Comments on: Wizard moving office? http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:41:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Cary Coatney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/#comment-1491661 Tue, 06 May 2008 22:38:22 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/#comment-1491661 I could access the whole situation as thus: Comic's Buyer Guide & Comics Journal = journalistic integrity Wizard Magazine = sleazy tabloid that's not even fit to line a bird cage. ~ Coat I could access the whole situation as thus:

Comic’s Buyer Guide & Comics Journal = journalistic integrity

Wizard Magazine = sleazy tabloid that’s not even fit to line a bird cage.

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Coat

]]> by: Bill http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/#comment-1487157 Tue, 06 May 2008 15:29:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/#comment-1487157 Wizard was available whereas I didn't hear about Comic Buyer's Guide until college. Growing up in the cultural Gobi desert that is the southern tier of western new york I had to take a highway 45 minutes to the nearest comic shop and mom usually got in trouble when the police picked me up hitchhiking at the age of 12, but I could pick up wizard 2 towns over at a pharmacy with a well stocked newsstand. Yes its mainstream, but it covered the spectrum of material I imagine in a way SDCC covers that spectrum, plus it was fun to read. I didn't know I wanted to think about comics, let alone write them yet, so I didn't need it to be taken too seriously. They seemed like they really loved comics, and I applied for I don't know how many jobs there that I was in no way qualified for because they made comics out to be just about the best damn thing. Wizard was available whereas I didn’t hear about Comic Buyer’s Guide until college. Growing up in the cultural Gobi desert that is the southern tier of western new york I had to take a highway 45 minutes to the nearest comic shop and mom usually got in trouble when the police picked me up hitchhiking at the age of 12, but I could pick up wizard 2 towns over at a pharmacy with a well stocked newsstand. Yes its mainstream, but it covered the spectrum of material I imagine in a way SDCC covers that spectrum, plus it was fun to read. I didn’t know I wanted to think about comics, let alone write them yet, so I didn’t need it to be taken too seriously. They seemed like they really loved comics, and I applied for I don’t know how many jobs there that I was in no way qualified for because they made comics out to be just about the best damn thing.

]]> by: gene phillips http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/#comment-1486894 Tue, 06 May 2008 15:08:39 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/#comment-1486894 Rich, I don't know-- COMIC BUYERS' GUIDE pretty much fell out of fan-favor because of its cheapo newspaper look, and its ad-section couldn't compete with EBay. I've no idea how well the recent conversion to magazine-format sells, but the conversion itself argues that the old format was petering out. According to Wiki COMICS SCENE had three volumes of publication, the longest being 87-96. Like or hate WIZARD, it had more prominence in the fan-field that that. Rich,
I don’t know– COMIC BUYERS’ GUIDE pretty much fell out of fan-favor because of its cheapo newspaper look, and its ad-section couldn’t compete with EBay. I’ve no idea how well the recent conversion to magazine-format sells, but the conversion itself argues that the old format was petering out.

According to Wiki COMICS SCENE had three volumes of publication, the longest being 87-96. Like or hate WIZARD, it had more prominence in the fan-field that that.

]]> by: rich http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/#comment-1486368 Tue, 06 May 2008 14:23:08 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/#comment-1486368 "It is a mainstream comic book magazine, something that had long been missing from the landscape." No, Comic Buyer's Guide and COMIC SCENE covered this pretty well. WIZARD became popular because of its Comic "Price Guide" section, which told everyone that their WOLVERINE collection was going to make them the next John D. Rockefeller. “It is a mainstream comic book magazine, something that had long been missing from the landscape.”

No, Comic Buyer’s Guide and COMIC SCENE covered this pretty well. WIZARD became popular because of its Comic “Price Guide” section, which told everyone that their WOLVERINE collection was going to make them the next John D. Rockefeller.

]]> by: Tom S. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/#comment-1486003 Tue, 06 May 2008 13:53:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/#comment-1486003 It has to sell enough copies to break even or it would have given up shop along time ago. It is a mainstream comic book magazine, something that had long been missing from the landscape. It has to sell enough copies to break even or it would have given up shop along time ago. It is a mainstream comic book magazine, something that had long been missing from the landscape.

]]> by: Rick http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/#comment-1485986 Tue, 06 May 2008 13:52:26 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/#comment-1485986 We gave them a call to ask about the situation: http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/05/05/wizard-entertainment-hq-for-sale-comics-not-included/ It went pretty much as one would expect it to go. We gave them a call to ask about the situation:

http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/05/05/wizard-entertainment-hq-for-sale-comics-not-included/

It went pretty much as one would expect it to go.

]]> by: Cary Coatney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/#comment-1476394 Mon, 05 May 2008 23:17:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/#comment-1476394 A sensible end of an era would be if the stupid magazine were to close up shop altogether. ~ Coat A sensible end of an era would be if the stupid magazine were to close up shop altogether.

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Coat

]]> by: thefreakytiki http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/#comment-1473782 Mon, 05 May 2008 19:25:28 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/05/wizard-moving-office/#comment-1473782 End of an era? End of an era?

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