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ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Wizard Press (1991–2011)</li><li>Wizard World, Inc. (2011–2018)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/OTC_Markets_Group" title="OTC Markets Group">OTCQB</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/WIZD/quote">WIZD</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category">Entertainment</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1991 (Wizard Press)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Gareb_Shamus" title="Gareb Shamus">Gareb Shamus</a> (Wizard Press)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">2021<span class="noprint">; 3 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2021</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">Conventions sold to FanExpo</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data">FanExpo</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">Hobbyist magazines (1991–2011)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Services</th><td class="infobox-data category">Fan conventions (1997–2021)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wizardworld.com">wizardworld<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Wizard Entertainment Inc.</b>, formerly known as <b>Wizard World</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-SEC2021_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SEC2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a producer of multi-genre <a href="/wiki/Fan_conventions" class="mw-redirect" title="Fan conventions">fan conventions</a> across <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>. </p><p>The company that became Wizard Entertainment began in 1991 as <b>Wizard Press</b>, the publisher of the monthly magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Wizard_(magazine)" title="Wizard (magazine)">Wizard</a></i>. That company evolved into a multi-title publishing company with diversified interests in branded products and related convention operations. By 2011, the company had discontinued its print division to focus exclusively on its convention business.<sup id="cite_ref-SEC2010_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SEC2010-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2015, the company had expanded to producing 25 annual conventions around the U.S. In 2021, Wizard sold its convention events business to <a href="/wiki/Informa#Brands" title="Informa">FanExpo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CBC2021_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBC2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_history">Corporate history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wizard_Entertainment&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Corporate history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Gareb_Shamus" title="Gareb Shamus">Gareb Shamus</a> founded <i><a href="/wiki/Wizard_(magazine)" title="Wizard (magazine)">Wizard</a></i> magazine in January 1991 shortly after he graduated from college.<sup id="cite_ref-babka_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-babka-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company was originally based in <a href="/wiki/Congers,_New_York" title="Congers, New York">Congers, New York</a>. </p><p><i>Wizard</i> magazine was successful, and the company expanded its publishing operations with more magazines devoted to other elements of the collectible industry. Wizard purchased the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Comicon" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Comicon">Chicago Comicon</a> in 1997 to expand from its core publishing business into trade/consumer conventions.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 2011, the company made some major corporate transitions. First, through an arrangement with Strato Malamas of the <a href="/wiki/Holding_company" title="Holding company">holding company</a> GoEnergy, it became a <a href="/wiki/Publicly_traded_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Publicly traded company">publicly traded company</a> known as <b>Wizard World</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-iFanboy_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iFanboy-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, it abruptly canceled <i>Wizard</i> magazine<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Miller2001_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller2001-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its other remaining publication, <i><a href="/wiki/ToyFare" title="ToyFare">ToyFare</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Melrose_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Melrose-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to focus on its convention business. </p><p>Shamus was pushed out as company CEO in late 2011; his position was taken in March 2012 by John Macaluso.<sup id="cite_ref-babka_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-babka-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, the company lost $4.25 million in revenue and cut back from 25 to 19 convention events in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-griepp1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-griepp1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Less than a week after the announcement of the losses, Macaluso resigned as CEO and was replaced by John D. Maatta.<sup id="cite_ref-griepp2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-griepp2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Wizard World was renamed <b>Wizard Entertainment, Inc.</b><sup id="cite_ref-SEC2021_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SEC2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, after selling its last few conventions to FanExpo, Wizard Entertainment essentially ceased to exist.<sup id="cite_ref-CBC2021_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBC2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publishing">Publishing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wizard_Entertainment&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Publishing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Wizard_(magazine)" title="Wizard (magazine)">Wizard</a></i> started as a <a href="/wiki/Price_guide" class="mw-redirect" title="Price guide">price guide</a> to comics but evolved into focusing squarely on pop culture, specifically targeting young adult males. (The magazine ultimately featured a price guide to comics and action figures in the back of the magazine.) With its high-end production values and embodiment of the <a href="/wiki/Comic_book_collecting" title="Comic book collecting">comic speculator</a> boom,<sup id="cite_ref-Miller2001_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller2001-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Wizard</i> was an instant hit, with a monthly circulation of more than 100,000 copies (although by early 2006, circulation was down to around 50,000).<sup id="cite_ref-Beat20110125_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beat20110125-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The magazine also spawned several ongoing magazines dedicated to similar interests, such as <i><a href="/wiki/InQuest_Gamer" title="InQuest Gamer">InQuest Gamer</a></i> (launched 1995), for collectible game cards; <i><a href="/wiki/ToyFare" title="ToyFare">ToyFare: The Toy Magazine</a></i>, for toys and action figures (launched 1997); <i><a href="/wiki/Anime_Insider" title="Anime Insider">Anime Insider</a></i> (launched 2001) for anime and manga; and <i>Toy Wishes</i> (launched 2001) for mainstream toy enthusiasts. </p><p>On January 24, 2011, after 20 years of publication, the company announced that <i>Wizard</i> would cease print publication and become an all-digital magazine called <i>Wizard World</i>, launching in February 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-Melrose_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Melrose-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that point Wizard Entertainment also ceased publication of its sister magazine, <i>ToyFare</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Black_Bull_Entertainment">Black Bull Entertainment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wizard_Entertainment&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Black Bull Entertainment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/2000_in_comics" title="2000 in comics">2000</a>, Wizard founder Shamus forayed into the world of actual comic book publishing, creating the imprint <b>Black Bull Entertainment</b>, featuring several well-known creators, including <a href="/wiki/Mark_Waid" title="Mark Waid">Mark Waid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Eliopoulos" title="Chris Eliopoulos">Chris Eliopoulos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nelson_DeCastro" title="Nelson DeCastro">Nelson DeCastro</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Garth_Ennis" title="Garth Ennis">Garth Ennis</a>. The first Black Bull title was the limited series <i>Gatecrasher: Ring of Fire</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Black Bull's titles included: </p> <ul><li><i>Beautiful Killer</i> (2002–2003), #1–3</li> <li><i>Gatecrasher</i> (2000–2001), #1–6</li> <li><i>Gatecrasher: Ring of Fire</i> (2000), #1–4</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_a_Pilgrim" title="Just a Pilgrim">Just a Pilgrim</a></i> (2001), #1–5</li> <li><i>Just a Pilgrim: Garden of Eden (2002), #1–4</i></li> <li><i>The New West</i> (2005), #1–2</li> <li><i>Shadow Reavers</i> (2001–2002), #1–5</li></ul> <p>Black Bull published comics through 2005. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conventions">Conventions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wizard_Entertainment&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Conventions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Wizard World" redirects here. For the <i>Harry Potter</i> media franchise, see <a href="/wiki/Wizarding_World" title="Wizarding World">Wizarding World</a>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beginnings_and_growth">Beginnings and growth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wizard_Entertainment&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Beginnings and growth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wizard purchased the Chicago Comicon in <a href="/wiki/1996_in_comics" title="1996 in comics">1996</a>; the renamed "<a href="/wiki/Wizard_World_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="Wizard World Chicago">Wizard World Chicago</a>" was the template for a new kind of convention that shifted its focus from actual comic books to ancillary elements of pop culture fandom: celebrity performers, films, television, video games, and toys – "comic conventions" almost in name only.<sup id="cite_ref-babka_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-babka-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2006, Wizard World Chicago boasted a weekend attendance of over 58,000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2002, Wizard branched out from Chicago and produced Wizard World East at the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Convention_Center" title="Pennsylvania Convention Center">Pennsylvania Convention Center</a> in Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> And in 2003 the company produced Wizard World Texas, adding Wizard World Los Angeles in 2004<sup id="cite_ref-wizard_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wizard-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Wizard World Boston in 2005. </p><p>In 2007–2008, Wizard held conventions in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, <a href="/wiki/Wizard_World_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="Wizard World Chicago">Chicago</a>, and Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/2008_in_comics" title="2008 in comics">2008</a>, Wizard began adding an academic forum called "Wizard World University," integrating scholarly panels into its conventions, beginning with the November convention in Arlington, Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Con_Wars"_/_growing_pains"><span id=".22Con_Wars.22_.2F_growing_pains"></span>"Con Wars" / growing pains</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wizard_Entertainment&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: "Con Wars" / growing pains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:6.29.13WizardWorldNYByLuigiNovi3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/6.29.13WizardWorldNYByLuigiNovi3.jpg/220px-6.29.13WizardWorldNYByLuigiNovi3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/6.29.13WizardWorldNYByLuigiNovi3.jpg/330px-6.29.13WizardWorldNYByLuigiNovi3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/6.29.13WizardWorldNYByLuigiNovi3.jpg/440px-6.29.13WizardWorldNYByLuigiNovi3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The floor of the 2013 <a href="/wiki/Wizard_World_New_York_Experience" class="mw-redirect" title="Wizard World New York Experience">Wizard World New York Experience</a> at Pier 36 in Manhattan</figcaption></figure> <p>Beginning in <a href="/wiki/2005_in_comics" title="2005 in comics">2005</a>, Wizard CEO Gareb Shamus made a concerted push to dominate the North American convention circuit. First, Wizard announced that it would be holding a comic book convention in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> from June 30–July 2, 2006, the same dates on which the long-running <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte, North Carolina</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Heroes_Convention" title="Heroes Convention">Heroes Convention</a> was scheduled to take place.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This caused an outcry amongst the comic book community, as Atlanta is only a four-hour drive from Charlotte, and several comic book creators voiced concerns about an attempt by a large, corporate event to force out an independent comic book convention.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fernandez_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fernandez-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the outcry, many prominent creators signed up to appear at HeroesCon 2006 rather than the competing Wizard con. Wizard ultimately announced that it would postpone the planned Atlanta convention until 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-Fernandez_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fernandez-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/2009_in_comics" title="2009 in comics">2009</a>, Wizard canceled its Texas event and postponed the Los Angeles convention.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That spring and summer, however, Shamus/Wizard acquired the <a href="/wiki/Paradise_Comics_Toronto_Comicon" class="mw-redirect" title="Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon">Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Big_Apple_Comic_Con" title="Big Apple Comic Con">Big Apple Comic Con</a>, New York City's longest-running comic book, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and pop culture convention.<sup id="cite_ref-TCJ299_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCJ299-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wizard Entertainment's <a href="/wiki/2010_in_comics" title="2010 in comics">2010</a> planned North American Comic Con tour included city stops in <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Comic_Con" title="Toronto Comic Con">Toronto</a>, Anaheim,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Philadelphia,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Wizard_World_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="Wizard World Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_Apple_Comic_Con" title="Big Apple Comic Con">New York City</a>, Boston, New Jersey, and Austin. As part of a "major offensive against <a href="/wiki/Reed_Exhibitions" class="mw-redirect" title="Reed Exhibitions">Reed Exhibitions</a>' <a href="/wiki/New_York_Comic_Con" title="New York Comic Con">New York Comic Con</a>," Wizard scheduled "three East Coast shows in a row — the New England Comic-Con in Boston on October 1-3, Big Apple the same weekend, and the new New Jersey Comic-Con the weekend after, on October 15-17."<sup id="cite_ref-TheBeat20100518_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheBeat20100518-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2010 Big Apple Comic Con was scheduled for October 7–10, the same dates as the previously scheduled New York Comic Con.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Beat20091019_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beat20091019-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a public outcry, Wizard ended up moving the dates of its 2010 New York convention to October 1–3.<sup id="cite_ref-TheBeat20100518_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheBeat20100518-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Additionally, the planned Wizard 2010 New Jersey convention was canceled.)<sup id="cite_ref-TheBeat20100518_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheBeat20100518-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite Wizard World's setbacks in Atlanta/Charlotte and New York City, by late 2010, it was apparent that the company's strategy was to blanket the U.S. with Wizard conventions, including buying previously existing small-scale shows in various locations.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Going_public;_further_expansion"><span id="Going_public.3B_further_expansion"></span>Going public; further expansion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wizard_Entertainment&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Going public; further expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wizard went public in 2011; its <a href="/wiki/Financial_statements" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial statements">financial statements</a> proved that it was doubling down on dominating the North American convention market: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The majority of our target audience is male-oriented and are major buyers of many types of entertainment and media.... We believe that this male demographic consists of tens of millions consumers in the United States and has hundreds of billions in spending power.... Our competitors are local one-time event comic cons. We have a competitive advantage over these comic cons because they do not have our economies of scale and operating efficiencies.... Further, the size of our Comic Cons and the volume at which we produce them give us the leverage to negotiate discounts on such things as hotels and other travel expenses.... We also believe that the size and volume of our Comic Con tours create a barrier to entry of new industry participants because, due to their size, such new industry participants would find it difficult to enter into certain markets, such as the larger metropolitan cities.<sup id="cite_ref-SEC2010_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SEC2010-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Wizard's 2011 convention calendar included "a show-a-month schedule" and guest-lists of "nerd-lebrities of various levels of fame,... turning their shows into autograph-focused events."<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ultimately, however, Wizard scaled back its 2011 operations to seven shows — New Orleans, <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Comic_Con" title="Toronto Comic Con">Toronto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_Apple_Comic_Con" title="Big Apple Comic Con">Big Apple</a> (New York), Philadelphia, <a href="/wiki/Mid-Ohio_Con" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-Ohio Con">Mid-Ohio</a>, and Austin — ultimately canceling scheduled conventions in Los Angeles,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Miami, Atlanta, and <a href="/wiki/Central_Canada_Comic_Con" title="Central Canada Comic Con">Central Canada</a>. In addition, previously announced new Wizard conventions in New Jersey, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Nashville never materialized.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wizard skipped New York altogether in <a href="/wiki/2012_in_comics" title="2012 in comics">2012</a>, returning in <a href="/wiki/2013_in_comics" title="2013 in comics">2013</a> with a "Wizard World New York Experience" focused on "celebrities, creators, sports stars, music, exhibitors, parties and other attractions" — very little comics content.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rest of Wizard's 2013 convention schedule included Portland, St. Louis, Philadelphia, <a href="/wiki/Wizard_World_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="Wizard World Chicago">Wizard World Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Comic_Con" title="Ohio Comic Con">Ohio Comic Con</a>, Nashville, Austin, and New Orleans. In September 2013, Wizard World announced seven new stops for the 2014 tour: Sacramento, Louisville, Minneapolis, Atlanta, San Antonio, Richmond, and Tulsa.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-babka_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-babka-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wizard gave up the New York market after 2013 due to the dominance of the New York Comic Con; in 2014 the <a href="/wiki/Big_Apple_Comic_Con" title="Big Apple Comic Con">Big Apple con</a> was reacquired by its founder, Michael Carbonaro.<sup id="cite_ref-Scoop2015_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scoop2015-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The explosion in Wizard-produced conventions brought accusations that the entertainment behemoth was deliberately trying to push its competitors out of business.<sup id="cite_ref-conwars_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conwars-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, many praised Wizard's professional and standardized approach to producing conventions.<sup id="cite_ref-babka_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-babka-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Convention_contraction">Convention contraction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wizard_Entertainment&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Convention contraction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, Wizard produced 25 conventions but lost $4.25 million in revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-griepp1_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-griepp1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2016 schedule, cut back to 19 events, included Wizard cons in Portland, Cleveland, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Madison, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Philadelphia, Sacramento, Albuquerque, <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Comic_Con" title="Ohio Comic Con">Columbus</a>, Orlando, <a href="/wiki/Wizard_World_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="Wizard World Chicago">Chicago</a>, Richmond, Austin, Tulsa, and Pittsburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 2018, the company was producing thirteen annual conventions around the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-pandemic_woes;_sale_of_convention_business"><span id="Post-pandemic_woes.3B_sale_of_convention_business"></span>Post-pandemic woes; sale of convention business</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wizard_Entertainment&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Post-pandemic woes; sale of convention business"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> hit Wizard Entertainment hard — as it did the convention business worldwide. Most <a href="/wiki/2020_in_comics" title="2020 in comics">2020</a> conventions scheduled for after mid-March of that year were canceled,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and many moved online in 2021. </p><p>Wizard World held only six in-person conventions in 2021,<sup id="cite_ref-TheBeat20210810_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheBeat20210810-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that August the company announced it would be selling the convention events business to <a href="/wiki/Informa#Brands" title="Informa">FanExpo</a>, with the final <a href="/wiki/Wizard_World_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="Wizard World Chicago">Wizard World Chicago</a> show occurring in October.<sup id="cite_ref-CBC2021_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBC2021-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span 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