CR Week In Review

The top comics-related news stories from September 27 to October 3, 2014:

1. Boston Herald apologizes for a President Obama security detail editorial cartoon bearing as a bonus gift a watermelon joke; claims it was an innocent mistake and nothing was intended by the use of that word in that way.

2. DC Comics expresses disappointment at licensing process that leads to their making t-shirts with super-goofy, traditional-role messaging on them.

3. Comic Arts Brooklyn announces its first round of guests but more importantly a move to a two-day format. I expect most of the shows with 1-3 years behind them that have enjoyed some success to add a second day if not this year then next. But the bulk will add them as soon as possible. When we talk about the growth of comics shows, how the existing ones grow is just as important as how many new ones are added.

Winner Of The Week
Let's give it to Liza Donnelly, a Thurber Prize finalist.

Losers Of The Week
We're all a bit dumber for having experienced that Boston Herald story.

Quote Of The Week
"I had a lot of trouble in high school, as I mentioned -- boners and 'old ladies in monster trucks' comics. My principal would drag me into the office and say, 'You cannot do this. You cannot just print up booklets of your things and distribute them.' His example was I can't just print up my own newspaper and distribute it. And I was like, 'Well, yeah you can. It's called self-publishing. They're called zines. There are local newspaper and local street presses. What the hell are you talking about?' Then I dropped out after that." -- Simon Hanselmann
 
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