By issue #3, the magazine had gained an audience of over 150,000 readers, much of this due to features on Brazilian and South American comics.
Hall attributes the publicity gained in South America from the magazine's good relationship with Mauricio de Sousa Produções, Brazil's leading comics publisher.
Invited as one of the major guests for the event (along with Pat Mills and Clint Langley), Shipp said in an interview that it was "one of the most humbling experiences of my life.
"[citation needed] Hall said on his blog in 2008, "It was a fitting swan song to the project, but it left us feeling like we owed Europe and South America far more than any of the people we thought we were doing it for.
Others involved in the magazine's creation and continuation included Mike Conroy, Pete Ashton, Andrew Luke, Paul Gravett, Ian Richardson, Frazer Irving, Kevin Schomburg, Selina Lock, Adrian Kermode & Terry Wiley, Christopher Spicer, and Paul Rainey.