Wizard Magazine, Issue 40, December 1994 

So... at 1.02 when you're going over the costume contest winners... I was the female crow on pg 53. I also managed a comicbook store in Fredericsburg VA at the time.

It feels like I'm in some alternate dimension seeing you guys talk about the Predator costume my buddy and I made. So weird, but I'm glad you dug it.

I worked as a character designer on the Big Guy And Rusty The Boy Robot animated series. 🤘

Anyone who wants to relive the Wizard magazine days, gets the thumbs up as much this channel bar none, hands down, period.

Awww! Baby’s 1st Wizard Magazine. Now I had read a step-cousin’s issues prior to this one, BUT this one was the first one I picked out and got. Even cut off the cover and used it as a poster during my teen years.

The first 6 issues of Teknophage were written by Rick Veitch, drawn by Bryan Talbot (in his Heart of Empire style), coloured by Angus Mckie and lettered by Todd Klein and looked completely bonkers.

I thought Edd and Jim's insightful discussions on great arm hair artists was the best till I hear that Jim has a top 10 list of artists who draw great veins. Mind blown

as Rick Vietch fans, you guys are missing a hidden gem in Techophage (art by Bryan Talbot). It feels like Vietch's response to his experience with corporate comics after leaving Swamp Thing.

That Boogerman ad will never not be the best part of you guys flipping through these magazines.

I absolutely love the respect and praise that you give to those artists that came before you. I appreciate your channel for that.

Hey, thanks so much for all the videos this year, brought me a lot of happiness.

It’s funny how you compared Halo Jones and Martha Washington. I read Halo Jones for the first time last year and was sad at the series not being completed. Then just a month ago I got the Complete Martha Washington. Within the first few pages I thought holy crap. This reminds me so much of Halo Jones. And I’ve been googling to see if anyone’s ever talked about the similarities and couldn’t find anything.

You guys should look at Cam Kennedy. His 2000 AD and Star Wars stuff is so fantastic.

Oh yes, please deep dive on the Age Of Apocalypse in the future.

Little Ego that Paul Pope shouts out is Giardino's porn parody version of Little Nemo, a Italian comic printed in English by Catalan Communications

fun fact: Martha Washington was in Robocop 3. robocop.fandom.com/wiki/Bertha_Washington

This is great timing; I was reading this issue of Swamp Thing today. I think Stephen Bissette draws my favorite Etrigan. He’s the only one who makes him look remotely scary.

When you dive into Paul Pope's work, consider "Buzz Buzz Comics Magazine!"

This particular issue is one that I always held up in my head as our perfect issue of Wizard. Try as I might with subsequent issues, I kept on chasing this one and I don't think we ever topped it.

1:03:13 I played that game just because Jim Lee drew the box art. That was the first time I had ever seen a comic book pro's art on something other than something comic book related; blew my mind. I loved the game also.

Thank you for once again providing a soundtrack to my drawing sessions !

Trivia about Lady Justice: some of it was written by C.J. Henderson, the father of Erica Henderson. Also Michael Netzer and Steve Lieber did some issues.

Really enjoy seeing artwork you created when you were younger, reminds me of when I was doing the same thing drawing comics and using comic books as reference, I was constantly drawing back then, even thought maybe I could do this for a living, but became a graphic designer instead.

I remember I used to carry Wizard #60 around with me for like a year

I remember reading an article about Frank Miller in the UK monthly Daredevils #1 (early 80's?) which talked about Miller's first encounter with the Lone Wolf and Cub manga.

43:45 Please do! Been waiting for that video since I found the channel. If it wasn't the best interview book ever I'd have sent my copy of TCJ Frank Miller interviews. So glad I grabbed it when I saw it. So many great parts in it.

I loved this magazine I still pick up back issues when I can even though I didn’t like the last few years of publication, the calendars they put in where awesome

Friggin' time-warp here, guys! Like, seriously filling in the Contexts for WHY our local shop had such a 'recession' (Planet-Earth comics - Pasco, FL yo!) Legit history lesson / nostalgia trip, well worth the sub! Enjoy the banter and all, thanks for sharing!

You guys mentioned DEATH RACE 2000 but Cosmic Comics also published “Rock and Roll High School” comics starring not the Ramones, but THE MELVINS instead. If you always dreamed of reading King Buzzo comics, Roger Corman has got you covered.

This Violator cover is mindblowing

The artist on X-Man was amazing.

Kayfabian Nicieza and Scott Jobdell 😂😂😂

I would assume from Moore's POV, he knew what he was getting into with 2000 AD's work for hire policies. With DC, Watchmen was done with a creator ownership deal (suggested by Dick Giordano after his proposal for the newly acquired Charlton characters were deemed inappropriate) where the rights would revert back to him once it went "out of print." To Moore, that meant when the series was completed. No comic book from DC had remained in print for years/decades at this point. Even collected editions went out of print soon after (the single Saga of the Swamp Thing from Warner Books is a good example). So there was no precedence for the fact that Watchmen, along with Dark Knight became their first "evergreen" graphic novel collection... forever in print because it continued to sell across decades. To Moore, THAT was the bad-faith move on the part of DC. Moore was fully expecting to get the rights back, and keeping it in print went against the spirit of how he interpreted that clause.

Perfect timing! Thanks fellas!

Do you happen to know which magazine from 94-95 had a contest where you could win an autographed spawn action figure? My buddy won one and we’re trying to track down the magazine. 😅

Add to your point about the old guard digging a little bit on image... The big two pulled back on hyping artists and that played itself out in business decisions, editorial choices, and merchandise.

Funny you guys talk about the Lone Wolf and Cub Criterion video (because of Frank Miller and manga, of course), and then Paul Pope comes out in the Palmer's Picks section. Paul Pope is also in that video. I had heard of him before, but didn't remember what was his style. His art is shockingly good. Also funny that you mention the Nexus pitch video. Somebody down here in the comments section linked it, and it's on my own channel. xD Yeah, I stole it from the now defunct Google Videos. That was so good I couldn't let it die with GV.

The art from Vortex reminds me of Kyle Hotz’ art from his Malibu days.

Scott Jobdell- ouch

Distribution of Crime Comics was illegal in Canada until 2018!

Could you take a look at BWS Storyteller series? I remember it being pretentious but fun and beautiful. From what I recall BWS seems like a weird guy with a lot of talk about psychedelic experiences and alien abductions.

Can you please do Wolverine - Claremont/Miller? Would love to hear how you to break it down.

I have at least a long box worth of comics published by Avatar bought locally in Canada over the last 20 years, but a certain major online retailer won't ship any to me from the US because they somehow get stopped at the border

WIZARD informed me about so many stories and creators.

The Nexus: The Animated Promo is a fun little watch!

Ed, I would love to know what issue of Blab! you were talking about. There is so little information available about Ingels' withdrawal from comics. If anyone knows what issue he is referring to, or knows of any other material with insights into Ingels' mindset please let me know.

Love Paul Pope and I can't wait when you take a look at his work under the microscope.

" look Norton it's a guaranteed success, they buy the cards and get the prequel story. its too big to fail"

The Predator customs was well before the days of EVA foam and most anything marketed towards costume makers, no internet references etc. those were the days you had to figure out how to do things since there were no tutorial videos "online". lots of hot glue and pain.

44:17 I swear I thought that this guy was cosplaying the Mega Man 1 box art! venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/megamanbox.jpg?strip=all

brilliant, cheers gents

ALAN MOORE ON 2000AD - 'In the past, I would have been prepared to actually do a new book of Halo Jones and to let 2000ad publish it. But they're never going to give me back Halo Jones, because if they did that, then they'd have to give Judge Dredd back to Pat Mills and John Wagner. They're a bunch of largely talentless chancers, who found themselves in possession of all these characters other people created, so that's never going to happen. It's a waste of my time to even consider it. And even if they did offer me Halo Jones back now, I don't want to ever do anything for 2000ad again' -ALAN MOORE QUOTED IN THRILLPOWER OVERLOAD (THE HISTORY OF 2000AD)

I would like to hear more about Karen Burger.

Big fan of Martha Washington. Feels like an under valued character, story and world she exists in.

ooo, my first issue!

A Late Christmas gift.

First! Missed these Wizard videos! Thanks guys

who's still waiting for the 300 pager?

❤

Criterion video I think Ed was talking about ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V8RCJ0bBn0k.html

I assume this is the Lone Wolf interview you were talking about... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V8RCJ0bBn0k.html

#40!!!!!!!

How much well something like that be

Defiant sucked? Did you read it? It was/is better than most modern marvel/DC books are.