Wizard, was an early casualty of compressing my comics budget. I found I didn't miss it. Toyfare just fell off my radar a few months ago, and I'll miss Twisted Toyfare Theater...specifically, I'll miss the collections. Ah well. Never good when someone loses a livlihood, but Wizard was fulfilling a function that simply didn't exist anymore.
This seems to be a universal consensus. Wizard was a dying animal that needed to be put out it's misery. Like someone commented to me today - "I hate to see them go, but love to watch them walk away."
I got a free copy at a convention back in October and found that it was a shadow of its former self... And of course, I had outgrown its former self years ago. But man, back in 1994, Wizard was essential reading for geeks.
I wonder if Comics Buyer's Guide will be next to go the way of the dodo? I won't miss that magazine either if it does; they've gotten pretty awful too over the past decade.
What's a "magazine"?
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ReplyDeleteWizard, was an early casualty of compressing my comics budget. I found I didn't miss it. Toyfare just fell off my radar a few months ago, and I'll miss Twisted Toyfare Theater...specifically, I'll miss the collections. Ah well. Never good when someone loses a livlihood, but Wizard was fulfilling a function that simply didn't exist anymore.
ReplyDeleteThis seems to be a universal consensus. Wizard was a dying animal that needed to be put out it's misery. Like someone commented to me today - "I hate to see them go, but love to watch them walk away."
ReplyDeleteI got a free copy at a convention back in October and found that it was a shadow of its former self... And of course, I had outgrown its former self years ago. But man, back in 1994, Wizard was essential reading for geeks.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Comics Buyer's Guide will be next to go the way of the dodo? I won't miss that magazine either if it does; they've gotten pretty awful too over the past decade.
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