Norman Reedus in The Daily LITG, 2nd Of May 2022

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LITG: Walking Dead to Arrowverse in the ten most-read stories, yesterday

1. The Walking Dead, AMC Defend Norman Reedus in Official Statement
2. RIP Arrowverse (2012-2022)? BCTV Daily Dispatch Editorial
3. Doctor Who S14: When Is A “Second Re-Boot” Not A “Second Re-Boot”?
4. Moon Knight Episode 5 “Asylum” Loses Inclusive Language Battle: Review
5. Today Is Mega Kangaskhan Raid Day In Pokémon GO
6. Star Trek: Del Arco Pitches New Picard Spinoff, Brady Responds
7. Grant Morrison Wants to Suggest Hal Jordan Has a Pansexual Persuasion
8. Daredevil #319 Second Print Already $119 At Auction
9. Jason Aaron Introduces Ghost Rider As A Samurai In Avengers #58
10. That ’90s Show: Grace, Prepon, Kutcher, Kunis, & Valderrama to Appear9

ICYMI: more you may prefer from yesterday.

In case you fancied more LITG about comics.

LITG one year ago, from Night Court to Pokémon GO

1. Night Court: Melissa Rauch Joins John Larroquette for NBC Series Pilot
2. Here’s How To Get Shiny Smeargle In Pokémon GO
3. What We Do in the Shadows Drives Stake Into Heart of Season 3 Filming
4. All 64 Designs For The X-Men’s Hellfire Gala This Summer
5. Rick and Morty Venture Through The Eternal Nightmare Machine
6. Marvel Universe Shaken to Foundations in Heroes Reborn #1 [Preview]
7. Bryan Hitch Has A Hair-Trigger Over Superman
8. First Look: Superman & The Authority by Grant Morrison & Mikel Janin
9. Dark Horse to Release Non-NFT Sin City 30th Anniversary Books
10. Shiny Galarian Ponyta To Be Unlocked In Pokémon GO Event
11. “Him” Resurrected as Adam Warlock in Marvel Premiere #1 Up for Auction
12. Matthew Rosenberg, Elon Musk to Team-Up, Clean Flint’s Water Supply?
13. Awkward Poison Ivy Cosplay Adventures in Swamp Thing #3 [Preview]
14. Poaching the Teen Titans in Suicide Squad #3 [Preview]
15. Does Batman Have Enough Prep Time for Politics? Batman #108 Preview
16. Final She Could Fly Graphic Novel Coming in October from Berger Books
17. Star Wars Becomes a Real Comic – War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha
18. Dark Horse to Release Non-NFT Sin City 30th Anniversary Books
19. Some Comic Shops Are Still Doing Free Comic Book Day Today
20. Storm to Ghost Friends During Big Party in Marauders #20 [Preview]
21. All 28 Original Sheldon Mayer Sugar & Spike #23 Art Pages At Auction
22. Man-Thing to Rise to Occasion – X-Men: Curse of the Man-Thing Preview
23. Three Al Jaffee MAD Magazine Fold-In Original Art Pages At Auction
24. Marvel Universe Shaken to Foundations in Heroes Reborn #1 [Preview]
25. Rewind: Five Spoilery Teases For Marvel’s Heroes Reborn, Out This Week
26. Carnage Becomes a Music Critic – Black White and Blood #3 [Preview]
27. Dynamite Sold 350,000 Omnibus Editions Of The Boys In 2019 and 2020
28. Cor Blimey! It’s a Preview of the Final Issue of Marvel’s The Union
29. Shakti, a New Graphic Novel by SJ Sindu & Nabi H Ali From HarperAlley
30. Beyond The Breach & Clans Of Belari in AfterShock July 2021 Solicits
31. Hair To The Throne – The Daily LITG, 1st of May 2021

LITG two years ago, Baby Yoda, Alton Brown and Buffy

Bleeding Cool continued to report from the comics industry shutdown, With more from our favourite Baby Yoda, Alton Brown, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer comic books.

1. Funko Announces More Baby Yoda and The Mandalorian Pop Vinyls
2. Good Eats: Reloaded Review: Alton Brown Raises The Stakes On Steaks
3. Big First Appearance You Can’t Miss in Buffy The Vampire Slayer #14
4. Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein Proves Most Intense Adaptation Yet: Review
5. Good Omens: Lockdown: Gaiman, Tennant, Sheen Reunite for Follow-Up
6. A Mega First Appearance in Go Go Power Rangers #31
7. Hasbro Reveals New Star Wars Collectibles for Fan First Friday
8. Jay And Silent Bob Mall Brawl Will Be Released Next Week
9. Marvel Returns to Comic Shops on May 27th – and It’s a Wednesday
10. Ubisoft Releases The “Just Dance 2020” Song List

LITG three years ago, Walking Dead, Dead Mutants, Cyberfrog

1. Today’s Walking Dead #191 Changes Everything About the Comic (Major Spoilers)
2. How Toxic Masculinity Killed (SPOILERS) in Uncanny X-Men
3. Magic: The Gathering’s War of the Spark Mythic Edition Goes on Sale Wednesday
4. Ethan Van Sciver Commissions ‘Retailer Exclusive’ Dynamite Covers With Cyberfrog
5. DC Comics Updates Its Solicitations for The Year Of The Villain – The Offer, After Lex Luthor’s Transformation (Spoilers)

Comic book birthdays today

There may still not be much of a party atmosphere right now. It all depends on which state you are living in. But comics folk are always getting older and still celebrating that special date.

• Liam Sharp, artist on The Green Lantern, co-creator of Bloodseed.
• Scott Rosenberg of Platinum Studios.
• Onrie Kompan, creator of the Yi Soon Shin Trilogy, MARX, and #1500ComicBookBattle.
• Lorenzo Ruggiero, Marvel Comics inker.
• Sean Howe, comic book industry journalist, author of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story.
• Cory Levine, writer of Bowery Boys.
• Andy Winter, co-creator of Hero Killers, publisher of Moonface Comics.
• Ryan Brown of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
• Howard Cruse, founder of Gay Comix, creator of Stuck Rubber Baby.
• Glenn Herdling, former Editorial Director of Marvel’s Custom Publishing, writer of Namor The Sub-Mariner, Wizard Entertainment’s Director of Business Development and publisher of their Black Bull comics line.
• Jerry Scott, co-creator of Baby Blues and Zits

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