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The week's most important comics-related news stories, October 29 to November 4, 2005:

1. Ignorant racists still making use of Robert Crumb's satirical pieces stressing America's underlying paranoia concerning blacks and Jews. Since I might be the only one in the world interested in how a comic might take on a life of its own through use by readers against the wishes of the author, feel free to focus on "Showdown in Texas -- Wizard seeks to regain momentum through lower expectations?" That's a perfectly good story, too.

2. Astute readers pick up on the fact that Marvel's Stephen King deal involves King doing treatments that are turned into comics rather than writing comics in the way most people understand that to be done.

3. De-Mobilix: French court dismisses claim by Editions Albert Rene to the commercial use of words ending in "-ix".

Winner of the Week
Dan Didio, with the rare mid-stream "field promotion" from DC Comics.

Loser of the Week
The professional researcher career prospects of Chris Elliot's brother, who brought the Boilerplate parody to the attention of the comedian in a way he thought it was a Victorian-era parody (and thus usable) and not a modern one (and not usable).

Quote of the Week
"I'm Nick Fury, bitches." -- David Campbell

It is his birthday, after all. I'm pretty sure going as Steranko-era Nick Fury on Halloween involves having those around you inhale gas fumes for about 45 minutes.
 
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