Friday, December 6, 2013

Alter Ego #122, January



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.