CR Week In Review

The top comics-related news stories from May 19 to May 25, 2012:

1. Not only is there still apparently an Everybody Draw Mohammad Day, but Pakistan is apparently still deeply fearful of what it might do were it allowed unfettered access to that country's social media.

2. Comics awards season swings into full effect, with Stan Lee, Eagles and Glyph Awards taking the first week with the NCS awards including the Reuben being announced this weekend.

3. The divide between many in the comics and the comics professional communities on basic issues of creator's rights was put on display with an essay by webcomics creator Scott Kurtz and responses by people like Christopher Bird.

Winners Of The Week
Take your pick; it's awards season.

Losers Of The Week
Anyone that spent any time debating the propriety of drawing a Hitler mustache on a state politician, and the people that did so driving those people to debate.

Quote Of The Week
"A quick survey of recent Birds of Prey covers reveals an inordinate number of battles with tentacles." -- Laura Hudson

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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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