CR Week In Review

The top comics-related news stories from August 3 to August 9, 2013:

1. DC punts on an effective handling of their 3-D covers offer for a forthcoming "Villains Month" line-wide promotion, not only angering retailers but servicing the corner of the retail market that is probably not the most fruitful soil for long-term growth.

2. Remaining charges dropped against the Singaporean cartoonist Leslie Chew.

3. Summary judgment upheld in Marvel's ongoing legal tussle with the Kirby family.

Winners Of The Week
Fans of Achewood. It's been a while.

Losers Of The Week
I think you have to say the Kirby Family. Jurisdictional issues aside, it looks like the construction of how they got to work-for-hire for what Jack Kirby did for Marvel has some heft to it that can travel, as opposed to it being a collection of hunches emanating from one judge. The decisions also underlined the notion the growth in our understanding of how creators operated in those days really doesn't have any influence on the legal outcome.

Quote Of The Week
"So, this means that there are retailers out there that have been happily and aggressively promoting this stunt, racking up big preorders, selling full sets in advance of shipment, in some cases even collecting money from consumers, all the while DCE didn’t officially or formally tell the retail community that these could be allocated. Whoops!" -- Brian Hibbs

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today's cover is from the all-time series Classics Illustrated

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