Comments on: What if you changed your convention’s name and nobody noticed?

By: Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:16:45 +0000

[...] magazine and the cancellation of conventions in Dallas and Los Angeles, Shamus & Co. have rebranded WizardWorld Chicago, purchased New York City’s Big Apple Con, and revealed plans for a new, [...]

By: Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » Wizard CEO buys Big Apple Con

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:12:53 +0000

[...] Per the press release, Big Apple’s fall show, called The National, will move from its traditional November date to Oct. 16-19 at Pier 94 in Manhattan. Also building on a partnership they announced for Wizard’s Philadelphia show, Wizard will also partner with the Video Game Expo on both the Big Apple show and the upcoming Chicago Comic-Con. [...]

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:47:31 +0000

Wizard–

Nothing more needs be said.

By: Isaac Alexander

Isaac Alexander — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:46:50 +0000

Looks like Wizard was careless in purchasing a domain for ChicagoComiccon.com
Reed purchased the domain for their event.
http://www.chicagocomiccon.com/

Will someone at Wizard get a clue to running an event?

By: Kevin Melrose

Kevin Melrose — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:15:04 +0000

Wizard’s official statement on the LA and Texas shows made a distinction between “canceled” and “postponed.” I took it to mean Texas is dead, but that Los Angeles could return in 2010. But I made be reading too much into that.

By: Mysterious Stranger

Mysterious Stranger — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:59:37 +0000

Any idea when the LA convention has been rescheduled for? Last I heard it was cancelled outright.

Not that I want to give Wizard any money but I was looking forward to getting some artist sketches in an environment a little less crowded than SDCC.

By: Neal K

Neal K — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:04:52 +0000

Sorry to double-post, but I just had to add the fact that Wizard World Chicago Comic-Con (or whatever they want to call it) is scheduled on the same weekend as Lollapalooza again this year pretty much assures that attendance will be abysmal.

By: Neal K

Neal K — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:56:02 +0000

As a Chicago native, I can’t tell you how excited I was to hear the news about the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo in April 2010. Aside from all the good things I’ve heard about the New York event, my hope is that it will sound the death knell for the crap that is Wizard.