CR Week In Review

The top comics-related news stories from June 23 to June 29, 2012:

1. An Italian news paper publishes an unfortunate cartoon about one of its national soccer team's stars.

2. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund sends $10K to Ryan Matheson for more relief on the financial burden imposed on him by overzealous, irresponsible prosecutors; this throws a spotlight on the continuing financial needs of an institution like the CBLDF and just how long the damage from a poorly-conceived legal assault can last.

3. The writer Ed Brubaker becomes the highest profile mainstream comics creator to talk at length about this summer's renewed attention to creator's rights issues; both actions and words indicating a series of complex, shifting attitudes amongst today's professionals.

Winner Of The Week
SAW

Loser Of The Week
Gazzetta dello Sport

Quote Of The Week
"The basic acts of publishing are printing and promotion. If you are a publisher but you can't print or promote, are you still a publisher? Some very smart people say yes, and I'm honestly not sure, because you're unable to fulfill your basic roles and are counting on others to do that, and that's where my conflict is." -- Chris Butcher

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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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