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The week's most important comics-related news stories, April 23 to April 30, 2005:

1. Stan Lee's case stemming from a clause in a 1998 employment contract that allowed him to claim a chunk of movie and licensing profits was settled with Marvel for an undisclosed sum. If you really need to get into figures, Marvel was only too happy to talk about the funding deal for a slate of Marvel produced movies.

2. Acclaim characters bidding ends in wild fashion.

3. High-bid, high-concept fever, if only of the stay at home for a half-day variety.

Winner of the Week
I would say cartoonists with a real-world issue hook, some level of accomplishment, and the ability to put together a serious book proposal.

Loser of the Week
Disney comic book fans in Europe, with the passing of translator/editor Erika Fuchs (Germany) and artist Romano Scarpa (Italy) being felt this week.

Quote of the Week
"Repeat after me, Kill Bill fans: Referentiality itself is not an intrinsic aesthetic value. Empty referentiality, going through the motions, doesn't make a motion picture, give cinema the gift of sight -- or insight." -- the fine essayist Ron Rosenbaum straining against his seat belt and offering up a nugget or two of comics-applicable thought. Via The Beat.

A collector's Romano Scarpa sketch.
 
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