McClatchy News may have said something right about Wizard
McClatchy Newspapers wrote an article about a new book called Superman vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors and Warring Writers Grounded an American Icon that was written by a contributor to Wizard, and tells about how Tinseltown mishandled movie and TV productions of the Man of Steel. They say here:
In this account, originally written as a cover story for the hyperbolic, testosterone-drenched fanzine Wizard, Jake Rossen recounts the history of the character's big- and small-screen presence. In expanding his piece into a book, Rossen presents a panoramic view of the business and creative processes and their vicissitudes.I don't know whether that was intentional, but they say pretty much the right thing about Wizard, though it'd probably make more sense to say that it's fluff-coated, un-objective, and not worth spending money on as a news source. The worst thing about it is how it perpetuates unpleasant stereotypes about comic book readers. I just hope the book they're writing about is well written, and offers more insight than Wizard ever will about movieland.
