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Bleeding Cool Is Fifteen Years Old This Month

Headhunted by William Christensen and Mark Seifert of Avatar Press, taking me from Comic Book Resources, where I had written the Lying In The Gutters column for seven years Before then, I had been reporting on comic books on Usenet, Twist And Shout, The Gutter Press and All The Rage for ten years at that[...]

When MArk Millar Wrote Rich Johnston Into Mark Millar's Youngblood

When Mark Millar Wrote Rich Johnston Into Rob Liefeld's Youngblood Bloodsport

A long time ago, Mark Millar wrote a Youngblood comic book drawn by Rob Liefeld called Youngblood: Bloodsport, published by Arcade Comics. The first issue

Daily LITG -11th September 2018 – Heroes In Crocuses

Welcome to the fifth daily Lying In The Gutters A runaround of yesterday's news on the site and what we might expect today You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Most-read stories yesterday: Tom King Originally Intended to Kill Off Bunker in Heroes In Crisis #1 King Thor vs Phoenix Wolverine in Space; Plus: The Real[...]

The Daily LITG – 8th September 2018 – Heroes In Crisis In Crisis

Welcome to the third daily Lying In The Gutters A runaround yesterday's news on the site and what we might expect today You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Here are the five most-read stories from yesterday. What Does Heroes In Crisis Mean For Geoff Johns's Optimistic Vision Of DC Rebirth? Dragon Con: 'Orville' Cosplay Crew[...]

The Daily LITG – 6th September 2018 – Captain, My Captain Marvel

Welcome to the second daily Lying In The Gutters A runaround yesterday's news on the site and what we might expect today You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Here are the five most-read stories from yesterday. 10 Photos From 'Captain Marvel': Skrull, Mar-Vell, and Ronan Giving the Finger to Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp's[...]

The Daily LITG – 5th September 2018 – Nightwing Needs This Like a Shot In the Head

Lying In The Gutters began in 2002 on Comic Book Resources, an evolution of a column that had already been running for ten years on Usenet's newsgroups, Twist & Shout Comics, NextPlanetOver and Silver Bullet Comic Books When Bleeding Cool began, it went dormant, then later revived as a weekly catchup on the week's news. Today[...]

Lying in the Gutters for Easter Sunday 2018

If you haven't signed up for the Lying in the Gutters weekly email, you can do so here. Top 20 Traffic of the Week Now DC Comics Design Swamp Thing to Look Like Alan Moore Gotham Has Jumped the Shark and Swung Back Around for a Selfie Brian Michael Bendis Leaves Marvel Comics a Very Special Present From Doctor Doom[...]

Lying in the Gutters – 11th March 2018 – The Eyes of the World Are on Stan Lee

The comics industry expresses concern over Stan Lee's home situation, a dispute between Afro Comic Con and a cosplay photographer, Roddenberry releases Star Trek Starfleet moto jackets, and more geeky news from the past week.

Lying in the Gutters: It's February 25th, 2018 – Do You Know Where the Super Sons Are?

Image Expo, Comics PRO, Delayed Diamond Day and people started to realise that comic conventions are coming — you know, the big ones — and as well as launches, there were cancellations too. And if you haven't signed up for the Lying in the Gutters weekly email, you can do so here. Top Twenty Traffic of the Week DC Comics Reveals[...]

new archie character and more geeky news

Lying in the Gutters, 21st January 2018 – Kindness Works, Allegedly

So this is what Nancy Silberkleit, co-CEO of Archie Comics has been reading this week… Thankyou to @richjohnston @bleedingcool for this story https://t.co/9qy0oWpmcs #kindnessworks — Nancy Silberkleit (@NancyEduSpeaker) January 21, 2018 But what have you been reading? Let's find out! If you haven't signed up for the Lying in the Gutters weekly email, you can do so here. Top Twenty Traffic[...]

Lying in the Gutters – 7th January 2018 – Harley New Year!

And so begins 2018 — the first Lying in the Gutters of the year A look back at the previous week, at what people read — and what they didn't And the realisation that everyone loves a screw-up Expect the Bleeding Cool Rumour Awards to run tomorrow… but first… If you haven't signed up to the[...]

Lying in the Gutters, Christmas Eve 2017: It's a Wonder Woman Habit

Welcome to the Christmas Eve edition of Lying in the Gutters, showing you exactly what Bleeding Cool readers were clicking on this week Next week we will have the top 20 traffic of the year… will any of these be on it? Top Twenty Traffic Of The Week Major Crimes Season 6: Ending Series Surprises Fans with[...]