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The week's most important comics-related news stories, August 27 to September 2, 2005:

1. The 2005 Penny Arcade Expo, an outgrowth of a specific marketing approach embraced by the folks behind the Penny Arcade webcomic, enjoys another reportedly successful year in Bellevue, Washington.

2. By agreement of both sides, the motion on hearings in the Gordon Lee case has been moved from September 8 to December 1. The trial planned to start September 12 will not be rescheduled until after those hearings.

3. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists puts Clay Bennett in their top post and arranges for officers and a board of heavy-hitters. Their newly refashioned web site, which will host members' cartoons, advocate for various positions and host the group's educational programs, debuted on the same day.

Winners of the Week
Fans of the comic book legend Jack Kirby, who saw the first steps taken towards a museum celebrating the artist's life with a dedicated web site.

Losers of the Week
Artists and comics retailers who lost homes, lost businesses or even simply lost a city that was a big part of their artistic identity as Hurricane Katrina crashed into the Gulf Coast. Others struggled with the displacement in regional population that came with the evacuations in a really tough week.

Quote of the Week
"Manga are not comics. Both manga and comics are forms of graphic storytelling... but so are kids' picture books, but we wouldn't call those comics." -- Comics commentator Pat O'Neill applying the buckshot school of criticism to manga, basically shouting "Nuh-uh!" at every optimistic prediction by pro-manga fans.

close-up of classic Jack Kirby panel
 
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