CR Week In Review



The week's most important comics-related news stories, January 28 to February 3, 2006.

1. Massive protests in Europe and the Middle East and various other locations throughout the world erupt, the cause stemming back to last Fall's publication of caricatures of Muhammed in the Danish paper Jyllands-Posten. Some papers and political entities back a publication's right to free speech. Other political entities, including the US State Department, seem to gaze upon the publication as a irresponsible, provocative stunt. Probably the biggest international news story with cartoons at its center in the history of the medium.

2. Tie: A Tom Toles cartoon catches the disapproving eye of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; the tragic and untimely accidental death of young, talented comics illustrator Seth Fisher.

3. Perhaps the most important European cartoonist of the last 15 years, Lewis Trondheim wins Grand Prix at Angouleme as a newsworthy but lightly attended festival ends.

Winner of the Week
Paul Karasik, for the funniest piece of writing about attending a comics festival I've read in a long, long time. Thank you, Paul.

Loser of the Week
Wizard's convention arm, for cutting off its Boston finger.

Quote of the Week
"We have the right to caricature God."
-- Portion of headline in French newspaper; the editor who put together a show of support for the Danish publication of Muhammed cartoons was fired the next day.

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