CR Week In Review

The top comics-related news stories from December 5 to December 11, 2015:

1. Zunar's sedition trial delayed until at least late January, and likely until ruling on nature of that law as applied in his case.

2. Linework NW announces for late May 2016, pretty much locking down the first six months of the 2016 festival and con calendar. It's a busy half-year, with a post-Paris Angouleme, a crowded April and a TCAF off of

3. Comic Arts Los Angeles enjoys what seems like was a successful second year, further cementing a place in the Los Angeles cartooning community and on the festival calendar.

Winner Of The Week
Portland, getting at least one more year of their arts-comics and illustration show.

Loser Of The Week
All of us, for the passing of Shigeru Mizuki -- as is becoming clear from some of the really interesting writing being done about the late cartoonist and cultural icon.

Quote Of The Week
"Besides sheer exhaustion, there's also widely recognized fact that being a syndicated cartoonist isn't what it was. It's rare to meet anyone who reads a newspaper anymore, at least anyone under the age of 50. Comic strips, which once occupied a place at the center of pop culture, have fallen completely off most people's radar. As much as we love it, it's depressing to work in a form that seems to have lost its relevance and is, for the most part, ignored." -- Terry Laban

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the comic image selected is from the brief but notable 1970s run of Seaboard/Atlas

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