CR Week In Review

The top comics-related news stories from October 24 to October 30, 2009: 1. Two men arrested in Chicago for plotting the death of Kurt Westergaard and Flemming Rose, perhaps with Al Qaeda assistance. 2. 2010 Angouleme Festival in danger because of municipality's refusal to pay full amount of expected $600,000 (USD) utilized for infrastructure and security. 3. Award-winning, iconic The Comics Journal re-formatting into two semi-annuals with a beefed-up online component. Winners Of The Week The cooperative HeroesCon and Supercon. Loser Of The Week Choi Quote Of The Week "Ken Smith will be blogging." -- Gary Groth ***** today's cover is from one of the great publications of the underground comix era ***** *****