The WIZARD Files: The Wizard Research Project

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]

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Living in the past and loving it. A child of the 80s/90s who enjoys collecting old VHS tapes, action figures, video games and remembering the fun of being a kid. Co-Host of WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics who loves talking 90's comics.

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