the cartoonist's contract. May 2, 2006: The nominations for Holland's 2006 Clickburg awards are announced. The awards are to recognise webcomics, and this year organisers have added a Best International Clickie category. Mark Parisi is profiled by The Christian Science Monitor. Tom Spurgeon rounds up commentary and reportage on yesterday's report by The Comics Journal on the incident involving Charles Brownstein. National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation features Paul Jenkins and Joe Quesada as part of its coverage of Marvel Comics' Civil War storyline. May 3, 2006: Menu Larcenet, Lax and Marjane Satrapi are the nominees for the VPRO Grand Prix, to be announced on June 2 at Stripdagen Harlem 2006. Steve Dunn reports on Alan Moore's new graphic novel, Lost Girls, for The Oregonian. The New York Press interview Terry Zwigoff and discuss his forthcoming film, Art School Confidential, based upon the graphic novel by Dan Clowes. The San Francisco Bay Guardian profile Dan Clowes. ICv2.com discuss the size of the manga market in North America in 2005. The Jyllands-Posten is suing Michael Christiani Havemann over his comments which allege that the paper's management asked the staff cartoonist to create controversial cartoons since those sent in by freelancers "were not gross enough." Variety report that the Silver Surfer may appear in the sequel to the Fantastic Four movie. Newsarama report that DC Comics are set to launch new titles, including Raven, Teen Titans East, and relaunches of Justice Society of America, Mystery in Space and Tales of the Unexpected. Tim Kreider writes on The New Yorker cartoon buying process, and his rejection by it. May 4, 2006: CNN reports on the readership of newspaper comic strips in the U.S. Marvel Comics release first quarter figures, which are better than the company and investors had expected. May 5, 2006: Ron Garney reportedly signs an exclusive contract at Marvel Comics. Brian Doherty discusses DC's recent Infinite Crisis series in the context of George Bush's foreign policy. Both the National Conference of the Canadian Association of Journalists and a convention of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists will discuss the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. May 6, 2006: Marvel Comics donates a number of comic books to a local hospital as part of Free Comic Book Day It is reported that a series of editorial cartoons may have led to a newspaper's offices in Sri Lanka being attacked. May 7, 2006: Carla