Thursday, June 25, 2009  
Wizard Buys Toronto Paradise Con

:: Posted by Bryan @ 6/25/2009 10:56:00 AM
This appears to be fairly big news.

The Paradise Comicon has been lagging in second place behind Hobbystar's giant Fanexpo for awhile now and suffered a blow when Kevin Boyd migrated some time back.

Paradise Comics owner Peter Dixon has now sold the convention off to Wizard's Gareb Shamus, according to a press release posted here. No dollar amount has been indicated.
[thanks to Dirk Deppey for the heads up!]

It is unclear whether the new Canadian addition to the Wizard publishing and convention empire will add to the apparently moribund company's bottom line or whether, as Tom Spurgeon suggests, it is a sideways move for Wizard-owner Shamus.

Reportedly, the Paradise con has had a hard time ever turning a profit, and was cancelled this year due to scheduling problems.

A problem, as Kevin Boyd notes on Jason Truong's blog, that may continue to plague the re branded con.

The next show is planned for 2010 with founder Peter Dixon still on board in some capacity to maintain the con's traditionally much more relaxed atmosphere according to The Beat, which is good news probably to many of the creators and dealers who've appreciated that distinction between the Conventions.

Updated: 6|29|09 20:14pm

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