CR Week In Review



The week's most important comics-related news stories, May 13 to May 19, 2006.

1. Iranian cartoonist tried in absentia for work that had certain political officials as its subject matter.

2. Newspaper strips: worst betting arena ever. Mike Belkin (who many believe is Scott Adams) pulls plug on Unfit; Lio launches with 100-plus papers.

3. New arraignment date set for Rome, Georgia comics retailer Gordon Lee.

Winner of the Week
Harper's, for publishing Art Spiegelman's look at the Danish Muhammed cartoons.

Loser of the Week
Harper's weird policy of not having this magazine up on their web site as it appears on the stands, so that people can at least look at it when they read wire stories on it.

Quote of the Week
"The Journal has been running repeats of the strip since 2000 because no one wanted to be the person who put Snoopy to sleep." -- one newspaper explains why they waited until now to drop Classic Peanuts.

Snoopy has the right idea; this is the good kind of sleep, by the way
 
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