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Adam and Mike Schwartz get into more fun from "The Greatest Issue Ever" discussing Wizard's list of the 10 Characters That Make Comics Great, a Last Team Standing Battle between the JLA and Avengers, Casting Call for a Batman: Dark Victory movie and so much more!
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In this special, UNCUT podcast presentation, Dalibor, The Indie Hype Man returns to the podcast to discuss what Wizard declared to be "The Greatest Issue Ever". We discuss why 1986 was the greatest year in comics history, the 10 Biggest Creators in comics, the short-lived Gorilla Comics imprint, tangents about Chris Claremont and The Lawrence Brothers (HUH?!). It's wild, it's geeky, it's unedited!
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Mike Schwartz is back and so are the laughs as we dive deeper in issue 104 to find the "hidden" gags and April Fool's comedy from Wizard. Plus we talk about Toy Fair 2000, the legacy of Gil Kane, X-Men movie merchandise and more!
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Michael Cannetti is back to laugh along with the Wizard April Fool's Day issue from 2000 that's full of fake-outs and geeky gags. Plus the hosts review Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, X-plore a ton of behind the scenes X-Men movie news and so much more.
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We discuss a Last Man Standing battle between Batman Beyond and Spider-Girl, a JLA movie Casting Call, Review the Marvel Knights team-up book, enjoy an interview with Stan Lee, find out George Perez's favorite comic book and so much more. Listen now, Geeks!
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We cover "The Internet Issue" with Wizard superfan and Patreon subscriber, Mark Florio who earned a guest spot on the podcast by backing our ARMORED 1/2 comic book campaign. We have a fun conversation about a Wizard challenge to buy comics on eBay in the year 2000, discuss the status of comic book websites at the turn of the century, plus we crown a new leader in the Jim and Todd Hype Machine tally and so much more.
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In this heartfelt interview, former Wizard magazine staffer, Sean T. Collins shares fascinating stories about his time in the Congers, NY offices from 2004-2007 forging friendships with fellow comic book lovers and taking on many roles behind the scenes.
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A Last Man Standing battle between Boba Fett and Deadpool, Michael Turner does a Fathom movie Casting Call, Top 10 Worst Comic Merchandise list, a review of ShockRockets from Gorilla Comics and more. Enjoy it, Geeks!
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We discuss all the drama behind the Superman revamp at DC Comics, the launch of CrossGen, Joe Simon suing Marvel for the rights to Captain America, Rob Liefeld and so much more. Issue 102 of Wizard was crammed full of fascinating stories from the year 2000, so listen now!
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We're joined by Mike Farah from the Dollar Bin Bandits podcast to discuss the Wizard Alex Ross Millennium Edition Special from 1999 and 2003 to explore the career and opinions of the legendary artist whose painted style has amazed comic book fans for decades.
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Adam interviews Kalervo Sinervo and Anna Peppard, two PhDs who teach university courses on comic book history, to get the details on their academic research project exploring the cultural impact of Wizard magazine on fandom in the 20th century and beyond. It's a fascinating discussion that opens up a world of possibilities and ideas about the legacy of The Guide To Comics.
You can access a PDF copy of the Wizard homage fanzine they produced here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r8QnijPk79X1Vvzjf0qtuZQzT1OIgzJc/view?usp=sharing
If you have academic institutional access and would like to have a look at their recent academic article "How to be a fanboy: Wizard magazine and the pedagogy of comic book fandom" follow this link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15405702.2024.2414120
For a full version of the article in PDF form you can contact Kalervo directly here: [email protected]
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Adam reviews Kurt Busiek's Superstar As Seen On TV from Gorilla Comics, Chris Claremont's Fantastic Four issues 26-28, explores The Top 10 Times The Watcher Interfered, ridiculous predictions for the comic book industry in the year 2000, a Last Man Standing battle and so much more.
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The 2000's are in full effect as Adam and Mike explore issue 101 of Wizard to discuss video game comics outselling classic superhero books, the search for Joe Madureira, the madness of Garth Ennis and more.
The ARMORED 1/2 Kickstarter is ending soon, so follow this link http://kck.st/3Zmr7Ju to get your copy of this exclusive homage to Wizard 1/2 issue comics now!
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We talk to prolific Wizard magazine cover artist and Brutes & Babes drawing tutorial creator, Bart Sears about his career in comics from the 80's to the modern day, his many unpublished Wizard covers, launching his own comic book company and so much more. If you're a fan of Brutes & Babes, you can now get 2 volumes of How To Draw Powerful Heroes containing those lessons through Bart's Kickstarter campaign here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sen-ko/drawing-powerful-heroes-volumes-1-and-2-softcover-editions?ref=75mhjj
We have Kickstarter too! Yes, WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics is publishing ARMORED 1/2, a comic book in the style of Wizard magazine 1/2 issues, plus an homage to Wizard magazine itself featuring original art, articles and more. See it for yourself here http://kck.st/3Zmr7Ju
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SO MUCH fun as we continue our exploration of Wizard 2000! Adam gives his review of the Garth Ennis Punisher series, the madness of a crazy superhero mash-up character, the Top 10 Most Desolate Comic Book Futures, a profile on Wizard Editor In Chief, Pat McCallum and so much more.
Plus we share more details about our ARMORED 1/2 Kickstarter campaign. See it for yourself at this link https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wizardspodcast/armored-1-2-wizards-the-podcast-guide-to-comics?ref=3ij6ts
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Mike and Adam look to the comic book world of the 21st century as they explore the Wizard 2000 issue in the WILD CARD format. Topics include fanboy dream projects, prediction about the future by comic book pros, industry reactions to Gareb Shamus launching his Black Bull line of comics and so much more!
WIZARDS is publishing a comic book! That's right, our Kickstarter campaign for ARMORED 1/2 is launching soon to bring you an exclusive 24 page comic filled with Wizard magazine style features that will give you a hit of nostalgic fun. Follow the campaign today to be notified of all the details when the campaign officially goes live here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wizardspodcast/armored-1-2-wizards-the-podcast-guide-to-comics?ref=3ij6ts
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Our ARMORED 1/2 Kickstarter campaign is getting ready to launch. Follow the campaign at this link to be notified when it goes live. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wizardspodcast/armored-1-2-wizards-the-podcast-guide-to-comics?ref=3ij6ts
As part of that project, we've been interviewing Wizard staffers and even "The Big Cheese" himself, Gareb Shamus, for an exclusive article in the book. In this Bonus interview, we share a clip of Gareb talking about the origins of 1/2 issue comics, but also his new StarPics autographed and graded collectible trading cards. Check it out!
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In this special bonus edition of The Wizard Files we talk to former Marvel Comics editor, Jason Liebig about the creation and launch of the Counter X line of books in 2000, which included new directions for X-Man, Generation X and X-Force imagined by Warren Ellis. Learn about Jason's attempts to get Mike Allred and Frank Cho to work on Marvel comics, plus what does Rob Liefeld have to do with the origins of Counter X? Listen now and find out, geeks!
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Adam is joined by returning guest and comic book artist, Phillip Sevy to talk about Wizard's Best of the Best awards for 1999, the 10 Overused Comics Book Plot Lines and a Last Man Standing battle between Darth Vader and Darth Maul. Plus, a Marvel Knights Daredevil movie Casting Call and more!
Hear this episode UNCUT, plus get a PDF scan of the issue, our Patreon exclusive 90's Super Cinema podcast and so much more by subscribing to patreon.com/WIZARDSCOMICS for just $5 a month!
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It's our 5th anniversary, our 300th episode and issue 100 of Wizard magazine! All four WIZARDS hosts Adam, Mike, Michael and Steven reunite to discuss the best comics of the 20th century (according to the Wizard staff), the best comics publisher going into the year 2000, the first announcement of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and so much more. It's a celebration, Geeks and we thank you for joining us on this journey for five awesome years!
What better way to celebrate than by taking your WIZARDS experience to the next level and joining us over at Patreon.com/WIZARDSCOMICS where for just $5/mo you'll get access to UNCUT early release episodes, PDF scans of the issues, our Patreon exclusive, 90's Super Cinema podcast and so much more. Visit Patreon.com/WIZARDSCOMICS to get access now!
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