Comics Buyer's Guide
Comics Buyer's Guide #1600 (January 2005) | |
| Editor | Brent Frankenhoff (2006–2013) |
|---|---|
| Senior Editor | Maggie Thompson (from 2006) |
| Managing Editor | John Jackson Miller (from 1998) |
| Project Editor | Brent Frankenhoff (1998–2006) |
| Former editors | Alan Light (1971–1983) Maggie Thompson (1983–2006) |
| Staff writers | Murray Bishoff, Peter David, Shel Dorf, Mark Evanier, Martin L. Greim, Tony Isabella, Heidi MacDonald, Catherine Yronwode |
| Categories | comic 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) |
| Publisher | Alan Light (1971–1983) Krause Publications (1983–2013) |
| Total circulation | 20,000 (late 1980s) |
| Founder | Alan Light |
| First issue | March 1971 |
| Final issue Number | March 2013 1,699 |
| Company | F+W Media (2002–2013) |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Iola, Wisconsin (from 1983) |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0745-4570 |
Comics Buyer's Guide (CBG; ISSN 0745-4570), previously called The Buyer's Guide for Comic Fandom, was the longest-running English-language periodical reporting on the American comic book industry. It was founded in 1971 by Alan Light, a 17-year-old comic book collector in the Quad Cities region who oversaw it until 1983. That year, Light accepted an offer from Krause Publications, and operations moved to Iola, Wisconsin and the name changed to Comics Buyer's Guide. Annual Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards were established, and they were awarded 1983–circa 2010. Due to a decreased market for a comic book trade publication, the Comics Buyer's Guide released its last issue in March 2013.