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Smiling Friends Ending in The Daily LITG, 27th of February 2026

Smiling Friends Ending was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround.

Smiling Friends Ending 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 seven years. Founded seventeen 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 runaround the day before and possibly the day ahead. In summary, you can sign up to receive Lying In The Gutters as an email here. And maybe you just have.

Smiling Friends Ending and the top ten stories from yesterday

1. Smiling Friends Creators Ending Adult Swim Series with Season 3
2. New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classic Mutants 4-Pack Unveiled
3. Marvel Curtails Its Imperial Cosmic Plans Over Low Audience Figures
4. Morena Baccarin Joins Nathan Fillion in New Firefly Tease Video
5. Comic Store In Your Future: What On Earth Is Marvel Playing At?
6. Marvel Introduces Ultimate Defenders, Super Heroes Without Politics
7. Star Trek: Doug Jones Talks Saru Return/Starfleet Academy & More
8. Sonic The Hedgehog X Godzilla For Summer 2026
9. Kurt Busiek & Alex Ross' Marvels Becomes A Non-Graphic Novel In May
10. Are Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres Teasing Something Firefly-Related?

And a few other stories I wrote from yesterday…

• Pop Kill: Big Candy by Jimmy Palmiotti & Dave Johnson, Mad Cave Sequel
• John Cusack To Promote His Graphic Novel Momo On Late Night Talk Shows
• Stranger Comics Returns To Comics Stores Through Lunar Distribution
• Ted Slampyak Has Been Bringing Back Jazz Age Chronicles On Substack
• Super Mondo Mega Mutts by Curt Pires and Juan Gedeon from Oni Press
• New Production Of Death Note: The Musical Gets London World Premiere
• Usagi Yojimbo & Friends in The Daily LITG, 26th of February 2026

LITG one year ago, Diamond Comics making financial demands of comic book stores

1. Now Diamond Comics Makes Financial Demands Of Comic Book Stores
2. Masters Of The Universe: First Photo Of The Power Sword & He-Man
3. Dynamic Duo In Pre-Production, Supergirl Is Halfway Through Production
4. X-Men Future Reveals Thunder War, Dark X-Men, Executioner's Briefcase
5. DC Comics Plans For A Brand New Justice League… JLG? (Spoilers)
6. The Death Of… Not Gwen Stacy, In Ultimate Spider-Man #14 (Spoilers)
7. The Rookie Season 7 Ep. 9: "The Kiss" Airs March 11; Overview Released
8. Pokémon GO Guide To Genesect's Different Drives
9. One World Under Doom – Fantastic Four & The Red Hulk (Spoilers)
10. The Rookie Season 7 Ep. 9: "The Kiss" Trailer; New "Wildfire" Images
11. Marvel Scraps Their Marvel Insider Rewards Program Next Week
12. City Of Demons #1 in Blood Moon Comics' May 2025 Solicits
13. The X-Men Comics Setting Up X-Manhunt Today (Spoilers)
14. Transformers' New Origin To Be Revealed in Void Rivals #17 (Spoilers)
15. The New Powers Of Absolute Wonder Woman's Lasso (AWW #5 Spoilers)
16. Felicia Hardy And Richard Parker Meet-Cute in Ultimate Spider-Man #14
17. No, Spider-Man Does Not Appear In Amazing Spider-Man #68.Deaths
18. First Photo Of The Power Sword in The Daily LITG, 26th February, 2025

LITG two years ago… Saturday Night Live's Shane Gillis

1. SNL, Shane Gillis Left Us Wondering Why This Show Even Had to Happen
2. The Big Change Todd McFarlane Made To The Spawn-Verse With Spawn #350
3. AEW Collision: Bryan Danielson Twists Knife in Triple H's Back
4. What Has ComicsPro Ever Done For Us?
5. McFarlane Debuts 30th Anniversary Wakanda Forever Spawn #311 Figure
6. A Day Of Two Flashes Tomorrow From DC Comics (Spoilers)
7. Marvel Comics Commits To The $3.99 Price Point
8. Doctor Omega, The Inspiration Behind Doctor Who Gets His Own Comic
9. Star Trek: Enterprise: Trinneer Talks Trip: "He's Dead, Get Over It" 
10. SNL Cut for Time Sketch: LiMu Emu and Doug Go "Training Day" (VIDEO)
11. Rogue And Kate Pryde Will Each Lead The New X-Men Teams This Summer
12. Will Batman #150 Reveal He Is Bruce Wayne To The World? (Spoilers)
13. "The Sure Thing" and Other Tales in Dear Lonely Hearts, Up for Auction
14. Amanda Waller, Peacemaker, Amazons And Green Arrow (Spoilers)
15. Addiction and Romance in Youthful Hearts #1, Up for Auction
16. Deliver Us From Evil in Blood Moon's May 2024 Solicits
17. Tim Sale & Sarah Byam's Billi 99 Now Coloured by José Villarrubia
18. PrintWatch: Last Ronin II, Twilight, Spider-Verse & Beneath The Trees
19. Marvel Comics Commitment to $3.99- The Daily LITG 26th February 2024
20. After ComicsPro, Mezo Launches in A Wave Blue World May 2024 Solicits

LITG three years ago, Walking Dead: Dead City Teaser

1. The Walking Dead: Dead City Teaser Previews "A Whole New World"
2. A Better Look At Marvel's New Costume Design For The Black Panther
3. Yellowjackets Releases Disturbing Season 2 Antler Queen Key Art
4. SNL: Woody Harrelson Wraps Rambling Monologue on Anti-Vaxxer Note
5. X-Men '97: Promising Premiere Update Nearly Flew Under Our Radar
6. Always Sunny: Too Early to Already Have a Favorite Season 16 Episode?
7. ComicsPRO: Garth Ennis, JMS, Ed Brisson, Mark Russell Talk AWA
8. Jack Black: The DCU Superman That James Gunn Needs & Deserves (Video) 
9. Ray Buffer Charged Over Golden Age Comics Theft Allegations
10. The Expanse: Dragon Tooth Breaks Kickstarter Record, Hits A Million
11. The Biggest Change Lazarus Planet Will Make To DC Comics? (Spoilers)
12. Comic Store In Your Future: Do I Sell Art or Books?
13. When Peter Parker Married Gwen Stacy In Mexican Spider-Man Comics
14. ComicsPRO: Jeff McComsey's Mother Russia Defects from Alterna to CEX
15. Watch The Zenescope Video Presentation to ComicsPRO
16. Black Panther's New Costume in The Daily LITG, 26th February 2023

LITG four years ago, Surprise Jodie Whittaker

1. Jodie Whittaker Just Photobombed Doctor Who Cosplayers At LSCC
2. GI Joe 40th Anniversary Livestream Reveals New Classified Figures
3. Star Trek: John de Lancie Discusses Q Differences From TNG to Picard
4. Marvel Comics Confirms New Iron Cat Series, With Felicia Hardy
5. New Making Of Jurassic World: The Legacy Of Isla Nublar Video Released
6. 5 HQ Images from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
7. Grant Morrison Says The Nicest Thing About Mark Millar In Ages
8. First Look Inside Batman #125 by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jiménez
9. Endgame: Morena Baccarin on Joss Whedon Wanting Her for Maria Hill
10. Belen Ortega Teases Return Of Tim Drake And Bernard Dowd Together
11. Radiant Black Spins Off New Series The Dead Lucky from Image in 2022
12. Rodney Barnes, Georges Jeanty Adapt Star Wars: Mandalorian For Marvel
13. London Spring Comic Con Ho! The Daily LITG, 26th of February 2022

LITG five years ago, Joss Whedon to WandaVision

1. Joss Whedon Report Offers Insight Into Carpenter, Trachtenberg Claims
2. WandaVision SPOILERS Push John Byrne West Coast Avengers on eBay
3. Ron Moore: Outlander S07/Spinoff News; Battlestar Galactica No Reboot
4. Damian Wayne – Born To The Purple In Infinite Frontier?
5. Wonder Woman on Dr Manhattan – or Dan DiDio? Infinite Frontier #0
6. 17 Marvel Comics That Jumped In Price on eBay Thanks To WandaVision
7. DC Announces Milestone Comics Creative Teams And Schedule
8. DC Multiverse Superman Vs Devastator McFarlane Toys 2-Pack Arrives
9. Chappelle's Show: Eddie Murphy Reflects Basketball Game vs Prince
10. TCG Spotlight: Some Of The Best Articuno Pokémon Cards
11. DC Announces Milestone Comics Creative Teams And Schedule
12. Chariot: AWA Studios Previews Variant Covers for New Series
13. Ha Ha, Harley And Hollow Heart – Thank FOC It's Friday 26th February
14. Deadpool: Black, White & Blood Begins In August 2021
15. Wonder Woman on Dr Manhattan – or Dan DiDio? Infinite Frontier #0
16. Static by Vita Ayala, Chris Cross, Nikolas Draper-Ivey – DC/Milestone
17. DC Publish Fortnite/Batman Comic With Unlock Codes, New Harley Quinn
18. Thomas King Adapts Borders as Graphic Novel With Natasha Donovan
19. Kev F Sutherland Runs Free Comic Art Masterclasses On Wednesday
20. Last Ronin, High Republic, Friend Of The Devil Top Advance Reorders
21. Preview: Steve McNiven Art from Star Wars: War Of The Bounty Hunters
22. John Byrne Gets His Credit In WandaVision – As Does Jim Shooter

LITG six years ago – we were still talking 5G

And everyone kept reacting to Dan DiDio's departure – including Dan.

1. "What Is DC Comics' 5G?" The Story So Far…
2. Brian Hibbs on Hell Arisen #3 – "None Of You Bought Copies Of #1 Or #2 From The Shelf"
3. Connor Kent Meets Superman – and Superboy Prime (Spoilers)
4. "Heels": Stephen Amell Workout Update – "Arrow" Salmon Ladder Thief?
5. New Ancient Star Wars Lightsabers are Coming Soon from Hasbro
6. Today's Hell Arisen #3, Selling Multiple Copies for $40 to $50, Thanks to Punchline (Spoilers)
7. Welcome To Leviathan Country (Leviathan Dawn #1 Spoilers)
8. The Crucible in Tomorrow's X-Men #7 Doesn't Undo Genoshan Genocide… But It Does Undo [SPOILER]
9. What Tomorrow's X-Books Tell Us About the Sex Lives of Cyclops, Wolverine, and Marvel Girl [SPOILERS]
10. Why Can't The X-Men Sleep At Night? (X-Men #7, Giant-Sized X-Men #1, New Mutants #8, X-Force #8, X-Men/Fantastic Four #2 Spoilers)

LITG seven years ago – DCU was up in the air

And Dan DiDio brought Walmart into comic stores

1. Lucifer Season 4: Ella is Heading Down a Dark Path
2. Did 'Gotham' Already Introduce A New Bat-Family Member? [THEORY]
3. The State of CW's DCU [Part 1]: Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Black Lightning
4. All of Funko's ECCC 2019 Exclusives in One Place
5. The Reading Difference Between Digital and Print in Nightwing #57

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.

• Andy Kubert, artist on Batman, Superman, X-Men.
• Jeff Smith, creator of Bone
• Lisa Patrick, Marvel editor
• Joey Esposito, creator of Captain Ultimate
• Bill Cunningham, comic book restorer

If you are in comics and have a birthday coming up – or you know someone who has – get in touch at richjohnston@gmail.com.

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