CR Week In Review

The top comics-related news stories from February 25 to March 2, 2012:

1. Zunar's civil lawsuit against Malaysian authorities resumed in Kuala Lumpur. The cartoonist is suing because of harassment received due to the political and satirical nature of his cartoon work.

2. In a culture-war maneuver worthy of General Custer, a conservative advocacy group asks a big retailer to remove an Archie publication showing character Kevin Keller getting married to his future husband. Archie of course struck back hard in terms of staunchly defending their character and their publication, gaining all sorts of publicity for the character and praise for that defense. Keller is also a poor choice for any conservative group's "the monster in our midst"-style agitation, being as Dan Parent's creation is in all ways an Archie character, and thus fairly adorable.

3. Another structural implement of the forthcoming digital comics world snaps into place as iTunes devotes a part of their bookstore to comics and graphic novels. Even if the move ends up not fully working, such efforts are key steps in finding out what will.

Winner Of The Week
The US Marshals Service, a potential breeding ground for the next generation of comics retailers.

Losers Of The Week
A surprisingly significant percentage of comics-related Kickstarter projects, we learn through Gary Tyrrell's analysis in the light of so many high-profile successes as of late.

Quote Of The Week
"The world today brings news that Jan Berenstain, co-author with her husband Stan of the 45 years and running Berenstain Bears series for children, has passed on to a better world. As any right-thinking mother will agree, good riddance." -- Hanna Rosin, in a much-criticized "nasty obituary."

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today's cover is from the thriving, small-press independent comics scene of the 1980s and 1990s

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