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March 10, 2006


CR Week In Review

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The week's most important comics-related news stories, March 4 to March 10, 2006.

1. Editorial cartoonist Stacy Curtis let go from his position in a northwestern Indiana newspaper, setting on edge those who have watched the general trend towards staff cartoonists decline and those who have noted how well-liked and locally-focused Curtis had been.

2. Substitute artist begin on Big Top while Rob Harrell recovers from cancer treatments.

3. The latest Naruto volume crashes the top 30 on USA Today's broadest book list.

Winners of the Week
Pantheon and First Second, both of whom seem to have fine Fall lines.

Losers of the Week
American comics fans that still can't quite get their grip on manga.

Quote of the Week
"Last year, Smith compiled all 55 chapters into the 1,343-page Bone: The One-Volume Edition, and printed 50,000 copies. Priced at $40 each, they sold out but might be reprinted in a colorized version at some point in the future, he said." -- Toledo Blade article on Jeff Smith, with some pretty great numbers for the one-volume set, and a rumor of a future one in color.
 
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