CR Week In Review

The top comics-related news stories from July 11 to July 17, 2015:

1. Comic-Con comes and goes with the usual, mostly positive reports laced with worry over the future of the show as a comics show. The publishing news across the board was pretty strong, even as some publishers move off of that weekend and start using social media driven strategies to find a place for their own announcements.

2. Raina Telgemeier and Berke Breathed announce new offerings within 24 hours of one another; two hugely popular cartoonists with signature, industry-defining hits.

3. Matt Bors leaves Medium with a kickstarted, hardcover best of The Nib being a first step to editorial independence across the board.

Winner Of The Week
Scholastic's "Graphix" imprint: 10 years celebrated at Comic-Con; arguably the biggest news coming out of Comic-Con weekend, any medium, with the announcement of next year's Telgemeier book.

Losers Of The Week
Fans hoping to see Bernie Wrightson accept his Eisner Hall Of Fame trophy from 2014 at this year's Eisner's, a really nice thing the Awards program tried to make happen. It didn't due an unfortunate and relatively minor accident suffered by Mr. Wrightson. He later received it on the con floor when he returned to the show. Still, it was a lovely thought.

Quote Of The Week
"Is that Sexual Healing?" -- my brother to me watching best lettering Eisner winner Stan Sakai being played across the stage.

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the comic image selected is from the brief but notable 1970s run of Seaboard/Atlas

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