bookstores. Salon review Ghost of Hoppers Jaime Hernandez's latest graphic novel. James Cromwell is cast in the role of Captain George Stacy for the upcoming Spider-Man 3 movie. Stan Lee is interviewed by science fiction weekly. February 7, 2006: Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy: Members of the State assembly in Kano, Nigeria, burn Danish flags in protest at the controversy. Iranian newspaper Hamshahri announces "an international cartoon contest about the Holocaust". Paul Levitz, publisher and president of DC Comics is to write six issues of the JSA comic book. Law.com profile John N. Turitzin, executive vice president of and general counsel to Marvel Comics. February 8, 2006: Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy: President Bush issues a statement calling for calm: "I call upon the governments around the world to stop the violence, to be respectful, to protect property, to protect the lives of innocent diplomats who are serving their countries overseas." The Danish embassy in Tehran is stormed. The editorial staff of the New York Press walk out after the publishers of the paper refuse to carry the cartoons at the centre of the controversy. The editor of the Jyllands-Posten, Carsten Juste, rejects suggestions he should resign. Pakistan's Daily Times reveals Danish law should have prevented the publication of the cartoons. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists issues a statement which expresses support for "the right of free expression by the world's cartoonists." February 9, 2006: Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy: The United States' Talk of the Nation examine the power the editorial cartoon has. 2000 Muslims protest in Bangladesh and thousands of Shi'ite Muslims in Lebanon turn a religious ceremony into a pacific protest over the cartoons. Condoleezza Rice blames Iran and Syria for stoking the controversy regarding the cartoons. The BBC summarise the situation so far. The San Francisco Bay Area minicomic scene is examined up by the local press. Hill & Wang a non-fiction imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux are to launch a line of non-fiction graphic novels under the name Novel Graphics. The first work will be an adaptation of The 9/11 Commission Report. DC Comics are to unveil their line of toys based on the movie Superman Returns at the 2006 American International Toy Fair. February 10, 2006: Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy: Flemming Rose, editor of the Jyllands-Posten is told to take a vacation after he commented the paper "would run the cartoons" published by Hamshahri in