comics buyer's guide in 1983; via bleedingcool.com
When I worked at The Comics Journal (foundation of the entire Fantagraphics graphic-novel empire), publisher Gary Groth’s official line was that we were the smart, progressive alternative to the comic-book industry’s”mainstream” trade mag, Comics Buyer’s Guide.
Now, CBG is being shut down after 42 years, without even an ongoing website to remain.
CBG‘s parent company is transferring all CBG subscriptions to an antiques-collecting mag (really). Fantagraphics, however, is offering book discounts to ex-CBG subscribers.
(CBG’s publishers are also firing the editorial staff of another of their mags, Print; that title will continue with HOW magazine’s editors pulling double duty.)
Elsewhere in randomosity:
- In other collectibles news, there won’t be a trillion-dollar coin after all.
- Patrick Dempsey can buy the remaining Tully’s Coffee locations after all.
- Real “bus rapid transit” services have their own lanes. Seattle’s proposing giving such a lane to Metro’s “RapidRide.” The lane would run for two blocks on Broad Street.
- “Reality” TV may be less than completely unscripted, but the dangers crew members face are all too real.
- Andy Warhol, as you might imagine, was a wrestling fan.
- Yes, I’m still looking for actual paid employment. (No, not “writing work;” just PAYING work. I’ve learned I have to say that.) Joining me in scrounging for dishwashing and warehouse gigs: all the PhDs on Food Stamps.
