XHonusWagnerX
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Wizard Magazine closing down immediatly!
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/01/24/wizard-magazine-to-cl...
Now this is an end of an era.
I am receiving multiple confirmations from across the industry, through none yet from Wizard’s higher ups and PR people yet, that Wizard: The Guide To
Comics, the magazine that covered the mainstream comics industry for twenty years and created all manner of careers in the process has closed,
effective immediately. Or at least the print version has.
Almost all Wizard magazine staff have been laid off, and all freelance engagements cancelled.
Sister magazine Toyfare, covering the toy market, has not been affected, nor have the Wizard comic conventions.
Created by Gareb Shamus and Stephen Shamus in 1991, the magazine carved a niche for itself covering the most commercial comics in the most aggressive
fashion. At one point it regularly sold more than the comics it covered. But sales have declined of late, as the internet has grown in prominence and
favour for this kind of news. For many Wizard is no longer the news breaker and agenda setter of the comics industry it once was. And people still
have issues with the tone it has taken over the years. Even though it’s arguable that the last couple of years have seen some of the best Wizard
content since it started.
But right now it’s time to bury that pointy hat…
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HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
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lifeisabitch
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I was never a fan really, I loved toy fare, but this is sad
print is dead
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Dave
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yeah i never read it either.....
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XHonusWagnerX
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I would have read it more, but magazines are so expensive!
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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Johnny_Whistle
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I still have a bunch of Wizard ACE editions and exclusive variant covers and variant action figures. I really gotta talk to someone about them, my
kid's starting college in the Fall...
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I subscribed to Wizard back in high school and enjoted it not just as a price guide / source for new info, but they also had some funny articles.
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Never heard of it.
Each aspect of the soul has it's own part to play, but the ideal is harmonious agreement with reason and control.
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For some reason I read the thread name as Wired Magazine
A lot of people ask me what kind of music I like. I love "soul music". My "soul music" isn’t a style, genre or niche. It’s music that is genuine. It’s
a painful lyric, a dirty bassline, it’s a harrowing vocal, it’s feedback, it’s an anthem, it’s a love song, it’s anarchy. I’ve got my personal
favourites but in the end it doesn’t matter who or where it comes from... so long as it’s good and it's real.
- Paul Morris, music director at 97.7 HTZ-FM
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ShawnRefuse
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I loved it, and got a fan art thing published when I was like 14. Wildcats I think lol.
Sad to hear, but I didn't buy the mag much after 15 so I guess I contributed to their demise. Bummer.
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