The big news story this issue of Alter Ego, from TwoMorrows Publishing, is celebrating
the now defunct magazine Comics Buyer’s Guide with lots of commentaries by
former CBG writers and contributors.
Other articles include the following list including photos and art.
Editorial: A Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Buyer’s
Guide(s)
Comic Fandom Archive: Fandom Before TBG
Bill
Schelly’s brief overview of comics adzines prior to the dawn’s early Alan
Light.
TBG/CBG: A
Pocket History
An
overview of the Buyer’s Guide, 1971-2013, by Brent Frankenhoff &
John Jackson Miller.
The Buyer’s Guide
For Comics Fandom
Alan
Light on how he created, built, and eventually sold fandom’s most successful
adzine.
Remembering The Buyer’s Guide
Murray
Bishoff illuminates his time as Alan Light’s go-to guy on TBG.
“Beautiful Balloons,” Volume 3, #1
Maggie
Thompson recalls her and Don’s days as co-editors of CBG—and way before!
Bountiful If Brief Reminisces of TBG &
CBG
15 short
memoirs by Brent Frankenhoff, Terry Beatty, Stephan Friedt, Russ Maheras, Fred
Hembeck,
John Lustig, Bob Ingersoll, Batton Lash, Mark Evanier, Cliff Biggers, Ward
Batty,
Andrew (“Captain
Comics”) Smith, Charles R. Rutledge, R.C. Harvey, & Johnny Lowe.
Mr. Monster’s Comic Crypt Buyer’s Guide Scrapbook
Michael
T. Gilbert relates his own sojourn with both incarnations of the long-lived
adzine.
Four Easy Pieces Created for CBG #1700
Regular
columnists Tony Isabella, Michelle Nolan, Craig (“Mr. Silver Age”) Shutt, &
Peter
David
present material that would’ve been in CBG #1700—if they’d had the
chance!
FCA [Fawcett Collectors Of America] #173
P.C. Hamerlinck presents tributes to—and a hilarious
story by—TBG‘s Alan Jim Hanley.