The Wizard Files: The Wizard Research Project
WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics · Adam and Will on The Retro Network
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (media.transistor.fm) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Adam interviews Kalervo Sinervo and Anna Peppard, two PhDs who teach university courses on comic book history, to get the details on their academic research project exploring the cultural impact of Wizard magazine on fandom in the 20th century and beyond. It's a fascinating discussion that opens up a world of possibilities and ideas about the legacy of The Guide To Comics.
You can access a PDF copy of the Wizard homage fanzine they produced here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r8QnijPk79X1Vvzjf0qtuZQzT1OIgzJc/view?usp=sharing
If you have academic institutional access and would like to have a look at their recent academic article "How to be a fanboy: Wizard magazine and the pedagogy of comic book fandom" follow this link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15405702.2024.2414120
For a full version of the article in PDF form you can contact Kalervo directly here: [email protected]
- Matthew
- Strange Hombre
- Richard Cocchi
- Shawn Robare
- Andrew Burt
- Brandon Whitmore
- Michael Johnson
- Eric Najjar
- Brock626
- Tom Goodwin
- Matt and Lissy Poisso
- Lennon Patton
- Patrick McFadden
- Marvin Dupree
- Jay M
- Lunchlady Doris
- Aaron Krieger
- Mark Syp
- Seth Johnson
- Dapper Dan Paladin
- Phillip Sevy
- Robb
- Matt
- Frank Anderson
- Russell Sheath
- Kevin Decent
- Damon
- Bjorn watson
- David Ellis
- acovio
- Alex Giannini
- Nate Clark
- William Bruce West
- Mark Florio
- David Fink
- Brent Cranfill
- MarWe
- Bruno Cavalcante
- David M
- Dalibor Žujović
- Evin Bryant
- Gary Hutcherson
- Fernando Pinto
- Jeremy Dawe
- Greg Schueller
- MeltFaceKillah
- Brian Acosta
- Joe Marcello
- DenimJedi
- Miitchell Hall
- Lee Markowitz
- Mark McDonald