The Comic Reader

Paul Kupperberg on July 28th, 2020

In 1961, comic fandom founding father and The Comic Reader editor/publisher Jerry Bails added the Comicollector to his schedule. The Comicollector was primarily what we used to call an adzine, devoted to publishing ads for back issues and other fanzines by fans for fans at the rate of $1/quarter page and was sent out free to subscribers of TCR.… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on July 25th, 2020

From November 1962, the thirteenth issue of comic fandom founding father’s Professor Jerry Bails’ The Comic Reader, continuing the posting of scans of photocopies of these classic fanzines, HERE and HERE. Comics industry news… fanzine reviews… letters of comment from Julie Schwartz, E.… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on July 21st, 2020

Continuing the scans of the granddaddy of comic book fanzines, The Comic Reader (formerly On the Drawing Board), shot from the 1970ish photocopies of the zines made from copies lent us by publisher Dr. Jerry Bails, that began HERE.… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on July 18th, 2020

What was the comic book news in 1961?

Many, many (many!) years ago, when Paul Levitz and I were first starting to make our mark, Jerry Bails, comics historian, indexer, one of the fathers of comic book fandom, was kind enough to lend his personal collection of the early print fanzines he had produced that had helped kickstart our hobby to a couple of fans halfway across the country.… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on March 13th, 2018

Here’s what you missed if you weren’t around in May, 1971:

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Paul Kupperberg on November 2nd, 2015

…Or, mail sent to Paul Levitz and myself at the fanzines Etcetera and The Comic Reader a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (aka Brooklyn).

 

 

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Paul Kupperberg on March 6th, 2013

DVBack when I was a kid putting out fanzines with Paul Levitz from the office in the basement apartment of his parents’ house on East 58th Street in Brooklyn, I got to meet a lot of interesting people in the comics field, professionals and fans alike.… Read the rest

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