to let him go David Simpson is fired by Tulsa World amid allegations of plagiarism November 12: The Los Angeles Times profiles selected artists featured in the "Masters of American Comics" exhibition, which opens at Los Angeles' Hammer Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art on November 20 November 14: Chris Morgan, (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift) is hired to draft a script for Universal's adaptation of DC Comics The Psycho, by James Hudnall and Dan Brereton November 15: Daniel Acuña signs an exclusive contract with DC Comics November 16: Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher, editorial cartoonist of The Baltimore Sun, has been offered a buyout along with other members of the paper's staff Harvey Pekar takes his American Splendor series to Vertigo, with a mini-series slated for 2006 with Dean Haspiel handling some of the art chores November 17: Steve Lafler moves to self publishing his next works Doug Harvey writes of 10 Comics That Shook The World in LA Weekly November 18: The trailer for Superman Returns is released November 19: Nominees for the second Grand Prix RTL de la BD are announced November 20: The New York Times reviews Absolute Watchmen, an expanded collection of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' comic book series of the 1980s It is reported that Posy Simmonds and Raymond Briggs are to be featured on the cover of the 2006 edition of the Royal Society of Literature's annual magazine, having been made fellows of the society earlier this year November 21: Time magazine has archived its articles related to comicsThe Comics Reporter November 22: The United Kingdom's Press Gazette names its 40 most influential journalists, and includes three cartoonists, Gerald Scarfe, Carl Giles, and Matt Pritchett November 23: Duncan Fegredo is to provide art for the 2006 Hellboy miniseries, Darkness Calls Marvel Comics allows fans to vote on writer Chris Claremont's next project via its website Marvel also launch the podcasting of company press conferences via its website November 27: Claypool Comics asks for consumer help to ensure Diamond Comics Distributors continue to carry their products November 28: The Association des Critiques de Bande Dessinee announces the fifteen works it is considering for its Prix de la Critique. Joe Kubert's Yossel: 19 Avril 1943 is amongst those in the running for the award, won in 2004 by the French edition of Blankets by Craig Thompson Malaysian cartoonist Lat is awarded a Special