February 17, 2007
CR Week In Review
The top comics-related news stories from February 10 to February 16, 2007:
1. Playboy
announces page by page digitally-scanned DVD of its entire archives, another major magazine and repository for 20th Century comics greatness to use the National Geographic exception to come out with an archived edition without having to pay contributors, including all those cartoonists.
2. Fantagraphics
loses its motion to dismiss a case brought by Harlan Ellison.
3. A
Complete Pogo series designed by Jeff Smith and covering roughly two years a volume
will start appearing in October of this year, from Fantagraphics.
Winners Of The Week
Pogo fans.
Losers Of The Week
Nearly everyone that continues to be touched by the poisonous political shenanigans of 2005-2006.
Quote Of The Week
"I was really afraid; I was totally scared that I might be attacked by the prisoners." -- Yemeni editor
Mohammed al-Asaadi on his harrowing ordeal in jail during the Danish Cartoons troubles of 2006.
this week's imagery comes from pioneering comic book house Centaur Publications
posted 12:42 am PST |
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