DC Comics, Wrapped In Plastic in The Daily LITG 27th April 2020

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Bleeding Cool continues to report from the comics industry shutdown, DC Comics arrive wrapped in plastic and Bill Sienkiewicz gets memed. Keep up with your Daily LITG.

1. DC Comics Arrive In Stores – In Bubble Wrap
2. Stranger Things 4 Video Store Fridays Final Edition: The End of An Era
3. Star Trek: Discovery Director Jonathan Frakes Teases Season 3 Details
4. Nintendo Will Remove Network ID Sign-In After Nintendo Switch Hack
5. Bill Sienkiewicz Goes Viral Again and It's All His Fault
6. Funko Will Be Reducing Products for the Rest of 2020
7. SNL at Home Still A Charm Second Time Around, But A Bit Too Polished
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9. Forbidden Planet of New York Launches GoFundMe To Survive
10. Diamond Tells Retailers to Complete New DC FOC By Monday Night

Comic Book Events happening today

There would also have been signings, appearances, symposia, all manner of comic book-related events. But a few have gone online, and here are some still happening today, on the Daily LITG.

• Cartooning & Comics, Creative Cauldron, 3.30-4.30pm ET.
• Comics Club Online, D. R. Evarts Library, Athens, New York, 3.30-4.30pm ET.
• Overhaul History – Comics Discussion and Character Histories, The Bomb4stic Bagman, 6:30pm – 10:30pm ET
• Talking About Comics with Ty & Brandon, Austin Books & Comics, Texas 6-7 pm CT.
• Comics X Brescia, Comics League of Brixia, Brescia 4.30pm UTC+2.

Comic Book Industry birthdays, today

There may not be much of a party atmosphere right now. Or if there is, the police will come and shut you down. But comic folk are still getting older and still celebrating that special date.

• Shawn DePasquale, creator of SPACE, MN and PIXIES
• Cartoonist Keith Andrew Smith
• Luis L. Velasco, art director at Club Batman

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