For twenty years, Wizard Magazine has been the lexicon of all things comic-related. But like all things in print these days, it's going digital.
Both Wizard and its sister-publication ToyFare are ceasing to produce print versions any longer. Beginning in February, they will begin production of the online publication “Wizard World”. Since when has a blog been a publication? Oh my God, I'm an online publisher!
For the past several years, Wizard has slowly been shrinking its staff down and replacing longtime writers with freelancers. "We feel this will allow us to reach an even wider audience in a format that is increasingly popular and more readily accessible," they said. The interweb farther reaching than print? Even the comic nerds figured it out!
But as far as being noteworthy, it ends an era where your geek culture and fanboy news was analog. Before ubiquitous YouTube trailer postings and blog pages, there was almost no way to get the skinny on all that stuff or as concisely. The speed of info these days makes their monthly print version obsolete, but for a time, they were the first- and the best at it.
Both Wizard and its sister-publication ToyFare are ceasing to produce print versions any longer. Beginning in February, they will begin production of the online publication “Wizard World”. Since when has a blog been a publication? Oh my God, I'm an online publisher!
For the past several years, Wizard has slowly been shrinking its staff down and replacing longtime writers with freelancers. "We feel this will allow us to reach an even wider audience in a format that is increasingly popular and more readily accessible," they said. The interweb farther reaching than print? Even the comic nerds figured it out!
But as far as being noteworthy, it ends an era where your geek culture and fanboy news was analog. Before ubiquitous YouTube trailer postings and blog pages, there was almost no way to get the skinny on all that stuff or as concisely. The speed of info these days makes their monthly print version obsolete, but for a time, they were the first- and the best at it.
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