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Chris Rock And The Oscar Slap On The Daily LITG, 6th of March 2023

An LITG runaround the previous day on Bleeding Cool, going back four years, as well as which comic industry birthdays are being celebrated today.


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CHRIS ROCK (Image: Netflix Screencap)

The ten most popular stories yesterday

  1. Chris Rock Unleashes His "Outrage" on Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith 
  2. Batman is Back with McFarlane Toys Brand New The Flash Collectibles
  3. Doctor Who 60th Anniv Event: Tom Baker Returns for Ep. 1 "Past Lives"
  4. The Sandman: Neil Gaiman Pitches Perfect Delirium Fancasting Idea
  5. Will DC's Knight Terrors Begin With Death of Sandman's Doctor Destiny?
  6. Hasbro Loses Their Minds By Dropping $75 Carbonized Star Wars 2-Pack 
  7. The Hitmon Family Has A Higher Shiny Rate Today In Pokemon GO
  8. The Flash: John Wesley Shipp Lets Wrap Party Pictures Do The Talking
  9. Hasbro Celebrates Avengers 60th Anniversary with New Marvel Legends
  10. A New Superhero Name For Irey West (Flash Spoilers)

LITG: more comics stories you may prefer

LITG one year ago, Pokémon GO, Quantum Leap

Pokémon GO graphic. Credit: Niantic
Pokémon GO graphic. Credit: Niantic
  1. What Is The Grey "Battle Pass" In The Pokémon GO Shop?
  2. Quantum Leap: Raymond Lee Tapped to Lead Pilot; Plot Twist Revealed
  3. Dave Gibbons To Talk About The End Of His Relationship With Alan Moore
  4. After 3 Hours It's Not Worth Staying For The Batman Post-Credit Scene
  5. Walker: Jensen Ackles Gets Red Hood & Days of Our Lives Reminders
  6. SNL: Bob Odenkirk Explains Hating Chris Farley's "Chippendales" Sketch
  7. Grant Morrison Confirms Damian Wayne Was Consensual
  8. How Many Pokémon TCG Packs It Took To Get Rainbow Charizard VSTAR
  9. Exclusive Cat Comics On Marvel Unlimited With Marvel Meow
  10. Garth Ennis Returns To The Punisher In Vietnam In 2022

ICYMI: more you may prefer from yesterday.

In case you fancied more LITG about comics.

LITG two years ago, Snyder Cut Sequel, Law & Order, Pokémon GO

Zack Snyder's Plans For A Justice League Sequel, Drawn By Jim Lee
Jim Lee draws Snyder Cut sequel

  1. Law & Order: Meloni Goes OC; McDermott's Entrance; Benson/Stabler Art
  2. Zack Snyder's Plans For Justice League Sequel, Illustrated By Jim Lee
  3. Pokémon TCG Drops New Shining Fates & First Partner Packs Tomorrow
  4. Buffy Star Charisma Carpenter: Joss Whedon Post Was "A Call to Action"
  5. Punisher Returns With Four More Heroes Reborn One-Shots From Marvel
  6. Rick and Morty Art Department Selects 10 Favorite Season 4 Images
  7. Evangelion x Godzilla Collab Arrives With Mechagodzilla From Aoshima
  8. Giovanni Battle Guide for Pokémon GO Players: March 2021
  9. Camping Outside Comic Shops As Bad Idea Bans Store For Breaking Rules
  10. Tony Khan Drops Clues About Mystery Wrestling Star Signing with AEW
  11. Chris Weston's Judge Dredd Art For Anthrax Graphic Novel
  12. Take Pride, Silk, Witchblood And Thank FOC It's Friday 5th March 2021
  13. Mindless Speculation: Could Echo Be The New Phoenix? Heroes Reborn
  14. Darkhold First Appearance, Marvel Spotlight #4 Sells For $500 On eBay
  15. WandaVision Credits Remove Jim Shooter, Add Gerry Conway & Mike Ploog
  16. PrintWatch: Batman, Demon Days, Nocterra, Two Moons, Crossover, More
  17. CoverWatch: Spawn, Batman Fortnite, Crossover and Heroes Reborn
  18. Christopher Cantwell Brings Together United States Of Captain America
  19. Ghost & Att-Lass- Marvel Movie Figurines Hero Collector June Solicits
  20. Cosmic Odyssey Comes To DC Hardcovers in Hero Collector June Solicits

LITG three years ago – Jim Lee was rolling back 5G

And comics were jumping in price again.

  1. Jim Lee – Not "Ageing Up Characters or Shuffling Them Off" For 5G
  2. Man Who Writes 6-Dollar X-Men Comics Amused by How Affordable They Used to Be
  3. Black Cat's Brand New Costume… Iron Cat
  4. LATE: Doom Patrol, Legion Of Super-Heroes, Metal Men, Birds of Prey at DC Comics
  5. The Return of WildCATS and All the Delicious Contradictions Of The DC Timeline in Flash #750 (Spoilers)
  6. Funko Not Deserting ECCC Over Coronavirus Fears… And Others
  7. DC Cancels Six Days TPB, and Orders For Inferior Five and Batman vs Ra's Al Ghul #5 and #6
  8. X-Men vs Sentinel Gets a Second Statue with Iron Studios
  9. Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo's New Joker Story, For Both Deluxe Hardcover and 80th Anniversary Special
  10. How Kevin Eastman Found Out He Was No Longer Publisher of Heavy Metal Magazine
  11. Brexit (Finally) Sees ComiXology UK Increase Prices By 67%, With Pound Dollar 1:1 Parity
  12. No, Onward Does Not Have Post-Credit Scenes… But It Has Something For The Real Geeks

LITG four years ago – Superman/Batman was late

And Cosmic Ghost Rider was up to stuff.

  1. DC Cancels Superman/Batman Vol.7, Will Resolicit in 61 Years
  2. Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History… But Also Preserves Some Of It, Sadly (SPOILERS)
  3. [SPOILER-FREE] Are the Captain Marvel Post-Credit Scenes Worth Staying For? Who Cameos? And Can You Take Kids?
  4. DC Comics to Start Detective Comics Numbering Again With Vol 1
  5. DC Switching to Longer Hardcover Collections of Ongoing Series?
  6. What Happens When Your Comic Is Cancelled Three Issues In? Green Arrow #50 Preview

Comic book industry birthdays.

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

  • Joe Pangrazio, creator of Canny Cthulhu Holmes
  • Nathan Massengill, inker on Deadpool and JSA.
  • Mariah Benes, inker on Teen Titans, Ms Marvel, Superman.
  • Tone Rodriguez, Simpsons artist.
  • Grant Richards, artist of Away graphic novel.
  • Louis Bright-Raven, editor, writer, and illustrator.
  • Mike Burkey, comic book art dealer.
  • Chris Johnson, artist on The Boy With A Balloon For A Head.
  • Richard Dean Starr, writer on Hellboy, Zorro, Kolchak.

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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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