CR Week In Review



The top comics-related news stories from October 18 to October 24, 2008:

1. One of two Tunisian men facing deportation for his role in an assassination plot featuring Danish Muhammed caricaturist Kurt Westergaard will be allowed to stay in Denmark, and has been freed.

2. David Astor, the country's leading journalist on comics-related news, let go by Editor & Publisher.

3. Bill Leak injured during fall; receives two surgeries, and briefly in coma.

Winners Of The Week
Your FIBD Official Selections

Losers Of The Week
The Danish Muslim groups still seeking legal redress for the original publication of the caricatures -- their case won't be heard in that country's highest court.

Quote Of The Week
"The offer of your daughter’s hand in marriage intrigues me. Please send me a photograph by return mail." -- Bill Leak, in an anecdote related while he was in the hospital.

this week's imagery comes from pioneering comic book house Quality
 
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