Pop Culture Event Tour Prepares for Continued Success with Altered Schedule 2008 Schedule

Congers, NY (November 1, 2006) - Wizard Conventions today announced its schedule for the 2007 and 2008 Wizard World conventions, the country's foremost touring events for pop culture and comic books. The 2007 Wizard World schedule will mirror that of 2006, which is on pace to become Wizard's most successful convention year yet, with record attendance in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Chicago.

To better serve the needs of exhibitors and fans, Wizard is altering the 2008 Wizard World tour to reflect a more condensed focus on Spring and Summer months. This new condensed schedule will allow Wizard World fans, exhibitors and retailers to visit all of the year's important pop culture events, and will position Wizard World to deliver more exclusives, special guests and surprises to its fans.

"The Wizard World 2008 schedule will create a rapid-fire succession of the industry's best events from coast to coast, right in the middle of the year," said Rob Felton, Vice President and Associate Publisher. "Our exhibitors told us that they want to give Wizard World their full and undivided attention to create the best experience for our fans, and this schedule will allow for just that."

The full 2007 and 2008 schedules are as follows:

2007

Wizard World Los Angeles: March 16-18, 2007
Wizard World Philadelphia: June 15-17, 2007
Wizard World Chicago: August 9-12, 2007
Wizard World Texas: Nov 2-4, 2007

2008

Wizard World Los Angeles: April 12-14, 2008
Wizard World Philadelphia: May 29-June 1, 2008
Wizard World Chicago: June 26-29, 2008
Wizard World Texas: November 7-9, 2008

Wizard Conventions recently attracted 58,000 attendees to its tenth-annual Wizard World Chicago event at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. Wizard World Texas is the next show on the 2006 tour, slated for November 10-12 in Arlington.

For more information about Wizard, visit the company online at its recently re-launched website www.wizarduniverse.com.

About Wizard World

Wizard World Los Angeles, Wizard World Philadelphia, Wizard World Chicago and Wizard World Texas are produced by Wizard Conventions Inc. Wizard Conventions is a sister company of Wizard Entertainment, the industry leader in the comic book and collectibles market that publishes four magazines, Wizard: The Magazine of Comics, Entertainment and Pop-culture, InQuest Gamer: The Gaming Magazine, ToyFare: The Toy Magazine and Anime Insider, as well as co-publisher of Toy Wishes: The Ultimate Guide to Family Entertainment. Wizard's publications have a monthly national readership of more than 2 million and are currently sold in 25 countries and five languages. Wizard can be found online at www.wizarduniverse.com.