CR Week In Review

The top comics-related news stories from September 25 to September 30, 2011:

1. American military forces assassinate the radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, the person that put cartoonist Molly Norris on a hitlist for her "Everybody Draw Muhammed Day" joke.

2. Turkey's bid to be the worst country in the world to be a cartoonist continues, as Bahadir Baruter will be charged for a cartoon from last Spring that contained a hidden, anti-religious message.

3. Cartoonist Mussaveer held overnight in India for joke about a political figure refusing to cover his head in some sort of religious place. These stories are always depressing, but this one looks like one of those that's doubly so in that no razzing of the religion seemed to be on the cartoonist's mind. Rather, he was engaging something that really happened.

Winner Of The Week
Albert Uderzo. Say what you will about his solo Asterix albums as compared to the classics, that's still a lovely, lively style he's employed and one hell of a sales run. I hope he has a happy and contented retirement.

Loser Of The Week
I'd say this guy was a pretty big loser this week.

Quote Of The Week
"My job never actually leaves me. I watch people who come home from work at six and they're done, and that seems crazy. Then again, they have to get up at seven and go to work, to a job that maybe they don't really care about, and I get to do something that I care about. It's the same old complaint and struggle that everybody who does this sort of thing goes through. Because you're carrying the whole thing by yourself." -- Kate Beaton

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

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