Comments on: Wizard Panics http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/15/wizard-panics/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:59:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Alan Coil http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/15/wizard-panics/comment-page-1/#comment-32257 Alan Coil Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:09:07 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/15/wizard-panics/#comment-32257 Wizard’s biggest mistake in Chicago? Moving the show from the 4th of July weekend. It made it easy to plan to go as most people have the day off and can make it a long weekend.

Of course, they can’t possibly move it back now.

]]> By: Rachel http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/15/wizard-panics/comment-page-1/#comment-32234 Rachel Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:48:00 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/15/wizard-panics/#comment-32234 Wizard World Philly next year is sounding more and more dismal.

]]> By: Dan http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/15/wizard-panics/comment-page-1/#comment-32186 Dan Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:11:32 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/15/wizard-panics/#comment-32186 You know, it’s nice having you around to tighten me when I start remembering things wrong. Going back through my old CJs and looking over a general overview of the numbers you were reporting back then, you’re absolutely right. Chi-Con was about dead before Wizard took it over. I think I’m just getting nostalgic for the days of fewer crowds and more variety in the guest list.

Heh… man Spurgeon, you’ve been reporting on comics for a loooooong time. Some of these articles are from the Pleistocene. Of course, I remember buying these new, so that kind of dates me as well.

]]> By: Tom Spurgeon http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/15/wizard-panics/comment-page-1/#comment-32181 Tom Spurgeon Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:40:52 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/15/wizard-panics/#comment-32181 I’ve been going to the Chicago con since the Dark Horse presence was Mike Richardson behind a table in a hotel corridor. My memory is that the Chicago Convention was all but dead before Wizard took it over; I was covering the convention circuit back then for the Comics Journal and would have loved a “Wizard muscles its way into a successful con” story, but that wasn’t the case. at least not as I recall.

Wizard can do a lot of things to improve their shows; I don’t think this is a referendum on All Things Wizard. Just a bad 24 months for the division. If the right person gets a hold of that department, they could very conceivably have it turned all the way around in another 24 months.

]]> By: Dan http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/15/wizard-panics/comment-page-1/#comment-32174 Dan Wed, 16 Aug 2006 03:26:37 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/15/wizard-panics/#comment-32174 As a longtime veteran of Chi-Con for many years before Wizard took it over, I can tell you it was waaaaaay better back in the day. Wizard brought nothing to that convention but higher table rates, higher entry fees, and a few “exclusive” action figures. I would love to see them remove themselves forcibly from the convention circuit.

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