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http://www.newsarama.com/25693-report-wizard-world-announces-1-8m-loss-for-q2-2015.html WIZARD WORLD Announces $1.8m Loss For Q2 2015 The comic convention franchise Wizard World is reporting $1.8m in losses for the second quarter of 2015. The total revenue before expenses for the company's Q2 2015 was $7.57m. This follows a recent increase in the number of shows the company has around the world to 24 yearly, including an expansion into China. “Q2 was highlighted by record quarterly revenue and more than a twenty-percent increase in average-revenue-per-convention over the previous quarter,” said Wizard World CEO John Macaluso. “This was achieved despite unforeseen celebrity cancellations due to scheduling conflicts and other unrelated contractual obligations. While we experienced overwhelming demand for our first Comic Con in China, the event was not as successful as we anticipated due to extraordinary circumstances and venue changes. We learned from this experience, and, in preparation for the next one, will be taking greater control over the event logistics and day-of execution so that we can better serve the robust and vibrant pop culture community in China." This is the second quarter in which Wizard World has reported a loss, after its Q1 2015 report noted $980,000, for a total of $2.78m lost in the first half of 2015. That is in stark contrast to its profits in the same period of 2014, whichi saw it earn $1.45m in profit in Q1 & Q2 of 2014. In its quarterly report, Wizard World cited the expansion in shows and the associated expenses such as advertising, marketing and employment that came as part of that. In the second quarter of 2014, each Wizard World show earned an average of $1.8m in revenue, while in 2015 that decreased to a $1.1m average revenue.

It will be a pleasure to out-perform them in my home state this time.

Thor #80 has been a difficult issue to find ever since it came out. Such a small print run. I bet those sales figures are skyrocketing on GPA. I'm re-reading the Simonson run now. It's been years since I've read it. It's been my favorite overall storyline from any comic series ever since I first read it. I'm on #340 now and it's just as spectacular to read this time as it was the first time!

The show is excellent so far, in my opinion. Miles better than Arrow. Gordon, Bullock and Selina are cast very well, I think. It's amazing how much Camren Bicondova looks like Michelle Pfiffer. The Penguin is also a good character and casting.

That list is primarily Copper Age to current. There's a lot of great comic artists out there from across the ages and mediums of comicdom. George Perez Jack Kirby Joe Kubert Jim Steranko John Buscema Will Eisner Mac Raboy John Cassaday LB Cole Julie Bell

You love her. I'm quite fond of her as well.

Iceman just looks so cool on the ice slide. I'm glad they finally gave that to us.

Just watched the new trailer and am definitely excited for the movie! Looks like Colossus might get some more screen time which would be nice. I think this is gonna be a good one! The Sentinels look like the weak link to me, but even they don't look horrible. Just kind of average.

Fury was in D.C. not NYC when this happened. P.S. : If I recall, at the end of Iron Man 3, it said "TONY STARK will return in the Avengers", it did not say "IRON MAN will return in the Avengers". I forgot the events that took place at the end of IM 3. I was probably trying to forget the ending to that movie.

Fury was in D.C. not NYC when this happened.

Those movie posters are better than previous ones...but still...movie posters are SO lazy these days. It's all big photoshop extravaganza. No illustration goes into the posters.

I love patriotism. I just don't care for bad movies.

I just saw Captain America: Winter Soldier and thought it was FANTASTIC! I thought the first Cap movie was pretty bad, so I wasn't expecting much from this sequel. Thankfully, I was pleasantly surprised! I still don't see Chris Evans as the right actor for Captain America, but I felt he portrayed the role far better in this sequel than he did in the first Cap film or the Avengers. Everyone else from a casting standpoint was just fine! The fight scenes and car chase sequences were great. The martial arts were superb. In all of the other Marvel movies, the fight scenes were kind of generic in my opinion. As far as fight scenes go, I think this movie displayed them better than any Marvel movie so far. It was exciting to hear Dr. Strange briefly mentioned! An excellent movie overall!

I wanted to make a short story centering around my Dalmatian, Plucky. I don't really have a story direction or solid idea, so right now it's just these drawings.

Black Canary at the Indiana Comic Con!

Is he the guy who brings presents to all the good children on the 25th of this month? Peace, Chip No, he's the Golden Bear. Best golfer of all time. +1, you beat me to it I thought the same thing.

It's not Jaimie Alexander.

Tonight's episode was one of the best ones of the entire show in my opinion. They were in deep shiz. Logically speaking, I don't know how Rick and Carl would have made it (Glenn as well). I'd have thought this episode would have been the end of the show, because it looked to be like it would have been a complete overrun. One thing that got my thinking...were the heck was Beth during all of this??? Almost a complete wipe of all survivors and she's laying back in her room with the baby? Great ending too!

I think that the "Days of Future Past" storyline as presented in X-Men #141-142 is a fairly simple one. The storyline was not very long--it was not a massive story arc. There is plenty that can be done to embellish the story. I'd imagine (and hope) that the basic story elements are what they're keeping: time traveling to the past to positively alter the future. Did you guys see the X-Men Animated Series "Days of Future Past" interpretation? That one centered around Bishop as the time traveler. It also added extra storyline elements such as an X-Man being framed as the triggerman in the assassination.

First class was one of the best Superhero movies ever made to this point. If you could get past the fact that X-men (1963) is not going to be the source material, it was almost impossible not to enjoy. Absolutely. The side characters such as Azazel, Angel and Riptide were horrible but if you ignore them and pretend they aren't in the movie, X-Men: First Class was fantastic. The main characters were superb. Fassbender and McAvoy blew me away with their performances.

Not Double not. triple quad. The cast of X-Men is phenomenal. All of the primary cast are fantastic actors and have displayed fantastic performances as their respective characters (except perhaps Halle Berry). Both Xaviers; great. Both Magnetos; great. Wolverine; great. Iceman, Kitty, both very good. I just hope Colossus gets some time to shine in this movie. He's one of the most popular X-Men and his role in the previous movies has been cameo in length. Chris Evans as Captain America is just so overwhelmingly bad. He was horrible in the first Cap movie, he was horrible in the Avengers movie...which does not lead me to believe that it will be any less horrible in the next Cap movie. If I can't accept the film's lead, it makes it tough to enjoy the trailer. I just watched both trailers again. X-Men still rules the day for me.