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JK Rowling Defends Paapa Essiedu in The Daily LITG, 6th of May 2025

JK Rowling defending Paapa Essiedu was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround.



Article Summary

  • JK Rowling publicly defends actor Paapa Essiedu against firing calls in the Harry Potter TV series
  • The top stories on Bleeding Cool cover Harry Potter, Marvel, Warhammer 40,000, and Doctor Who updates
  • Daily LITG highlights trending comic, TV, and gaming news from the past day and recent years
  • Comic book anniversaries, industry insights, and subscription details round out today's pop culture news

JK Rowling defending Paapa Essiedu was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past six years. Founded sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen years before that, Bleeding Cool has become one of the longest-standing and most well-known pop culture websites around. The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and possibly the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an email here. And maybe you just have.

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Image: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child YT Channel Screencap; Netflix

JK Rowling Defends Paapa Essiedu in the top ten stories on Bleeding Cool yesterday

  1. Harry Potter: J.K. Rowling Reacts to Calls for Paapa Essiedu's Firing
  2. Ironheart Arrives on June 24th! (Someone Remind Marvel Studios?) 
  3. Nine Free Comic Book Day 2025 Titles Being Made Available Digitally
  4. Two Warhammer 40,000 Video Games Take Part In New Crossover
  5. Doctor Who S02 "Lucky Day": A Deep Dive Into The Trap RTD Set for Us
  6. Laura Kinney: Wolverine #6 Preview: Daddy Issues, Wolverine Style
  7. Weapon X-Men Are No Longer Bigger Than Jesus Thanks To Marvel Comics
  8. DC Comics' Jenette Kahn Sells Her Art And Design Collection At Auction
  9. Mega Man & Street Fighter Free Comic Book Day Reveals Udon's Future
  10. Demona Set Up The Fantastic Four/Gargoyles Crossover For October 2025

And a few more of mine from yesterday

 

LITG one year ago, Drug Dealer Simulator 2

Drug Dealer Simulator 2 in The Daily LITG For The 6th Of May, 2024
Drug Dealer Simulator 2
  1. Drug Dealer Simulator 2 Will Be Released This June 
  2. Marvel Now Approving Series For Ten Issues At A Time
  3. Behind the Music: Van Halen Episode Was "Brutal to Watch": Bertinelli 
  4. Pokémon GO Announces All May 2024 Events & Content
  5. Free Comic Book Day Wrap-Up: The Best In Years
  6. Bluey After Dark? The Episode "The Mouse" Didn't Want You to See 
  7. How Batman #127 Prepared For A New Robin In Batman #147 (Spoilers)
  8. Giant-Size X-Men #1 Preview: New Foe Targets Angel's Wings
  9. New The Legend Of Drizzt Trilogy Of Novels Announced
  10. Mayans M.C.: Kurt Sutter Addresses SOA Spinoff Series Departure & More
  11. Freaking Romance Creator Snailord Talks Comics Success, Film Version
  12. Ken Ernst Conjures Up Magic Morro in Dell's Super Comics, at Auction
  13. Red Band Blood Hunt Sells More- Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller Chart
  14. Early Days of E.C. Stoner's Phantasmo, Dell's The Funnies at Auction
  15. Heartstopper Official Fan Cards From Alice Osman and Lauren James
  16. David Baddiel Writes Graphic Novel, Flying South Drawn by Luke Horsman
  17. A New Robin In Batman #147- The Daily LITG For The 5th Of May, 2024

LITG two years ago, Bleeding Cool's "Death Of Mary Jane" Theory & Spider-Man Spoilers

Free Comic Book Day & King Charles III's Coronation On The Same Day

  1. Bleeding Cool's "Death Of Mary Jane" Theory & Spider-Man Spoilers
  2. All Your Marvel And DC Free Comic Book Day Spoilers In One Place
  3. The Flash Finale Overview: Friends Old & New Join Barry's Final Run
  4. Star Trek: Picard Showrunner Shares Alice Krige/Borg Queen BTS Video
  5. Wednesday: Jenna Ortega Getting Grief for Being Honest Not a Good Look
  6. Jonathan Hickman's First Data Graphic From Marvel's Ultimate Invasion 
  7. Amazing Spider-Man #25 Preview: Mary Jane Pulls a Hank Pym
  8. Star Trek: Day Of Blood & And Lower Decks For Free Comic Book Day 
  9. Superman: Legacy Draft Confirmed; Gunn "On a Mission from God": Zaslav 
  10. Babylon 5 Fans Should Get Excited Over JMS's Bruce Boxleitner Story
  11. 28 More Comic Shops Doing Cool Things On Free Comic Book Day
  12. Rob Venditti & Riley Rossmo Create A Pacifist Wesley Dodds: Sandman
  13. Jeremy Adams Gets a Different Flash, Jay Garrick, with Diego Olortegui
  14. Old Flames in Alan Scott: Green Lantern by Tim Sheridan & Cian Tormey
  15. Ize Press Unveils Covers, Dates for BTS Graphic Novel and Other Titles
  16. Jamie Hewlett's Phoo Action No Longer From Z2 Comics
  17. Jack Skellington's Pumpkin King Origin For Free Comic Book Day
  18. Shadowman Darque Legacy Preview For Valiant's Free Comic Book Day
  19. David Alvarez Launches New Puerto Rican Comic Kotto Kotorra For FCBD
  20. Ultimately Invaded in The Daily LITG, 5th of May, 2023

LITG three years ago, Grant Morrison

Grant Morrison On Multiverse Characters Becoming Canon Cannon Fodder
Grant Morrison On Multiverse Characters Becoming Canon Cannon Fodder
  1. Grant Morrison On Multiverse Characters Becoming Canon Cannon Fodder
  2. Pam & Tommy Actor Lily James' Complaint Against Daily Mail Upheld
  3. The Wheel of Time: Amazon Series Wraps Season 2 Filming
  4. Booster Gold Story Teased Potential Legends of Tomorrow S08 Storyline
  5. Todd McFarlane Final Jim Lee X-Men Cover For Scorched #6
  6. Life on Mars Co-Creator: Pilot Script for Sequel Series "Lazarus" Done
  7. Putting 3D Glasses Back On To Watch Avatar: The Way Of Water Trailer
  8. Probably Not Worth Staying For Doctor Strange 2 Post-Credit Scene
  9. Boom's Grim #1 Sells Out And Hits $150 On eBay
  10. Animal Kingdom Season 6 Poster: For Pope, It's Family 'Til The End
  11. PrintWatch: Justice League, Robin, Deathstroke & Grim Second Prints
  12. DC Gives Discount To Stores Who Order More Dark Crisis Than Batman
  13. Overstreet's Free Comic Book Day On How Joe James Broke Into Comics
  14. Jeff Lemire & Andrea Sorrentino's Bone Orchard For Free Comic Book Day
  15. Penguin's Michael Green Wants Graphic Novels For New Publisher Marble
  16. Lily James vs The Daily Mail in The Daily LITG 5th May 2022

LITG four years ago, DC Comics, From Crisis to Catalogs

The Daily LITG, 6th of May 2021
DC Comics, From Crisis to Catalogs – The Daily LITG, 6th of May 2021

The world keeps turning, and America is beginning to heal from all the burns. Even if a few scabs need pulling off first.

  1. DC Comics Crisis Event Next Year To Lead Into Bigger Event In 2023
  2. Wal-Mart Allegedly Suspending Trading Card Game Sales
  3. DC's Plan For All Your Favourite Batman Characters – Even Tim Drake
  4. Castlevania Season 4: Netflix Shares Images From Anime's Final Chapter
  5. Giovanni Battle Guide For Pokémon GO Players: May 2021
  6. Batman, Superman & Wonder Woman Trinity To Get A Trilogy From DC
  7. Disappointed With Line Of Duty Finale? You Weren't Paying Attention
  8. Avengers, Fantastic Four Underdressed for Hellfire Gala
  9. Rob Liefeld Draws Michonne For The Walking Dead
  10. Hasbro's Star Wars Retro Collection Prototype Boba Fett Drops Tomorrow
  11. Behold: Carmen Carnero's United States of Captain America #1 Variant
  12. Viz Media Releases July 2021 Solicitations
  13. This Week's Batman #108 Had Over 200,000 Orders
  14. Kirby Manga Mania: Viz Media to Publish First English Edition of Manga
  15. Something Is Killing The Children #16 Has Orders Of Over 155,000
  16. Boom To Launch 1:250 and 1:200 Foil Covers For BRZRKR #3 and #4
  17. DC Comics To Print Monthly Solicitations Catalog, DC Connect, Again
  18. Krakoan X-Men Today: Telling Tales Of Storm Before The Hellfire Gala
  19. Boba Fett Uses His Dad's ID To Get Served? War Of The Bounty Hunters
  20. FCBD Presents: Expanded Stray Dogs On Free Comic Book Day
  21. Heroes Reborn #1 – The World Has Changed But No Mephisto, Yet
  22. Geoff Thorne – Universe Remaker in The Daily LITG, 5th of May 2021

LITG five years ago – Wonder Woman Cosplay, Michael Grey

Bleeding Cool continued to report from the comics industry shutdown, With more from Wonder Woman's cosplay adventures, Shane Davis fighting for his artwork and the mystery of Michael Grey.

  1. When Wonder Woman Gets Mistaken as a Cosplayer
  2. Someone Recreated A Zelda Map In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  3. Who On Earth is DC Comics' New Batman Writer Michael Grey?
  4. AmazonWatch: Marvel TPBs For Free, From Venom to Secret Invasion
  5. Shane Davis of DC Comics on His Fight to Get His Artwork Back
  6. Supernatural Stars Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles On Show's Legacy
  7. Amazon Glitchwatch: Dark Horse Omnibuses and TPBs For Free, Now
  8. The Flash Season 6 Preview: To Stop Godspeed, Barry Must Pay the Piper
  9. Image Comics New Schedules for May and June 2020
  10. American Horror Story Star Sarah Paulson Posts Coven BTS Snake Pic

LITG six years ago – Patrick Gleason and the FCBD

Patrick Gleason was probably Marvel's biggest scalps from DC Comics two years ago, usually the kind of thing DC Comics had been doing.

  1. Patrick Gleason Debuts New Look of the Marvel Universe, Jumps From DC Comics to Marvel Exclusive
  2. So How Much Are Free Comic Book Day 2019 Titles Selling For?
  3. Wrestling Legend The Iron Sheik Trashes Star Wars: The Last Jedi for #MayTheFourth
  4. 'Avengers: Endgame' Sinks 'Titanic' as No. 2 Film of All Time with $2.1 Billion
  5. Netflix Releases 'The Wandering Earth' Without Announcement or Fanfare

Comic book birthdays today

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

  • David Michelinie, co-creator of Venom.

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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 The Union Club on Greek Street, shops at Gosh, Piranha and FP. Father of two daughters. Political cartoonist.
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