The Wizard Files: The Wizard Research Project

01/01/25 • 38 min

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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You can access a PDF copy of the Wizard homage fanzine they produced here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r8QnijPk79X1Vvzjf0qtuZQzT1OIgzJc/view?usp=sharing

For a full version of the article in PDF form you can contact Kalervo directly here: [email protected]

Thanks to our monthly supporters

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Matthew Toliusis
Jorge Correia
Phillip Sevy
Robb
Matt
Frank Anderson
Dr. Balls
Russell Sheath
Bartley Blackmon
Kevin Decent
Damon
Ryot
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
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Lee Markowitz
Mark McDonald

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