CR Week In Review

The top comics-related news stories from January 15 to January 21, 2011:

1. The trial of Mohammed Geele begins. Geele was the 29-year-old Somali man shot and arrested on January 1, 2010 by Danish police after breaking into the home of Danish Cartoons artist Kurt Westergaard and brandishing weapons. The week's trial included Westergaard's testimony, during which in reaction to Geele's claim that he was only trying to scare the septuagenarian cartoonist, called the defendant a liar.

2. Former Idaho middle school teacher Steven Kutzner sentenced for owning cartoon imagery that showed underage people in sexual acts, perhaps to avoid further prosecution over photographs of same.

3. The Comic Code had its last two contributing members, Archie and DC, pull their support from the long-standing program in favor of alternate strategies in terms of communicating the relative kid-safety content of their books to potential readers: a hugely iconic story without a lot of traction in terms of how companies operate in the here and now.

Winner Of The Week
Dick Locher, retiring from strip production after an honorable run on Dick Tracy.

Loser Of The Week
Heavy Ink retailer Travis Corcoran, who had his firearms license suspended by local authorities and surrendered his guns and ammunition in a subsequent action, all for comments made on his blog about the Tucson shootings.

Quote Of The Week
"My name is Annah Billips, and as you can see, I'm currently in my panties. This is because I'm a tease." -- Gingerbread Girl, page three. (not very newsworthy, but it made me laugh)

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today's cover is from the great comic book series Four-Color

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