Comics Buyer's Guide

Comics Buyer's Guide
Comics Buyer's Guide #1600 (January 2005)
EditorBrent Frankenhoff (2006–2013)
Senior EditorMaggie Thompson (from 2006)
Managing EditorJohn Jackson Miller (from 1998)
Project EditorBrent Frankenhoff (1998–2006)
Former editorsAlan Light (1971–1983)
Maggie Thompson (1983–2006)
Staff writersMurray Bishoff, Peter David, Shel Dorf, Mark Evanier, Martin L. Greim, Tony Isabella, Heidi MacDonald, Catherine Yronwode
Categoriescomic books news and criticism
Frequency
monthly (Feb. 1971 – Aug. 1972)
twice-monthly (Aug. 1972 – July 1975)
weekly (July 1975 – June 2004)
monthly (June 2004 – Mar. 2013)
PublisherAlan Light (1971–1983)
Krause Publications (1983–2013)
Total circulation
(late 1980s)
20,000
FounderAlan Light
First issueMarch 1971
Final issue
Number
March 2013
1,699
CompanyF+W Media (2002–2013)
CountryUnited States
Based inIola, Wisconsin (from 1983)
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.cbgxtra.com[dead link]
ISSN0745-4570

Comics Buyer's Guide (CBG; ISSN 0745-4570), established in 1971, was the longest-running English-language periodical reporting on the American comic book industry. It awarded its annual Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards from 1983 to circa 2010. The publication ceased with the March 2013 issue.[1][2] The magazine was headquartered in Iola, Wisconsin,[3] after originally being published in the Quad Cities region.

  1. ^ Frankenhoff, Brent (January 9, 2013). "F+W Announces Closure of Comics Buyer’s Guide" Archived 2015-10-02 at the Wayback Machine. Comics Buyer’s Guide
  2. ^ Miller, John Jackson (January 9, 2013). "End of an era: Comics Buyer's Guide, 1971–2013" Archived 2013-01-11 at the Wayback Machine. The Comichron
  3. ^ Frankenhoff, Brent (December 14, 2012). The Greatest Comic Book Covers of All Time. Krause Publications Craft. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-4402-3499-6. Retrieved February 17, 2016.[permanent dead link]

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