CR Week In Review



The top comics-related news stories from August 9 to August 15, 2008:

1. Doug Wright Awards given out; accused of discrimination against French-language comics.

2. Longtime Wizard fixture Brian Cunningham let go by company, bringing renewed attention to its massive staff overhaul.

3. Baltimore Sun drops entire page of comics as newspapers nationwide struggle with costs and priorities.

Winner Of The Week
Whoever had "a mixture of old and new strips but the new strips drawn in the style of the old strips" in the pool.

Loser Of The Week
Wizard.

Quote Of The Week
"... I gotta say the thought of doing an interview with someone who launched a thread titled "Stupid Publisher Tricks: Excessive Pricing" aimed at this project and us as publishers isn't so appealing for obvious reasons." -- Alvin Buenaventura

this week's imagery comes from pioneering comic book house Hillman Publications
 
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