Comics Buyer's Guide
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Comics Buyer's Guide (CBG) is one of the longest-running periodicals reporting on the comic book industry. Founded in the 1970s primarily as an advertising venue by Alan Light under the title The Buyer’s Guide for Comic Fandom (abbreviated TBG), it was bought in the early 1980s by collectibles publisher Krause Publications and renamed Comics Buyer’s Guide (abbreviated CBG) and since that time has been edited by Don and Maggie Thompson (with Maggie editing it alone after Don's death).
For most of its history "The Comics Buyer’s Guide", has been published weekly in a tabloid newspaper format. In May 2004 the editors announced that the publication would be switching to a monthly magazine format.
CBG has at times been noted for its lively letter column, as well as columns by Peter David, Tony Isabella, Mark Evanier and others. In addition, the CBG monthly is especially valuable to avid comic collectors for its monthly price guides and the yearly publication of the Standard Catalogue of Comic Books; produced in conjunction with Human Computing, the makers of the comic collectors’ software, ComicBase.
External links
- Comics Buyer’s Guide (http://www.comicsbuyersguide.com/)
- ComicBase (http://www.comicbase.com/)