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At the time I remember thinking that perhaps we've gotten to the too many convention level. Then came an announcement yesterday. Wizard World is adding seven new conventions to their 2014 schedule, along with eight returning conventions From the schedule below you can see that they have nothing in July or December Guess they don't want to[...]

"The only thing Wizard wants to do is give the fan a great experience"… that's what Wizard CEO John Macaluso told me on the phone earlier. An email has been going around claiming that Wizard World has targeted the Midwest Comic Book Association by running a show at the Minneapolis Convention Center two weeks ahead of[...]

Peter G writes; Hello, it's me, your favorite Polish manga-ka, reporting from the Wizard World Chicago convention in Rosemont, Illinois I know a lot of people who read my report last year are wondering if things got any better So, rather than bury the lead, let's get to the shit! WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS, TO THE SHOW[...]

Pete Holland writes from Wizard World Chicago Comic Con. In the autograph area at the 2013 Wizard World Chicago Con was something calling itself The Next Geek Thing  Didn't seem to be a vendor or anything, people went in the door and came out  It's some sort of competition  You pitched your idea to the camera[...]

By Hannah Means-Shannon Recently, Wizard World Cons have been stepping up their panel presence, and much to the surprise of some con-goers, the expansion has mainly been into informative comic discussions since TV, film, and other areas of pop culture were already pretty well represented Don't believe us? Check out some of the genuinely interesting panels[...]

They were given away to VIP and standard attendees of the New York Wizard World Show A standard Arthur Suydam from Wizard World went for $45, a Michael Golden cover from Wizard World Portalnd went for $100 and a signed Julian Tedesco variant from Wizard World Philadelphia went for $500. No wonder at New York, people[...]

By Hannah Means-Shannon The con machine that is Stan Lee had quite a presence at Wizard World's "New York City Experience" on July 28-30th, and at a relatively small con, that presence was even more ubiquitous Most Marvel fans are pretty pleased that his health still permits him to do the rounds, but what Lee brings[...]

Tickets for Wizard World Comic Con this weekend cost $50 for Sunday VIP tickets cost $80 respectively. Every attendee gets a Neal Adams-covered Walking Dead #1 Every VIP attendee gets a black-and-white variant covered version as well. Coloured versions have already sold on eBay for up to $60. As I write, one of the B&W versions is about[...]

Neal Adams is adding his art to new printings of Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore's The Walking Dead #1 for Wizard World, the colour version being given away next weekend at Wizard World New York Comic Con to all full price attendees, the black-and-white to VIP attendees, those who buy premiere packages. Someone is already trying[...]

The Walking Dead #1 is getting a further reprint, ten years after its first publication, with a new cover by Michael Golden, to be made exclusively available at Wizard World Portland Comic Con next weekend, free, to all full-price paying attendees of the convention. And what's more, each Wizard World show through the year will feature[...]

A few weeks ago Wizard announced they were doing a Wizard World St Louis show, three hours East of Kansas City, the week before Planet Comicon. Ouch. A few years (and a different mangement team) ago, I understand they floated the idea of putting a show in Kansas City on the exact weekend of Planet Comicon. This at[...]

And Wizard World have announced that they have a show a week earlier, down the road, in Portland from February 22nd to the 24th. Joe Parrington of Emerald City told Oregon Live You can't put two shows of this size that are almost identical together, put them five days apart and expect both to have maximum success…[...]

A copy of Brave And The Bold #28 graded CGC 8.5 and valued at $10,000 and a Fantastic Four #5 8.0 were stolen from two different vendors this Saturday within minutes of each other, at Wizard World Mid Ohio. Selling one of these on its own might be suspicios, anyone trying to sell both togetehr should[...]

Yesterday, Wizard World sent round the following message; Last night, we were informed by Stan Lee's management that Stan would be unable to attend any upcoming appearances for the near future, including the Ohio Comic Con, as well as the "Authors Authors" Toledo-Lucas County Public Library appearance set for this Thursday, September 27th We will let[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4rSRdiRD30[/youtube] All credit to the ten video teams who put this together over the weekend of Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, with hundreds of cosplays joined by Bruce Campbell, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Katrina Law, Nicole & Brianna Garcia, Jon Bernthal, Adrianne Curry and David Della Rocco…   [...]

Peter G wrote for Bleeding Cool from Wizard World Chicago; Ladies and gentlemen, this is Peter G, your captain, speaking I'm afraid that we are running into some rough patches on this trip through the 2012 Wizard World Chicago convention Absolutely nothing to be concerned about However, please observe we have turned on the "Fasten Seatbelts"[...]

RJ Droll writes for Bleeding Cool from Wizard World Chicago; So last weekend was Wizard World Chicago, held in Rosemont, IL As in the past, the Convention Official Hotel was the Hyatt Regency O'Hare I attended with some friends, and for the second year in a row decided to jump into the whole Cosplay arena[...]

Jesse James writes for Bleeding Cool all over the world… This past weekend I attended Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con  It was a long con for me and I spent a big portion of the con enjoying the Philly life more than as Comic Fanboy  I thought maybe after 4 days after the con ended that[...]

All at Wizard World Philadelphia this weekend. I'd forgotten about the one end right, you know…   All at Wizard World Philadelphia this weekend. I'd forgotten about the one end right, you know…   All at Wizard World Philadelphia this weekend. I'd forgotten about the one end right, you know…   All at Wizard World Philadelphia this weekend. I'd forgotten about the[...]

Alexander Hoffman writes for Bleeding Cool from Wizard World Toronto Comic Con. The con spectrum in Toronto has always been a little strange The Silver Snail (Toronto's most famous comic store) strictly attends FanExpo and Toronto Comic-Con (both Hobbystar conventions) The Beguiling runs TCAF (Toronto Comics Arts Festival), which is a free two day graphic novel/comic[...]

Wizard World has entered its latest SEC Filings for 2011, as they are obliged to do as a publically owned company, and there is some interesting reading The thing about these filings is that they have to be brutally honest and direct, covering worst case scenarios for potential investors They are intended to be read[...]

Mathew Quitney attended the New Orleans Wizard World Comic Con on Sunday for Bleeding Cool And happened to have his camera on him. It wasn't the host of any continuity shattering announcements, didn't feature the premiere of next Summer's hottest super/fantasy/sparkly trailer, but it had a great underlying New Orleans feel  Everyone, be it staff/attendees/creators, was[...]

Two weeks ago, they took a pot shot at Gareb Shamus, now ex-President and CEO of Wizard World With a strip that is… no longer online, not in its original form at least. Because, according to Sohmer, Gareb went to the artist's place of employ – a well known boys toys brand – and tried to[...]

I'd report on their shows if I could, even being flown out once to cover their first New York Wizard World Comic Con And while I ran critical articles when warranted, I could usually get a response from one of the Shamuses at least, or the likes of Peter Katz, or Jerry Mulani They seemed[...]

And the three main comic book convention organisers, Reed (behind C2E2 and NYCC), Wizard World and CCI (behind San Diego and Wonder Con) have decided to play nicely with each other. Wondercon lost its slot because its traditional convention centre was undergoing repairs So it has moved to earlier in the year, March 16th-18th in Anaheim[...]

David Doub writes for Bleeding Cool; First let me give you some perspective on where I am coming from in my comparisons of Wizard World Chicago and the Baltimore Comic Con Dusk Comics is a small indy press out of Dallas Texas Our main focus is on horror but we have everything to Malaysian manga[...]

Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, have you seen this man? This is Kenneth Arron, or Kenny Aaron, or Kenny Yochelson… or whoever he is today Bleeding Cool has previously reported on his fictitious claims as to having co-founded Image Comics. He's been in and out of jail for years posing as a variety of people from a[...]

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool I get asked on occasion why I still go and cover Wizard World Chicago It's not quite the event it once was, lacking any major publisher presence from the big guns (Avatar Press maintains a presence; in the gun metaphor they're one of those sexy-deadly numbers that get tucked into[...]

Until recently, Wizard World were advertising the Wizard World New England Comic Con for September the 17th to the 18th, in Boston Indeed they are still selling tickets. The main website, however, now goes to a listing for Wizard World New England Comic Con 2012, with an indeterminate date in October. Wizard World has recently dropped the[...]

But there isn't an actual Wizard World to go to, and they've been taking down pages that are only available in the Google cache. In November, Gareb Shamus announced he'd bought the Central Canada Comic Con, renaming it Wizard World Central Canada Comic Con, planned for the last long weekend in October in Winnipeg. Manager of the[...]