Gareb Shamus has quietly been acquiring various comic conventions from around the country and rebranding them under the Wizard World banner. For the most part, the new conventions have had some positive reactions, but yesterday’s announcement that Shamus purchased the Atlanta Comic Con, probably has many flashing back to the last time Wizard World attempted to make inroads in the ATL. While there’s nothing wrong with the purchase of the convention, and as former owner Wes Tillander says, “There are so many facets of this industry that comics fans appreciate and expect to see as part of a show. With…
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I’m sure some will be elated the comic convention is returning, but I have a feeling more than one person could care less what Wizard is doing with their conventions these days. Press Release Gareb Shamus, CEO of New York based Wizard Entertainment, today announced the launch of Austin Comic Con 2010 Wizard World Convention, to be held at the Austin Convention Center from November 12-14, 2010. Fans have been asking for this event for some time. In an e-mail to Shamus, Larry Nickels Jr. wrote, “There are many people that I know of personally who would love to attend…
Gareb Shamus has purchased yet another comic book convention; this time the New England Comic Con. This expands the Wizard World Comic Con. The complete press release is after the jump, and there’s plenty of room for the Legion of Spoilerites to voice their opinions.
Zenescope Entertainment sent us a collection of photos they snapped at the show, and wanted to share with the world.
During the Wiz World Philly DC Nation Panel, DC EIC Dan Didio gave a bit more news on the upcoming Doc Savage series coming out of the company. Didio then revealed that DC would bring back the classic pulp hero Doc Savage via a monthly series to be written by Brian Azarello (“100 Bullets”) and drawn by Rags Morales. Morales said that the series will bring Savage into the DCU, though it will take place in an alternate universe where he will work and interact alongside such classic characters as Blackhawk and Will Eisner’s The Spirit. The world Savage lives…
Dynamite certainly surprised many with the announcement that Bill Willingham will be writing a new series for the company. For this and other announcements made at Saturday’s Wizard World Philly panel, just take the jump.
Wizard World Philly is going on this weekend, and here’s a rundown of the announcements Dynamite Entertainment made at the show today.
Archie Comics dropped Major Spoilers a quick note to let us know that artist and writer Dan Parent will be attending this weekend’s Wizard World Philadelphia and will be signing in Artist Alley (table 99B). Stop by his booth and check everything out. via Archie Comics
Shocker Toys has announced that it is bringing The Maxx to Wizard World Philly June 19th through the 21st. Sam Keith’s MTV The Maxx Exclusive will be ready to throw down at the Wizard show, and he ain’t no push over. Shocker Toys will have on hand MTV’s the Maxx fully poseable action figure with all painted highlights and his suit cast in translucent purple plastic. The Maxx will be featured with translucent purple suit parts and come with 2 heads and 3 Isz. These are limited edition figures with only 250 each produced and once gone will only become…
Here’s something that makes a whole lot of sense; your company is letting people go left and right, you cancel and/or postpone Wizard World Texas and Wizard World Los Angeles, so you go out and purchase the Big Apple Convention. To make matters even more confusing, Gareb Shamus is moving the show to October 16 – 18, 2009, which just so happens to be the same month that the New York Comic Con had announced it is moving to. If Shamus and Wizard wanted to stir up a hornet’s nest of publicity on a slow news day, it certainly succeeded…
Newsarama has broken the story that both Wizard World LA and Wizard World Texas have cancelled their upcoming shows. WizardWorld LA was scheduled for March 13-15 at the Los Angeles Convention Center; and Dallas for November 6-8. Newsarama confirmed the information about the L.A. show early Friday afernoon when a spokesperson for the L.A. Convention Center said that they that had been notified via voicemail on Friday morning that Wizard was canceling its show. Other sources have confirmed for Newsarama that the Texas show has been cancelled as well. This is both something expected and a bit of a shock. …
Surprisingly, Dynamite Entertainment had a few major announcements at Wizard World Chicago. Take the jump for the rundown of cool new titles coming from the company.
Here’s all the news from DC that we’ve found coming out of Wizard World Chicago so far.
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