The Comics Journal message board attempts to celebrate Wizard’s 200th issue. Things don’t go so well:
“Wow! I’m gladdened by the news that apparently there are like 196 amazing comics out there that I’ve somehow missed completely and never read!”
“There were good things in Wizard (the art tutorials, for example), but they were overshadowed by the dreck.”
“Congratulations on 200 issues telling fanboys every issue which arranged collection of ink lines and patches of color is the sexiest! And thanks for Rob Liefeld!”
“I had never heard of this magazine until I walked back into a comics store after about 20 years of being away. I looked threw it and got a copy just so I could catch up on what was good these days. That was 90 mins I will never get back. The writing is just way to sub par for my taste plus…..as much as I loved reading superheros when I was a kid, these day I am just not a kid anymore. I used to collect years ago and it scares me on how much money I would have wasted if magazines like this were around in the late 60s and 70s. I am not a fan but then again I guessed you figured that out if you read this posting.”
Well… they tried, at least…
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:55 am
No, really, it was awesome when I was fifteen.
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:57 am
No, really, it was awesome when I was fifteen.
May 2nd, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Now how did I know this thread wouldn’t end well before I even clicked?
May 2nd, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Because you read the comments Graeme pasted in his blog entry?
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Despite my recent and frequent criticisms of Wizard, I thought the 200th issue was pretty dang awesome. I wish it was that good (and comics-focused) every month.
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:11 pm
“Because you read the comments Graeme pasted in his blog entry?”
Me no read good. Am sorry.
May 5th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Am I the only one who got a chuckle out of someone complaining about the writing in Wizard, but doesn’t seem to know the difference between “threw” and “through” or “to” and “too”?
“Despite my recent and frequent criticisms of Wizard, I thought the 200th issue was pretty dang awesome. I wish it was that good (and comics-focused) every month.”
Hmmm…I may pick this up just out of curiosity. I haven’t bought an issue of Wizard in years. Beside quality reasons, another reason for that is because I get everything that I used to get from Wizard online now.
May 6th, 2008 at 1:22 am
Wizard does suck, but not every comic can be about 25 to 30 year old slackers who may or may not have aids moping about their love lives.