Media Release -- Gareb Shamus, President and CEO of Wizard World, Inc. (WIZD) ("Wizard World"), today announced the addition of a Los Angeles Comic Con to Wizard World's 2011 lineup. The show will take place on Sept. 24-25, 2011 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

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Media Release -- Wizard World, Inc. (WIZD) (the "Company") today unveiled "Wizard World," its first free weekly digital magazine dedicated to in-depth coverage of the pop culture, comics, graphic novels, toys and gaming categories. "Wizard World" digi-zine gives fans of all genres what they crave – a preview and an inside look at fresh and innovative new products, and is available both as a downloadable magazine and as an Apple iPad app. Gareb Shamus, CEO of the Company also announced today that the Company has changed its stock symbol to better reflect the nature of its business. The Company now trades under the symbol "WIZD."

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Media Release -- Gareb Shamus, recently appointed President and CEO of public company Wizard World, Inc. ("Wizard World") (OTC: GOEE.PK), today announced that the Comic Con Tour, which consists of pop culture conference events that provide high visibility marketing opportunities to pop culture brands and companies in multiple venues throughout the year, is now being produced by public company Wizard World. The Wizard World Comic Con Tour intends to cover 12 cities in 2011, including major cities such as New York City, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Austin and New Orleans. The Tour will include sponsors ranging from major movie studios and TV networks to gaming and toy companies to content publishers.

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Media Release -- Michael Golden is an American comic book artist and writer best known for his late-1970s work on Marvel Comics' The Micronauts, as well as his co-creation of the characters Rogue and Bucky O'Hare.

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Media Release -- Gareb Shamus, CEO of Wizard Entertainment, today announced the acquisition of Mid-Ohio-Con. The show will make its inaugural appearance on the Wizard World Tour circuit on the weekend of October 22-23, 2011 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH.

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Media Release -- Gareb Shamus, CEO of Wizard Entertainment, today announced the acquisition of the Central Canada Comic Con, of which the 2010 event was held this past weekend at the Winnipeg Convention Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The date for the 2011 Wizard World Central Canada Comic, now part of the world's largest pop culture convention series, has not yet been announced.

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Media Release -- Gareb Shamus, CEO of Wizard Entertainment, today announced the addition of New Orleans Comic Con to the world's largest pop culture convention series. The event is scheduled for January 29-30, 2011, at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

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Media Release -- Gareb Shamus, CEO of Wizard Entertainment, today announced the addition of a Spring event, Comic Con NYC, set for May 6-8, 2011 at the newly renovated Penn Plaza Pavilion in New York.

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