The top comics-related news stories from April 6 to April 12, 2013:1. The Palestinian cartoonist Muhammad Saba'aneh was sentenced and fined by an Israeli court.
2. The comic book Saga #12 was not available via one of the digital platforms that people utilize to read comics these days, due to a comiXology interpretation of a panel involving an explicit sex act and how that might run up across Apple policy. After a flurry of negative reaction to this news, it was clarified that Apple had no objeciton at all and the book was to be made available that way.
3. MoCCA Festival 2013 ends in New York, the first year under the Society Of Illustrators banner.
Winners Of The Week
Gregory Benton fans.
Losers Of The Week
All of the other cartoonists until Building Stories cycles its way through an awards season.
Quote Of The Week
"Saba'aneh's family said the verdict was a relief as it would end the pressure of interrogation." -- Fars News Agency
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today's cover is from the all-time series Classics Illustrated
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