CR Week In Review



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The week's most important comics-related news stories, August 20 to August 26, 2005:

1. Oleg Minich threatened with five years of jail in Belarus for cartoons depicting that nation's president in an unflattering way.

2. New projects at major publishers for two European talents, each with a North American fanbase: Enki Bilal and Lewis Trondheim.

3. Publishers Weekly throws the spotlight on cartoonist migration, confirming two six-figure deals for cartoonists among other signs of the growing interest from major book publisher.

Winner of the Week
Viz, moving officially from well-positioned to dominant when it comes to popular Japanese manga licenses for use in the North American market.

Losers of the Week
Anyone looking for a whole lot of detail or much that's quotable from otherwise genial, thoughtful interviews with leaders behind major American comics market forces, Dark Horse's Mike Richardson and Marvel's Dan Buckley.

Quote of the Week
"We changed everything in comics." -- Verotik Publisher Glenn Danzig, showing Richardson and Buckley how it's done.

a title by Verotik I didn't know existed until reading that interview, an art book featuring the late Martin Emond.
 
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