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The Daily LITG, 3rd of May 2019 – Happy Birthday Bill Sienkiewicz

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. The day before Free Comic Book Day – wher will you be? I'll be running around London with kids – and then on Sunday heading to Portsmouth Comic Con. Maybe see you there?

Top five stories read yesterday:

1. Peter Mayhew, Gentle Giant Behind 'Star Wars' Chewbacca, Passes at 74
2. The OTHER Marvel Thing The Russo Brothers Would Come Back For- 'Krull'
3. 'Sonic' Director Vows to Redesign Character Following Criticism
4. How Toxic Masculinity Killed (SPOILERS) in Uncanny X-Men
5. What's Up With Venom In War Of The Realms #3 Then? (Spoilers)

Happening today:

• Graphic Brighton, University of Brighton City Campus with Ian Williams, Chris Geary, Ottilie Hainsworth, Richy K Chandler, Warren Pleece, Alison Sampson, Owen Pomery, Muna Al-Jawad, Ben Dickson, Daniel Locke, comics laureate Hannah Berry. George Hardie and architects Jacquelyn Cohen and Joe Robson. 10am-5pm. Free.
• Piacenza Comics & Games, Play The Game, Piacenza, Italy till Sunday
• Fan Expo Dallas – Dallas, Texas till Sunday
• Don't Judge Me! Penned Guin launch & exhibition, Whitespace, Edinburgh

And a happy birthday to:

• Bill Sienkiewicz – New Mutants, Big Numbers, Elektra Assassin, Stray Toasters
• Adam Hughes, artist in Gen 13, Wonder Woman
• Dennis O'Neill – Batman, Green Arrow/Green Lantern writer and lecturer
• Will O'Mullane – Titan Comics PR person (for now)
• John Hendrick of Big Bang Comics, Dublin
• Enrique Lopez Lorenzana of Nancy In Hell
• Gerardo Sandoval, of Venom, Guardians 3000, New Avengers
• Ivan Freitas Da Costa, co-owner of CCXP, Brazil
• Shawn Richison of Legend Of The Sunset People
• Amber Greenlee, owner of Panel2Panel
• Dave Sharpe, comic book letterer
• Darren Auck, former art director at Marvel Comics
• Chris Ulm, Malibu/DC  editor and writer, Ninja High School, Planet Of The Apes, Leather & Lace

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