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May 14, 2005


CR Week In Review

Top Stories

The week's most important comics-related news stories, May 7 to May 13, 2005:

1. Comic Book Legal Defense Fund enjoys win in South Carolina on restrictive Internet law.

2. Jake Tarbox resigns from manga imprint CMX, throwing spotlight on changes at DC Comics and the hordes of manga fans who are currently displeased with the imprnt for changes in the title Tenjho Tenge during Tarbox's tenure.

3. Bill Garner and the Washington Times cause minor political uproar in Pakistan over depiction of that nation in cartoon as a faithful dog.

Winner of the Week
DC Comics, who got a decent amount of publicity out of their logo change.

Loser of the Week
Andy Capp, whose image is not up the standard of officials in creator Reg Smythe's hometown, although he continues to make a hell of a hot fry.

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Quote of the Week
"Giant Ogreon Carnivora Would Invariably Destroy The Poorly Guarded Camps And Devour Their Puny Defenders" -- choice caption from Jack Katz's one of a kind 1973-1986 indy comics series First Kingdom, now collected, surely a sign of the reach and import of the graphic novel focus in the comics market.
 
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