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Mike Cotton Joins DC Comics As Editor

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Rich Johnston

One familiar name who I was surprised to see in DC’s editorial credits for the most recent issue of Earth Two was Mike Cotton. As editor of the book. Ex-editor of Wizard Magazine who was there until almost its dying …

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Comics Conman Josh Hoopes Moves Wizard Scam To ConceptArt.Org

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Rich Johnston

It was pulled from People Per Hour after Wizard Entertainment complained. Now it seems that Josh Hoopes has set up the same scam at ConceptArt.org, again posing as someone called Greg Garwood and providing an e-mail address too… Remember, this …

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Josh Hoopes Tried The Wizard Scam Again, Posing As Greg G

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The following piece was posted onto the Freelance site People Per Hour. Wizard Magazine seeking out new comic ideas for publication around Christmas As we are just starting to release info regarding this new event we won’t be advertising in …

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John Macaluso Named Wizard World CEO

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Appointed to the board of directors of Wizard World in May last year, John Macaluso was yesterday made CEO of Wizard World, the company that runs conventions across North America, maintains a pop culture website and, most famously, used to …

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Get Ready for… Bleeding Cool Magazine!

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Keith Davidsen

Bleeding Cool, the premiere source for breaking news and gossip in the comic book industry (www.bleedingcool.com), will launch its own print magazine beginning in May 2012. Featuring editorial contributions from blog founder Rich Johnston, Bleeding Cool Magazine will debut with …

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Tribute Album Aims To Get Gareb Shamus His Old Job At Wizard Back

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Something tells me that the expressed aims of this album may be a teensy tiny bit on the disogenuous side. But ex-Wizard staffer Chris Ward has recorded an album with the express aim of getting Gareb Shamus his position as …

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Wizard Gives $100 Credit Back To Ex-Subscribers

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Rich Johnston

It’s a story that Bleeding Cool first covered last year, when Wizard Magazine went to free digital – what about the subscribers, a number of whom had put down $100 or more in advance. When initially challenged, Wizard told Bleeding …

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Gareb Shamus Resigns As Wizard World President, CEO And Director

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Did you wonder why Gareb Shamus’ Wizard World blog, set up ostensibly to replace the Wizard World digital magazine, recently disappeared? This might be a reason. Pursuant to a letter of resignation dated December 1, 2011 (the “Resignation Letter”), Mr. …

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Gareb Shamus Pursued Across Convention Floor To Get Wizard Magazine Subscription Answers (VIDEO)

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool used to have… let’s say… a working relationship with Wizard Magazine. 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 …

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Mid-Ohio Con vs. Wizard World: Mid-Ohio Ohio: Who Won? (A Completely Subjective Analysis By Dirk Manning)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Dirk Manning writes for Bleeding Cool when he’s not doing a million other things. No one was sure what to expect last year when the news broke that Mid-Ohio Con, long seen as one of the most stable and consistent …

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Wizard World Pulls Back In 2012

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Rich Johnston

A PR piece purporting to announce a location change of Wizard World Toronto Comic Con to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for April 14th to 15th also managed to disguise a number of other changes to the 2012 Wizard World …

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Bill Jemas Gets Into Bed With Wizard

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Rich Johnston

There’s a name I hadn’t heard from in a while. Last seen retranslating the Bible and painting peace symbols onto the bodies of naked women, Bill Jemas used to be the President of Marvel Comics. He formed the Ultimate imprint, …

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The Wizard Subscriptions That Vanished

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Rich Johnston

I’ve been trying to get an answer on this from Wizard for months now. But Wizard people don’t pick up the phone any more, they won’t respond to phone messages left and they won’t respond to e-mails. When Wizard announced …

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Wizard World Drops Out Of Canada Comic Con

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Rich Johnston

You can still buy tickets. 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 …

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Mike Searle To Be New Editor Of Wizard World Digital

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Today we learnt of Mike Cotton’s departure at the main editor from Wizard World Digital. I now understand that he is to be replaced by former editor of discontinued inhouse magazine InQuest Gamer, Mike Searle. Focussed on collectible card games, …

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Vengeance Is Mine: 10 Comics Where The Villain Gets It by Mike Cotton

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Mike Cotton writes for Bleeding Cool. If feels weird, as a super-liberal, to celebrate someone’s death. But Osama Bin Laden was a first-class dick-bag, so fuck him! And if there’s one thing I love, it’s when the bad guys get …

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Mike Cotton Resigns From Wizard

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Mike Cotton, Co-Chief Pop Culture Editor of Wizard World, but better known as Editor-In-Chief of the now extinct Wizard Magazine, has resigned from the company after eleven years service. Working out his notice, his last day was Friday. An hour …

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WizardWorld Digital 1.1 – For Free, Here

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Here we go folks, the first free issue of WizardWorld Digital in embedded PDF format below. Oh and it’s Toyfare as well, really, the two magazines kindof merged together. Lots and lots and lots and lots of plugs for Wizard …

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