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The week's most important comics-related news stories, November 5 to November 11, 2005:

1. Marvel had a lousy week, with a stock price readjustment following word of a crappy 3Q and a not extremely promising 2006. May even get knocked from #1 top story if FM talk turns out to be what it looks like.

2. Tie: Tokyopop and AM/Universal strike a deal; Gerald Scarfe book censored at the printing stage in Asia; underlines potential risk of overseas printers.

3. Wizard's Texas show seemed a bit light on attendance, but have they signed with NYCC in some capacity to ease the pain of this year's perceived loss of momentum?

Winner of the Week
Tokypop, for the publicity they'll get from licensing a pair of their manga titles to the Sunday newspapers.

Loser of the Week
Marvel, who must play a couple of rounds of Wall Street rope-a-dope as their inflated stock settles into some semblance of reality.

Quote of the Week
"This is a completely good idea, executed well, completely opt-in, and utterly useful with little work. Why do I expect there'll be a 300 comment long argument about it?" -- Eric Burns at Websnark.com on a new application and a very old habit of fan culture.

Ah, the good old days: when Marvel was less worried about the movement of licensed toy lines into an increasingly hostile retail landscape, and all about marrying its characters off to plants and robots.
 
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