WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics

This holiday season we're joined by Dalibor aka #indiehypeman from Catalyst Magazine and Gerry D from the Totally Rad Christmas podcast to explore the 35th anniversary celebration of Marvel Comics merry mutants in the Wizard X-Men Special from 1998. We debate who would win a Celebrity Deathmatch style battle in the X-Mansion, review the Children of the Atom/The Hunt For Xavier storylines, determine who is the best X-Men villain and more!

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• Phillip Sevy
• Robb
• Matt
• Frank Anderson
• Dr. Balls
• Russell Sheath
• Bartley Blackmon
• Kevin Decent
• Damon
• Bjorn watson
• Ryot
• Christoffer
• acovio
• Alex Giannini
• Nate Clark
• William Bruce West
• Mark Florio
• David Fink
• Brent Cranfill
• MarWe
• Bruno Cavalcante
• David M
• Dalibor Žujović
• Evin Bryant
• Gary Hutcherson
• Fernando Pinto
• Jeremy Dawe
• Brian Acosta
• Joe Marcello
• DenimJedi
• Miitchell Hall
• Lee Markowitz
• Mark McDonald

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]

• Phillip Sevy
• Robb
• Matt
• Frank Anderson
• Dr. Balls
• Russell Sheath
• Bartley Blackmon
• Kevin Decent
• Damon
• Bjorn watson
• Ryot
• Christoffer
• acovio
• Alex Giannini
• Nate Clark
• William Bruce West
• Mark Florio
• David Fink
• Brent Cranfill
• MarWe
• Bruno Cavalcante
• David M
• Dalibor Žujović
• Evin Bryant
• Gary Hutcherson
• Fernando Pinto
• Jeremy Dawe
• Brian Acosta
• Joe Marcello
• DenimJedi
• Miitchell Hall
• Lee Markowitz
• Mark McDonald

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Wizard magazine with a panel of former staff members from The Guide To Comics, ToyFare and Anime Insider for the WIZARDS 30th Reunion Roundtable. Listen in as the Wizard Press alumni go hilariously off-track with wild behind the scenes stories while attempting to pitch an imaginary retrospective issue of the magazine.
WARNING: This podcast contains salty language, bathroom humor and utter nonsense, but if you ever read these publications in their prime you wouldn't expect anything less!

• Phillip Sevy
• Robb
• Matt
• Frank Anderson
• Dr. Balls
• Russell Sheath
• Bartley Blackmon
• Kevin Decent
• Damon
• Bjorn watson
• Ryot
• Christoffer
• acovio
• Alex Giannini
• Nate Clark
• William Bruce West
• Mark Florio
• David Fink
• Brent Cranfill
• MarWe
• Bruno Cavalcante
• David M
• Dalibor Žujović
• Evin Bryant
• Gary Hutcherson
• Fernando Pinto
• Jeremy Dawe
• Brian Acosta
• Joe Marcello
• DenimJedi
• Miitchell Hall
• Lee Markowitz
• Mark McDonald

What exactly is Cannetti’s Revenge? With Adam returning next episode, he gave Michael free reign to do whatever he wanted for the coverage of issue 31. The Result? This is the most OUT OF CONTROL edition of WIZARDS ever! Michael is cussing up a storm while hopped up on Caffeinated Booze and ends up more lost than usual as Steven tries to get him to talk about John Byrne and the crew launching LEGEND, Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon, the legacy of ElfQuest and more 90’s comic book news. It’s raucous, it’s rowdy, it’s ridiculous...it’s Cannetti’s Revenge!

• Phillip Sevy
• Robb
• Matt
• Frank Anderson
• Dr. Balls
• Russell Sheath
• Bartley Blackmon
• Kevin Decent
• Damon
• Bjorn watson
• Ryot
• Christoffer
• acovio
• Alex Giannini
• Nate Clark
• William Bruce West
• Mark Florio
• David Fink
• Brent Cranfill
• MarWe
• Bruno Cavalcante
• David M
• Dalibor Žujović
• Evin Bryant
• Gary Hutcherson
• Fernando Pinto
• Jeremy Dawe
• Brian Acosta
• Joe Marcello
• DenimJedi
• Miitchell Hall
• Lee Markowitz
• Mark McDonald

Once in a generation there is a film so notorious, so legendary, that it’s only heard about in whispers in the back of a comic book shop. For 90’s comics fans, that movie was Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four. Rumored to be so bad Marvel wouldn’t allow it to be released, the film lived in infamy as a bootleg video and remains unreleased to this day. But WIZARDS had to know the truth, so Michael and superfan, Steven Tsapelas are taking you on a deep dive through a 4 part podcast series revealing all the details of the film’s troubled production and one fan’s decade long journey to find a copy of the movie. So push play on Episode 1 and watch out for cosmic rays as the adventure begins! This bonus series also debuts simultaneously on the WIZARDS YouTube channel, so you can see the full video conversation at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqD0b15mU00mx3qceGvFTmw

• Phillip Sevy
• Robb
• Matt
• Frank Anderson
• Dr. Balls
• Russell Sheath
• Bartley Blackmon
• Kevin Decent
• Damon
• Bjorn watson
• Ryot
• Christoffer
• acovio
• Alex Giannini
• Nate Clark
• William Bruce West
• Mark Florio
• David Fink
• Brent Cranfill
• MarWe
• Bruno Cavalcante
• David M
• Dalibor Žujović
• Evin Bryant
• Gary Hutcherson
• Fernando Pinto
• Jeremy Dawe
• Brian Acosta
• Joe Marcello
• DenimJedi
• Miitchell Hall
• Lee Markowitz
• Mark McDonald