Don’t Ask The Undertaker in the Daily LITG, 16th of May 2022

The final day of the Lake Como Comic Art Festival is upon us, where Bleeding Cool is coming from this weekend! But first, welcome to the Daily LITG. The world can seem like a terrible and strange place sometimes, but 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.

LITG: Conan moves on, in the ten most-read stories, yesterday

1. Don’t Ask The Undertaker to Sign Your 1991 Trading Cards at MegaCon
2. Todd McFarlane Finally Returns Joyce Chin’s Angela Original Artwork
3. Conan License To Move On From Marvel Comics
4. The Rookie S04 Finale Preview: Firefly Reunion, Pete Davidson & More
5. Stargirl & S.T.R.I.P.E. Confront Pat’s Past in Arrowverse Crossover
6. Elvira Gets The Tribute She Deserves With New NECA Figure
7. Conan Leaves Marvel, in the Daily LITG,15th of May 2022
8. D&D Beyond To Retire Two 5th Edition Books This Month
9. Saturday Night Live Season 48 May Be “Year of Change”: Lorne Michaels
10. Conan’s Owner Asks Who You’d Like To Write, Draw, Colour Conan Comics

ICYMI: more you may prefer from yesterday.

In case you fancied more LITG about comics.

1. X-Men Tops This Week’s Bleeding Cool Bestseller List
2. Sonic The Hedgehog Hits Fifty To Thank FOC It’s The 15th Of May 2022
3. Cecil Castellucci & Saazleen Khan’s YA Graphic Novel My First Monster
4. Dave McKean Working On Reworked, Remade, Recut Movie, Caligula

LITG one year ago – Bring It On, From Vaccines To Horror Films

1. Bring It On Franchise Returns…As A Horror Film In 2022
2. Tomorrow Is Swablu Community Day In Pokémon GO
3. Target Stores To Halt Sales Of All Trading Cards From May 14th Forward
4. Tasks & Rewards For Swablu Community Day In Pokémon GO
5. Swablu Community Day Box & Ticket: Worth Buying In Pokémon GO?
6. Night Court: NBC Pilot Approach Helps Larroquette/Rauch Sequel Series
7. Doctor Who: Time Fracture Will Reunite All The Doctors & More
8. Target Employee Tells Us About Trading Card Customers From Hell
9. The Orville Season 3 Producer, Coleman Check In; MacFarlane Shout Out
10. Big Changes to Doctor Doom in Guardians of the Galaxy & FF (Spoilers)
11. Noel Clarke No Longer Attending London Film And Comic Con
12. SCOOP: How Michael Jordan Will Appear In Space Jam 2 (Spoilers)
13. The Elusive Debut of Cheetah in Wonder Woman #6 Up for Auction
14. The Canonical Aquaman in Adventure Comics #260 Up for Auction
15. Bad Idea’s Great Idea: A $1 Sampler As A Limited Commodity
16. Unexpected Green Hornet Covers From Michael Kaluta Up For Auction
17. Fortnite & Pokemon Sales Go Gangbusters – Comic Store In Your Future
18. Tony Stark & Black Widow Ultimate Sex Scene by Bryan Hitch, Auctioned
19. The Silver Coin To Be Ongoing Series From Image Comics
20. Brian Azzarello & Eduardo Risso’s Moonshine To End in August With #28
21. Target Targets Trading Card Buyers – The Daily LITG, 15th May 2021
22. Christina Soontornvat & Joanna Cacao Sell The Tryout and The Squad

LITG two years ago – Applejack, Chun Lu, DC Comics

Bleeding Cool continued to report from the comics industry shutdown, steeped in DC Comics solicitations and more.

1. My Little Pony Applejack Becomes Human with Hasbro and Kotobukiya
2. Street Fighter Chun Li Gets Yet Another PCS Costume Statue
3. DC Comics Full August 2020 Solicitations – Harley Quinn Cancelled
4. Clownhunter Joins Punchline in Batman’s Upcoming Joker War
5. Walker Star Jared Padalecki Already Making the Right Fashion Statement
6. Spider-Man Fuses With Ghost Rider for New Sideshow Collectibles Statue
7. Joker War Zone Announced By DC Comics Tomorrow
8. Marvel Ch-Ch-Changes to Empyre X-Men, Fantastic Four and Star Wars
9. The Comic Store That Ordered 500 Copies of Marvel’s New Warriors #1
10. Neal Adams and Mark Waid to Debut Fantastic Four: Antithesis

Comic book birthdays today

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

• Henry Vogel, creator of Southern Knights
• Chester Brown, creator of Ed The Happy Clown and Underwater
• Todd Bernardy, creator of Kukui Project, Disco Thunder Groove Bone, and Hard Candy Aftermath
• Morry J. Hollowell, comic book colourist.
• Brian Germain, founder of Dark Elf Designs.

If you are in comics and have a birthday coming up – or you know someone who has – get in touch at [email protected].