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June 4, 2005


CR Week In Review

Top Stories

The week's most important comics-related news stories, May 28 to June 3, 2005:

image1. Book Expo America kicks off in New York City as comics begins to make the transition from novelty to perennial.

2. Dark Horse Comics announces a deal to do manga with the well-known Harlequin line of romance books.

3. On the Sunday before Memorial Day, the comic strip Doonesbury lists America soldiers lost to fighting in Iraq, marking the second year in a row Garry Trudeau employed this idea.

Winner of the Week
Mr. Pat Brady, who won the big prize at the Reubens in a year that saw Gahan Wilson take home the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award, Glenn McCoy take home two divisional awards, and Darwyn Cooke win in the comic books division.

Loser of the Week
Anyone who frames their disapproval over the content of an editorial cartoon in terms of treason.

Quote of the Week
"I was kind of hoping I wouldn't win. I'm very happy to win, of course, but being the guy who designed the trophy, it looks kind of bad, like I designed the trophy to give to myself." -- Seth on receiving a Doug Wright Award.
 
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