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March 5, 2016


CR Week In Review

imageThe top comics-related news stories from February 27 to March 4, 2016:

1. Maurice Sine sues Bernard-Henri Levy.

2. ComicsPRO wraps up their annual meeting with awards to David Gabriel and the late William Gaines.

3. A trend story, but a crucial one: Manga sales enjoy increased momentum.

Winners Of The Week
Everyone involved with Diary Of A Teenage Girl, coming out of Hollywood awards weekend with a lot of attention. This includes cartoonist Phoebe Gloeckner.

Losers Of The Week
Lois Lane fans. I mean, not really, but I like that article and Lois Lane fans deserve the best.

Quote Of The Week
"Feminist comics should poke and provoke more than they do right now. They should confidently point out injustice, and tell hard truths. They should be willing to demand things, and to overstate those demands. To be wrong sometimes." -- Monica Johnson

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this year's comics images are from Fawcett

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