CR Week In Review

The top comics-related news stories from September 10 to September 16, 2011:

1. Cartoonist and publisher Dylan Williams passed away on September 10 from complications due to cancer. A long-ago employee at Comic Relief and a founding member of the 1990s cartoonist collective Puppy Toss, Williams' best-known work as a cartoonist was Reporter and his best known work of any kind was the small press publishing house and distributor Sparkplug Comic Books.

2. A smattering of major newspapers drop Doonesbury for the week over his use of snippets from an as-yet-to-be-published biography of celebrity politician Sarah Palin.

3. Small Press Expo wraps up an enormously successful year in Bethesda, Maryland with strong crowds, money raised for the CBLDF, a strong slate of Ignatz winners, a collection started for the Library of Congress and announced feature guests (Dan Clowes, Chris Ware) for the 2012 version.

Winner Of The Week
Zunar.

Losers Of The Week
Those newspapers. I mean, come on.

Quote Of The Week
"She once called in a restaurant reservation for me and my daughter, and said 'The name is Gonick. That's "G" as in "God."'" -- Larry Gonick on Jackie Onassis.

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today's cover is from the great comic book series Four-Color

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