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WizWorld New Orleans ’12: Stan Lee to appear at show

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Stan Lee, the legendary comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, and current Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of POW! Entertainment, today announced that he will make a special appearance at Wizard World New Orleans Comic Con, January 28-29, 2012, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.  Lee, a member of both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame, will be on site on Saturday, Jan. 28 to meet fans, sign autographs and pose for photographs.  Special VIP packages will be available.

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RETRO REVIEW: Kurt Busiek’s Astro City #1/2 (1996)

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Or – “This One Is In My “Stuff That Makes Me Cry” Shortbox…”

There’s a certain magic to comics books that is seldom found in other media, a combination of the written word and a pictoral image that often amplifies both to a higher level.  Sure, you can watch a movie over and over, but you can’t pore over each lavish image for as long as you want, and it’s nigh-impossible to catch every nuance of language.  Likewise, prose novels may have epic language and story potential, but sometimes the author has to labor to try and explain to you what a particular image looked like in his or her mind, dragging you out of the enjoyment of their lovely words. 

And every once in a while, a comic comes along that is so perfectly crafted, so intricately formed, that you just sit in awed silence and absorb every page in stunned silence.  It’s a rare comic that moves me to emotional displays, but I’m a big enough man to say that I can’t read this one without getting a little misty-eyed, Faithful Spoilerites…  Books like this are why Retro Reviews exist.

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Wizard Buys Big Apple Con

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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 in that.

The complete press release after the jump, and don’t forget the comment section for you to do all that talk backin’ that y’all do so well.

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Zombie Spider-Man Needs More Than Brains

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Diamond Select Toys has announced a brand new six-inch bust of Zombie Spider-Man. It’s not a full body sculpt, but rather just the top half of the undead wall crawler that is sure to give the kiddies nightmares. This is one gruesome looking statue for fans of the Marvel Zombies series.

Sculpted by Rudy Garcia and limited to only 600 pieces, this six-inch bust will be available exclusively through Wizard Entertainment’s Toyfare magazine. Each bust will also feature a hand-numbered base with matching box and Certificate of Authenticity.

Well, looks like I won’t be getting this one, as it will probably be snatched up as soon as it is made available.

via Diamond Select Toys

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Marvel Lands 47 Noms for Fan Awards

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Marvel landed forty-seven nominations in the Wizard Fan Awards. The final awards will be announced at Wizard World Chicago, August 9-12. There is a lot of good work being nominated this year, and I’m split in many of the categories.

You can vote online now at Wizard’s website.

If you are so inclined, take the jump to see the complete list of nominees.

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New Releases for January 03, 2007

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Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores January 03, 2007. There may be items on this list that are not shipped at the last minute, or new material may be added. Check with your local retailer for more details.

Thanks to Collector’s Pair of Dice and Diamond Comics Distributors for assisting in the building of this list. This list was last updated January 03, 2007.

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Staffing Change or Firing?

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COVER_177_VILLAINS.gifI love how companies spin it when someone is ousted from a company.  In the case of Wizard Entertainment, they claim staffing changes have been made with Editor-in-Chief Pat McCallum parting ways with the company.

How nice of them to spin it that way.  In a nutshell McCallum, a founding member of the magazine, was let go, fired, deep-sixed, or whatever other word you want to use to tell the tale.

According to Wizard president and COO Fred Pierce, “In an effort to grow the company and evolve with our customers, Wizard has made a number of aggressive changes over the past nine months.  We have had a record year for both the publishing division and the Wizard World tours, and these staffing changes will ensure even greater success in 2007.”

Even with the loss of McCallum, wizard Entertainment has hired several new people for the publishing and Wizard World Tour divisions.

Recent additions to the company include; Marketing Director John Ko; General Manager Keith Patrick; General Manager for Dealer Relations Peter Katz; Programming Manager for Wizard Conventions Inc. Adam Dickstein; and Sales Account Executive Bart Sciarraba.

The Wizard World Tour has had its problems this year, with two staff members being fired (axed, eighty-sixed) after the Wizard Wolrd Chicago convention.  Word on the street is the conventions had lower than expected attendance, while the magazine itself is experiencing dwindling sale figures.

via Wizard World Entertainment (link)

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August 23, 2006 Release List

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Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores August 23, 2006. There may be items on this list that  are not shipped at the last minute, or new material may be added. Check with your local retailer for more details. Thanks to Collector’s Pair of Dice for assisting in the building of this list.

This list was last updated August 22, 2006

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Monopolizing Conventions

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Wizard wants it all? Apparently so.

Interestingly, not a week after San Diego Comic-Con International, Wizard Entertainment (publishers of many comic and toy related publications) announced they will host a comic convention in the ATL (that’s Atlanta, GA for you who are in the dark). This is both good news and bad news.

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