Here’s this week’s round of news.  There was a lot of controversy, a lot of that having to do with a religion that’s got a lot of haters right now.  Usually that was perpetuated by narrow minded bigots, who also made the news in their own batshit insane sort of way.  Below you can find out everything we covered in one handy digest.

• It was Banned Book Week, we burnt some in celebration.
• Comics are increasingly being called to be used in education.
• Check out some Iraqi science fiction.
• If teabaggers created Sunday comics.
• Tea Party/Conservative bigots show their true colors towards Islam, while Muslims get a new super hero, which just generates more hate, while others use comics to prevent the hate, and others are scared and censor.
• Bob Harras gets a promotion.
• Mark Waid and Boom! Studios do some charity work.
• So you wanna be a super star.
• The Return of the Dapper Men gets a trailer.
• We said there was something coming up with Transmetropolitan, we were right.
• We ordering expensive comics, don’t have it delivered to your unprotected apartment door.
• We get some comic reader demographics.
• A cartoonist runs for Mayor of Toronto.
• Gen Con gets a sponsor in Mayfair Games.
• The Sixth Gun gets super sized.
• People seem to like the gays…
• New York Comic Con is around the corner, here’s Marvel‘s panels, GameTech is there, so is Robert Kirkman, there’s a True Blood event, IDW debuts there, CBLDF will be there with a party, same with Stan Lee, you can be Aphrodite IV and Top Cow has some goodies, same with Marvel, play the Marvel MMO or check out Abrams ComicArt.
• We teased Ryder on the Storm #1.
• We previewed Stan Lee’s The Traveler #1, Loki #1, Chaos War #2, Pilot Season: The Asset #1, Incognito: Bad Influences #1, The Darkness: Four Horsemen #2, Carnage #1, Black Widow #7, Okko: The Cycle of Air #3, Incredible Hulks #615, Fantastic Four #584, X-23 #2, Deadpool #28, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #15, Captain America #611,
• We reviewed Artifacts #2, The Darkness: Four Horsemen #2, Pilot Season: The Asset #1, Driver of the Dead #2 and so much more.