CR Week In Review

The top comics-related news stories from May 7 to May 13, 2011:

1. The Malaysian cartoonist Zunar had his day in court over the 2009 banning of two of his books. The judge heard from a lawyer representing the cartoonist and his publishers and a lawyer representing the Home Ministry and various officials posted within. A decision will come this summer.

2. Two books were seized by Canadian officials on their way to TCAF, for the usual reasons that they were naughty. The officials were apparently super-polite about it, though.

3. Bill Gallo, one of a vanishing breed of sports cartoonists, passed away. The creator of "General Von Steingrabber" was the recipient of a significant number of fondly-recalled memorials from fans and fellow professionals.

Winners Of The Week
Team TCAF

Loser Of The Week
Jordan

Quote Of The Week
"You can only lose something you have. The people who read my books have already lost trust in the government." -- Zunar, on whether or not his cartoons could cause people to lose their trust in the Malaysian government.

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today's cover is from the great comic book series Four-Color

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