Comments on: Wizard Chicago Con Jumps on Anime Bandwagon

By: Paul Sizer

Paul Sizer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:02:33 +0000

You can check out my full con report at my Deviant Art account here: http://paulsizer.deviantart.com/journal/24698733/

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:56:38 +0000

Thanks for sharing that perspective. It’s neat to hear about such fan enthusiasm. I’m glad you had a good time and a profitable show!

By: Paul Sizer

Paul Sizer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:37:31 +0000

I had heard of this, and think it’s maybe pretty smart (on Wizrd’s part), as ACEN this year kicked serious butt, dragging in a massively dedicated fanbase to their regular convention in May of this year. It was the single most profitable convention I have EVER done, and I loved the fans who showed up and actually bought stuff and supported the artists.

ACEN took place in the same convention center Wiz World Chicago uses (in the second smaller hall), and I’m sure some rep from Wizard saw how well attended this con was and suggested this move to their superiors. Whether the anime fans will put up with a Wizard show and regular fan boys waits to be seen, but at this point, it can’t hurt, truthfully. I catagorized that typical comic fans (male, 13-34) go to comic conventions, and EVERYBODY else who loves all kinds of comics attended ACEN. I can’t rave enough about how good of a time (from a fan perspective and business perspective) I had at ACEN.

By: Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:44:41 +0000

[...] Johanna Draper Carlson, meanwhile, notes that Wizard, which canceled its anime magazine in March, is incorporating a mini-anime convention into the Aug. 6-9 show with Anime Central Aftershock. [Wizard World Chicago Comic-Con] Carl Barks [...]