tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post7286228458933954752..comments2023-10-26T03:57:50.903-07:00Comments on Comics Fairplay: Wizard Magazine Announces New Hires: Nothing To Change!Heidi Meeleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436991028382498324noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-68449971881789472862007-06-11T20:04:00.000-07:002007-06-11T20:04:00.000-07:00OMG Lisa, I love hearing that! It is too awesome! ...OMG Lisa, I love hearing that! It is too awesome! At our local shop, the buyer has had to decrease orders by over 1/2 in the last six months because so many customers have dropped it. It isn't relevant anymore, and it is indeed the butt of many a joke. I am really disapointed at the lack of change coming!<BR/><BR/>I do appreciate you relating your experiences with your customers. It really brings it all home!Heidi Meeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436991028382498324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-18165064284927640902007-06-11T17:55:00.000-07:002007-06-11T17:55:00.000-07:00Skull is right - they're just making another men's...Skull is right - they're just making another men's magazine - only this one is for men who are also comic book fans and prefer half naked, drawn, super-chicks to half-naked photographed real women. And just promoting the guys they already have - that won't change a gosh darn thing.<BR/><BR/>Me and a few customers were joking about Wizard just last Wednesday. About how it's the Joe Quessada's <BR/>Fan Club magazine or the Mostly Marvel Monthly. One guy from the back shouted up to us - "I haven't bought a Wizard in 5 months!" I told him he needed a badge for every month, like the ones Lindsay Lohan was sporting before her recent return to rehab. (He has nearly 7 years of Wizards saved up in boxes at home so kicking the Wizard habit was a big deal for him) And these are weekly comic book shoppers, and men, between the ages of 18-34, who are making fun of Wizard. So it looks like even the people they're making the mag for don't take it seriously.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06656871719685145723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-24856140884803204502007-06-10T15:17:00.000-07:002007-06-10T15:17:00.000-07:00Skullduggery- I am in awe at your statistics. You ...Skullduggery- I am in awe at your statistics. You have it nailed. There is a huge portion of the industry that goes unnoticed by Wizard except for their "Edge" issues, that come out, maybe once a year if that much? It's a bunch of hooey.<BR/><BR/>I am inclined to believe that Wizard spotlights whoever will pay for the advertising. I have had a few discussions with folks in the know that have said that the comic companies pay for the privelege of being noticed there. That makes me madder then anything. If the book isn't going to come from a direction that is at least partially objective, why bother?<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the excellent observations. I am really impressed!Heidi Meeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436991028382498324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-58535588663107749092007-06-10T15:14:00.000-07:002007-06-10T15:14:00.000-07:00Mark, I just gotta shake my head on that one. Sinc...Mark, I just gotta shake my head on that one. Since I don't fit the target audience, why bother?? :-)Heidi Meeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436991028382498324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-67893924360200468202007-06-10T10:49:00.000-07:002007-06-10T10:49:00.000-07:00I think the best part of that press release was th...I think the best part of that press release was the statement by Gramling - “These moves bolster our ability to continue to produce the most relevant magazine and Website for 18-to-34-year-old male fans of comics, pop culture and entertainment."<BR/><BR/>Nice.<BR/><BR/>Male fans.<BR/><BR/>So they dismiss the other half of the fan equation and make no bones about it.<BR/><BR/>That's ok though.<BR/>Wizard is a complete piece of garbage and I wouldn't read it if it were the last publication on Earth.<BR/>They cover all the wrong things about comics and the industry in general.<BR/>But I guess that is what makes it a 'male oriented' magazine.<BR/>Whatever.<BR/>I'm male and I think it is complete garbage.<BR/>I know Marvel and DC account for upwards of 80% of comics sold in the direct market and they do publish a lot of comics ... but when I look through Previews every month, there are more pages of solicitations from all the other publishers combined than for Marvel and DC combined.<BR/>For instance, this month's (June) Previews breaks down as thus:<BR/>DC - 48 pages<BR/>Marvel - 96 pages (absolutely ridiculous)<BR/>Dark Horse - 33 pages<BR/>Image - 27 pages<BR/>Top Cow/Platinum - 7 pages<BR/>Everybody else - 114 pages<BR/><BR/>DC and Marvel - 144 pages<BR/>All others - 181 pages<BR/><BR/>* I did not count any of DC's trade backlist pages and I did not count any comic/art preview pages for any publisher, nor did I count advertisement pages if the comic(s) listed on those pages were included in smaller solicitation sections for the publisher on other pages (for instance, Oni Press had several full pages of descriptions for a number of their titles, but then there were smaller solicitations for those same books in the regular sections, so I just considered the big pages as ads and did not count them). I also did not include pages soliciting only toys or any other non-comicbook products.<BR/><BR/>Yes, DC and Marvel make up a big chunk of Previews and clearly are the dominant force in the market.<BR/>But there are still 181 other pages of comics being solicited. And a VAST majority of that stuff falls completely off Wizard's radar. So as far as I am concerned, they can't call themselves a comics magazine. In fact, they should just completely drop the Wizard name and go with Marvel/DC Maxim or Marvel/DC Stuff, because that is really about all they are.skullduggeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094390152364651764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-45634039025836712192007-06-09T21:44:00.000-07:002007-06-09T21:44:00.000-07:00omcaThey're going the "Maxim" route?Just what the ...omcaThey're going the "Maxim" route?<BR/><BR/>Just what the world needed: Yet another magazine devoted to twenty-something horndogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com