CR Week In Review



The top comics-related news stories from May 8 to May 14, 2010:

1. Frank Frazetta, RIP.

2. Viz fired up to 40 percent of its staff in a move so troubling people really wanted to believe its PR-driven explanation that there was nothing all that major about it, which will either eventually prove to be untrue or we will all remember Viz 2000-2010 as the most inefficiently-staffed company on planet earth.

3. Lars Wilks was assaulted while giving a lecture at a prestigious European university, based in part on resentment for his having made a cartoon doodle once of Muhammad with the body of a dog.

Winner Of The Week
The newspaper page. I hate to say this about any gig that employs comics people, but one of the reasons that the comics page is weaker than it should be right now is because of legacy strips.

Loser Of The Week
Alabama retailer Danny Wayne Barton

Quote Of The Week
"We are of course saddened by these departures, and sincerely appreciate the hard work, passion and dedication of those that have moved on, but we feel confident that with these changes Viz Media will be more streamlined and able to withstand the climate of the economy at this time." -- Viz Press Release

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today's cover is from the 1940s-1950s mainstream comics publisher Avon

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