CR Week In Review



The week's most important comics-related news stories, April 1 to April 7, 2006.

1. Word arrives that the Siegel family had their points upheld in a case against DC Comics over their rights to Superboy, calling into question such things as profits that may be due from the Smallville TV series.

2. Bizarre twist in the Gordon Lee case where Floyd County prosecutors dismiss the charges but then refile with new ones.

3. Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan gets back into the lawsuit versus cartoonists game, appealing a decision that went against him.

Winner of the Week
Well, the Siegel family. Duh.

Loser of the Week
Marvel, whose "King!" "He's writing?" "King!" "He's scripting?" "King!" Dark Tower early publicity strategy is bound to have left some people feeling crappy about the project as its actual parameters are revealed.

Quote of the Week
"I mean there were times where entire scenes were dependent on little things like how Tigra felt about Yellow Jacket." -- Writer Mark Millar on Marvel's forthcoming Civil War series, with a sentence that beat any tiny, leftover desire from when I was 12 years old to be a superhero comic writer right out of my head.

The Eisner noms came out this week, too. If Cromartie High School wins an Eisner, I still won't be able to afford the toys, but we might get to see Chris Oarr give a speech.
 
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