CR Week In Review

The top comics-related news stories from March 3 to March 9, 2012:

1. Moebius passes away. One of a handful of artists that could seriously argued as the world's greatest living comics-maker while still alive, the legendary cartoonist, illustrator and designer was 73 years old.

2. One of the elder statesmen of staffed editorial cartooning and a regional fixture with decades of work under his belt, Tony Auth is leaving the Philadelphia Inquirer in another round of cutbacks and hope-for-reliefs with that city's newspapers.

3. It's announced that Doonesbury will offer substitute strips for a strong, forthcoming series on abortion issues. Michael Cavna interviews Garry Trudeau.

Winner Of The Week
Jules Feiffer, who deserves all the lifetime achievement awards he may have coming.

Losers Of The Week
Gary McCoy and Mike Lester, makers of exceedingly nasty and highly personalized cartoons about the made-up political issue of the day, mirroring highly criticized sentiments uttered by radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh.

Quote Of The Week
"Little by little the agents have taken over the world. They don't do anything, they don't make anything, they just stand and take their cut." -- one from Moebius.

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today's cover is from the late Moebius

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