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Lying In The Gutters – 13th July 2010

Published Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:45:45 -0500

Thank you to Michael Moran, just on Sky News, who decided that his first post last week was enough to warrant a namecheck for this site. Most appreciated and welcome to the extended family. And hello Sky News viewers!

A very big week on the Cool. Possibly one of our biggest. Clearly San Diego is in the air.

Top Ten Most Read Posts This Week:

1. Alan Moore Says Goodbye To Comics – Again

2. Bill Willingham's Obsidian Controversy Kicks Off

3. Is This The Worst Comics PR Piece Ever Released?

4. Brand New Day To End With Amazing Spider-Man #647

5. Westboro Baptist Church To Picket San Diego Comic Con

6. Mark Waid Says Goodbye To Superhero Comics

7. Devil's Due Leaves Diamond. Industry Shudders.

8. Wonder Whedon – How Diana Might Have Looked In The Movie

9. Jonathan Hickman And Carlos Pacheco To Launch Ultimate Thor At San Diego

10. Jim Lee's X-Men #1 Toilet Hits eBay

Only one of the new movie posts hit the top ten, but there has been a lot of scoopage there too.

Top Five Movie Scoops

1. Couples Retreat Jerk-Off Case Thrown Out of Court, But Not Before Being Funny

2. Tekken Vs. King of Fighters, Poster Vs. Trailer

3. Sex Scene Added To Avatar – But What Else?

4. Disney's Winnie the Pooh Movie Getting Design Overhaul?

5. Have Simon Pegg And Nick Frost Been Taken By Ghosts?

And other popular posts have included the teaser of Ross and Busiek's Genesis, ten ways to protest against the Westboro lot, the first art from the Batwoman series, Arana changing to Spider-Girl in a new series, Bendis' banning from his own board and a review of his Scarlet #1, The Apple iPad comics fraud, getting Cully Hamner on the RED panel (and its eventual success), looking into DeadpoolMAX, details of DC's digital payments, and Millar's plans for Old Man Logan Two.

Five Posts You Should Have Read

1. Fistful Of Comics Vs The Gathering

2. FREE: First Issue Of Christos Gage's Absolution

3. The Carbon Footprint Of San Diego Comic Con 2010

4. The DC Thomson Art Of Dudley D Watkins

5. The Films You Love Vs The Last Airbender

Five Things I Should Have Linked To But Didn't

1. Firefly, if it were an eighties TV show.

2. Shadowland review with amusing title.

3. Graphic.Ly's grab for Zuda exiles

4. And Ron Perazza talks about future Zuda plans.

5. Preview of Matt Kindt's Revolver.