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Post by G on Jan 30, 2010 16:35:29 GMT -5
As quoted from the following link at Previews.com previews.diamondcomics.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=6&s=782&ai=91345Wizard #222 Returns To The Back-Issue Price Guide  By popular demand, beginning in Wizard: The Magazine of Comics, Entertainment and Pop Culture #222, Wizard Entertainment will bring back one of the magazine’s most popular features: the Wizard Price Guide! The section will boast an expanded, five-page Market Watch section that spotlights the hottest buying trends from retailers around the country and includes additional pages of a new Price Guide listings section. More than 2,000 listings will cover must-have books that retailers and fans alike will want to track. Wizard #222 will also feature coverage of two of 2010’s biggest events for comic readers and pop-culture lovers. Behind the issue’s Marvel Comics Siege Cover rests a bounty for comic readers, ranging from an interview with Grant Morrison on building a better Batman to a review of the 10 worst girlfriends in comics. Similarly, the alternate Lost Cover provides the gateway for a final visit to the enigmatic island for the show’s last season, plus more media-related comic news with writer Brad Meltzer (Dark Horse Comics’ Buffy) and looks at how Vertigo’s The Losers and Mark Millar’s Marvel hit Kick-Ass will be translated to the big screen in all their brutal glory. |
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Post by Wrecks on Jan 31, 2010 2:33:17 GMT -5
I honestly don't see why they even took it off to begin with.
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Post by defiant1 on Jan 31, 2010 11:41:42 GMT -5
I honestly don't see why they even took it off to begin with. Because they are losing money and a price guide can consume infinite resources to maintain. df1 |
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Post by G on Jan 31, 2010 11:59:25 GMT -5
I wonder how much they keep track of things once a guide is made. I would think creating the database and initial prices would be the hardest part. Once an original is created, you basically move prices up and down on the books appearing to go up or down. Probably 90% of your books remain the same each month.
Although I haven't bought a Wizard in like 2-3 years, I'm glad to see them make this move. My biggest complaint with them in recent years is they almost forgot about comics and seemed far more infatuated with Comic Movies. While I feel it is nice to have comic movies to go see, it's never been my priority with collecting comics. I care about the comics and the movies are just a side show. I think CBG was doing a much better job of covering comics than Wizard was.
The one thing I like about this article besides bringing the guide back is the fact they are expanding the Market Watch to 5 pages.
I highly doubt Wizard will ever be very much relevant again, but these two moves are at least a step in the right direction.
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Post by defiant1 on Jan 31, 2010 17:57:02 GMT -5
I wonder how much they keep track of things once a guide is made. I would think creating the database and initial prices would be the hardest part. Once an original is created, you basically move prices up and down on the books appearing to go up or down. Probably 90% of your books remain the same each month. Although I haven't bought a Wizard in like 2-3 years, I'm glad to see them make this move. My biggest complaint with them in recent years is they almost forgot about comics and seemed far more infatuated with Comic Movies. While I feel it is nice to have comic movies to go see, it's never been my priority with collecting comics. I care about the comics and the movies are just a side show. I think CBG was doing a much better job of covering comics than Wizard was. The one thing I like about this article besides bringing the guide back is the fact they are expanding the Market Watch to 5 pages. I highly doubt Wizard will ever be very much relevant again, but these two moves are at least a step in the right direction. It's a lot of work researching prices accurately and fending off dealers that want to hype the last book they've overordered. The consumer scrutinizes every price they don't agree with. df1 |
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Post by G on Jan 31, 2010 20:38:49 GMT -5
eh, Wizard was almost always accused of unethical practices when it came to their guide anyway. I'm sure the move to remove the Guide was a cost cutting measure, but in light of the low sales, it's probably a move of desperation to bring it back.
I sometimes wonder how much longer Wizard "The Magazine" will even exist. I can see it maybe continuing on using other forms of media. It's name alone is probably worth a little something. But its feeling less and less like people care about Wizard. Even when real collectors shunned them in the past, they always had the fanboys and geeks in their pocket. There just doesn't seem to be enough of them left wanting Wizard anymore to keep them afloat very much longer.
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Post by defiant1 on Jan 31, 2010 23:34:52 GMT -5
eh, Wizard was almost always accused of unethical practices when it came to their guide anyway. I'm sure the move to remove the Guide was a cost cutting measure, but in light of the low sales, it's probably a move of desperation to bring it back. I sometimes wonder how much longer Wizard "The Magazine" will even exist. I can see it maybe continuing on using other forms of media. It's name alone is probably worth a little something. But its feeling less and less like people care about Wizard. Even when real collectors shunned them in the past, they always had the fanboys and geeks in their pocket. There just doesn't seem to be enough of them left wanting Wizard anymore to keep them afloat very much longer. I think they should contract with www.comicspriceguide.com and make a deal where Wizard publishes the prices the CPG researches. It's stupid to duplicate the work and it would help both. df1 |
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Post by Wrecks on Feb 1, 2010 0:08:52 GMT -5
eh, Wizard was almost always accused of unethical practices when it came to their guide anyway. I'm sure the move to remove the Guide was a cost cutting measure, but in light of the low sales, it's probably a move of desperation to bring it back. I sometimes wonder how much longer Wizard "The Magazine" will even exist. I can see it maybe continuing on using other forms of media. It's name alone is probably worth a little something. But its feeling less and less like people care about Wizard. Even when real collectors shunned them in the past, they always had the fanboys and geeks in their pocket. There just doesn't seem to be enough of them left wanting Wizard anymore to keep them afloat very much longer. The bold part reminds me of something I was beginning to think about earlier. |
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Post by bigw1966 on Feb 1, 2010 9:38:40 GMT -5
I had to drop this mag because it seemed like nothing but Top 50 lists.
It just went downhill.
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