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January 26, 2008


CR Week In Review

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The top comics-related news stories from January 19 to January 25, 2008:

1. The Angouleme Festival for 2008 gets underway.

2. Quebecor World's fortunes decline to the point of seeking protection from creditors.

3. Lynn Johnston announces the end of the current For Better of For Worse hybrid by September... to be replaced by another kind of hybrid.

Winner Of The Week
Jeff Kinney

Loser Of The Week
Quebecor World

Quote Of The Week
"And the smoking ban didn't make the beer at the Mercure cheaper, but you can at least breathe the air. OK, one cynic complained that it used to smell like an ashtray and now it smells like a cartoonist, but you can't have everything." -- Bart Beaty

this week's imagery comes from pioneering comic book house Hillman Publications
 
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