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June 2, 2012


CR Week In Review

imageThe top comics-related news stories from May 26 to June 1, 2012:

1. Tom Richmond wins the Reuben at the NCS Awards; the top of strong top-to-bottom awards slate.

2. Rhetoric surrounding Creators Rights issues heats up.

3. Ali Ferzat and Emmad Hajjaj forge a joint syndication deal with an Arab News outlet operating out of Abu Dhabi.

Winner Of The Week
Richmond, naturally.

Losers Of The Week
Fans of newspapers that publish seven days a week.

Quote Of The Week
"He's dealing with alcoholism and people losing limbs and cancer and all at this stuff. I don't think he's going to be attracting lots of younger readers with this. It's all sort of, kind of sad a little bit." -- Charles Coletta on Funky Winkerbean.

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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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