CR Week In Review

The top comics-related news stories from October 11 to October 17, 2014:

1. Roz Chast's Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? makes the National Book Awards shortlist for non-fiction, the first comics work to do so.

2. NYCC concludes its 2014 with a strong claim for the most-attended show in North America, so much so it's weird that it still gets qualified as a claim. As far as I know, it's the most-attended show now.

3. Last Gasp concludes a successful book-season fundraiser.

Winner Of The Week
Chast

Losers Of The Week
Not sure, but there's probably a number attached to them here.

Quote Of The Week
"So why do we hate this book? Every time I hear about how important the Fantastic Four are, it’s always lip service in articles about how the team will be destroyed or the book is getting canned. The two major arcs I can think of off the top of my have all revolved around death: Jonathan Hickman brought the book into the spotlight by killing off Johnny Storm, and Matt Fraction upped the ante and threatened the whole team with cosmic radiation poisoning. Robinson is now systematically destroying the family unit, along with its credibility. Fantastic Four #5 was difficult to read, as Reed and Sue were taken to court, losing their home and their children due to endangerment. We all know being a superhero is dangerous, but to take matters into the “real world” and penalize Marvel’s First Family for being fantastic is just sad. Maybe preparing to cancel the book is a small mercy." -- Carla Hoffman
 
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