Daily LITG Roundup: Absolute Batman Tops Bleeding Cool Readership Again
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Rich Johnston
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Summary
A daily roundup column ("Lying In The Gutters") from Bleeding Cool, reporting that "Absolute Batman Vs Absolute Batman" was the most-read story on the site. The author mentions heading back to MCM London Comic Con and reflects on the site's 17-year history plus 18 years of prior comic book industry gossip. The piece serves as a meta-commentary on readership trends rather than substantive news.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledAbsolute Batman Vs Absolute Batman was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday, again.
Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past seven years.
Founded seventeen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen years before that.
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