robot6.comicbookresources.com - 10/30/2009
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Wizard #218
Users of the Wizard Universe Message Board are reporting that Wizard , the flagship magazine of Gareb Shamus's publishing, retail, and conventions empire, has ceased publication of its long-running price guide for collectible comics with this month's Issue 218.
When Shamus ...
comicsalliance.com - 10/30/2009
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Wizard Magazine continues to die the death by
a thousand cuts, and this month they're dropping their...
long-running price guide section, which detailed the rise and fall of back issue prices. As I am no longer 12 and waiting with bated breath to see ... Read more Permalink | ...
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Wizard Magazine Drops Message Board, Price Guide
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Silence of the WUMBs
THE BEAT —
... As mentioned, the move comes in the midst of many format changes and relaunches for Wizard roducts both in print and online. For instance, the long running price guide has also been dropped from the print magazine: ...
Nov. 2, 2009: Even the indie guys need some spending money
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal —
... bestselling books chart. Holding tight at #1 is last week’s #1 debut, Jay Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days.
Incidentally: Last week the three bestselling books in France were all comics.
In Italy, 140,000 people attended the recent Lucca Comics and Games 2009 (Google translation).
Sean T. Collins charts the latest developments in the ongoing devolution of Wizard Magazine: one, two. There will now be a brief pause while I whistle my way past the ...
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