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August 23, 2008


CR Week In Review

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The top comics-related news stories from August 16 to August 22, 2008:

1. One of the two Tunisian men in custody facing expulsion from Denmark among other penalties for what authorities believe is their role in a plot to assassinate the cartoonist Kurt Westergaard and his wife has left the country of his own volition.

2. A newspaper editor accuses syndicate sales reps of misrepresenting the fate of For Better or For Worse for gain.

3. L'Affaire Sine continues.

Winner Of The Week
Justin Bilicki

Losers Of The Week
Artists in the Philippines if this legislation goes through.

Quote Of The Week
"We may not share a philosophy or world-view, and only one of us apparently knows who Dorothy Parker is, but I really genuinely think it's wonderful how the magic of the Internet and blogs and comics, how they let us both have a little moment of smug superiority that we didn't deserve today." -- Abhay Khosla

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