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April 27, 2007


CR Week In Review

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The top comics-related news stories from April 21 to April 27, 2007:

1. Brendan Burford named comics editor at King Features Syndicate.

2. Tony Auth blasted by pro-life group for what they felt was an anti-Catholic cartoon.

3. Complaint made about manga offered in New Zealand library.

Winner Of The Week
English-language Naruto fans, who found that this Fall they'll be swimming in trade paperback volumes from the internationally successful ninja saga.

Loser Of The Week
Newspapers. Again.

Quote Of The Week
"The same uneasy silence, interspersed with nervous giggles, arose earlier in the show when [comedian Will] Franken unveiled one of the better-known cartoons involved in last year's Danish cartoon controversy, Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban." -- Danish Cartoons Controversy, the stand-up years.

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