November 19, 2011
CR Week In Review
The top comics-related news stories from November 12 to November 18, 2011:
1. Three men arrested in 2010 for plotting against the
Jyllands-Posten newspaper offices and the cartoonist Kurt Westergaard
go on trial in Oslo. Things might get weird. For instance, as far as I can tell, one of the men admits to plotting the destruction of the Chinese embassy in Oslo, and since he's not being tried on that, that becomes his defense: that all of his nefarious-seeming activities were aimed in that direction rather than towards Denmark. That plotting one horrible crime becomes the alibi for not planning another horrible crime is the kind of thing you see on season five of a David Kelley TV show.
2. Aaron Castro, the Colorado meth-ring overlord that sought to launder his money through comic book collectible purchases,
received a hefty jail sentence.
3. Two potentially significant, incremental pieces of digital news
in this week's publishing round-up. Moderate-sized alt-/indy-publisher Top Shelf goes digital in a big way. DC announces its first digital-first comic book series.
Winner Of The Week
Anton Emdin
Loser Of The Week
Frank Miller, maybe?
Quote Of The Week
"Superhero comics just aren't genetically bred for that. That doesn't mean that... see, when
Watchmen came out, and I was 23 or whatever, I did think it was the greatest comic book I'd ever read. And I still think it's a genius work of art when it comes to structure and the language of comics. I'm not one of those guys who wishes superhero comics never grew up. Tell whatever story you want to tell! I would never tell anybody not to do a dark and cynical story with cowboys or superheroes or dinosaurs or whatever the hell... but just be aware. Bear in mind the fact that you're bending the rules already by telling your dark treatise on the savage reality of the world with your
Curious George story. Be aware that this is, perhaps, an interesting choice you're making, but maybe all of your stories don't have to be like this." --
Mark Waid
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today's cover is from the great comic book series Four-Color
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