Got a chuckle out of this...

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

http://www.magazineline.com/Public/Wizard.htm

Read the blurb, specifically the second to last sentence...

No truth in advertising, huh? I guess no one uses Overstreet anymore.

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazines/wizard.cfm

Oh, and while I was checking it out, I saw all the 'retailer only' swag that Wizard was 'promoting'....and had the nerve to say 'it's not available to the every day fan, but if you have enough dough you can BUY it from the retailers'

1. When is fandom going to wake up and stop buying in to this crap? Probably never, because fanboys lack things like DISCIPLINE and SELF CONTROL...and are greedy little ego pumpers...'I GOTTA HAVE IT!!!!!!!' Until ALL of fandom stops buying in to these ridiculous 'manufactured collectibles', it WILL...NOT...STOP.

2. When is 'the industry' going to realize that it's NOT the 3000-5000 or so RETAILERS who support this industry and keep it alive...it's the THOUSANDS of YOU and ME that do. Giving gifts to 'retailers' for simply being part of the distribution chain is LUDICROUS.

Leeching money off the 'unable to controls themselves' fanboys is just sick, on both sides.

[depluto]

Do people still buy Wizard swag? It all seems kind of silly to me.

And what do you guys think of the CBG price guide? It seems like a half-hearted effort to me, even if it does cover many more titles than Wizard.