite V-Bucks

Fortnite V-Bucks in the ten most popular stories yesterday

  1. New IRS Documents Show Issues With V-Bucks In Fortnite
  2. Paul Schrader: Killers Of The Flower Moon Is 3.5 Hours With An Idiot
  3. Doctor Who: Is Susan Twist Playing the Same Secret Character?
  4. Wolverine Is Frying Tonight in Fall Of The House Of X-Men (XSpoilers)
  5. What If..?: Fun Series Also Sobering Reminder of How MCU Has Flatlined 
  6. Fall of the House of X #1 Preview: Krakoa's Last Stand
  7. Pokemon TCG Releases Scarlet & Violet  Temporal Forces In March 2024 
  8. Seth MacFarlane Picks Apart Bill Maher Over COVID, Vaccines (VIDEO) 
  9. Fall Of The House Of X #1 Starts To Leak (XSpoilers)
  10. New Year's Rockin' Eve: Your Viewing Guide to ABC's Big Ball-Drop

And a few other comic stories you may prefer

LITG one year ago, Joss Whedon's Deal

Fortnite V-Bucks Like Bitcoin in The Daily LITG, New Year's Day, 2024
Joss Whedon talks to Variety on the Avengers: Infinity War carpet
  1. Buffy: Joss Whedon Needs to Take a Deal, Take a Check & Take a Hike
  2. Fantastic Four #3 Preview: Johnny Storm's New Look 
  3. Batman #131 Turned Up In Comic Stores A Week Early (Spoilers)
  4. Cult Of The Lamb Teases Major Update On The Way 
  5. Our Favorite Spidey's in Hasbro's Spider-Man: Retro Collection Series
  6. Pokemon TCG 2022 End-Of-Year List: Best Card of 2022
  7. Jonathan Hickman To Accept New Comics Writer Pitches For 3W3M 
  8. Painkiller Jane Returns In 2023 With Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti
  9. Man Allegedly Murdered Wife For Not Supporting Opening a Comic Store
  10. Spawn World Record Over 70 Image/DC Crossover Covers In One Month
  11. Sing With Me, a 2025 Queer Mexican Romcom Graphic Novel by Tai Manzano
  12. Penguin Kids Design Assistant Sells Her Graphic Memoir To First Second
  13. Alfredo Macall & Nestor Vargas Bring Strangers to Hexagon in 2023
  14. Getting The Attention Of James Gunn- Daily LITG, New Year's Eve 2022

LITG two years ago, A New Year With Umbrella Academy

The Umbrella Academy Issues Season 3 "Incoming" Warning
The Umbrella Academy introduced The Sparrow Academy (Image: Netflix)
  1. The Umbrella Academy Issues Season 3 "Incoming" Warning
  2. The Book of Boba Fett Viewers Have "Timely" E01 Complaint (SPOILERS)
  3. Marvel Comics To Publish Entire Alan Moore Miracleman In Omnibus
  4. Always Sunny Flashback: Day & Olson Talk Love Scene; Bloopers Update
  5. Impractical Jokers Star Joe Gatto Leaving Series Over Personal Issues
  6. New Year's 2022 Event Begins In Pokémon GO Tonight
  7. Joe Quesada Teases New Marvel Superhero Project For 2022
  8. Jonathan Hickman Crossover – Thank FOC It's New Year's Eve
  9. Pete Davidson Keeps His NYE Promise & Miley Cyrus Shares Proof
  10. George Pérez Prepares His Final Signing Events
  11. Alan Moore To Give BBC Maestro Masterclass In 2022
  12. Strangers Returns To Jean-Marc Lofficier's Hexagon Comics In January
  13. Which Is The First Comic Book Appearance Of Boba Fett Anyway?
  14. Superman, The Politics Of WarWorld & The Chains That Bind (Spoilers)
  15. Jonathan Hickman Crossover – Thank FOC It's New Year's Eve
  16. The 100 Most-Read Stories On Bleeding Cool Of 2021
  17. TheBlerdGurl Founder Writes Marvel's Training Manual For Dora Milaje
  18. Ducks: Two Years In The Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Gets A Cover Reveal
  19. The Year Ends With Boba Fett in The Daily LITG New Year's Eve 2021

LITG three years ago, Lucifer, Cyberpunk 2077 and Spider-Man

Lucifer dropped a small clip from Season 5b on New Year's Eve. (Image: Netflix screencap)
LITG. (Image: Netflix screencap)

  1. Lucifer Season 5b: Dad Has Something to Ask His Son; NYE Preview?
  2. Apparently, Cyberpunk 2077 Is Playable On Atari VCS
  3. The New Resident Evil Movie Has Wrapped Production
  4. Revealed: Spider-Man's Brand New Costume For 2021
  5. Patty Jenkins Left Thor: The Dark World to Avoid Director Jail
  6. Marvel Brings Cthulhu and Santa Claus Into King In Black Continuity
  7. Ho-Oh Raid Guide For Pokémon GO Players: December 2020
  8. Nintendo Accidentally Lists A Banjo-Kazooie Wii U Game
  9. Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR Written By Donny Cates On Earth-2
  10. Speculator Corner: Today's Amazing Spider-Man #55 $25 On eBay
  11. Comic Creators React To… Wonder Woman 1984
  12. Happy New Year! A Drunken Post From A Future State Of 2021
  13. Crossover #3 Spawn Todd McFarlane Cover Has Hidden Secret Variants
  14. The Top 101 Most-Read Stories On Bleeding Cool In 2020
  15. Future State Next Batman, Harley Quinn On Sale Now If You Know Where
  16. I Breathed A Body – And Topped Advance Reorders – 31st December 2020
  17. Death Metal #7 & Future State On Sale In Certain Comic Shops Already
  18. Batman/Superman Brings Movie Magic To The Omniverse (Preview)
  19. Speculator Corner – King In Black: Return Of The Valkyries
  20. James Tynion IV Considered Working As Admin For Scott Snyder Instead
  21. Second Sight Launch Laxia, The Edge and Lady Freedom in March 2021
  22. Bryan Hill, Priscilla Petraites Launch Chariot From AWA in March 2021

LITG four years ago, Mark Millar wanted to keep Clark a secret.

And colourists were in the cross-sights.

  1. Mark Millar On Why Revealing Superman's Secret Identity is a Bad Idea – And Why He Revealed Spider-Man's.
  2. Erik Larsen Says Colorist Who Poorly Recolored Marvel Comics Presents #48 Cover Should Be Killed
  3. Ubisoft Releases The "Just Dance 2020" Song List
  4. The Complete Bleeding Cool Top 100 Power List of Comics 2019, in Full
  5. Rumor: Could LEGO Have Leaked Characters For "Marvel's Avengers"?
  6. Readers Criticise Marvel Comics For Shoe-Horning Racial Politics Into Silver Surfer
  7. Jim Shooter Would Like To Be Told When A Male Character Is Having A Baby – The Jim Shooter Files
  8. Diamond Confirms DC Comics' 5G
  9. The Mandalorian Gets a New Wave of Funko Pop Vinyls
  10. Ninja Deleted Promotional Tweet For Sneakers After Controversy

LITG five years ago, Timeless was time's up.

And Miles Morales was talking to Mephisto.

Comic book industry birthdays

Comics folk are still getting older and still celebrating that special date.

  • Mimi Yoon, comics artist on Judge Anderson, Powerpuff Girls.
  • Sanford Greene, artist on Power Man & Iron Fist, Sonic The Hedgehog, Wonder Girl, The Incidentals.
  • Walter Antonio McDaniel, artist on Deadpool, Wolverine, Deathlok, Spider-Man, and Batman. Founder of Red Dragon Media in China.
  • Comics journalist Giovanni Aria.
  • Manuel Monari, employee at Pop Store, Bologna.
  • Eric Nguyen, artist on X, Stormwatch: Team Achilles, Strange Girl, InFamous

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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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