Wizard Entertainment announced today that they are stopping publication of Wizard and Toyfare.
Let’s face it, Wizard was facing an uphill battle by trying to continue publishing a monthly comic book trade magazine when it fought stiff competition from its online counterparts. Between sites like Comic Book Resources and Super Hero Hype, the comic book companies’ own blogs, and Twitter, Wizard had become the last place to go for a breaking story.
The silver lining in the closing of the long-running magazine is that Wizard Entertainment promised to begin an online Wizard World magazine in February. Smart, smart move. Wizard has a warm relationship with all of the major publishers and they have the name recognition. I expect that the new site will be giving CBR a run for its money in no time.
Will they still run a list of the top ten writers and artists?
No comments:
Post a Comment