SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MAATTA JOHN D (Last) (First) (Middle) 15266 VALLEY VISTA BLVD (Street) SHERMAN OAKS CA 91403 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/30/2012	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Wizard World, Inc. [ WIZD ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options (Right to Purchase)	06/30/2011(1)	05/25/2016	common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	150,000(2)	$0.44	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. 5,000 options vested on the Date Exercisable and 12,500 options will vest per fiscal quarter over a three year period.

2. Mr. Maatta received, pursuant to a stock option agreement, entered into as of May 25, 2011, by and between Wizard World, Inc. (the "Company") and Mr. Maatta, stock options to purchase up to one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, at an exercise price per share equal to $0.44. The options are exercisable for a period of five years and vest in equal amounts over a period of three (3) years at the rate of twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) options per fiscal quarter at the end of such quarter, commencing in the quarter ended July 31, 2011, and pro-rated for the number of days Mr. Maatta served on the board of directors (the "Board") during the first fiscal quarter. As of the date hereof, 42,500 options have vested.

Remarks:

On May 25, 2011, John D, Maatta was appointed to the Board. On March 30, 2012, the Company filed a registration statement on Form 8-A, registering the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

	/s/ John D. Maatta	04/13/2012
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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