WIZARDS! The Podcast Guide To Comics
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Adam & Michael reexamine the 90's comic book boom through the pages of Wizard magazine, one issue at a time and interview former staff members.
MINI-EPISODE! Comic book writer, @ToddCMatthy of Dynamite's Robots vs Princesses joins us to referee a Last Man Standing battle between Namor and Aquaman, review Just A Pilgrim from Black Bull, explore new Image Comics of the early 2000's and more. wizardscomics.com/episodes/wizar…

As discussed during our recent 1/2 episode, here's Stan Lee's ideas for reimagining popular TV shows including the A-Team, a series which Top Cow was developing their own big screen version of at the time.

As discussed on our recent 1/2 episode, here's the new crop of @ImageComics books that were hoping to be the next big thing in 2000. Which of these titles caught your attention most?



Check out the Top 100 comics rankings from Wizard 111 in Fall of 2000, plus a look back at the #MarvelComics portrait covers gimmick and what was topping the popularity charts a decade earlier.

Never know who you’ll run into at #SDCC2025 , check out @TheMikeSchwartz with past a future guest Phillip Sevy, who created the awesome Last Ghost Standing art for our ARMORED 1/2 issue.

Interesting stuff going on at #dccomics in 2000 with #LexLuthor as President and the wackiness of World’s Funnest featuring those troublemaking inter-dimensional imps.

Wizard 111 featured a drawing tutorial on using settings in comic book art with tips from Jim Calafiore featuring #Deadpool, #Superman, #Batman and #LaraCroft Tomb Raider.



Check out the cool #superman and #FantasticFour original art spotted by our own Mike Schwartz on the floor at #SDCC2025 today.


If you’re walking the floor at #SDCC2025 today, be sure to stop by the @clover_press booth (5563) and say hi to WIZARDS co-host, @TheMikeSchwartz 😃

Check out all the holiday ready comic book merch presented by #doctordoom in Wizard issue 111. Which of these categories best describes what you would have wanted to be gifted in the year 2000?




Years ago we did a 4-part series covering the unreleased Roger Corman #FantasticFour movie (the cast of which has a cameo in the new #FantasticFourFirstSteps film). Listen here: wizardscomics.com/episodes/wizar… wizardscomics.com/episodes/wizar… wizardscomics.com/episodes/wizar… wizardscomics.com/episodes/wizar…

WIZARDS co-host @TheMikeSchwartz is at #SDCC2025 today checking out the #fantastic4 booth. Stay tuned for more updates from the con floor.




Be sure to queue up our latest mini-episode featuring a special guest on your favorite podcast app or stream it direct here wizardscomics.com/episodes/wizar…

As discussed during our recent 1/2 episode, here's the First Look from Wizard issue 111 for Just a Pilgrim from Black Bull by Garth Ennis and Carlos Ezquerra. Did you read this first mini-series?

WIZARDS is sorry to hear about the passing of #ozzyosbourne who created iconic music and even appeared in his own comics over the years. Here's a look at the report from Wizard issue 94 about the debut of the Ozzy action figure by @mcfarlanetoys at Toy Fair in '99. #RIPOzzy

Wizard issue 111 featured a brief profile on rising star comic book artist, Phil Hester, who was collaborating with Kevin Smith on Green Arrow in 2001.

Wizard 111 featured a character profile of Patriot from Rising Stars and a look at the variant covers to issue 1.

Check out the late Peter David at the top of the Work Horses rankings for writing the most titles in the month of September 2000. Plus a fun sidebar matching comic book creators to real life superhero prop replicas in their collections.

Check out the entrants from the year 2000 Wizard magazine Halloween costume contest featuring superhero #cosplay in it's early form. We also released an audio commentary for this contest on our YouTube channel here youtu.be/iKRwezfL36g



The original run of Birds of Prey by Chuck Dixon and the late Butch Guice was reviewed by Wizard in issue 111. Were you reading this #dccomics title in the early days?
