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The week in Con Wars

By admin | Published: October 25, 2009
Well, it’s been a busy week in the ongoing (choose one): a) war between Reed Exhibitions and Wizard/Gareb Shamus b) “flaming Viking Death Ship” for Wizard/Gareb Shamus and some kind of roundup post seemed warranted. While we’ve been on semi-vacation, Sean T. Collins and Rich Johnston did the heavy lifting of finding posts and messages now deleted.
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World War Con: Big Apple 2010 scheduled for same weekend as NYCC 2010

By anthony | Published: October 16, 2009
Next year's dates announced in this weekend's Big Apple Comic Con program Many things can be and have been said about Gareb Shamus, founder and CEO of Wizard Entertainment , but "he lacks chutzpah" isn't one of them: As reported by Comic Book Resources , Shamus has pitted his recently purchased Big Apple Comic Con head-to-head against Reed Exhibitions' New York Comic Con. Both shows will take place in Manhattan on Oct. 8-10, 2010, with Big Apple starting a day earlier on Oct. 7. Shamus is
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