CR Week In Review

The top comics-related news stories from May 5 to May 11, 2012:

1. International censure for Iranian authorities' decision to lash a cartoonist 25 times for daring to draw a politician in a football jersey.

2. Kids book giant Maurice Sendak passes away.

3. Response to calls to make matching donations to the Hero Initiative for Avengers tickets underwhelms. Suggestion was made this might be a) a good idea generally, b) a way for people to negotiate any qualms they might have about Marvel's historical treatment of creators. This is certainly fewer than 100 people responding on that first weekend, although there will be more doing this or something similar.

Winner Of The Week
Ali Ferzat and Aseem Trivedi

Losers Of The Week
The Iranian officials that decided the cartoonist should be lashed. As some of the better analysis points out, this isn't just wrong generally but should be seen as a unique ratcheting-up of this cultural idea because it extends the "don't draw zone" to politicians.

Quote Of The Week
"Doing any work leads to refinements and changes in your over-all method as experience builds up and teaches forcibly in a way you can't ignore. The more work you do, the more thought is processed and distilled and the more streamlined your workflow. If an artist is actively engaged in what they're doing then they're always looking for a chance to innovate, and your chances of success improve the more you work, ideally." -- Bernie Mireault

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

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