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October 3, 2009


CR Week In Review

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The top comics-related news stories from September 26 to October 2, 2009:

1. A double-appearance on Yale's campus of author Jytte Klausen and cartoonist Kurt Westergaard near the fourth anniversary of the original publication of the Danish cartoons calls into question issues surrounding the original event and the decision by Yale's press not to publishing any imagery depicting Muhammad in Klausen's new book.

2. Cartoonist Pahé arrested in Gabon for drawing two police officers.

3. Keith Knight cartoon crosses a line several students not willing to let Knight cross, actually reading the comic be damned.

Winners Of The Week
Your 2009 Ignatz Award winners.

Losers Of The Week
The Slesinger Family.

Quote Of The Week
"Chris Duffy and Dave Roman put together the most bitchen' comics anthology of the last 10 years." -- Steve Weissman

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today's cover is from one of the great publications of the underground comix era

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