Whatever happened to WIZARD magazine?

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'Memeber that zine?..what happened to it.

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I remember at some point last year that there were rumors going around that they would be coming back, but I haven’t heard anything else outside of that.

I miss Wizard magazine. That was my geeky lifeblood when I was in grade school, and I still have a few issues on hand. I used to have the first issue but I sadly lost it.

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I think it fell victim to getting the same info faster on the internet, and more of it. I did love Wizard though, in the pre-internet age it was the hands down #1 source for comic news. Well, it and Comic Shop News.

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It ended in 2011 because they felt print was on the way out and that Wizard was getting to be redundant what with all of the instantaneous internet coverage of comics. I remember they said they were going to try a digital mag, but I don’t think that ever panned out. I could be wrong.

I hadn’t heard of them coming back though. A digital model (with print if they feel like it) is a must now and if they can just stick to comics and comic related stuff (and avoid the non-comc fluff they covered for their last two years or so) then a revival could be fun.

The DC Nation magazine did a great job at capturing the essence of Wizard.

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Ah the written (printed) word is a dying thing

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I also miss it. Remember “the last man standing” feature? Didn’t the Silver Surfer win that one by taking down Superman?

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I was there from the beginning, use to be how I checked the value of my old comic collection

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the interweb

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I think Gareb Shamus sold it ( but not sure) to a company that now puts on all the wizard world cons. The mag started one in Chicago

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It’s now an online magazine (https://wizardworld.com).

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A bunch of the staff now work at DC Comics. If you look at the DC Nation magazine that DC released a few issues of this year, its very similar to Wizard.

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I didn’t see any semblance of a magazine at the WW site, just promotional material for their cons.

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That explains why DC Nation did a great job at capturing the essence of Wizard.

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Dude ran the magazine(s) into the ground. Wizard only survives as a bunch of conventions because no one would pay to publish the magazine.

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At one time it was the best source of comic book info but sadly mismanagement and changing times killed it.